BACKGROUND We investigated a large family with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS). AIM OF THE STUDY This study aims to determine the genetic cause of PRS. RESULTS The reciprocal translocation t(4;6)(q22;p21) was identified to be segregated with PRS in a three-generation family. Whole-genome sequencing and Sanger sequencing successfully detected breakpoints in the intragenic regions of BMRP1B and G...

The masking of bitterness is considered important because many pharmaceutical compounds have a bitter taste. The bitterness-masking effect of powdered roasted soybeans (PRS) was investigated using a bitter taste sensor. PRS was revealed to significantly suppress the bitterness of quinine hydrochloride and denatonium benzoate. Furthermore, the bitterness-masking mechanism of PRS extracts was eva...

We introduce concepts of “recursive polynomial remainder sequence (PRS)” and “recursive subresultant,” and investigate their properties. In calculating PRS, if there exists the GCD (greatest common divisor) of initial polynomials, we calculate “recursively” with new PRS for the GCD and its derivative, until a constant is derived. We call such a PRS a recursive PRS. We define recursive subresult...

BACKGROUND The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) database was used to develop and validate a practice-related risk score (PRS) based on modifiable practices to help facilities assess potential areas for improving patient care. METHODS Relative risks (RRs) from a multivariable Cox mortality model, based on observational haemodialysis (HD) patient data from DOPPS I (1996-200...

The photoreceptors of the Drosophila compound eye are a classical model for studying cell fate specification. Photoreceptors (PRs) are organized in bundles of eight cells with two major types - inner PRs involved in color vision and outer PRs involved in motion detection. In wild type flies, most PRs express a single type of Rhodopsin (Rh): inner PRs express either Rh3, Rh4, Rh5 or Rh6 and oute...

An overview of the evolution of knowledge on the nomenclature, classification, induction, occurrence, functions, and role of pathogenesis-related proteins (PRs) is presented, covering generally the last fifteen years. The recommendations for naming and defining PRs are introduced, and the criteria required for the inclusion of new families into PRs are considered. The revision of the previous v...

We are very excited to introduce the official launch of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open (PRS GO), the first companion journal to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) since its inception date in 1946. In May 2012, the PRS Editors, PRS Section Editors, leadership of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), and Journal editorial staff unanimously agreed that the time had...

OBJECTIVES To describe a modification of the index of clinical consequences of untreated dental caries [pulpal involvement, ulceration, fistula and abscess (PUFA/pufa) index] to pulpal involvement-roots-sepsis (PRS/prs) and to compare the two indices using the example of caries in primary molar teeth in children aged 6-8 years. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study sample included 542 children aged ...

© 2014 ETRI Journal, Volume 36, Number 1, February 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.4218/etrij.14.0113.0348 Recently, efficient partial relay selection (e-PRS) was proposed as an enhanced version of PRS. In comparing e-PRS, PRS, and the best relay selection (BRS), there is a tradeoff between complexity and performance; that is, the complexity for PRS, e-PRS, and BRS is low to high, respectively, but v...