During the last couple of years, there is growing experimental evidence which confirms charge trapping as the recoverable component of BTI. The trapping process is believed to be a non-radiative multiphonon (NMP) process, which is also encountered in numerous physically related problems. Therefore, the underlying NMP theory is frequently found as an important ingredient in the youngest BTI reli...

In the field of linear time-invariant systems, a process is identified as a nonminimum phase (NMP) system if its transfer function has at least one right half-plane (RHP) zero, or a RHP pole, or a time delay. Among others, systems with RHP zero(s) constitute a very important category of NMP systems, both from theoretical and practical point of view. Such zeros appear in many realworld systems s...

The nuclear matrix appears to play an important role in developmental gene expression during osteoblast differentiation. To better understand this role, we examined nuclear matrix DNA-binding proteins that are sequence-specific and interact with the osteocalcin gene promoter. Multiple protein-DNA interactions involving two distinct nuclear matrix proteins occur within the 5' regulatory sequence...

In this work we present a new approach to the problem of diagnosing and forecasting various states in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Recently we have achieved the following result. In real complex systems the non-Markovity parameter (NMP) can serve as a reliable quantitative measure of the current state of a complex system and can help to estimate the deviation of this state from the normal...

BACKGROUND Little is known about patients' opinions upon the development of non-medical prescribing (NMP). OBJECTIVE To explore the opinions of patients on the development of NMP. METHODS In-depth interviews using qualitative methodology (Interpretative Phenomological Analysis). Eighteen interviews were undertaken in Bristol (Sites 1 and 3), Swindon (Site 2) and Brighton (Site 4). [Site 1 =...

MOTIVATION Mate pair protocols add to the utility of paired-end sequencing by boosting the genomic distance spanned by each pair of reads, potentially allowing larger repeats to be bridged and resolved. The Illumina Nextera Mate Pair (NMP) protocol uses a circularization-based strategy that leaves behind 38-bp adapter sequences, which must be computationally removed from the data. While 'adapte...

Thirty pregnant heifers (Jersey, Holstein Friesian and Hariana) were divided into three groups (10 animals/group) according to their stage of pregnancy viz. seven-month (181-210 days) pregnancy (SMP), eight-month (211-240 days) pregnancy (EMP) and nine-month (241-280 days) pregnancy (NMP) group. Time spent in various feeding activities (eating fodder, eating concentrate, standing rumination, si...

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are growth and differentiation factors involved during development in morphogenesis, organogenesis and later mainly in regeneration processes, in particular in bone where they are responsible for osteoinduction. For more than a decade, recombinant human (rh)BMP-2 has been used in the clinic for lumbar spinal fusion at non-physiological high dosages that appear...

The preservation of hydric resources is directly related to fecal contamination monitoring, in order to allow the development of strategies for the management of polluting sources. In the present study, twenty-five water samples from six water public supply collection sites were used for the evaluation of the presence of caffeine, total and fecal coliforms. Caffeine was detected in all samples,...

Quantitative analysis methods are generally employed in making complex decisions about system selection for design and development. NASA’s New Millennium Program (NMP) from its inception applied this principle until it failed in the selection of new technologies for DS3. The NMP has since redressed this issue by updating their selection process and has thereafter been able to successfully choos...