conclusions sequence and structural diversity of the 3'utr variable region and poly u/uc region found in the local isolates indicate specificity in the regulating elements of 3'utr that might be associated with differential replication efficacy of the hcv pakistani isolates. the study necessitates functional characterization of these regulating elements to elucidate variable viral eff...

background viral meningitis is an inflammation of the leptomeninges as a manifestation of central nervous system (cns) infection. more than 85% of viral meningitis cases are caused by non-polio enteroviruses. this is the first study on the description of the enteroviruses and the related serotypes involved in viral meningitis in iran. objectives this project was conducted to improve our knowled...

background :  sequence-based identification of various microorganisms including archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, diatoms, fungi, and green algae necessitates an efficient and reproducible genome extraction procedure though which a pure template dna is yielded and it can be used in polymerase chain reactions (pcr). considering the fact that dna extraction from these microorganisms is time consu...

This paper introduces GEP(Gene Expression Programming) fundamental. Aimed at prediction of software failure sequence, an improved GEP(GEP based on Block Strategy, BS-GEP) is presented, in which the population is divided into several blocks according to the individual fitness of each generation and the genetic operators are reset differently in each block to guarantee the genetic diversity. The ...

The twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is a rare complication of 1% of monochorionic twin gestation with an incidence of 1 in 35,000 births. One twin is structurally normal while the other is abnormal with development of legs and lower body and undeveloped thorax, head and heart. The abnormal twin also referred as Acardiac monster twin receives its blood supply from normal or the ...

In the Iterated Immediate Snapshot model (IIS) the memory consists of a sequence of one-shot Immediate Snapshot (IS) objects. Processes access the sequence of IS objects, one-by-one, asynchronously, in a wait-free manner; any number of processes can crash. Its interest lies in the elegant recursive structure of its runs, hence of the ease to analyze it round by round. In a very interesting way,...

BACKGROUND Heart failure is a debilitating condition resulting in severe disability and death. In a subset of cases, clustered as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (iDCM), the origin of heart failure is unknown. In the brain of patients with dementia, proteinaceous aggregates and abnormal oligomeric assemblies of beta-amyloid impair cell function and lead to cell death. METHODS AND RESULTS We...

A generic bi-directional scheme is proposed that robustifies the estimation of the maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) sequence of states of a visual object. It enables creative, non-technical users to obtain the path of interesting objects in offline available video material, which can then be used to create interactive movies. To robustify against tracker failure the proposed scheme merges the filteri...

In this chapter, we consider the sequential interval estimation of the limiting interval reliability of a repairable system when the sequences of failure and repair times are generated by a bivariate stationary dependent sequence. In Section 7.2, we discuss the estimation of the limiting interval reliability ( ) R x for a stationary strong mixing bivariate sequence of failure and repair times. ...

Aim. To describe mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) forensic casework experience in a commercial laboratory in the United States. Methods. Frequency statistics were kept for two years on all aspects of mtDNA forensic cases, including types of clientele, types of samples, levels of sample success and failure, site heteroplasmy, length heteroplasmy, contamination, rates of failures to exclude, and match s...