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NIEHS News October 2003

Background: Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM) is an autosomal recessive, adult onset, non-inflammatory neuromuscular disorder with no effective treatment. The causative gene, GNE, codes for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, which catalyzes the first two reactions in the synthesis of sialic acid. Reduced sialylation of muscle glycoproteins, such as α-dystrogl...

Lecture 15 — October 24 , 2013

The Haar wavelet transform is easier to describe than the orthonormal basis itself. An image is broken up into 2N−1× 2N−1 blocks of 2× 2 pixels. Let’s focus on a single block at index (i, j), and label its pixels p1, p2, p3, p4. Now consider another 2 N × 2N grid divided into four quadrants. The (i, j) entry of the upper-left quadrant will take the value 1 4(p1 + p2 + p3 + p4), and the (i, j)-e...

Package ‘ nlme ’ October 15 , 2009

October 15, 2009 Version 3.1-96 Date 2009-10-15 Priority recommended Title Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models Author Jose Pinheiro (S version), Douglas Bates (up to 2007), Saikat DebRoy (up to 2002), Deepayan Sarkar (up to 2005), the R Core team. Maintainer R-core <R-core@R-pr...

Animal Science E-News - October 2009

The Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Laminitis is a painful lameness condition that can affect any breed of horse or pony. Although the exact mechanics of...

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