AFFILIATIONS Pneumology Service, Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi Sunyer), CIBERES (CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, 06/06/0028), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cardiology Service, Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clinic, Red REDINSCOR RD06/0003/1002, Barcelona, Spain; Pharmacy Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona...

Data fusion is a hot topic in data integration which at least includes the two stages: entity resolution and data conflict resolution. However, the existing fusion process is transparent and the fusion stages are isolated. So in this paper, we proposed a traceable data fusion mechanism based on data provenance which can trace the data sources of fusion results and the evolutionary process. The ...

The work presented in this thesis describes an instrument, developed for separation of proteins and peptides based on corresponding isoelectric point (pI) values, to empower mass spectrometry-based proteomics analysis. The main objectives are the instrument development and optimization, as well as clinical applications in biomarker discovery, particularly for neurodegenerative disorders. The th...

We investigate the influence of the network's size on the degree distribution pi k in Barabási-Albert model of growing network with initial attractiveness. Our approach based on moments of pi k allows us to treat analytically several variants of the model and to calculate the cutoff function, giving finite-size corrections to pi k. We study the effect of initial configuration as well as of addi...

There are errors in the Funding section. The publisher apologizes for the errors. The correct funding information is as follows: Mr. Jami Pekkanen received funding from a personal grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation (grant no. 00140724). Mr. Jami Pekkanen and Mr. Teemu Itkonen were employed in MULSIMCO project funded by the Finnish Academy (www.aka.fi, project no. 1279905 PI prof. Heikki Sum...

A model field theory, in which the interaction between quarks is mediated by dressed vector boson exchange, is used to analyse the pionic sector of QCD. It is shown that this model, which incorporates dynamical chiral symmetry breaking, asymptotic freedom and quark confinement, allows one to calculate fπ, mπ, rπ and the partial wave amplitudes in π-π scattering and obtain good agreement with th...

Newly-developed gel isoelectric focusing techniques provide for rapid and correct identification of human hemoblobins. With this technique, we examined samples previously identified by the National Hemoglobinopathy Standardization Laboratory of the Center for Disease Control. A wide variety of both normal and abnormal hemoglobins was included in the 134 different specimens examined. The isoelec...

Novel diazirinyl photoaffinity ligand, which contains (3-trifluoromethyl) phenyldiazirine and penta(epsilon-Boc-Lys) as a photoreactive code, allows the introduction of a positive cascade to alter the pI value of labeled components, facilitating the isolation of photolabeled biocomponents with isoelectric focusing techniques.

The aim of the present study was todeterminecharacteristics of Rheb gene and protein in Raini Cashmere goat. Comparative analyses of the nucleotide sequences were performed. Open reading frames (ORFs), theoretical molecular weights of deduced polypeptides, the protein isoelectric point, protein characteristics and three-dimensional structures was predicted using online standard softwares. The f...

The isoelectric point of the K99 antigen in partially purified preparations isolated from Escherichia coli B41 was 4.2. Electrofocused K99 antigen hemagglutinated guinea pig and sheep erythrocytes and gave a single precipitin line on diffusion against antisera to E. coli B41 and absorbed factor K99 antisera.