We present Ensemble, a message-passing implementation methodology, applied to PVM. Ensemble overcomes problems and complexities in developing applications in messagepassing environments (MPE). Applications are specified by scripts, which represent Process Communication Graphs (PCG) annotated with information specific for an MPE, and by reusable executable components. A loader program interprets...

We define Markov strategy and Markov perfect equilibrium (MPE) for games with observable actions. Informally, a Markov strategy depends only on payoffrelevant past events. More precisely, it is measurable with respect to the coarsest partition of histories for which, if all other players use measurable strategies, each player's decision-problem is also measurable. For many games, this definitio...

Abstract: In view of the problem that the features of ship-radiated noise are difficult to extract and inaccurate, a novel method based on variational mode decomposition (VMD), multi-scale permutation entropy (MPE) and a support vector machine (SVM) is proposed to extract the features of ship-radiated noise. In order to eliminate mode mixing and extract the complexity of the intrinsic mode func...

BACKGROUND Recent study demonstrated that HLA-B*1502 was a common risk allele in aromatic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in Han Chinese. However, the association of AEDs-induced mild maculopapular eruption (MPE) with HLA-B*1502 remains unclear until recently. In the present study, we conducted a pilot study to detect a possible associa...

PURPOSE Lung adenocarcinoma presenting as malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common in Taiwan. Microscopically, the involved pleurae are infiltrated by numerous tumor foci, which suggests that the cancer cells are highly invasive. Overexpression of HER-2/neu has been related to proliferation, antiapoptosis, and the high invasiveness of various cancer cells. We therefore were interested in stud...

BACKGROUND Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common complication of lung cancer. One widely used treatment for MPE is Endostar, a recombined humanized endostatin based treatment. However, the mechanism of this treatment is still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Endostar in mice with MPE. METHODS AND MATERIALS Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cell line expressing ...

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common and important clinical condition. A complication in many types of tumors, its presence indicates the onset of the terminal stages of cancer. Dyspnea is the most common symptom of MPE. The most common underlying tumors are lymphomas and cancers of the lung, breast and ovaries, which account for 75% of cases. The diagnosis of MPE can be established by ...

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) accompanying lung adenocarcinoma indicates poor prognosis and early metastasis. This study aimed to identify genes related to MPE formation. Three tissue sample cohorts, seven from healthy lungs, 18 from stage I-III lung adenocarcinoma with adjacent healthy lung tissue and 13 from lung adenocarcinomas with MPE, were analysed by oligonucleotide microarray. The id...

AIM Evaluating effectiveness of a medicinal plant extract (MPE) in achieving haemostasis and early wound healing at free gingival graft (FGG) donor site in a randomized controlled fashion. METHODS Forty patients requiring FGG at lower anterior area were randomly assigned into two groups. FGG was performed to all patients and following graft procurement; wet gauze (WG) was applied alone (contr...

BACKGROUND The aim of present study was to investigate the antinociceptive effect of pregabalin and tramadol either alone and or in combination on acute model of pain. METHODS The antinociceptive effect of intraperitoneal administration of pregabalin (1 to 400 mg/kg) and tramadol (10 to 80 mg/kg) or combination of them were measured after 30 and 60 min on hot-plate in terms of maximum possibl...