Abstract The multi-machine International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) Global H-mode Confinement Database has been upgraded with new data from JET the ITER-like wall and ASDEX Upgrade full tungsten wall. This paper describes database presents results of regression analysis to estimate global energy confinement scaling in plasmas using a standard power law. Various subsets are considered, focu...

objectives : squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity and a public health threat. tumor progression is believed to be influenced by angiogenesis as well as tumor cell proliferation; however, the correlation of these two factors in tongue scc still remains unclear. this study aimed to assess the correlation of these two factors in tongue scc. materia...

the object of this cross sectional study was to determine the hcv subtype 3a envelope protein binding affinity with human leukocyte antigen. envelope 1 (e1) protein is one of the structural proteins responsible for entering the cells through the receptors. the binding affinity of e1 protein epitopes to the selected human leukocyte antigen (hla) class i alleles was investigated using the compute...

conclusions: absence of the c allele was significantly associated with failure of response. the presence of c allele was associated with a favorable outcome. afp is a strong baseline predictor of hcv treatment response. a decision tree model is useful for predicting the probability of response to therapy. patients and methods: the study included 263 chronic hcv egyptian patients receiving peg-i...

Sandrine Bony, Mark Webb, Christopher Bretherton, Stephen Klein, Pier Siebesma, George Tselioudis and Minghua Zhang 1: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, IPSL, CNRS, UPMC, Paris, France 2: Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, UK 3: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 4: PCMDI/LLNL, Livermore, CA, USA 5: KNMI, de Bi...

Background: Staphylococcal protein A (SPA) is a cell wall component of Staphylococcus aureus that binds to different IgG subclasses of human and several animal species. This bacterial protein can be used as an antibody detector in various immunological assays or as an isolation reagent for the purification of antibody molecules via immuno-chromatography procedures.Objectives: Molecular cl...

Single wall nanotubes have been demonstrated to have remarkable physical properties: Youngs Modulus of >ITPa; breaking strength of 100 G ~ and metallic conductivity. The most perfect examples of them have been produce~ via laser ablation or arc-discharge processes [1,2]. These processes are characterized by theft low productivity, of the order of grams per day per unit, and they are generally a...