PURPOSE To determine typical patterns of repeatable glaucomatous visual field progression. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data obtained from two prospective studies. METHODS Included were 72 eyes of 72 patients tested up to six times over 2 years, and 40 eyes of 40 patients followed annually for up to 12 years. Each patient had two abnormal baseline visual fields, abnormal optic nerves, a...

Generalized CP-nets (GCP-nets) allow a succinct representation of preferences over multi-attribute domains. As a consequence of their succinct representation, many GCP-net related tasks are computationally hard. Even finding the more preferable of two outcomes is PSPACE-complete. In this work, we employ the framework of parameterized complexity to achieve two goals: First, we want to gain a dee...

history of gastric surgery presented with repeated episodes of vomiting over the past several days. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a gastric outlet obstruction caused by a 7-cm submucosal tumor in the prepyloric region (●" Fig. 1). Computed tomography and ultrasonography revealed a mass comprising several cysts, the largest of which was 6 cm in diameter. These examinations did not show any...

Ground control point (GCP) extraction is an essential step in automatic registration of remote sensing images. However the lack of quantitative and objective methods for analyzing the GCP quality becomes the bottleneck that prevents the broad development of automatic image registration. Although several measurements for evaluating the number, accuracy and distribution of GCPs have been proposed...

The emergence of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens is generating enormous public health concern, and highlights an urgent need for new, alternative agents for treating multi-drug-resistant pathogens. The gene products essential for bacterial growth in vitro and survival during infection constitute an initial set of protein targets for the development of antibacterial agents. In this stud...

Previous studies indicated that a ganglioside 9acGD3 (9-O-acetyl GD3) antibody [the J-Ab (Jones antibody)] reduces GCP (granule cell progenitor) migration in vitro and in vivo. We here investigated, using cerebellar explants of post-natal day (P) 6 mice, the mechanism by which 9acGD3 reduces GCP migration. We found that immunoblockade of the ganglioside with the J-Ab or the lack of GD3 synthase...

Wadler introduced Classical Processes (CP), a calculus based on a propositions-as-types correspondence between propositions of classical linear logic and session types. Carbone et al. introduced Multiparty Classical Processes, a calculus that generalises CP to multiparty session types, by replacing the duality of classical linear logic (relating two types) with a more general notion of coherenc...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated IL-17 and IL-11 in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of generalized chronic periodontitis (GCP) and generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAgP) patients in relation to periodontopathic bacteria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS GCF samples were collected from 65 subjects including 25 CP, 25 GAgP, and 15 controls (C) and analyzed for IL-17 and IL-11 by an enzyme-linked immuno...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of statins on the circulatory levels of neutrophil chemokines, namely, granulocyte chemotactic protein-2 GCP-2, growth regulated oncogene-alpha GRO-alpha and epithelial-cell-derived neutrophil-activating peptide-78 ENA-78 in patients with diabetes. METHODS We studied 91 diabetic patients 46 were statin-treated and 45 were not and 28 healthy subjects. We measured...