Spectral kurtosis (SK) is a statistical approach for detecting and removing radio-frequency interference (RFI) in radio astronomy data. In this article, the statistical properties of the SK estimator are investigated and all moments of its probability density function are analytically determined. These moments provide a means to determine the tail probabilities of the estimator that are essenti...

OBJECTIVE MiR-595 has been demonstrated to be involved in tumorigenesis of several cancers. However, the clinical significance of miR-595 in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation of miR-595 expression with clinicopathologic features and prognosis in EOC patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was perfo...

The spread of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis necessitates the discovery of new classes of antibacterials and compounds that inhibit macromolecules involved in these resistant mechanisms. Thirty ethanol extracts from nineteen selected plants from Zimbabwe were screened against Mycobacterium aurum and Corynebacterium glutamicum using the agar disk diffusion method. These two organisms were use...

COURSE OVERVIEW: The purpose of this class is to serve as a journal club. During our weekly classes we will meet to critically evaluate recent articles in the Artificial Intelligence academic literature. We will not focus on the research areas you are each pursuing for your dissertation. Instead, we will look at papers introducing emerging topics, papers with demonstrated excellence, and papers...

Ovarian cancer is among the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females. In this study, we demonstrated that miR-595 expression was downregulated in the ovarian cancer tissues and cell lines. miR-595 expression was lower in the lymph node metastases tissues than in the primary ovarian cancer tissues and normal tissues. Furthermore, miR-595 overexpression suppressed the ovarian cancer cell...

I-Chan Huang UFCOM [email protected] (352) 265-2514 Wendy Leisenring FHCRC [email protected] (206) 667-4374 Gwendolyn Quinn MCC [email protected] (813) 745-1359 Elizabeth Shenkman UFCOM [email protected] (352) 265-2547 Kelly Kenzik UFCOM [email protected] (352) 265-2572 Mandy Li BC [email protected] (617) 552-4534 Tara Brinkman SJCRH [email protected] (901) 595-5683 Christopher Rec...

Interaction of the two high-spin hemes in the oxygen reduction site of the bd-type quinol oxidase from Escherichia coli has been studied by femtosecond multicolor transient absorption spectroscopy. The previously unidentified Soret band of ferrous heme b(595) was determined to be centered around 440 nm by selective excitation of the fully reduced unliganded or CO-bound cytochrome bd in the alph...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of miR-595 on osteogenic differentiation bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs).Methods: Human BMSCs were osteogenically differentiated, and protein expression alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin (OCN), Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) evaluated by western blot. Expression was measured quantitative reverse (qRT-PCR). The viability determined...

20.3 Global Patterns of Human Population Structure ....... 595 20.3.1 The Apportionment of Human Diversity ..................................................... 595 20.3.2 The History and Geography of Human Genes ......................................... 596 20.3.3 Genetic Structure of Human Populations ... 598 20.3.4 A Haplotype Map of the Human Genome ............................................

Whole blood collected from koalas admitted to the Australian Zoo Wildlife Hospital (AZWH), Beerwah, QLd, Australia, during late 2006-2009 was tested using trypanosome species-specific 18S rDNA PCRs designed to amplify DNA from Trypanosoma irwini, T. gilletti and T. copemani. Clinical records for each koala sampled were reviewed and age, sex, blood packed cell volume (PCV), body condition, signs...