In this paper, the generalized gamma (GG) distribution that is a flexible distribution in statistical literature, and has exponential, gamma, and Weibull as subfamilies, and lognormal as a limiting distribution is introduced. The power and logarithmic moments of this family is defined. A new moment estimation method of parameters of GG family using it’s characterization is presented, this metho...

We justify the feasibility of substituting a photon leg by a neutrino current in the Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian to obtain an effective Lagrangian for the process gn→ggn and its crossed reactions. We establish the link between these processes and the four-photon scattering in both the standard model and the effective theory. As an application, we compute the processes gn→ggn and gg→gnn̄ , give t...

Abstract One million cases of skin wounds, either closed or open necessitate wound treatments to improve the quality life. In this study, gellan gum biopolymer (Ag@TiO 2 NRs/GG) hydrogel film with Ag loaded TiO nanorods was fabricated for healing dressing. The performance Ag@TiO WR/GG tested in vitro and vivo investigate its ability regenerate tissue. FTIR, XRD, SEM were used examine physical c...

Variants of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) generated by virus passage in GMK-AH1 cells in the presence of the sulfated oligosaccharide PI-88 were analyzed. Many of these variants were substantially resistant to PI-88 in their initial infection of cells and/or their cell-to-cell spread. The major alteration detected in all variants resistant to PI-88 in the initial infection of cells was a ...

Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) is a multifunctional cytokine which plays a crucial role in the initiation and progression of cancer. To date, several studies have investigated associations between IL-17A -197G>A (rs2275913) polymorphism and digestive cancer risk, but the results remain conflicting. We here aimed to confirm the role of this single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in susceptibility to dig...

BACKGROUND Using local anesthetic is common to control the pain through blocking the nerve reversibly in dental procedures. Gow-Gates (GG) technique has a high success rate but less common. This study aimed to compare the onset time and success rate in GG and standard technique of inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB). STUDY DESIGN This descriptive, single blind study was consisted of 136 pati...

In this paper, we propose a novel mixed-effects model for longitudinal changes of systolic blood pressure (SBP) over time that can estimate the joint effect of multiple sequence variants on SBP after accounting for familial correlation and the time dependencies within individuals. First we carried out agenome-wide association study (GWAS) using chromosome 3 single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)...

OBJECTIVE Discordances between HbA1c and other measures of glycemic control are common in clinical practice and remain unexplained. We developed a measure of discordance between HbA1c and fructosamine (FA) (glycosylated serum proteins) to conduct a systematic evaluation. We termed this the glycosylation gap (GG) and sought to determine its relationship to diabetic nephropathy. RESEARCH DESIGN...

OBJECTIVE To investigate how antibodies influence the fermentation of Lactobacillus GG and how Lactobacillus GG influences the biological properties of antibodies during the fermentation and storage periods. METHODS Anti-caries immune colostrum powder (IP) and control colostrum powder (CP), skimmed milk powder (SP) at concentrations of 1%, 2.5%, 5% and 10% (w/v) were added to MRS and 50 mM He...

The electrical impedance behavior of gellan gum (GG), GG-carbon nanotube, and GG-carbon nanofiber hydrogel composites is reported. It is demonstrated that the impedance behavior of these gels can be modeled using a Warburg element in series with a resistor. Sonolysis (required to disperse the carbon fillers) does not affect GG hydrogel electrical conductivity (1.2 ± 0.1 mS/cm), but has a detrim...