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As a consequence of an AM protocol for NISO, we get the following: Theorem 1. If Graph Isomorphism is NP-complete, then PH = Σp2. Proof. Suppose that Graph Isomorphism is NP-complete. Then the problem NISO is coNPcomplete. Hence, every coNP problem is polytime reducible to NISO, which, as we know, is in AM. We use this to get the following inclusions: Σp2 = ∃ ◦ ∀ ◦ P (definition of Σ p 2) ⊆ ∃ ◦...

Why is randomness useful? Imagine you have a stack of bank notes, with very few counterfeit ones. You want to choose a genuine bank note to pay at a store. However, suppose that you don’t know how to distinguish between a “good” bank note and a “bad” one. What can you do? Well, if you pick a bank note at random, you will be lucky with high probability (here the probability of picking a good ban...

Dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) has been associated with the initiation and progression of oncogenesis in humans. Growing evidence has indicated that abnormal expression of microRNA-141 was associated with tumorigenesis and carcinoma progression of various cancers. In the present study, the miR-141 expression was assessed in CRC cell lines and the normal colonic cell using RTq-PCR, which de...

Corresponding author: Assoc. Prof. Marcin Kurzyna MD, PhD, Department of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, European Health Centre Otwock, 14/18 Borowa St, 05-400 Otwock, Poland, phone: +48 22 710 30 52, fax: +48 22 710 31 69, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 7.01.2015, accepted: 16.01.2015. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty fo...

BACKGROUND Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is an important but poorly understood condition of pregnancy, which results in significant fetal, neonatal and long-term morbidity and mortality. Novel research has suggested that altered miRNA expression in the plasma and placenta is associated with adverse pregnancy. We hypothesized that aberrant expression of microRNA-141 (miR-141) in the placenta is...

Objective To examine use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of knees with no radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis to determine the prevalence of structural lesions associated with osteoarthritis and their relation to age, sex, and obesity. Design Population based observational study. Setting Community cohort in Framingham, MA, United States (Framingham osteoarthritis study). Participants 71...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to function as oncomiRs or tumor suppressors and are important noncoding RNA regulators of oncogenesis. The miR-200c/141 locus on chromosome 12 encodes miR-200c and miR-141, two members of the miR-200 family, which have been shown to function as tumor suppressive miRNAs by targeting multiple oncogenic factors such as polycomb group protein BMI1. Here, we show that B...