The relationship between the major histocompatibility systems as defined serologically and by the mixed leukocyte culture (MLC) test is one which has received attention in both man (1) and mouse (2). In man, studies within families suggest that cells of siblings who inherit the same HL-A chromosomes from their parents and thus are serologically identical at HL-A do not stimulate in the MLC test...

As a promising nonvolatile memory technology, Phase Change Memory (PCM) has many advantages over traditional DRAM. Multilevel Cell PCM (MLC) has the benefit of increased memory capacity with low fabrication cost. Due to high per-cell write power and long write latency, MLC PCM requires careful power management to ensure write reliability. Unfortunately, existing power management schemes applied...

PURPOSE The Lauren classification system is a very commonly used pathological classification system of gastric adenocarcinoma. A recent study proposed that the Lauren classification should be modified to include the anatomical location of the tumor. The resulting three types were found to differ significantly in terms of genomic expression profiles. This retrospective cohort study aimed to eval...

BACKGROUND Over the past decade, mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC) and single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) have been the two main successful mini-invasive surgical interventions for the treatment of cholecystolithiasis since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis to compare the two treatment alternatives. METHODS We searc...

Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has been shown to be able to deliver plans equivalent to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in a fraction of the treatment time. This improvement is important for patient immobilization/localization compliance due to comfort and treatment duration, as well as patient throughput. Previous authors have suggested commissioning methods for this moda...

The requirement for cell division and expression of new genes was examined in the primary and secondary mouse mixed leukocyte culture (MLC). Hydroxyurea (HU) was used to block DNA synthesis and cell division, and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BUdR) was used to probe for the expression of new cell-specific genes. In the primary MLC, inhibition of DNA synthesis and cell division by HU almost totally s...

BACKGROUND Surgical technique using small-diameter instruments and single-incision laparoscopy are two new options for less invasive laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). In this study, we have compared mini-LC (MLC) with single-incision LC (SILC). MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a randomized clinical trial conducted on the patients diagnosed with symptomatic cholelithiasis who underwent LC....

A proper understanding of the mechanical behavior clay minerals is crucial importance in earth sciences, soil mechanics, and geotechnical engineering. Although more than seventy percent all clays are mixed layer types, vast majority previous studies devoted to pure clays, which make hydraulic properties widespread mixed-layer (MLC) its role soils little understood, especially most common illite...

The modeling and design of an active battery cell balancing system using MultiLevel Converter (MLC) for EV/HEV/PHEV is studied. The MLC allows to independently switch ON/OFF each battery cell in a battery pack . This extra degree-of-freedom (DoF) can be exploited to optimally use each cell in order to balance among them the temperature and state-of-charge (SoC). This study has shown that the co...

INTRODUCTION An inhibitory serum factor of mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) has been associated with successful pregnancy after lymphocyte transfusion in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA). OBJECTIVE Investigate whether the inhibitory serum factor of MLC is essential for a successful pregnancy. METHOD Sera from 33 healthy pregnant women and from 40 women with RSA wer...