The MSLN gene products, soluble mesothelin and megakaryocyte potentiating factor (MPF), are being investigated as biomarkers for the asbestos-related cancer malignant mesothelioma (MM). Pleural fluid biomarkers of MM can be elevated when serum levels remain normal. The aim of this study was to determine if this was true for MPF and to compare levels of mesothelin. Biomarker concentrations were ...

The enhancement of Hopfield Neural Network (HNN) multiuser detector for Multicarrier CodeDivision Multiple-Access (MC-CDMA) signals in a multipath fading channel (MPF) is investigated. The previous design of HNN fails to remove Multiple-Access Interference (MAI) in a MPF channel because it is designed to work in a Gaussian channel. In this paper, we have designed a new HNN multiuser detector th...

In face recognition literature, major approaches based on holistic templates and geometrical local features have been taken. Both approaches have certain advantages and disadvantages. In this paper, we explore a new method which integrates the above two approaches. Among many speciic systems, we select LDA (Linear Discriminant Analysis) and MPF (Matching Pursuit Filter) as the representative fr...

A bandwidth-tunable multiband microwave photonic filter (MPF) using a strongly coupled microring resonator (MRR) with optical phase modulation is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally. Two notches of the MRR adjacent to carrier break intrinsic balance phase-modulated signal then two sub-MPFs are formed thanks conversion from intensity (PM-IM). The frequency responses superimposed form p...

Thirteen male athletes (mean 20.7 years) participated in the present study which investigated the relationship between mean power frequency (MPF) and exercise intensity determined from gas analysis during maximal treadmill running. All subjects performed two consecutive ramp exercise tests on the treadmill. Myoelectric signals from surface electrodes on the erector spinae muscles were digitized...

In Xenopus oocytes, the mos proto-oncogene product is required during meiosis I for the activation of maturation promoting factor (MPF) and the subsequent breakdown of the germinal vesicle (GVBD). In addition, the mos product has been shown to be a candidate "initiator" of meiotic maturation and is an active component of cytostatic factor (CSF), an activity responsible for metaphase II arrest. ...

In Xenopus, a cytoplasmic agent known as MPF induces entry into mitosis. In fission yeast, genetic studies have shown that the cdc2 kinase regulates mitotic initiation. The 13 kd product of the suc1 gene interacts with the cdc2 kinase in yeast cells. We show that the yeast suc1 gene product (p13) is a potent inhibitor of MPF in cell-free extracts from Xenopus eggs. p13 appears to exert its anta...

In this paper, we consider the scene parsing problem and propose a novel MultiPath Feedback recurrent neural network (MPF-RNN) for parsing scene images. MPF-RNN can enhance the capability of RNNs in modeling long-range context information at multiple levels and better distinguish pixels that are easy to confuse. Different from feedforward CNNs and RNNs with only single feedback, MPFRNN propagat...

Fitting probabilistic models to data is often difficult, due to the general intractability of the partition function. We propose a new parameter fitting method, minimum probability flow (MPF), which is applicable to any parametric model. We demonstrate parameter estimation using MPF in two cases: a continuous state space model, and an Ising spin glass. In the latter case, MPF outperforms curren...

This article introduces a novel flap design, mucogingival pouch flap (MPF), to enhance the clinical outcome of sandwich bone augmentation. MPF uses a pouch flap reflection via mucogingival junction extension incisions to provide an improved graft retention, minimized membrane exposure, preserved papilla dimension, and soft tissue camouflage for improved esthetics. There are 4 implant-associated...