Protein structure alignment is the problem of determining an assignment between the amino-acid residues of two given proteins in a way that maximizes a measure of similarity between the two superimposed protein structures. By identifying geometric similarities, structure alignment algorithms provide critical insights into protein functional similarities. Existing structure alignment tools adopt...

This study explored how individuals categorized on handedness (being left or right hand dominant) reacted to having the vertical scroll bar of a web browser relocated to the left side of the screen. The relocation of the vertical scroll bar served as an alternative to the relocation of the prominent left aligned main navigation menu for most websites. Fifteen participants were recruited for the...

It is well-known that aeration an efficient method to reduce fouling formation for the membrane-based system. In recent years, membrane surface patterning was claimed able increase efficiency of by enhancing scouring action air bubbles. Many studies reported combination and showed excellent performance system various applications. Nevertheless, here another known as panel orientation evaluated ...

The recent advances in computer visualization methods have made it possible to exploit the possibility of applying scientific visualization methods in critical research areas in the field of transportation engineering. In this paper we develop new visualization methods for road design and safety. Typically, roads are designed by combining horizontal and vertical roadway alignments, to allow for...

TuneClustalX facilitates adjusting the gap penalties of ClustalX multiple sequence alignments in order to improve the quality of the alignments. As an example the application is used to determine initial gap penalties that are superior to the default gap penalties for protein alignments. The choice of gap penalties strongly affects the quality of the alignment. TuneClustalX, compiled for Macint...

Vertical fragmentation and access path selection are interdependent techniques in physical database design used to enhance performance in database systems. While vertical fragmentation in relational databases deals with assignment of attributes to physical files, access path selection deals with searching efficiently the physical location of data records. Vertical fragmentation is a combinatori...

Au-coated vertical silicon nanowire electrode array (VSNEA) was fabricated using a combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches by chemical vapor deposition and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor process for biomolecule sensing. To verify the feasibility for the detection of biomolecules, Au-coated VSNEA was functionalized using peptides having a fluorescent probe. Cyclic voltammograms...

Severe vertical ridge deficiency in the anterior maxilla represents one of the most challenging clinical scenarios in the bone regeneration arena. As such, a combination of vertical bone augmentation using various biomaterials and soft tissue manipulation is needed to obtain successful outcomes. The present case series describes a novel approach to overcome vertical deficiencies in the anterior...

We measured the symmetry of phoria angles in six normal subjects. Subjects were selected on the basis of good visual acuity and stereopsis, normal binocular eye alignment and, apart from mild refraction errors, absence of ocular abnormalities. They were instructed to look at a word on a reading chart at 2 m distance. Each measurement consisted of five subsequent intervals of 5 s duration. Durin...