BACKGROUND Cross-talk between integrins and cadherins regulates cell function. We tested the hypothesis that vitronectin (VN), a multi-functional adhesion molecule present in the extracellular matrix and plasma, regulates vascular permeability via effects on VE-cadherin, a critical regulator of endothelial cell (EC) adhesion. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Addition of multimeric VN (mult VN) ...

This paper introduces an extension of the existing theory of the Evolving Fuzzy Neural Network (EFuNN) to also be a multi-module classifier. We call this proposed architecture multiEFuNN. The incorporation of the Evolving Clustering Method (ECM) is used to partition the input space of the dataset and also determine how many EFUNNs are to be used to classify it. The main advantages of this mult-...

From 3–4 June, 2016, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Newborn Screening (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neugeborenenscreening, DGNS) was held at the University Hospital Heidelberg. The meeting was organized by PD Dr. med. Gwendolyn Gramer (conference president) from the Newborn Screening Centreat the University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Prof...

For a mult i component and multi-temperature gas-mixture the matrix elements o f the linearized Bol tzmann collision operator are investigated for isotropic interaction potentials. The representation b y means o f Burnett basis functions simplifies the algebraic structure and enables closed expressions for the general results, which can also be used for an investigation o f inelastic collisions...

In this paper we consider the inclusion properties for upper and lower approximation of union and intersection of sets for both pessimistic and optimistic mult igranulations. We find that two inclusions for pessimistic cases are actually equalities. For other six cases we provide examples to show that actually the proper inclusions hold true. On the approximation of classifications a theorem wa...

T h i s paper presen t s a n e w computat ional s cheme based o n mult iresolut ion decomposition for extracting t h e features of interest f r o m t h e oceanographic images by suppressing t h e noise. T h e multiresolution analysis f r o m t h e m e d i a n presented by Starck-Murtagh-Bijaoui [4][5] is used for t h e noise suppression. A parallel approach is presented f o r this computat iona...