Purpose The overall mortality rate among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has significantly declined in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). However, little is known about the causes of death for HIV-infected patients who are hospitalized in acute care hospitals. Methods A retrospective chart review of hospitalized HIV-infected patients from 2004 to 2008 ...

We have seen two kinds of attacks on meaning, both of which undermine the importance or even the existence of private mental states. Quine was skeptical about meanings, but not meaning. It does not follow from Quine’s work that sentences or utterances, or whatever, lack meaning. But Quine does undermine any precise account of reference. Given the inscrutability of reference which, recall, begin...

  Objective(s):Transforming growth factor-β(TGF-β) is involved in colorectal cancer (CRC). The SD-208 acts as an anti-cancer agent in different malignancies via TGF-β signaling. This work aims to show the effect of manipulation of TGF-β signaling on some miRNAs implicated in CRC. Materials and Methods: We investigated the effects of SD-208 on SW-48, a colon adenocarcinoma cell line. The cell li...

We show that a restricted variant of constructive predicate logic with positive (covariant) quantification is of super-elementary complexity. The restriction is to limit the number of eigenvariables used in quantifier introductions rules to a reasonably usable level. This construction suggests that the known non-elementary decision algorithms for positive logic may actually be best possible. 19...

one of the major problems in data envelopment analysis (dea) is to determine the projection of inefficient decision making units (dmus) into the efficient frontier. in conventional dea models, inputs and outputs of inefficient dmus alter arbitrarily for reaching to the efficient frontier. nevertheless, sometimes the ability of dmus is defined and restricted. moreover, there are situations in th...

In the paper, authors present a greedy algorithm for construction of exact and partial tests (super-reducts) for decision tables with many-valued decisions. Exact tests can be over-fitted, so instead of them it is often more appropriate to work with partial tests with smaller number of attributes. Based on results for set cover problem authors study bounds on accuracy of greedy algorithm for ex...

The potential functional significance of human 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] receptor (hVDR) phosphorylation at Ser-208 was evaluated by cotransfecting COS-7 kidney cells with hVDR constructs and the catalytic subunit of human casein kinase 11 (CK-11). Under these conditions, hVDR is intensely phosphorylated in a reaction that depends on both CK-II and the presence of Ser-208. The resu...

The aim of this study is to develop a novel decision support system, which has never been developed yet, in order optimize machining parameters. We combine the three distinct methods: experimental design and analysis, fuzzy data envelopment analysis (DEA) analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Firstly, full factorial experiment including four factors levels carried out. take into account cutting s...