A large number of studies have been dedicated to identify the structural and sequence based features of RNA thermometers, mRNAs that regulate their translation initiation rate with temperature. It has been shown that the melting of the ribosome-binding site (RBS) plays a prominent role in this thermosensing process. However, little is known as to how widespread this melting phenomenon is as ear...

The modern-day project management has focused on the risks management due mainly to the complexities in nowadays projects. On this factual basis, recognizing and mitigating the most critical project risks assist in achieving more efficiency in the project management. Therefore, an effective project management system will help projects not to fail meeting their due dates, not to fall short on cu...

This work presents the study by external PIXE of two giant submandibular obtained from different individuals. The backscattered protons were detected to perform Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) simultaneously to PIXE. These calculi are rare and presented a layered structure; an elemental profile was obtained: P, Ca, O are commonly detected; Cl, Fe, Cu, Zn, Br and Sr are detected in ...

In this work we analyze complex scalar fields using a new framework where the object of noncommutativity θ represents independent degrees of freedom. In a first quantized formalism, θ and its canonical momentum πμν are seen as operators living in some Hilbert space. This structure is compatible with the minimal canonical extension of the Doplicher-Fredenhagen-Roberts (DFR) algebra and is invari...

The elemental and structural features of the nitride nanostructured coating produced by vacuum arc evaporation from high-entropy cathode TiHfVNbZr were studied. Using of the complementary methods of elemental analysis (RBS, SIMS and GDMS) allowed to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the elemental composition, namely to determine the chemical composition of the surface layer, to establish th...

Time synchronization for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has been studied in recent years as a significant research issue. Many applications based on WSNs assume local clocks at each sensor node need to be synchronized to a common time scale. It is particularly important for many of the tasks such as synchronizing event detection, data fusion, and coordinating wake and sleep cycle. Time synchro...

Robert Collis, son of a solicitor and descendant of a prominent medical family, was born and spent his early years in Dublin. He received his secondary education and medical training in England, France and the USA, and played in Ireland’s national rugby team. Whilst working in King’s College Hospital in London he was inspired by Sir George Frederic Still to specialise in paediatrics and returne...

The Response Bias Scale (RBS) has been found to be a better predictor of over-reported memory complaints than Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) F, Back Infrequency (Fb), Infrequency-Psychopathology (Fp), and FBS scales. The MMPI-2-Restructured Form (RF) validity scales were designed to meet or exceed the sensitivity of their MMPI-2 counterparts to symptom over-reporting. Th...

The high-spin van der Waals states are examined for the following dimers: Cr(2) ((13)Sigma(g)(+)), Sc-Cr ((8)Sigma(+), (8)Pi, (8)Delta), and Sc-Kr ((2)Sigma(+), (2)Pi, (2)Delta). These three systems offer a wide range of van der Waals interactions: anomalously strong, intermediate, and typically weak. The single-reference [coupled cluster with single, double, and noniterative triple excitations...

BACKGROUND In utero exposure to thalidomide causes a wide range of birth defects, including phocomelia, hearing loss and visceral disorders, known as thalidomide embryopathy (TE). Fifty years after the first report of TE, we conducted the first cross-sectional multicenter study to investigate the development of lifestyle-related diseases and identify risk factors for visceral disorders in subje...