Production of plant cell wall degrading enzymes, the major virulence factors of soft-rot Pectobacterium species, is controlled by many regulatory factors. Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. carotovorum SCC3193 encodes an Rcs phosphorelay system that involves two sensor kinases, RcsC(Pcc) and RcsD(Pcc), and a response regulator RcsB(Pcc) as key components of this system, and an additional small lip...

Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942 strictly depends upon the generation of photosynthetically derived energy for growth and is incapable of biomass increase in the absence of light energy. Obligate phototrophs' core metabolism is very similar to that of heterotrophic counterparts exhibiting diverse trophic behavior. Most characterized cyanobacterial species are obligate photoautotrophs und...

We extend cc to allow the specification of a discrete probability distribution for random variables. We demonstrate the expressiveness of pcc by synthesizing combinators for default reasoning. We extend pcc uniformly over time, to get a synchronous reactive probabilistic programming language, Timed pcc. We describe operational and denotational models for pcc (and Timed pcc). The key feature of ...

PURPOSE Malignant pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare tumor with a very poor prognosis and no effective treatments. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a novel second-generation synthetic heat-shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor, NVP-AUY922, to treat malignant PCC in vitro and in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) and Transwell assays were used to assess the e...

This study aimed to screen the potential diagnostic biomarkers for distinguishing the malignant pheochromocytoma (PCC) from benign PCC. A total of 59 patients with PCC (benign and malignant) were enrolled in this study. The expression level of miRNAs in patients with different kind PCCs (healthy control, benign, malignant, malignant with or without SDHD mutation, adrenal and extra-adrenal) was ...

Last editorial of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology addressed the important role of poison control centers in the improvement of public health (1). In Vietnam, poison control center (PCC) of Bach Mai Hospital has been the only national one for civilians. The establishment and activities of this center can be considered as one of the pioneers in the East Asia. History and setting (2...

This paper presents a supervised voxel classification method for segmentation of the caudate nucleus from brain MRI images. Supervised voxel classification is a general pattern recognition technique. In this application general spatial and local structure features extracted from image voxels were used together with a k-nearest neighbor classifier. The trained classifier has been applied to diff...

The reaction of alkaline earth pentacyanocyclopentadienides with 4,4′-bipyridine in MeOH yielded undefined products composition [M(PCC)2(Bipy)x(MeOH)y(H2O)z] (PCC = [C5(CN)5]−). Recrystallization from MeOH, EtOH, or n-BuOH gave crystals [Mg(H2O)4(4,4′-bipy)2](PCC)2∙2BuOH (1), [Ca(H2O)4(4,4′-bipy)2](PCC)2∙(4,4′-bipy) (2), [Sr(MeOH)8](PCC)2∙3(4,4′-bipy) (3), [Sr2(H2O)4(BuOH)4(PCC)2(µ-PCC)2 (µ-4,4...

This article investigates the associations between the patient-centered care (PCC) and receipt of preventive services among older adults with chronic diseases. Data were derived from the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The full-year consolidated data files from 2009 to 2013 were pooled to yield a final analytic sample (N = 16 654). Study outcomes included the receipt...