Creatine kinase isoforms markers, including MB2 concentration, MB2/MB1 and MM3/MM1 ratios, and MT index (based on the "tissue" M subunits), were measured in serial specimens from 207 patients receiving thrombolytic therapy followed by acute angiography. The slope of release showed a significant relation (P < 0.05) between MB2 concentrations and patency, graded as TIMI 0 through TIMI 3; with reg...

The biological determinants of the phenotypic variation in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) are unknown. To categorize sCJD cases, the prion protein (PrP) codon 129 genotype and the biochemical characteristics of the disease-associated form of PrP (PrP(Sc)) can be combined to form six subgroups (MM1, MM2, MV1, MV2, VV1, and VV2). This classification largely correlates with the known va...

We present 2 mm, 1.1 mm, 850 μm, 800 μm, and 450 μm mapping and photometry of the field surrounding NGC 6334A. We find a prominent east–west dust ridge, approximately centered on NGC 6334A. We interpret this ridge as a collimating dust disk or torus and derive a mass of ∼60 M from our continuum data. It is possible though, that this disk– like structure is contaminated on the west-side by a pro...

We present Submillimter Array 1.3 mm waveband continuum and molecular line observations of the HH 80–81 high-mass star-forming region. The dust continuum emission reveals two dominant peaks MM1 and MM2, and line emission from high-density tracers suggests the presence of another core MC. Molecular line emission from MM1, which harbors the exciting source of the HH 80–81 radio jet, yields a hot ...

Serum creatine kinase (EC 2.1.3.2) isoenzyme MM was resolved by isoelectric focusing into a five-band pattern, a pattern that gradually changed after the onset of myocardial infarction. Similar changes were also demonstrated in patients undergoing coronary-bypass surgery. The evolution of two CK-MB sub-bands was studied in both cases. We found that three electrophoretic bands (CK-MM, pI 7.10; M...

Two Japanese sporadic Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (sCJD) patients with valine homozygosity at codon 129 of the prion protein gene and protease-resistant prion protein (PrP) type 2 (VV2) are described. In contrast with Western countries, this type of sCJD is very rare in Japan. In 123 sCJD cases, only two were recognised as VV2 by the Japanese CJD surveillance committee. The clinical symptoms and p...

We present efficient parallel matrix multiplication algorithms for linear arrays with reconfigurable pipelined bus systems (LARPBS). Such systems are able to support a large volume of parallel communication of various patterns in constant time. An LARPBS can also be reconfigured into many independent subsystems and, thus, is able to support parallel implementations of divide-and-conquer computa...

In solid tumors, cancer cells are exposed to various microenvironmental stresses such as hypoxia, nutritional depletion, and low pH. Cancer cells adapt to these stresses and circumvent cell death. When the antiapoptotic signals overcome the stress, cancer cells might acquire physiologic functions, such as invasiveness, instead of cell death. Here, we report that tumor cells acquire an invasive ...

ABSTRACT Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Karl G. Jansky Very (VLA), we observed Extended Green Object (EGO) G19.01−0.03 with sub-arcsec resolution from 1.05 mm to 5.01 cm wavelengths. Our ∼0.4 arcsec ∼ 1600 au angular ALMA observations reveal a velocity gradient across millimetre core MM1, oriented perpendicular previously known bipolar molecular outflow, which...