OBJECTIVES Annually reported, publically accessible Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) data from the Japanese government is a part of the total DPC database of the Japanese medical reimbursement system for hospitalization. Although medical issues can be evaluated with these data promptly, the applicability of these data in epidemiological analyses has not been assessed. METHODS We performe...

We implemented molecular dynamics simulations of the 13-residue antimicrobial peptide indolicidin (ILPWKWPWWPWRR-NH2) in dodecylphosphocholine (DPC) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles. In DPC, a persistent cation-pi interaction between TRP11 and ARG13 defined the structure of the peptide near the interface. A transient cation-pi interaction was also observed between TRP4 and the choline ...

In addition to its role in somatic cell development in the testis, our data have revealed a role for Fgf9 in XY germ cell survival. In Fgf9-null mice, germ cells in the XY gonad decline in numbers after 11.5 days post coitum (dpc), while germ cell numbers in XX gonads are unaffected. We present evidence that germ cells resident in the XY gonad become dependent on FGF9 signaling between 10.5 dpc...

A many-to-many k-disjoint path cover (k-DPC for short) of a graph G joining the pairwise disjoint vertex sets S and T , each of size k, is a collection of k vertex-disjoint paths between S and T , which altogether cover every vertex of G. This is classified as paired, if each vertex of S must be joined to a specific vertex of T , or unpaired, if there is no such constraint. In this paper, we de...

BACKGROUND People living with HIV (PLHIV) who are also marginalized by social and structural inequities often face barriers to accessing and adhering to HIV treatment and care. The Dr. Peter Centre (DPC) is a non-profit integrated care facility with a supervised injection room that serves PLHIV experiencing multiple barriers to social and health services in Vancouver, Canada. This study examine...

Clustering by fast search and find of density peaks (DPC) (Since, 2014) has been proven to be a promising clustering approach that efficiently discovers the centers clusters finding peaks. The accuracy DPC depends on cutoff distance (dc), cluster number (k) selection clusters. Moreover, final allocation strategy is sensitive poor fault tolerance. shortcomings above make algorithm parameters onl...

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are used in a wide range of applications due to their high efficiency and high power density. In this paper, sensorless four-switch direct power control (DPC) method with the sector to sector commutations ripple minimization for BLDC motor control is proposed. The main features of the proposed DPC method are: (1) fast dynamic response (2) easy implementation (3) use o...

Clustering multi-dimensional points is a fundamental task in many fields, and density-based clustering supports applications because it can discover clusters of arbitrary shapes. This article addresses the problem Density-Peaks (DPC) Euclidean space. DPC already has applications, but its straightforward implementation incurs O ( n 2 ) time, where number points, thereby does not scale to large d...

A direct virtual power control algorithm is presented in this paper for VSC-HVDC startup. This control algorithm is based on direct power control (DPC) and expands the range of DPC. When the VSC converter AC side open circuit or the AC side current is zero, the control algorithm maintains the DPC feedback loop by introducing a virtual power, so that the DPC is able to control the AC output volt...