Portions of the American University in Cairo's MUC-7 system, MUC7-Plink, have participated in every Message Understanding Competition since MUC-4. The Plink parser was developed at the University of Michigan where it formed the core of the systems entered in MUC-4 [2] and MUC-5 [1]. Recently, the Plink parser was added to GATE [6] to facilitate interaction between language processing modules. M...

OBJECTIVES Hypoxia or exposure to excessive reactive oxygen or nitrogen species could induce S-nitrosylation of various target proteins, including GTPases of the Ras-superfamily. Under hypoxic conditions, the Ras-protein is translocated to the cytosol and interacts with the Golgi complex, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria. The mobility/translocation of Ras depend on the cells oxidative status...

1 Food Toxicology & Contaminants Departmnt, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. 2 Nutrition Physiology and Toxicology Laboratory (NUTOX), INSERM U866, Bourgogne University, 1 Esplanade Erasme, F-21000 Dijon, France. 3 ProBioGem Laboratory, EA 1026, Polytech'Lille-IUT "A" Bd Paul Langevin, Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, Université Lille Nord de France, France. 4 Food Science and Technology,...

In the title compound, [Nd(NO(3))(3)(C(18)H(12)N(6))(H(2)O)]·2H(2)O, the Nd(3+) ion is in a distorted bicapped square-anti-prismatic geometry formed by three N atoms from the 2,4,6-tris-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,5-triazine (TPTZ) ligand, six O atoms from the three nitrate anions and one O atom from the aqua ligand. The mol-ecules are linked by O-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Two types of π-π stacking ...

Oxidative stress and inflammation are risk factors for hypertension in pregnancy. Here, we examined the 24-h mean arterial pressure (MAP) via telemetry and the nitric oxide (NO) and redox systems in the kidney cortex, medulla, and aorta of virgin and pregnant rats treated with a high-fat/prooxidant Western diet (HFD), ANG II, and TNF-α. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were given a normal diet (ND) o...

Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic infections worldwide. Establishment of sensitive assays to detect schistosomiasis in situations with low transmission is crucial. The present study aimed to estimate the current status of S. haematobium infection in different Egyptian localities. Urine samples were collected from 960 asymptomatic men from Great Cairo (low-endemic) and Fayou...

INTRODUCTION An estimated 17% of married women in the developing world still have an unmet need for contraception. This study aimed to measure the prevalence and reasons for unmet contraceptive need among married women in the childbearing period in an underprivileged district in Eastern Cairo. METHODS A cluster survey of 2340 women in the Marg district of Eastern Cairo was performed. Socio-de...

This paper introduces some preliminary results of the standardization process of ITU-T’s H.26L project. This forthcoming video coding standard will not only significantly improve the coding efficiency, but it will also introduce new concepts such as network friendliness, which are not common in current video coding approaches. The paper focuses on the high level syntax that resides hierarchical...

It is an assumption that selective encryption does not strongly protect confidentiality owing to the partial visibility of some video data. This is because, though encryption keys may be difficult to derive, an enhanced version of selectively encrypted video sequence might be found from knowledge of the unencrypted parts of the sequence. An efficient selective encryption method for syntax eleme...