The present paper reports on the findings of a systematic literature review on multi-channel services. In doing so, it uses an affinity diagram to show the results of a content analysis regarding the issues addressed by the existing literature in the field. This enables to understand areas of interest in the contemporary subject of research, find gaps in the literature and, lastly, to uncover g...

As information technology is developing rapidly, massive and high dimensional data sets have appeared in abundance. The existing attribute reduction methods are encountering bottleneck problem of timeliness and spatiality. AP(Affinity Propagation) is an efficient and fast clustering algorithm for large dataset compared with the existing clustering algorithms. This paper discusses attribute clus...

The SIR2, SIR3, and SIR4 proteins are required for silencing of transcription at the silent mating type loci and at telomeres in yeast. Using protein affinity chromatography, we show that SIR2, SIR3, and two proteins of 69 and 110 kDa tightly associate with SIR4. Surprisingly, the 110 kDa SIR4-binding protein is identical to UBP3, one of several previously described yeast enzymes that deubiquit...

Assessment of humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious agents is typically restricted detecting antigen-specific antibodies in the serum. Rarely does immune monitoring entail assessment memory B-cell compartment itself, although it these cells that engage secondary antibody responses capable mediating protection when pre-existing fail prevent re-infection. There are few techniques ra...

We describe VarClust, a gossip-based decentralized clustering algorithm designed to support multi-mean decentralized aggregation in energy-constrained wireless sensor networks. We empirically demonstrate thatVarClust is at least as accurate as, and requires less node-to-node communication (and hence consumes less energy) than, a state-of-the-art aggregation approach, affinity propagation. This ...

background: ferritin is an iron storage protein, which plays a key role in iron metabolism. measurement of ferritin level in serum is one of the most useful indicators of iron status and also a sensitive measurement of iron deficiency. monoclonal antibodies may be useful as a tool in various aspects of ferritin investigations. in this paper, the production of a murine monoclonal antibody (mab) ...

Design for sustainable behavior has become more important for product or service design considering environmental sustainability in the use stage. The goal of this work is to specifically help design for encouraging energy-saving behavior in selecting effective persuasive design strategies and game design elements by considering users’ differences. The work begins with screening commonly employ...

In vitro selection is a powerful approach for generating novel aptamers and catalysts. Currently, several methods are being developed to extend this technique to proteins. In principle, selection methods could be applied to any library whose members can be replicated. Here, we describe a bifunctional tRNA that fuses translation products to their mRNAs. The utility of peptide-tRNA-mRNA fusions f...

Two major forms of plasminogen can be isolated from the plasmas of several species by affinity chromatography methods. These two forms are easily isolated in high purity from a single small animal, a situation which is particularly suitable for biological investigations. This paper shows that the two forms of rat and rabbit plasminogen must exist as such in the circulating plasma, are not inter...

This study uses the consumer affinity concept to examine the multiple motives that may shape consumers' relationships with food. The concept was applied in a study on four broad product types in the Netherlands, which cover a wide range of the market and may each appeal to consumers with different affinities towards foods. These product types may be denoted as 'conventional', 'efficient', 'gour...