Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) is a ubiquitous surface molecule. It belongs to the family of G protein-coupled receptors activated by site-specific proteolysis by trypsin. Altered function of PAR-2 has been described in different malignant tumours, both in vivo and in vitro. In the present study, we investigated differences of metastatic spread of B16 melanoma in knock-out animals comp...

the most urgent public health problem today is to devise effective strategies to minimize the destruction caused by the aids epidemic. mathematical models based on the underlying transmission mechanisms of the aids virus can help the medical/scientific community understand and anticipate its spread in different populations and evaluate the potential effectiveness of different approaches for bri...

Independent Component Analysis (ICA) technique separates mixed signals blindly without any information of mixing system. The present work studies and analyses the issues involved in interference rejection in direct sequence spread spectrum communication systems based on Independent Component Analysis technique. The ICA technique tries to separate the unwanted interfering signal from the desired...

This study uses Markov-switching models to evaluate the informational content of the term structure as a predictor of recessions in eight OECD countries. The empirical results suggest that for all countries the term spread is sensibly modelled as a two-state regimeswitching process. Moreover, our simple univariate model turns out to be a filter that transforms accurately term spread changes int...

We present a method for estimating the point spread function of a terahertz imaging system designed to operate in reflection mode. The method is based on imaging phantoms with known geometry, which have patterns with sharp edges at all orientations. The point spread functions are obtained by a deconvolution technique in the Fourier domain. We validate our results by using the estimated point sp...

Composition-spread La(1-x)SrxMnO3 thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique from LaMnO3 and SrMnO3 targets. The films were epitaxial with a continuous variation of the out-of-plane lattice parameter along the direction of composition gradient. Scanning Raman spectroscopy has been employed as a nondestructive tool to characterize the composition-spread films. Raman spectra sh...

Spread spectrum communication is a new theory and modulation technique, and different from the conventional communication system. A good correlation property and large linear period of Pseudo-random sequence is the basis of spread spectrum communication systems intern CDMA (code division multiple access communication systems). Out of several techniques to implement direct sequence spread Spectr...

To increase the maximum span of cable-stayed bridges, Uwe Starossek has developed a modified statical system. The basic idea of this new concept is the use of pairs of inclined pylon legs that spread out longitudinally from the foundation base or from the girder level. Spread-pylon cable-stayed bridge has distinct advantage like reduction of sag of cables and oscillation of cable during earthqu...