Molecular diagnostics is a discipline that combines laboratory medicine with the knowledge and technology of molecular genetics. Its aim is to provide a sensitive alternative to protein-based current methodologies by developing DNA/RNA-based analytical methods for monitoring human pathologies. This is accomplished by the identification of the disease-causing mutations which may be both known or...

Developing internally valid, and perhaps generalizable, farmworker exposure studies is a complex process that involves many statistical and laboratory considerations. Statistics are an integral component of each study beginning with the design stage and continuing to the final data analysis and interpretation. Similarly, data quality plays a significant role in the overall value of the study. D...

Improved laboratory methods allow one to investigate the contribution of measured allelic variability at a locus physiologically involved in determining the expression of a quantitative trait. We present statistical methods that incorporate measured genotype information into the analysis of a quantitative phenotype that allows one simultaneously to detect and estimate the effects of a measured ...

Paints and coatings have been recognized as a useful type of forensic evidence for several decades. During this time the materials themselves, the analytical methods used to examine them, and the legal environment surrounding the use of scientific evidence in courts have all changed. This paper is not intended to provide a comprehensive bibliography on the topic, but rather to provide a concise...

The digital resources construction of college library is important for the development of college, therefore it is necessary to evaluate it base on an effective evaluation method, and the application of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process on it is studied in depth. Firstly, the meaning of performance evaluation of digital construction of college library is discussed; Secondly, the digital resource...

With growingworldwide awareness of environmental protection, green production has become an important issue for almost every manufacturer and will determine the sustainability of a manufacturer in the long term. A performance evaluation system for green suppliers thus is necessary to determine the suitability of suppliers to cooperate with the firm. While the works on the evaluation and/or sele...

We consider a system consisting of two interacting classical particles, each one subject to an on-site potential and Langevin thermal bath. analytically calculate the heat current that can be established through when bath temperatures are different, for weak nonlinear forces. explore conditions under which diode effect emerges inverting temperature difference. Despite simplicity this two-partic...

In this paper different methods supporting a new intensity formula in optical emission spectroscopy are presented. Three independent experimental and analytical methods have been developed which strongly support this new formula. Different light sources have also been used in this work. A new theory has earlier also been presented which strongly verify the new formula. Support is also given fro...

Subconductor methods or partial wire methods yield reliable results for conductor parameters such as inductance, capacitance, conductance and resistance and can be used to estimate these parameters for conductor configurations involving complex geometries which cannot be handled using analytical methods. The values of inductances obtained using partial wire method are critically compared with v...

Making use of mechanical resonance has many benefits for the design of microscale devices. A key to successfully incorporating this phenomenon in the design of a device is to understand how the resonant frequencies of interest are affected by changes to the geometric parameters of the design. For simple geometric shapes, this is quite easy, but for complex nonlinear designs, it becomes signific...