The insertion of immunoglobulin (IgG) in a glycolipid monolayer was achieved by using the ability of new proteo-glycolipid vesicles to disintegrate into a mixed IgG-glycolipid interfacial film after spreading at an air-buffer interface. The interfacial disintegration kinetics was shown to be directly dependent on the initial vesicle surface density and on the buffer ionic strength. The presence...

For the update summaries task of the Text Analysis Conference 2008 we have implemented a novel summarization technique based on query expansion with encyclopedic knowledge and activation spreading in a large document graph. We have also experimented with sentence compression for building the summaries. The results are average – ranked 27 out of 58 for responsiveness in manual evaluation – but w...

We propose a framework for deterministic simulation of user behavior that allows to analyze the cost-gain-based performance on single result lists or whole search sessions. The ideal user representing optimal behavior (i.e., most gain with lowest effort) is contrasted with more “average” users that employ the spreading activation model from cognitive theory. On TREC Session Track data, the idea...

Schwannoma is a well-encapsulated benign tumor that originates from Schwann cells. Prognosis and progress are excellent, and recurrence of the tumor is sometimes reported after surgical resection . Intrathoracic extrapulmonary schannoma is extremely rare that had grown and bulging inside the thoracic cavity from the lateral chest wall ). Usually, intrathoracic Schwannoma is a found in the poste...

A square grid pattern, printed in hydrophobic material on conventional membrane filters, subdivided the surface into a plurality of areas. This separated colonies from one another and prevented lateral growth, spreading, and confluence. Very high colony-packing densities were achieved (2,500/in(2); ca. 1.61 x 10(5)/cm(2)) reducing the need to dilute samples. Recovery of organisms was better tha...

We study a lattice model for the spreading of fluid films, which are a few molecular layers thick, in narrow channels with inert lateral walls. We focus on systems connected to two particle reservoirs at different chemical potentials, considering an attractive substrate potential at the bottom, confining sidewalls, and hard-core repulsive fluid-fluid interactions. Using kinetic Monte Carlo simu...

BACKGROUND Many methods have been proposed for the correction of sunken upper eyelids. These methods include surgical treatments, such as micro-fat, dermofat, or fascia-fat grafts, or the use of alloplastic materials. Here, we present our experience of sunken upper eyelid correction involving the simple addition of anchoring the central fat pad to the medial fat pad during upper blepharoplasty....

In the previous paper, geological ages of Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, late Middle to Eocene, Oligocene and early Early Miocene were confirmed at first time, based on occurrences both age diagnostic larger foraminifera associated planktonic foraminifera, from Sashida Limestone included basalt pebbles, Sashida, Kamo-Gun, south Izu Peninsula. Therefore, was made up clastic carbonate rocks various ...

The development and local structure of height-selected 3-layer Ag islands on fivefold surfaces of icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystals is characterized by STM for Ag deposition at 365 K. Heterogeneous nucleation of pseudomorphic single layer high islands is followed by rapid formation of 2nd and 3rd layers and subsequent lateral spreading, where each of these 3 layers consists of a family of nonf...

A 45-year-old male noticed progressive weakness of the right lower limb with gait disturbance. Over the following months, motor deficits worsened, spreading to the right upper limb. Electromyography showed active denervation in the upper and lower limb muscles. A diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was made. About 2 years after symptom onset, gradual improvement occurred. Cerebrosp...