A Boolean function is said to be correlation immune if its output leaks no information about its input values Such functions have many applications in computer security practices including the construction of key stream generators from a set of shift registers Finding methods for easy construction of correla tion immune functions has been an active research area since the introduction of the no...

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Epithelial cell mucin Ml (I is expressed on adenocarcinomas in an underglycosylated form that serves as a tumor antigen in breast, pancre atic, ovarian, and other tumors. Two predominant MUC1-specific im mune responses arc found in patients: CDS* CTLs, which recognize tandemly repeated epitopes on the Miri protein core, and IgM antibod ies. There have been no reports to date of MUCl-specific CD...

The term “alkylating agent― has been defined and a detailed discussion made of the mechanisms (Sni and Sn@) by which they interact with nucleophilic centers. The various nucleophiles likely to be encountered in vivo are discussed in terms of their relative reactivities toward alkylating agents. With regard to Sn@ reactors it was possible to group them into four sections on the basis of thei...

Limitations associated with global measures of function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and the qualitative nature of needle electromyography have stimulated the development of alternate means of monitoring disease severity and progression in ALS. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the ability of one these techniques, decomposition-based quantitative electromy...

Epithelial cell mucin Ml (I is expressed on adenocarcinomas in an underglycosylated form that serves as a tumor antigen in breast, pancre atic, ovarian, and other tumors. Two predominant MUC1-specific im mune responses arc found in patients: CDS* CTLs, which recognize tandemly repeated epitopes on the Miri protein core, and IgM antibod ies. There have been no reports to date of MUCl-specific CD...

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common form of glau co ma, representing up to 90% of cases. POAG is described as a multifactorial optic neuropathy that is chronic and progressive with a characteristic ac quired loss of optic nerve fibres. This loss develops in the presence of open anterior chamber angles, characteristic visual field abnormalities, and in creased intraocular press...

The majority of bioengineering strategies to promote peripheral nerve regeneration after injury have focused on therapies to bridge large nerve defects while fewer therapies are being developed to treat other nerve injuries, such as nerve transection. We constructed delivery systems using fibrin gels containing either free GDNF or polylactide-glycolic acid (PLGA) microspheres with GDNF to treat...

Copper, zinc, and iron were quantitated in the serum and lymphoid cells of the peripheral blood of healthy children and children with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Copper and iron con centrations in serum and cells were significantly higher and zinc concentration in the cells significantly lower in leukemic patients than in healthy donors, whereas the increase of zinc in the serum was not signifi...

UNLABELLED Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disorder of the motor system. About 10% of cases are familial and 20% of these families have point mutations in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD-1) gene. SOD-1 catalyses the superoxide radical (O(-2)) into hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen. The clinical neurophysiology in ALS plays a fundamental role in differential diag...