Netrin-1, an axon guidance protein, is difficult to detect using immunohistochemistry. We performed a multi-step, blinded, and controlled protocol optimization procedure to establish an efficient and effective fluorescent immunohistochemistry protocol for characterizing Netrin-1 expression. Coronal mouse brain sections were used to test numerous antigen retrieval methods and combinations thereo...

In this paper, a mathematical method for analysis of synchronous packet-switching interconnection networks with jinite buffering capacity at the output of switching elements is presented. The proposed mathematical method is general in that it analyzed interconnection networks under uniform and nonuniform traflc with blocking. The existing methods for analysis of buffered interconnection network...

Attaining efficient and portable lock-free containers is challenging as almost any CPU family implements slightly different memory models and atomic read-modify-write operations. C++11 offers a memory model and operation abstractions that enable portable implementations of non-blocking algorithms. In this paper, we present a first scalable and portable lock-free bounded queue supporting multipl...

I.v. atracurium 0.3 mg kg-1 and suxamethonium 1.6 mg kg-1 plus infusion were compared for use in outpatient laparoscopy. Thirty patients were randomly assigned to receive one of the two blocking drugs. Both drugs proved suitable for use in outpatient laparoscopy, but atracurium may have advantages if the operation proceeds directly to laparotomy.

FIM atom-probe techniques have been used in order to investigate concentration modulations related to (001) APB's in Cu3 ,Pd. Layer by layer analysis of (001) superstructure planes of a long-period single crystal (20.5 % Pd) exhibits LRO modulations with correlation lengths oscillating between 6 and 7 doO,. The average wavelength (6.5 dO0,) is in good agreement with the mean size of one-dimensi...

A quantitative evaluation of randomized trials of counseling, education, and other clinical services provided by pharmacists was performed. Data sources were MEDLINE and the bibliographies of published articles. Pharmacists' services were categorized as counseling of patients, counseling of physicians, counseling of both patients and physicians, and patient care. The outcomes extracted were mea...

Tratflc Matrlx AbstractA detailed analytical traffic model for alloptical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) photonic packet switched networks is presented and the requirements for buffer size, and link dimensions are analyzed. This paper shows that due to the topology, packets may generate traffic bottlenecks produced by a tendency of the routing scheme to send packets with different desti...

The influence of tissue pretreatment on the PAP immunostaining for type I and III collagens and tenascin was studied in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded human tooth germs at the 24th and 25th weeks of fetal life. Three variables were considered: the type of buffer used (PBS or Tris), pepsin digestion and the use of normal serum as a blocking agent prior to immunostaining. All three proteins...

In this paper, an analytical model for evaluating the performance of a packet scheduling algorithm, called lookahead scheduling, is proposed. Using lookahead scheduling, each input port of a switch has B packet buffers. A packet arrives at an input port is scheduled for conflict-free transmission for up to B time slots in advance. If it cannot be scheduled for transmission in the next B slots, ...