Let P and T be a pattern and a text strings, respectively. The one-dimensional discretely scaled pattern matching problem is to ask for all valid positions in T that some discrete scales of P occur in these positions. Amir et al. first showed that this problem can be solved in O(n) time by adapting Eilam-Tzoreff and Vishkin’s algorithm. Recently, Wang et al. showed that when the size of the alp...

We investigate the mass spectrum of pentaquark baryons in quenched lattice QCD with exact chiral symmetry. Using interpolating operators based on the diquark-diquark-antiquark picture in the Jaffe-Wilzcek model, we measure time correlation functions for 70 gauge configurations generated with Wilson gauge action at β = 6.1 on the 203 × 40 lattice, and extract the masses of even and odd parity st...

Objective Recently, serum cystatin C (CysC) has been used as a novel marker of renal function. However, there is a lack of data on CysC levels in patients with intestinal urinary diversion (UD). Here we report CysC levels in such patients. Methods We prospectively observed 38 patients who were diagnosed with bladder cancer and subsequently treated with radical cystectomy and UD at our institu...

This paper presents a new method for the conversion of one style of dependency treebanks into another, using contextual, Constraint Grammar-based transformation rules for both structural changes (attachment) and changes in syntacticfunctional tags (edge labels). In particular, we address the conversion of traditional syntactic dependency annotation into the semantically motivated dependency ann...

A novel method for supplier selection by two competitors, including multiple criteria Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani a , Hamidreza Navidi b & Farid Alborzi c a Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran b Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran c Department of Industrial Engineering, Amir Kabir...

Modelling biopharmaceutical manufacture: Design and implementation of SimBiopharma Suzanne S. Farid a,∗, John Washbrook b, Nigel J. Titchener-Hooker a a The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK b Department of Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK

Ulcerative Dermatitis (UD) is the most common cause of unplanned euthanasia in mice used in research, with prevalence rates reported between 4 and 21%. UD is characterized by a deep, ulcerative lesion that appears most commonly over the dorsal neck and is attendant with an intense pruritus. The underlying cause of UD is currently unknown, and as a consequence, there are no directed therapies th...

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and depressive rumination are both characterized by cognitive rigidity. We examined the performance of 17 patients (9 suffering from unipolar depression [UD] without OCD, and 8 suffering from OCD without UD), and 17 control participants matched on age, gender, language and education, on a battery covering the four main executive functions. Results indicated t...