background: streptokinase is a potent activator of plasminogen to plasmin, the enzyme that can solubilize the fibrin network in blood clots. streptokinase is currently used in clinical medicine as a thrombolytic agent. it is naturally secreted by β-hemolytic streptococci. methods: to reach an efficient method of purification, an immunoaffinity chromatography method was developed that could puri...

To improve the osteoconductivity of apatite cement (AC) for reconstruction of bone defects after oral maxillofacial surgery, we previously fabricated AC containing atelocollagen (AC(ate)). In the present study, we examined the initial attachment, proliferation and differentiation of mouse osteoblastic cells (MC3T3-E1 cells) on the surface of conventional AC (c-AC), AC(ate) and a plastic cell di...

Background: The link prediction issue is one of the most widely used problems in complex network analysis. Link prediction requires knowing the background of previous link connections and combining them with available information. The link prediction local approaches with node structure objectives are fast in case of speed but are not accurate enough. On the other hand, the global link predicti...

Since deregulation of the electric utility industry began in the USA, there has been a substantial increase in the quantity of power transferred over long distances. Both thermal and voltage constraints on transmission have been experienced in regions that previously were rarely congested. One solution to this type of problem is to expand the capacity of transmission networks, but it is likely ...

Objective: A novel multifocal collimator, IQ-SPECT (Siemens) consists of cardio-centric and 3D iterative SPECT reconstruction and makes it possible to perform MPI scans in a short time. The aims are to delineate the normal uptake in thallium-201 (Tl) SPECT in each acquisition method and to compare the distribution between new and conventional protocol, especially in patients with normal imaging...

OBJECTIVES To document the transition to a totally one-stop (patient seen and treated in one appointment) wide-awake (local anaesthesia only) hand surgery service. DESIGN Retrospective review of 10 year service with detailed analysis of last 1000 cases including process and cost-effectiveness and efficiency analysis. SETTING Purpose-built CQC-certified day-case surgical facility where we ha...

Optimisation models have been extensively used for finding optimal configuration and operation of distributed energy technologies. The main objective in most of these models is to find the optimal configuration of distributed energy technologies that will meet a certain energy demand with the least cost and emissions. Local grid constraints are not considered in the optimisation of distributed ...

Fixed multi-beam base stations can significantly increase the capacity of WCDMA systems. Previous capacity studies have not included important Radio Network Algorithms (RNA) such as Admission Control (AC) which are essential to guarantee an acceptable Quality Of Service (QoS). Some of these RNA may have to be changed to secure the full gains of fixed multi-beam antennas. In this paper two downl...

Efficient simulation of probabilistic memristors and their networks requires novel modeling approaches. One major departure from the conventional memristor is based on a master equation for occupation probabilities network states [arXiv:2003.11011 (2020)]. In present article, we show how to implement such equations in SPICE - general-purpose circuit program. case studies, simulate dynamics ac-d...