Mutants in the Drosophila crooked neck (crn) gene show an embryonic lethal phenotype with severe developmental defects. The unusual crn protein consists of sixteen tandem repeats of the 34 amino acid tetratricopeptide (TPR) protein recognition domain. Crn-like TPR elements are found in several RNA processing proteins, although it is unknown how the TPR repeats or the crn protein contribute to D...

The present study examined the relationship between depression and neural correlates of response monitoring using event-related potentials (ERPs). The error-related negativity (ERN) and correct response negativity (CRN) are ERPs that present as a negative deflection approximately 50 ms following an erroneous and correct response, respectively; the error positivity (Pe) is a positive deflection ...

A large enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit is reported in single-crystalline films of CrN. The mechanism of the reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity in cubic CrN is similar to the resonant bonding in IV-VI compounds. Therefore, useful ideas from classic thermo-electrics can be applied to tune functionalities in transition metal nitrides and oxides.

It is well known that the successful operation of cognitive radio (CR) between CR transmitter and CR receiver (CR link) relies on reliable spectrum sensing. To network CRs requires more information from spectrum sensing beyond traditional techniques, executing at CR transmitter and further information regarding the spectrum availability at CR receiver. Redefining the spectrum sensing along with...

BACKGROUND An electronic medical record (EMR) database of a large unselected population who received screening colonoscopies may minimize sampling error and represent real-world estimates of risk for screening target lesions of advanced colorectal neoplasia (CRN). Our aim was to develop and validate a prediction model for assessing the probability of advanced CRN using a clinical data warehouse...

Axial compression was conducted on micro-pillars, in which polycrystalline Cu thin films were sandwiched between CrN and Si. Plastic flow of Cu was achieved, when the Cu films are inclined either at 90° or 45° with respect to the pillar axis. The texture of Cu films was altered by changing the template on which film growth occurred. The Cu microstructure was further altered by post-deposition a...

An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) is proposed. The considered IDS is constructed by combining two classic mechanisms for CRN intrusion detection, namely the Localization mechanism and the Reputation mechanism. The composition of the mechanisms is done with the aid of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) responsible for calibrating the IDS, that is, for attributing “weigh...

The manual determination of chemical reaction networks (CRN) and reaction rate equations is cumbersome and becomes workload prohibitive for large systems. In this paper, a framework is developed that allows an almost entirely automated recovery of sets of reactions comprising a CRN using experimental data. A global CRN structure is used describing all feasible chemical reactions between chemica...

Sputtering was utilized to deposit polycrystalline Cu and CrN films sequentially onto Si(100) substrates, forming specimen assemblies in which predominantly ⟨111⟩ oriented Cu thin films of varying thicknesses were confined between Si and CrN. Cylindrical micro-pillars of CrN/Cu/Si(100)were fabricated through focused ion beammilling,with the interfaces either normal to the axial direction or at ...

We, the national Council on Renal Nutrition (CRN) Executive Committee (EC) members, have reviewed over 450 survey responses. Reviewing these responses which included many, to open-ended questions, has taken time and effort dissect come up with some solutions improvements for benefit of all current future National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-CRN members. Let me give an update our ongoing projects on...