Invasive fungal infections by Candida albicans frequently cause mortality in immunocompromised patients. Neutrophils are particularly important for clearance during systemic C. albican infection, yet little has been known regarding which surface receptor controls neutrophils’ antifungal activities. CD137, is encoded Tnfrsf9, belongs to the tumor necrosis superfamily and shown regulate neutrophi...

The combined treatment of severe dentofacial deformities normally consists of at least three steps: The preand post-operative orthodontic treatment and the treatment between surgical correction. The accuracy of the surgical planning and especially the surgery itself are crucial for the duration of the postoperative orthodontic treatment. Main reason for the segmentation of the jaws is the accel...

A form of the aspect calculus hypothesized in Dowty 1979 to explain “the different aspectual properties of the various kinds of verbs” is reinterpreted by chaining segments incrementally, as in Landman 2008. Segmenting an interval brings out, it is argued, a notion of event that can be represented at bounded but variable granularities by strings of sets of temporal propositions, tracking change...

We address the problem of checking the routability of segmented channels using satisfiability. The segmented channel routing problem arises in the context of row-based field programmable gate array (FPGAs). Our approach transforms the routing task into a single large Boolean equation such that any assignment of input variables that satisfies the equation specifies a valid routing. It considers ...

Segmental osteotomies offer a versatile option for conventional orthodontic surgery. Basically any single tooth or groups of teeth can be repositioned surgically. Segmental osteotomies have been used to correct bimaxillary protrusion, anterior open bite, transverse maxillary deficiency, distal position of mandibular dentoalveolar process, mandibular anterior crowding and in cleft care for vario...

This paper concerns segmented multivariate regression models, models which have different linear forms in different subdomains of the domain of an independent variable. Without knowing that number and their boundaries, we first estimate the number of these subdomains using a modified Schwarz criterion. The estimated number of regions proves to be weakly consistent under fairly general condition...

A multielectrode setup for protein OFFGEL electrophoresis that significantly improves protein separation efficiency has been developed. Here, the electric field is applied by segments between seven electrodes connected in series to six independent power supplies. The aim of this strategy is to distribute evenly the electric field along the multiwell system, and as a consequence to enhance elect...