Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant neurogenetic disorder characterized by hamartomas in multiple organs and is caused by a wide spectrum of mutations in 1 of 2 causative genes (TSC1 or TSC2). Here, we present mutational analyses of the TSC1 and TSC2 genes in 4 cases of TSC in Chinese Han children, including 2 familial and 2 sporadic cases, using PCR and DNA sequencing of ...

In Ref. [ 1 ] we have obtained in three different ways the components of the vector magnetic potential (VMP) for the toroidal solenoid. As they satisfy the same equations and the same boundary conditions, they should coincide everywhere (see, e.g., [2]). By comparing these components one can derive simple closed analytical expressions for some integrals and sums involving Legendre functions. Th...

We have identified and cloned a novel gene, trp-p8, by screening a prostate-specific subtracted cDNA library. The 5694-bp cDNA has a 3312-bp open reading frame, which codes for a 1104 amino acid putative protein with seven transmembrane domains. The predicted protein revealed significant homology with the transient receptor potential (trp) family of Ca(2+) channel proteins. Northern blot analys...

The QoS signalling across multiple domains is an open issue: in this paper we propose a QoS interdomain signalling solution for SIP-based multimedia sessions. Our solution refers to a signalling architecture proposed by ETSI in which the interdomain QoS signalling flows on the application layer along with the session signalling. In our solution we extend the precondition set attributes defined ...

w The human wrnea is a densely innervated struchxe. However, data on nerve fiber (NF) distribution in tbe human cornea are scarce possibly due to fast post mortem degeneration. Therefore, moat descriptions on comeal innervation are based on studies in rats and rabbits. Tbe present study is focussed on the ulaastruaure of NF’s in the central and peripheral human cornea. Methods: Tissue samples o...