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*Correspondence: [email protected] 1Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247 667, India Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract In this paper, a pair of Wolfe type higher-order nondifferentiable symmetric dual programs over arbitrary cones has been studied and then well-suited duality relations have been established consider...

Transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ1, β2, and β3) are 25 kDa disulfide-linked homodimers that regulate many aspects of cellular functions, consist of proliferation, differentiation, adhesion and extracellular matrix formation. TGFβs mediate their biological activities by binding of growth factor ligand to two related, functionally distinct, single-pass transmembrane receptor kinases, known as...

Corresponding author: Keith R. Jerome, MD, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Avenue N, D3-100 Seattle, Washington 98109 Telephone: +1 206 667-6793 Facsimile: +1 206 667-4411 E-mail: [email protected] AC EP TE D Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01230-06 JCM A...

background: epidemiological investigations on toxoplasma gondii infection have found a significant association between human toxoplasmosis and consumption of raw or undercooked meat. the present study aimed to characterize genotypes of t. gondii in 20 cattle, 40 sheep, 15 goats and 16 pigs from the north of portugal. methods: nested pcr amplified the surface antigen 2 (sag2) gene. sequencing an...

Purpose: Eversion carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an effective form of management for atherosclerotic carotid bifurcation disease. Despite the early origins of this technique, it is still used infrequently as an alternative to the standard longitudinal patch closure. In this study we outline our results with the use of eversion endarterectomy for carotid disease over the past 14 years in over 7...

In this article, we use a measure of expected true evidence for determine the required sample size in type-II censored experiments for obtaining statistical evidence in favor of one hypothesis about the exponential mean against another.