The aim of the study is to establish the impact of 2D echocardiographic methods on absolute values for aortic root dimensions and to describe any allometric relationship to body size. We adopted a nationwide cross-sectional prospective multicentre design using images obtained from studies utilising control groups or where specific normality was being assessed. A total of 248 participants were e...

Background: The incidence of edge dissections after the coronary implantation of bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) has not been investigated. BRS have thicker struts and require more aggressive pre-dilation for implantation. The incidence of edge dissections after BRS implantation, their morphological aspects and healing process were evaluated using serial optical coherence tomography (OCT) images....

Cell motility is an actin dependent process requiring the formation and extension of lamellipodia or filopodia, and is absolutely essential for many cellular processes, especially for morphogenesis during development. During lamellipodial extension, actin dynamics involve switching between branch formation at the leading edge and proximal severing of existing actin filaments [1]. Actin branch f...

let $g$ be a simple connected graph. the edge-wiener index $w_e(g)$ is the sum of all distances between edges in $g$, whereas the hyper edge-wiener index $ww_e(g)$ is defined as {footnotesize $w{w_e}(g) = {frac{1}{2}}{w_e}(g) + {frac{1}{2}} {w_e^{2}}(g)$}, where {footnotesize $ {w_e^{2}}(g)=sumlimits_{left{ {f,g} right}subseteq e(g)} {d_e^2(f,g)}$}. in this paper, we present explicit formula fo...

Numerous F-actin containing structures are involved in regulating protrusion of membrane at the leading edge of motile cells. We have investigated the structure and dynamics of filopodia as they relate to events at the leading edge and the function of the trailing actin networks. We have found that although filopodia contain parallel bundles of actin, they contain a surprisingly nonuniform spat...

The teleost gill forms an extensive, semipermeable barrier that must tolerate intimate contact with the surrounding environment and be able to protect the body from external pathogens. The recent discovery of the interbranchial lymphoid tissue (ILT) has initiated an anatomical and functional investigation of the lymphoid tissue of the salmonid gill. In this article, sectioning of gill arches in...

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) involves placing computational capability and applications at the edge of network, providing benefits such as reduced latency, network congestion, improved performance applications. The reliability MEC degrades significantly when server(s) in cluster are overloaded. In this work, an adaptive admission control policy to prevent node from getting overloaded is presente...

In this study we investigated the dynamics of R-Ras intracellular trafficking and its contributions to the unique roles of R-Ras in membrane ruffling and cell spreading. Wild type and constitutively active R-Ras localized to membranes of both Rab11- and transferrin-positive and -negative vesicles, which trafficked anterograde to the leading edge in migrating cells. H-Ras also co-localized with ...

Cell migration requires integration of cellular processes resulting in cell polarization and actin dynamics. Previous work using tools of Drosophila genetics suggested that protocadherin fat serves in a pathway necessary for determining cell polarity in the plane of a tissue. Here we identify mammalian FAT1 as a proximal element of a signaling pathway that determines both cellular polarity in t...