recombinant human interferon alpha 2a (rhifn α -2a) production and cell growth were monitored in a set of genetically modified e. coli strains (msd1519, msd1520, msd 1521, msd 1522, msd 1523) producing rhifn α -2a. the growth was followed at od 600 nm, changes in cell physiology were detected by pyrolysis mass spectrometry (pyms) of cell biomass and recombinant protein production was determined...

Introduction The increasing practice of interventional fluoroscopy in diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease has risen attention to improve radiation protection of patients and cardiologists in these relatively high dose techniques. Therefore, nowadays there is an emphasis on the measurement of radiation dose received by patients and cardiologists arising from the relevant procedures...

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Symbolic substitution (SS) rules for modified-signed-digit (MSD) addition and subtraction 3. Optical implementation of SS rules 4. Parallel MSD multiplication 4.1. MSD multiplication algorithm 4.2. Optical implementation of the MSD multiplication 5. MSD convergence division 6. Conversion between binary and MSD representations 6.1. From binary code to MSD code 6.2. Fr...

We consider a nonpreemptive single-machine scheduling problem to minimize mean squared deviation of job completion times about a common due date with maximum tardiness constraint (MSD/Tmax problem), where the common due date is large enough so that it does not constrain the minimization of MSD. The MSD/Tmax problem is classi®ed into three cases according to the value of maximum allowable tardin...

background: the primary objective of this study was to determine the association between risk factors and the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder (msd) among auto repair mechanics in klang valley, malaysia. methods: overall, 191 mechanics from eight auto repair centers in klang valley, malaysia were stratified sampling as participants of this study. a modified version of the general standard...

BACKGROUND Underreporting of occupational diseases (OD) has been quantified, in particular in the United States, but little information is available in other countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate underreporting of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in France in 2009. METHODS We calculated an indicator that approximated the underreporting rate of MSD in 10 regions of France. Two databa...

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) represents one of the most sensitive fluorescence techniques due to single molecule detection. Microrheology serves as a tool to study viscoelastic properties of microenvironment of observed particles. We used 100 nm latex particles to study mean square displacement (MSD) of these particles in Newtonian fluids. The comparison of MSD determined by FCS ...

Levy and Levy (2002, 2004) develop the Prospect and Markowitz stochastic dominance theory with S-shaped and reverse S-shaped utility functions for investors. In this paper, we extend Levy and Levy’s Prospect Stochastic Dominance theory (PSD) and Markowitz Stochastic Dominance theory (MSD) to the first three orders and link the corresponding S-shaped and reverse S-shaped utility functions to the...

This paper presents a new approach to modeling speech spectra and pitch for text-independent speaker identification using Gaussian mixture models based on multi-space probability distribution (MSD-GMM). The MSD-GMM allows us to model continuous pitch values for voiced frames and discrete symbols representing unvoiced frames in a unified framework. Spectral and pitch features are jointly modeled...

The thermal mean-square displacement (MSD) of hydrogen in proteins and its associated hydration water is measured by neutron scattering experiments and used an indicator of protein function. The observed MSD as currently determined depends on the energy resolution width of the neutron scattering instrument employed. We propose a method for obtaining the intrinsic MSD of H in the proteins, one t...