Results: The EG and LG group had 343 and 430 Rb patients respectively. The incidence of Rb in 1997 and in 2012 was 0.06 and 0.03 per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia respectively. The gender distribution was similar. The median age of presentation was 24 (range 11, 39) months in EG vs. 18 (8, 31) months in LG (p <0.001). Incidence of unilateral Rb was 58% [200/343] in EG vs. 56% [278/485] in L...

We consider the two-dimensional sorted range reporting problem. Our data structure requires O(n lg lgn) words of space and O(lg lg n+ k lg lg n) query time, where k is the number of points in the query range. This data structure improves a recent result of Nekrich and Navarro [8] by a factor of O(lg lgn) in query time, and matches the state of the art for unsorted range reporting [1].

The partial characterization of the structure of the lipoglycan (LG) from Acholeplasma axanthum is added to the previous complete structural analysis of the lipoglycan from A. granularum. The terminal sequence of A. axanthum LG is Glcp(beta 1----2)-Glcp(beta 1----2)-Glcp(beta 1----6)-; of A. granularum Glcp(beta 1----2)-Glcp(alpha 1----4)-Glcp(beta 1----4)-. These specific residues define the m...

This paper presents several deterministic algorithms for selecting the kth largest record from a set of n records on any n-node hypercubic network. All of the algorithms are based on the selection algorithm of Cole and Yap, as well as on various sorting algorithms for hypercubic networks. Our fastest algorithm runs in O(lg n lg n) time, very nearly matching the trivial (lg n) lower bound. Previ...

We derive the simplest form of the κ(κ) order graviton self-interaction Lagrangian density Lg(Lg) in the weak field approximation. With the divergenceless condition, de Donder gauge and some combinatoric techniques, we derive the mathematically independent basis expressions for Lg(Lg) composed of 8(24) terms. By using the basis expressions Lg(Lg) is reduced to 6(18) terms. [email protected]...

We introduce a probabilistic sequential algorithm for stable sorting n uniformly distributed keys in an arbitrary range. The algorithm runs in linear time and sorts all but a very small fraction 2−Ω(n) of the input sequences; the best previously known bound was 2−Ω(n/(lg n lg lgn)). An EREW PRAM extension of this sequential algorithm sorts in O((n/p + lg p) lg n/ lg (n/p + lg n)) time using p ≤...

The rank and select operations over a string of length n from an alphabet of size σ have been used widely in the design of succinct data structures. In many applications, the string itself must be maintained dynamically, allowing characters of the string to be inserted and deleted. Under the word RAM model with word size w = Ω(lg n), we design a succinct representation of dynamic strings using ...

Consider a tree T on n nodes, each having a weight drawn from [1..σ]. In this paper, we design succinct data structures to encode T using nH(WT ) + o(n lg σ) bits of space, such that we can support path counting queries in O( lg σ lg lgn + 1) time, path reporting queries in O((occ+1)( lg σ lg lgn +1)) time, and path median and path selection queries in O( lg σ lg lg σ ) time, where H(WT ) is th...

β-Lactoglobulin (LG) is suspected to enhance or modulate human immune responses. Moreover, LG is also hypothesized to increase human cell proliferation. However, these potential functions of LG have not been directly or thoroughly addressed. In this study, we demonstrated that LG is a potent stimulator of cell proliferation using a hybridoma cell (a splenocyte fused with a myeloma cell) model. ...

Cow's milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies in childhood. Beta-lactoglobulin (β- lg) is a dominant allergen in cow's milk. Hydrolysis is known as an effective method to reduce the allergenicity of proteins. Thus, the objective of this study was to compare the allergenicity of β-lg and its hydrolysates using an animal model. Twenty four BALB/c mice were divided into three groups ...