MicroRNAs (miRs) are post-transcriptional inhibitory regulators of gene expression acting by direct binding to complementary messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts. Recent studies have demonstrated that miRs are crucial determinants of endothelial cell behavior and angiogenesis. We have provided evidence of the prominent role of miR-503 in impairment of postischemic reparative angiogenesis in the set...

MicroRNAs are essential post-transcriptional regulators. Many animal microRNAs are clustered in the genome, and it has been shown that clustered microRNAs may be transcribed as a single transcript. Polycistronic microRNAs are often members of the same family, suggesting a role of tandem duplication in the emergence of clusters. The mir-2 microRNA family is the largest in Drosophila melanogaster...

The extended Gini is a family of measures of variability which is mainly used in the areas of finance and income distribution. Each index in the family is defined by specifying one parameter. The higher the parameter, the more weight is attached to the lower portion of the cumulative distribution. In this paper we list and investigate the properties of the equivalents of the correlation coeffic...

We propose a standard model minimal extension with two lepton weak SU (2) doublets and a scalar singlet to explain the deviation of the measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon from the standard model expectation.

In this paper, we consider a generalization of the state-of-art discriminative method for optimizing the conditional likelihood in Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), called the Extended Baum-Welch (EBW) algorithm, that has had significant impact on the speech recognition community. We propose a generalized form of EBW update rules that can be associated with a weighted sum of updated and initial mode...

A three-generation family is described in which 16 members have a severe developmental verbal dyspraxia. Inheritance is autosomal dominant, with full penetrance. Intelligence and hearing are normal.

Deriving a model, where each family member is the producer of his own and other family members' health, shows that the family will not try to equalise marginal benefits and marginal costs of health capital for each family member. They will rather invest in health until the rate of marginal consumption benefits equals the rate of marginal net effective costs of health capital. The level of compe...

This study examines the characteristics, functions and correlates of maternal social support networks among a community sample (N=83) of Mexican American families with toddlers. Incorporating support network members residing within and beyond the same households as mothers and young children is particularly relevant to child development in Mexican American families given cultural norms and comm...

We propose a standard model minimal extension with two lepton weak SU(2) doublets and a scalar singlet to explain the deviation of the measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon from the standard model expectation. This scheme can be naturally motivated in string inspired models such as E6 and AdS/CFT. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 1 The recent ...

BACKGROUND Intestinal helminthiasis is common in our environment and antihelminthic drugs are specie specific. Thus, need to identify and characterize the species cannot be overemphasized. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of Ascaris Lumbricoides in Enugu Metropolis. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 361 subjects in Enugu metropolis was carried out in this study. A single stool sample...