During palatal fusion, the midline epithelial seam (MES) degrades to achieve mesenchymal confluence. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is one mechanism which is active in MES degradation. TGF-β induces EMT in medial edge epithelium (MEE) by down-regulation of an epithelial marker, E-cadherin. Microtubule disassembly impaired palatal fusion leading to a multi-layered MES in the mid-region....

Recently, we have proposed the minimum error entropy (MEE) criterion as an information theoretic alternative to the widely used mean square error criterion in supervised adaptive system training. For this purpose, we have formulated a nonparametric estimator for Renyi’s entropy that employs Parzen windowing. Mathematical investigation of the proposed entropy estimator revealed interesting insig...

On 7 March 2006, a mobile, ground-based, vertical pointing, elastic lidar system made a North-South transect through the Mexico City basin. Column averaged, aerosol size distribution (ASD) measurements were made on the ground concurrently with the lidar measurements. The ASD ground measurements allowed calculation of the column averaged mass extinction efficiency (MEE) for the lidar system (106...

BACKGROUND Cam deformity is associated with epiphyseal extension onto the anterosuperior femoral head-neck before physeal closure. A century ago, anatomists speculated that this femoral prominence acts as a pulley bar to withstand capsular compression in hip extension with pressure concentrated where the zona orbicularis (ZO) joins the iliofemoral ligament (IFL). An animal model has shown that ...

1994). Theoretically, early compromise of speech perception could, therefore, adversely affect phonologic awareness as well as oral and written language skills. As Johnson et al. (this issue) point out in their review of the literature, some have argued (Eimas & Clarkson, 1986) that persistent middle ear effusion, which can cause partial and intermittent impairment of hearing, can pose a threat...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether increases in internal (muscular) demand would be proportional to increases in the external demand during heel-raise exercise. Seven male (mean age 74.9 +/- 4.8 years) and 9 female (mean age 74.4 +/- 5.1 years) older adults performed both double-leg heel raises and single-leg heel raises under 3 loading conditions (no external resistance...

Article history: Received 17 May 2013 Received in revised form 23 July 2013 Accepted 24 July 2013 Available online 1 August 2013 Editor: W.-D. Schlatter This Letter reports a measurement of the high-mass Drell–Yan differential cross-section in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC. Based on an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb−1, the differential cross-section in...

Based on the principles of Process Integration a simplified model has been developed for the analysis of multiple effect evaporator (MEE) systems. It uses the new concepts of stream analysis, temperature path and internal heat exchange for the formulation of the model equations. In addition to it, the above model also takes into account variation in physico-thermal properties as well as boiling...

The forage cactus cultivar Mexican elephant ear (MEE) [Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.] has been widely used in the semi-arid of Brazil because its resistance to carmine mealybug. Therefore, it is necessary establish planting and harvesting management strategies for this cultivar. This study evaluated effect cutting intensity (preservation mother cladode, + primary cladodes) different densities (55...

This paper investigates the filtering problem for multivariate continuous nonlinear non-Gaussian systems based on an improved minimum error entropy (MEE) criterion. The system is described by a set of nonlinear continuous equations with non-Gaussian system noises and measurement noises. The recently developed generalized density evolution equation is utilized to formulate the joint probability ...