This paper presents a new automatic 3D mesh-based centerline extraction (3D-MCE) algorithm, which allows an accurate extraction of 3D centerline from a tubular geometry form, without manned intervention. The 3DMCE does not require any input parameters and works on polygon mesh vertices producing a thin, connected and centered centerline, without needing pre or post-processing stages. In order t...

Abstract The magnetocaloric effect-(MCE) of MgB 2 is simulated, considering the effect sintering temperature on MCE. results show that MCE samples an inverse type in a range diamagnetic-paramagnetic transition. Moreover, for improved with high temperature. comparison between and other some reported magnetic materials has been done, showing parameters are larger than La 1-x Cd x MnO 3 , 1.25 Sr ...

How phospholipids are trafficked between the bacterial inner and outer membranes through the hydrophilic space of the periplasm is not known. We report that members of the mammalian cell entry (MCE) protein family form hexameric assemblies with a central channel capable of mediating lipid transport. The E. coli MCE protein, MlaD, forms a ring associated with an ABC transporter complex in the in...

Magnetic refrigeration based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is an environment-friendly, high-efficiency technology. It has been believed that a large MCE can be realized in the materials with a first-order magnetic transition (FOMT). Here, we found that TlFe3Te3 is a ferromagnetic metal with a first-order magnetic transition occurring at Curie temperature TC = 220 K. The maximum values of m...

We previously cloned three endoglucanase genes, rce1, rce2, and rce3, that were isolated from Rhizopus oryzae as the first cellulase genes from a member of the subdivision Zygomycota. In this study, two cDNAs homologous to the rce1 gene, designated the mce1 and mce2 cDNAs, were cloned from Mucor circinelloides, a member of the subdivision Zygomycota. The mce1 cDNA encoded an endoglucanase (fami...

Mixed cellulose ester (MCE) filters, used routinely to collect dust samples from air for fiber analysis, are the only filter type that can be prepared for both phased contrast microscopy and transmission electron microscopy analyses. However, whenever fiber counts require collecting dust masses <100 μg on a single filter under variable relative humidity (RH) conditions, historically noted effec...

PURPOSE To clarify the effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa culture filtrates on the association with, invasion into, and cytotoxicity against cloned cells from murine corneal epithelial cells and KB cells. METHODS Simian virus 40-transformed murine corneal epithelial (MCE) cells were established. Murine corneal epithelial cells and KB cells were infected with a protease-positive strain, IID1117 ...

We consider Maximal Clique Enumeration (MCE) from a large graph. A maximal clique is perhaps the most fundamental dense substructure in a graph, and MCE is an important tool to discover densely connected subgraphs, with numerous applications to data mining on web graphs, social networks, and biological networks. While effective sequential methods for MCE are known, scalable parallel methods for...

Hormonal induction of growth-arrested 3T3-L1 preadipocytes rapidly activates expression of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) beta. Acquisition of DNA-binding activity by C/EBPbeta, however, is delayed until the cells synchronously enter the S phase of mitotic clonal expansion (MCE). After MCE, C/EBPbeta activates expression of C/EBPalpha and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma...

The monapinone coupling enzyme (MCE), a fungal multicopper oxidase, catalyzes the regioselective C–C between tricyclic A (the primary substrate) and other monapinones (secondary substrates) to produce atropisomeric biaryl homo- or heterodimers. In this study, mono-, bi- compounds were tested determine whether they worked as secondary substrates for MCE. Among 14 cyclic compounds, MCE utilized s...