PURPOSE To classify healthy and glaucomatous eyes using relevance vector machine (RVM) and support vector machine (SVM) learning classifiers trained on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurements obtained by scanning laser polarimetry (SLP). METHODS Seventy-two eyes of 72 healthy control subjects (average age = 64.3 +/- 8.8 years, visual field mean deviation = -0.71 +/- 1.2 dB) an...

SLP-76 (Src homology (SH) 2-domain-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kDa) and FYB/SLAP (FYN-T-binding protein/SLP-76-associated protein) are two hemopoietic cell-specific adaptor proteins downstream of TCR-activated protein tyrosine kinases. SLP-76 has been implicated as an essential component in T cell signaling. FYB is selectively phosphorylated by FYN-T, providing a template for the recruit...

different areas of modern financial tools and processes activities contain the matters like innovations in financial tools engineering and risk management. derivatives and especially stock exchange option is part of this innovation. among all numerical procedures in calculating the value of derivatives and the risk sensitivity parameters of option, binomial models are widely used. in this stud...

PURPOSE Scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) enables the measurement of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in vivo. As SLP measurements can be influenced by several conditions such as corneal birefringence, the new version GDx Access is implemented by the variable corneal compensator (VCC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of cataract extraction and foldable intraocular l...

Auctions are supposed to procure the best deal money can buy. Yet, practitioners who procure complex contracts by auction are well aware of some basic pitfalls. One concern is that winning bids may not reflect the quality of the bidder but strategic behavior like low-balling bids or underestimating costs. Such behavior may then lead to demands for contract renegotiation by the winning bidder th...

Stomatin-like protein 2 (SLP-2) is overexpressed in numerous types of human cancer and previous studies revealed that SLP-2 may function in mitochondria. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the expression of SLP-2 in cervical cancer and the association between SLP-2 expression and clinical features, in addition to investigating the role of SLP-2 in the apoptosis of cervical cancer ...

In this paper, we consider the application of the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) to compute the eigenvalues of the Sturm-Liouville problem (SLP) which is called non-definite SLP. Two important Examples show that HPM is reliable method for computing the eigenvalues of SLP.

In this paper, we embed the microeconomic decisions associated with investment under uncertainty, capacity utilization, and machine replacement in a general equilibrium model based on putty-clay technology. We show that the combination of log-normally distributed idiosyncratic productivity uncertainty and Leontief utilization choice yields an aggregate production function that is easily charact...

The GEM-E3 model starts from the same basic structure as the standard World Bank models2. Following the tradition of these models, GEM-E3 is built on the basis of a Social Accounting Matrix (Decaluwe, Martens and Monette 1987; Decaluwe and Martens 1988) and explicitly formulates demand and supply equilibrium. Technical coefficients in production and demand are flexible in the sense that produce...