OBJECTIVE The RCA alpha block (Regulators of Complement Activation, 1q32) contains critical complement regulatory genes such as CR1 and MCP. This study examined RCA alpha block haplotype associations with both disease susceptibility and diversification of the anti-Ro/La autoantibody response in primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS). METHODS 115 patients with pSS and 98 controls were included in the ...

At present, the largest group of radiopaque contrast agents (RCA) is represented by iodinecontaining RCA. However, the development of abdominal interventional X-ray surgery places stringent requirements upon RCA. High contrast must be combined with pharmacological and physiological inertness, low toxicity, with the ability to be uniformly adsorbed as a thin layer on the surface of mucous organs...

Clustering of mobile ad hoc networks is a largely growing field. The perceived benefits of clustering are comprehensively analyzed in open literature. This paper considers the development of a new distributed connected-dominated-set clustering algorithm called Ring Clustering Algorithm (RCA). RCA is a heuristic algorithm that has three phases: ring-formation phase, members-joining phase and CDS...

The detection of microRNAs (miRNAs) is imperative for gaining a better understanding of the functions of these biomarkers and has great potential for the early diagnosis of human disease. High sensitivity and selectivity for miRNA detection brings new challenges. Herein, an ultrasensitive protocol for electrochemical detection of miRNA is designed through carbon nanotube (CNT) enhanced label-fr...

A reversible cellular automaton (RCA) is a cellular automaton (CA) whose global function is injective and every connguration has at most one predecessor. Margolus showed that there is a computation-universal two-dimensional 2-state RCA. But his RCA has non-uniform neighbor, so Morita and Ueno proposed 16-state computation-universal RCA using partitioned cellular automata (PCA). Because PCA can ...

A reversible cellular automaton (RCA) is a cellular automaton (CA) whose global function is injective and every configuration has at most one predecessor. Margolus showed that there is a computation-universal two-dimensional 2-state RCA. But his RCA has nonuniform neighbor, so Morita and Ueno proposed 16-state computation-universal RCA using partitioned cellular automata (PCA). Because PCA can ...

Several studies exhibit the presence of Ricinus Communis Agglutinin I (RCA) binding glycocalyx in mammalian spermatozoa. However, the molecular characterization of RCA binding glycocalyx in sperm membranes and its mechanism of action are poorly understood. The objective of the study was to identify and to characterize RCA binding glycoprotein of the bovine sperm plasma membranes (PM). Lectin bl...

1. Experimental Procedures S2 2. Figure. S1. Target DNA assay by RCA in vitro. S4 3. Figure. S2. Quantitative detection of the target sequence in vitro. S5 4. Figure. S3. Quantitative detection of real mRNA GAPDH by RCA in vitro. 5. Figure. S4. Identification of RCA amplicons in the fluorescence image. S5 S6 6. Table S1. PAAm Hydrogel mechanical and swelling properties after polymerization of r...