Alkaline soils comprise 30% of the earth and have low plant-available iron (Fe) concentration, and can cause iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC). IDC causes soybean yield losses of $260 million annually. However, it is not known whether molecular responses to IDC are equivalent to responses to low iron supply. IDC tolerant and sensitive soybean lines provide a contrast to identify specific factors ...

Due to rapid growth of distributed network and Internet, it becomes easy for data providers and users to access, manage, and share voluminous geospatial data in digital form. With Internet, it becomes very easy to distribute and copy geospatial data. Therefore, it becomes necessary to protect geospatial data from illegal and unauthorized usage. The increase availability of tools and techniques ...

The two main histological types of infiltrating breast cancer, lobular (ILC) and the more common ductal (IDC) carcinoma are morphologically and clinically distinct. To assess the molecular alterations associated with these breast cancer subtypes, we conducted a whole-genome study of 166 archival estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors (89 IDC and 77 ILC) using the Affymetrix GeneChip(R) Mapping ...

A needle biopsy of a mass in the right breast of a 36-year-old woman revealed invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), and approximately 20% of cancer cells showed unequivocal membranous staining with the HercepTest. After systemic therapy with trastuzumab and paclitaxel followed by FEC (fluorouracil + epirubicin + cyclophosphamide), a right mastectomy was performed. By histological and immunohistochem...

Internet of Things (IoT) architectures are in strong demand — IDC estimates spending in the European market was at $78.9 billion in 2014 and forecasts it to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 29% over the next five years. Such numbers speak for themselves and attract a very diverse tech community. This paper provides a definition of IoT and describes where that paradigm sits in respect to...

In patients presenting with congestive heart failure in the United States, approximately one-quarter have idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). IDC is thought to result from a number of mechanisms that injure the myocardium and lead to a common pathway of cardiac dilatation and heart failure. Known mechanisms of myocardial injury include alcohol, toxins, infections, cytotoxic chemotherapy, a...

The G-308A polymorphism of the tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene, a variant that influences TNF-alpha transcription, may contribute to non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy. To evaluate whether TNF-alpha genotyping may assist in identifying a subset of patients who could potentially benefit from immunomodulatory therapy, we assessed the relationship between the G-308A polymorphism of...

Matriptase is a serine protease expressed by cells of surface epithelial origin, including epithelial breast tumor cells. Matriptase cleaves and activates proteins implicated in the progression of cancer and represents a potential prognostic and therapeutic target. The aim of this study was to examine matriptase expression in breast tumors of Chinese women and to identify its clinicopathologica...

Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common type of breast cancer and the leading cause of breast cancer related mortality. In the present study, metabolomic profiles of 72 tissue samples and 146 serum samples were analysed using targeted liquid chromatography multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry (LC-MRM/MS) and untargeted gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) approaches...

A new class of electronically beam-steerable corrugated substrate integrated waveguide (CSIW) slot array antenna operating at 26–29 GHz has been developed. The conventional via-based walls waveguides (SIWs) or stub-based CSIWs have replaced with an interdigitated capacitor (IDC) structure to enable reconfigurability. This novel IDC-CSIW is shown a lower transmission loss compared in the literat...