This paper presents the results of numerical experiments to determine the probability, over concrete fixed finite fields, of prime-order elliptic curves having a prime-order twist. These curves are called “elliptic twins” by [7], and are useful for a variety of cryptographic applications. Most notable is that such curves are secure against an “insecure twist” attack. This attack was introduced ...

Thyroid cancer is one of the most prevalent endocrine neoplasm. The present study examined the effects of Colorectal Neoplasia Differentially Expressed (CRNDE) on the progression of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and explored the underlying molecular mechanisms. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to detect CRNDE, miR-384 and pleiotrophin (PTN) mRNA expression. Western blot was used to measure...

BACKGROUND Imported malaria is a major threat to neighboring malaria-eliminating countries such as P.R. China and is difficult to monitor. A molecular survey of febrile patients with a history of traveling abroad along the Myanmar-China endemic border areas from January 2008 to August 2012 was carried out. The rates of infection with species of Plasmodium and compliance of microscopy diagnosis ...

Advances in silicon probe technology mean that in vivo electrophysiological recordings from hundreds of channels will soon become commonplace. To interpret these recordings we need fast, scalable and accurate methods for spike sorting, whose output requires minimal time for manual curation. Here we introduce Kilosort, a spike sorting framework that meets these criteria, and show that it allows ...

BACKGROUND Information about risk factors of undernutrition and anaemia is useful to design appropriate strategies to control the health problems. In this study, the prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition and anaemia were assessed among school children in Abchikeli and Ayalew Mekonnen Elementary Schools, northwest Ethiopia, in February and March 2010. METHODS A cross-sectional ...

Article history: Received 1 June 2016 Accepted 1 June 2016 Available online 2 June 2016 gene expression profile. These discoveries are highly complementary to those recently reported by a similar study of ALL in AYA in Japan that has just been published (Yasuda et al., 2016). Single patients with either MEF2D or ZNF384 fusion translocations have been reported before (Prima et al., 2005; Gocho e...

The QFASA model uses several sources of data, each of which requires careful consideration by the researcher (Iverson et al. 2004). We evaluated the sensitivity of QFASA diet estimates to the following model inputs: prey species included (prey library), fatty acid (FA) subsets, and calibration coefficients (CC). We did this by repeatedly estimating diets for all seals (harp seals Pagophilus gro...