Crowds are part of our everyday experience; nevertheless, in virtual worlds they are still relatively rare. In the past, main reasons hindering a wider use of virtual crowds in the real-time domain were their high demands on both general and graphics performance coupled with high costs of content production. The situation is, though, changing fast; market forces are pushing performance of the c...

PURPOSE We recently discovered a novel gene responsive to tumor-conditioned media: endothelial-derived gene 1 (EG-1). Its transcript has been shown to be present in epithelial cells, as well as in endothelial cells. In this study, we examined the levels of EG-1 protein expression in breast, colon, prostate, and lung cancers, which constitute the four most common solid malignancies in the United...

Background Under the guideline of Circular Letter LCCE/153, TTA has formed evaluation group (TTA EG) to test, said, IP-OFDMA for the 6th radio interface of IMT-2000. TTA would like to share the progress of evaluation to other groups and proponents and to clarify the questions in the relevant ITU-R Documents and comments provided by the Proponents in the contributions, 8F/1065 and 1079r1. We hav...

Electronic Government Research (EGR) has progressed beyond its stages of infancy and has unfolded into a respected domain of multiand crossdisciplinary study. A sizable and dedicated community of researchers has formed. So far, however, few, if any, accounts exist which sufficiently analyze the profile of the electronic government research community. The contribution of this paper is to describ...

The possible identification by INTEGRAL of the EGRET source 3EG J1736 − 2908 with the active galactic nucleus GRS 1734−292 is discussed. The latter was discovered in 1990 and later identified with a Seyfert 1 galaxy. At the time of the compilation of the 3rd EGRET Catalog, it was not considered as a possible counterpart of the source 3EG J1736 − 2908, which remained unidentified. A detailed mul...

The archive Electronic Geometry Models is a new electronic journal for the publication of digital geometry models from a broad range of mathematical topics. The geometry models are distinguished constructions, counter examples, or results from elaborate computer experiments. Each submitted model has a self-contained textual description and is peer reviewed, and later reviewed by the Zentralblat...

Results: The EG and LG group had 343 and 430 Rb patients respectively. The incidence of Rb in 1997 and in 2012 was 0.06 and 0.03 per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia respectively. The gender distribution was similar. The median age of presentation was 24 (range 11, 39) months in EG vs. 18 (8, 31) months in LG (p <0.001). Incidence of unilateral Rb was 58% [200/343] in EG vs. 56% [278/485] in L...

When Policy Topic is not covered The following genetic and protein biomarkers for the diagnosis of prostate cancer are considered investigational:  Kallikrein markers (eg, 4KscoreTM Test)  Metabolomic profiles (eg, ProstarixTM)  PCA3 testing  TMPRSS fusion genes  Candidate gene panels  Mitochondrial DNA mutation testing (eg, Prostate Core Mitomics TestTM)  Gene hypermethylation testing (...

Neutropenic conditions are prevalent in leukemia patients and are often associated with increased susceptibility to infections. In fact, emergency granulopoiesis (EG), a process regulating neutrophil homeostasis in inflammatory conditions and infections, may occur improperly in leukemic conditions, leading to reduced neutrophil counts. Unfortunately, the mechanisms central to dysfunctional EG r...

Abstract This work aimed at conversion of worthless indurtial wastes to valuable product. Herein, bioactive composites based on bacterial cellulose (BC) and eggshell or eggshell-derived hydroxyapatite (HAp) were prepared by a green method using Gluconacetobacter xylinum bacteria. The effect addition (BC/Eg) HAp (BC/HAp-Eg) the yield, biodegradation biocompatibility was studied. For comparison, ...