This paper presents the design of RT-Appia, a framework for the development and implementation of configurable real-time protocol stacks. The goal of RT-Appia is to allow the construction of specialized protocols through the composition of pre-defined micro-protocols. RT-Appia attempts to balance the flexibility and efficiency of micro-protocols with the predictability requirements of real-time...

the quality of the communication between teachers and students and ultimately, of classroom education itself, is closely linked to the acoustic quality of the auditorium. this acoustic quality can be characterized based on the reverberation time (rt), speech transmission index (sti) and the sound insulation. in this context, an acoustic study was conducted in an auditorium located in the higher...

A variety of factors that influence real-time reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR results were examined. Realtime reaction volumes can be decreased from the manufacturers suggested volumes (50μl) to as little as 5μl. Errors introduced through volume handlings can be significantly mitigated through the use of electronic pipettes. Random hexamers are compared against the use of a specific reverse tran...

conclusions the analysis of the pro-apoptotic gene to anti-apoptotic gene expression ratio (bad /bcl-xl) confirmed that expression of the pro-apoptotic gene significantly decreased (p value ˂ 0.001) under the ischemia/reperfusion condition. in contrast, the expression of the anti-apoptotic gene increased after administration of fk-506 (p value ˂ 0.001). results the quantitative results of real-...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. non-coding rnasespecially mirnas have important regulatory roles in cancer. mirnas are 21-24 nucleotides which have different levels of expression between tumors and normal tissues. in this study, we have analyzed expression level of mir-520d in three different groups of breast cancer. methods: fifty nine samples were divided into di...

background and aims: accurate and rapid diagnosis is necessary for effective control and prevention of foot-and-mouth disease (fmd). in present study, was evaluated real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rrt-pcr) assay along with diagnostic routine methods for the detection of all seven serotypes of fmd virus (fmdv), namely o, c, a, sat1, 2, 3 and asia 1 in biological sample...

conclusions the prevalence of pandemic influenza viruses in recent years has caused financial losses as well as mortalities around the world. this shows the importance of the rapid diagnosis of common serotypes in our society. using real-time rt-pcr is recommended for the early diagnosis and the rapid identification of the individuals infected with pandemic influenza virus. background timely di...