Glaucoma Drainage Implant (GDI) surgery is increasingly being utilized in cases of refractory glaucoma [1]. In GDI surgery, a peritomy is created in the beginning of the surgery and one of the last steps is to return the conjunctiva to its original position and secure it in place. Traditionally conjunctival closure has been accomplished by suturing the conjunctiva to the sclera with absorbable ...

Reversible logic is becoming one of the best emerging design approaches for future computation of reversible logic having its more application in low power application. This logic is applied in the quantum computers, optical computing, communication and nanotechnology. In reversible logic approach generates the garbage input/output. In this paper design of proposed reversible logic multiplexer ...

BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes insipidus (GDI) is a rare endocrine complication during pregnancy that is associated with vasopressinase overproduction from the placenta. Although increased vasopressinase is associated with placental volume, the regulation of placental growth in the later stage of pregnancy is not well known. CASE PRESENTATION A 16-year-old pregnant woman was urgently transfe...

Regression equations based on pelvic anatomy are routinely used to estimate the hip joint centre during gait analysis. While the associated errors have been well documented, the clinical significance of these errors has not been reported. This study investigated the clinical agreement of three commonly used regression equation sets (Bell et al., Davis et al. and Orthotrak software) against the ...

Evidence is accumulating that the rho family, a member of the ras p21-related small GTP-binding protein superfamily, regulates cell morphology, cell motility, and smooth muscle contraction through the actomyosin system. The actomyosin system is also known to be essential for cytoplasmic division of cells (cytokinesis). In this study, we examined the action of rho p21, its inhibitory GDP/GTP exc...

Ras-like small GTP-binding proteins of the Rab family regulate trafficking of the secretory or endocytic pathways. Rab3 proteins within the Rab family are expressed at high levels in neurons and endocrine cells, where they regulate release of dense-core granules and synaptic vesicles (SVs). Rab3A is present as either the soluble or the SV membrane-bound form in neurons that are dependent on the...

Complex number multiplication is an important arithmetic function in digital communication, radar, and optical system. Many major functions in the communication systems such as channel equalization; modulation and demodulation all deal with data streams and coefficients represented by complex numbers. Therefore efficient implementation of multiplier circuit for complex numbers is of significant...

Formulation is given for the Gibbs-Duhem integration (GDI) method in the semigrand canonical (SGC) ensemble, in which the total number of particles N is fixed with the specified chemical potential differences between species ∆μ i (≡μ i -∆μ1;i =2,3,...). Demonstration of the SGC Monte Carlo simulation with the GDI technique is given for a pseudo-binary semiconductor alloy, In x Ga 1-x N.

The Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework was used to study the progress in the adoption of the Internet in close to 30 countries since 1997. A new methodology in data mining is presented to extend the use of Kiviat diagrams to visualize the framework cast in a supplydemand dichotomy. A maximum resolution topology is derived as an additional tool for exploratory data analysis of such...

In protein synthesis translation factor eIF2 binds initiator tRNA to ribosomes and facilitates start codon selection. eIF2 GDP/GTP status is regulated by eIF5 (GAP and GDI functions) and eIF2B (GEF and GDF activities), while eIF2α phosphorylation in response to diverse signals is a major point of translational control. Here we characterize a growth suppressor mutation in eIF2β that prevents eIF...