Diels-Alder chemistry has been used for the thermoreversible cross-linking of furan-functionalized ethylene/propylene (EPM) and ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVM) rubbers. Both furan-functionalized elastomers were successfully cross-linked with bismaleimide to yield products with a similar cross-link density. NMR relaxometry and SAXS measurements both show that the apolar EPM-g-furan precursor contai...

In this research we present Bidirectional exact pattern matching algorithm [20] in detail. Bidirectional (BD) exact pattern matching (EPM) introduced a new idea to compare pattern with Selected Text Window (STW) of text string by using two pointers (right and left) simultaneously in searching phase. In preprocessing phase Bidirectional EPM algorithm improved the shift decision by comparing righ...

Chen et al. in 2004 proposed a new hierarchy structure, called the enhanced pyramid network (EPM, for short), by replacing each mesh in a pyramid network (PM, for short) with a torus. Recently, some topological properties and communication on the EPMs have been investigated or derived. Their results have revealed that an EPM is an attractive alternative to a PM. This study investigates the node...

In recent years, improvement of software process is increasingly gaining attention. However, its practice is very difficult because coherent data collection and utilization of the collected data require considerable experience with software process improvement. In this paper, we describe our empirical approach to software engineering and introduce Empirical Project Monitor (EPM). Collecting dat...

DDS. Doctoral student, Universidade Federal de São Paulo — Escola Paulista de Medicina (Unifesp-EPM), São Paulo, Brazil. MD. Full professor and head of the Division of Emergency Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine of Universidade Federal de São Paulo — Escola Paulista de Medicina (Unifesp-EPM). Director of the Brazilian Cochrane Center and Scientific Director of Associação Paulista de Medicina...

A gene family of surface antigens is expressed by merozoites of Sarcocystis neurona, the primary cause of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). These surface proteins, designated SnSAGs, are immunodominant and therefore excellent candidates for development of EPM diagnostics or vaccines. Prior work had identified an EPM isolate lacking the major surface antigen SnSAG1, thus suggesting there...

The elevated plus maze (EPM) and elevated zero maze (EZM) are behavioral tests that are widely employed to assess anxiety-like behaviors in rats and mice following experimental manipulations, or to test the effects of pharmacological agents. Both tests are based on approach/avoidance conflict, with rodents perceived as "less anxious" being more willing to explore the brighter, open and elevated...

Unverricht-Lundborg disease (EPM1), caused by mutations in the cystatin B gene (CSTB), is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder. It is the most common form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The prevalence of EPM1 is increased particularly in Finland where it is 4:100 000, offering a unique opportunity to study a large patient population. EPM1 is characterized by stimulus-sensitive and ac...