Background Sperm preparation before assisted reproductive techniques is very important for obtaining successful fertilization and pregnancy. During ICSI technique, sperms are selected based on viability and morphology. But this selection did not guarantee integrity of sperm DNA. Therefore, novel sperm selection procedures are introduced for selection of sperm with low DNA damage. One of these p...

While standard message authentication codes (MACs) guarantee authenticity of messages, they do not, in general, guarantee the anonymity of the sender and recipient. For example it may be easy for an observer to determine whether or not two authenticated messages were sent by the same party even without any information about the secret key used. However preserving any uncertainty an attacker may...

background: the immunomagnetic separation technique is the basis of monocyte isolation and further generation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells. objective: to compare the efficiency of monocyte positive and negative separation, concentration of beads, and their impact on generated dendritic cells. methods: monocytes were obtained using monoclonal antibody-coated magnetic beads followed the fi...

The myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) is a prominent protein kinase C (PKC) substrate in brain that is expressed highly in hippocampal granule cells and their axons, the mossy fibers. Here, we examined hippocampal infrapyramidal mossy fiber (IP-MF) limb length and spatial learning in heterozygous Macs mutant mice that exhibit an '50% reduction in MARCKS expression relative ...

Bit-serial multiply-accumulate units (MACs) play a crucial role in various hardware accelerator applications, including deep learning, image processing, and signal processing. Despite the advantages of bit-serial MACs, such as small footprint, full utilization, high frequency, their serial nature can lead to latency potentially compromised performance. This study investigates potential solution...

To calculate the reaction rate in neutron capture processes it is common to work with Maxwellian Average Cross Section (MACS), defined as scaled by most probable velocity of Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. For MACS determination lower uncertainties, need a spectrum similar possible stellar one motivates this work. At CN Van der Graaff accelerator LNLINFN laboratories, an experimental measuremen...

Highlights Best paper award IEEE Int. Middle Eastern Multiconf. on Simul. & Model. Beirut, Lebanon Creation of the Regional network on healthcare engineering (RIS) Members of the board of the French CNRS national research group GDR MACS Co animation of the IMS2 “Intelligent Manufacturing and Services Systems” GDR MACS PPF project with LAMIH, LAGIS and the University Politehnica of Bucharest Int...