The minimum error entropy (MEE) estimation is concerned with the estimation of a certain random variable (unknown variable) based on another random variable (observation), so that the entropy of the estimation error is minimized. This estimation method may outperform the well-known minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimation especially for non-Gaussian situations. There is an important performa...

Aim The global relationship between treeline elevation and temperature (or latitude as a proxy) is well established. However, additional large-scale regional abiotic influences such mass effect (MEE), continentality isolation are superimposed onto the latitude-treeline relationship. To quantify these effects, we apply globally applicable measures test effects of MEE, an aspect continental clima...

WMSNs stands for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks in which various sensor nodes having the property of sensing scalar quantity like pressure, temperature, etc. and also to ubiquitously retrieve multimedia information like still images, video, sound etc. Due to the scarce resources like battery, processing capability, etc., application of WMSNs is constrained. WMSNs are supported with array o...

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) genotyping was applied to one representative strain of each of the 84 electrophoretic types (ETs) of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A previously defined by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) (J.-F. Wang et al., Infect. Immun. 60:5267-5282, 1992). Twenty-seven additional isolates comprising six ETs were also tested. MEE and RAPD genotyping yielded...

Cryptographic protection of memory is an essential ingredient for any technology that allows a closed computing system to run software in a trustworthy manner and handle secrets, while its external memory is susceptible to eavesdropping and tampering. An example for such a technology is Intel’s emerging Software Guard Extensions technology (Intel SGX) that appears in the latest processor genera...

Epithelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of the medial edge epithelial (MEE) seam creates palatal confluence. This work aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which TGFbeta3 brings about palatal seam EMT. We collected mRNA for PCR analysis from individual transforming MEE cells by laser microdissection techniques and demonstrated that TGFbeta3 stimulates lymphoid-enhancing factor 1 (L...

OBJECTIVES To detect the prevalences of Alloiococcus otitidis, as well as Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) and to simultaneously investigate the colonization of these bacteria in the nasopharynx and palatine tonsils of these patients. METHODS The study included 34 pediatric patients with OME, ...

In many theorem proving applications, a proper treatment of equational theories or equality is mandatory. In this paper we show how to integrate a modern treatment of equality in the Model Evolution calculus (ME), a first-order version of the propositional DPLL procedure. The new calculus, MEE, is a proper extension of the ME calculus without equality. Like ME it maintains an explicit candidate...

In palatogenesis, the MEE (Medial Edge Epithelium) cells disappear when palates fuse. We hypothesize that the MEE cells undergo EMT (Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition) to achieve mesenchyme confluence. Twist has an important role in EMT for tumor metastasis. The purpose of this study was to analyze Twist function during palatal fusion. Twist protein was expressed in palatal shelves and MEE both...

Tgfb3 is strongly and specifically expressed in the epithelial tips of pre-fusion palatal shelves where it plays a critical non-redundant role in palatal fusion in both medial edge epithelial (MEE) cells and in a thin layer of flattened peridermal cells that covers the MEE. It is not known how Tgfb3 expression is regulated in these specific cell types. Using comparative genomics and transgenic ...