Phytochrome was examined by immunochemical and spectroscopic techniques to detect differences between the protein moieties of red- and far red-absorbing phytochrome (P(r) and P(fr)). No differences in the reaction of P(r) and P(fr) with phytochrome antibody were discernible on Ouchterlony double diffusion plates. However, the microcomplement fixation assay showed a greater degree of antibody re...

The folate receptor (FR) type B is a promising target for therapeutic intervention in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), owing particularly to its selective up-regulation in the leukemic cells by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Here we show, using KG-1 and MV4-11 AML cells and recombinant 293 cells, that the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors trichostatin A (TSA), valproic acid (VPA), and FK2...

Background and Aim. Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (NBD) effects according to diameter remain unclear. We aimed to assess the drainage effects of the 4-Fr and 6-Fr NBD catheters. Methods. This prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled study was conducted at Hiroshima University Hospital and related facilities within Hiroshima Prefecture. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (E...

We report two cases of successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using a 4-in-3 "Slender Mother and Child" PCI technique. In both cases, coronary angiography revealed severe stenosis of the right coronary artery (RCA). In both cases, 5-Fr sheathless guiding catheters were inserted into the RCA (virtual 3-Fr PCI) but stents could not pass through because of stents previously implanted ...

In this paper we introduce the Frequency Ratio (FR) method for dealing with missing values within nearest neighbour search. We test the FR method on known medical datasets from the UCI machine learning repository. We compare the accuracy of the FR method with five commonly used methods (three “imputation” and two “bypassing” methods) for dealing with values that are “missing completely at rando...

Let fr n (k) be the number of 132-avoiding permutations on n letters that contain exactly r occurrences of 12 . . . k, and let Fr(x; k) and F (x, y; k) be the generating functions defined by Fr(x; k) = ∑ n>0 f r n (k)xn and F (x, y; k) = ∑ r>0 Fr(x; k)y r . We find an explcit expression for F (x, y; k) in the form of a continued fraction. This allows us to express Fr(x; k) for 1 6 r 6 k via Che...

Let fr n(k) be the number of 132-avoiding permutations on n letters that contain exactly r occurrences of 12 . . . k, and let Fr(x; k) and F (x, y; k) be the generating functions defined by Fr(x; k) = P n>0 f r n(k)x n and F (x, y; k) = P r>0 Fr(x; k)y r. We find an explicit expression for F (x, y; k) in the form of a continued fraction. This allows us to express Fr(x; k) for 1 6 r 6 k via Cheb...

BACKGROUND The present study concerns literacy and its underlying cognitive skills in Dutch children who differ in familial risk (FR) for dyslexia. Previous studies with FR-children were inconclusive regarding the performance of FR-children without dyslexia as compared to the controls. Moreover, van Bergen et al. (2011) recently showed that FR-children with and without dyslexia differed in pare...

We sought to determine if phytochrome B (phyB)-mediated responses to the red light (R)/far-red light (FR) ratio are affected by phytochrome A (phyA) activity in light-grown seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana. Pulses of FR delayed into the dark period were less effective than end-of-day (EOD) FR in promoting hypocotyl growth over a given period in darkness. White light minus blue light interposed...

Variable durations of food restriction (FR; lasting weeks to years) and variable FR intensities are applied to animals in life span-prolonging studies. A reduction in mitochondrial proton leak is suggested as a putative mechanism linking such diet interventions and aging retardation. Early mechanisms of mitochondrial metabolic adaptation induced by FR remain unclear. We investigated the influen...