Objective(s): Umbilical cord blood is a good source of the mesenchymal stem cells that can be banked, expanded and used in regenerative medicine.  The objective of this study was to test whether amniotic membrane extract, as a rich source of growth factors such as basic-fibroblast growth factor, can promote the proliferation potential of the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. Materials and ...

The task of nanofabrication can, in principle, be divided into two separate tracks: generation and replication of the patterned features. These two tracks are different in terms of characteristics, requirements, and aspects of emphasis. In general, generation of patterns is commonly achieved in a serial fashion using techniques that are typically slow, making this process only practical for mak...

This paper considers the problem of scheduling a tree-structured task system in a distributed environment with the goal of minimizing the makespan. Interprocessor communication delays are taken into account and task duplication is allowed. Furthermore, it is assumed that the number of processors is unlimited. It is shown that there is a polynomial-time algorithm for an outtree and that the intr...

Duplication detection identifies the records that represent the same real-world entity. This is a vital process in data integration. Record matching refers to the task of finding entries that refer to the same entity in two or more files. Performing record matching solves the duplication detection problems; hence the needs for identifying the suitable record matching technique follow. Supervise...

how to cite this article: mozafari h, taghikhani m, khatami sh, alaei mr, vaisi-raygani a, rahimi z. chitotriosidase activity and gene polymorphism in iranian patients with gaucher disease and sibling carriers. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):62-70. abstract objective chitotriosidase (ct) activity is a useful biomarker for diagnosis and monitoring of gaucher disease (gd). its applicatio...

Consider a conversational speech system incorporating spoken language understanding (SLU) and dialog manager (DM) modules. A prerequisite of natural dialog is that understanding takes place in context, which in turn necessitates a sharing of task knowledge between the two modules. However, because they are engaged in different activities it is often the case that the task knowledge representati...

duplication of inferior vena cava (ivc) is a rare fi nding in radiologic studies and its coincidence with thrombosis is even rarer. here we described a rare case with duplication of ivc and symptomatic venous thrombosis of her lower extrimity.

Consider a conversational speech system incorporating spoken language understanding (SLU) and dialog manager (DM) modules. A prerequisite of natural dialog is that understanding takes place in context, which in turn necessitates a sharing of task knowledge between the two modules. However, because they are engaged in different activities it is often the case that the task knowledge representati...

Due to the diversity and implicit redundancy in terms of processing units and compute kernels, off-the-shelf heterogeneous systems offer the opportunity to detect and tolerate faults during task execution in hardware as well as in software. To automatically leverage this diversity, we introduce an extension of an online-learning runtime system that combines the benefits of the existing performa...