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In this study we examined HLA-F expression in normal cells and cell lines, with a particular focus on identifying cells that express surface protein. While HLA-F protein was expressed in a number of diverse tissues and cell lines, including bladder, skin, and liver cell lines, no surface expression could be detected in the majority of them. However, surface expression was observed on EBV-transf...

The thermal inactivation of broad specificity proteases such as thermolysin and subtilisin is initiated by partial unfolding processes that render the enzyme susceptible to autolysis. Previous studies have revealed that a surface-located region in the N-terminal domain of the thermolysin-like protease produced by Bacillus stearothermophilus is crucial for thermal stability. In this region a dis...

In dynamic analysis of constrained multibody systems (MBS), the computer simulation problem essentially reduces to finding a numerical solution to higher-index differentialalgebraic equations (DAE). This paper presents a hybrid method composed of multi-input multi-output (MIMO), nonlinear, variable-structure control (VSC) theory and poststabilization from DAE solution theory for the computer so...

Positioning and stabilizing a catheter at the required location inside vessel or heart is complicated task in interventional cardiology. In this review we provide structured classification of stabilization mechanisms to systematically assess their challenges during cardiac interventions. Commercially available, patented, experimental prototypes catheters were classified with respect mechanisms....

PURPOSE The differential diagnosis of dry eye syndrome is still a challenging task. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between a novel, objective clinical parameter, the "corrected lipid layer stabilization time," and commonly performed clinical tests for dry eye patients. METHODS Data were obtained from a prospective clinical study with 59 patients of different subj...

BACKGROUND We aimed to use the animal model of dynamic fixation to examine the interaction of the pedicle screw surface with surrounding bone, and determine whether pedicle screws achieve good mechanical stability in the vertebrae. METHODS Twenty-four goats aged 2-3 years had Cosmic ® pedicle screws implanted into both sides of the L2-L5 pedicles. Twelve goats in the bilateral dynamic fixatio...

In this study a model for the orientation dependent surface stabilization of diamond grown from the vapour phase is presented. The model is based on a first order broken bond analysis of the diamond crystal with additional considerations about surface reconstruction by dimer formation. Due to the formation of dimers, surface stabilization is expected for orientations corresponding to Miller ind...

This paper studies the problem of controlling the planar position and orientation of an autonomous surface vessel using two independent thrusters. It is first shown that although the system is not asymptotically stabilizable to a given configuration using a time-invariant continuous feedback, it is strongly accessible and small-time locally controllable at any equilibrium. Time-invariant discon...

We introduce a two-dimensional lattice model of immobilization and stabilization of proteinlike polymers using grafted polymers. The protein is designed to have a specific bulk conformation reproducing a catalytic cleft of natural enzymes. Our model predicts a first order denaturing adsorption transition of free proteins. On the other hand, for an immobilized protein we observe a more gradual d...