An HMM-based Single Character Recovery (SCR) Model is proposed in this paper to extract a large set of “atomic abbreviation pairs”from a large text corpus. By an “atomic abbreviation pair,”it refers to an abbreviated word and its root word (i.e., unabbreviated form) in which the abbreviation is a single Chinese character. This task is interesting since the abbreviation process for Chinese compo...

Complement Factor H (CFH), with 20 short complement regulator (SCR) domains, regulates the alternative pathway of in part through interaction its C-terminal SCR-19 and SCR-20 domains host cell-bound C3b anionic oligosaccharides. In solution, CFH forms small amounts oligomers, one self-association sites being SCR-16/20 domains. order to correlate function dimer formation occurrence rare disease-...

Pile-up and dead-time are two main causes of nonlinearity in the response of a PET scanner as a function of activity in the field of view (FOV). For a given scanner and acquisition system, pile-up effects depend on the material and size of the object being imaged and on the distribution of activity inside and outside the FOV, because these factors change the singles-to-coincidences ratio (SCR)....

Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with NH3 is the most efficient and economic flue gas denitrification technology developed to date. Due to its high low-temperature catalytic activity, Mn-based catalysts present a great prospect for application in SCR de-NOx at low temperatures. However, overcoming the poor resistance of Mn-based catalysts to H2O and SO2 poison is still a challenge. This pape...

We report the cloning of cDNAs encoding multiple isoforms of the pig analogue of human decay-accelerating factor (DAF; CD55). Screening of a pig muscle cDNA library using a human DAF probe identified a single clone that encoded a DAF-like molecule comprising three short consensus repeats (SCR) homologous with the amino-terminal three SCR in human DAF, a serine/threonine-rich (ST) region, and se...

Staining patterns suggest that in the adeno-associated satellite virion there exist quasi single-stranded regions which are renatured after extraction to exhibit double strandedness.

We assessed the ability of a mass spectrometry-based technique, called monoclonal immunoglobulin rapid accurate mass measurement (miRAMM), to extend the analytical range of M-protein detection in serum samples obtained from myeloma patients in stringent complete response (sCR) post-autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). To aid the M-protein detection post ASCT, the accurate molecular mass of t...

BACKGROUND When using area under the concentration-time curve-based strategies for dosing carboplatin, accurate estimation of glomerular filtration rate is required for determining dose. Commonly, the Cockcroft-Gault equation is used, which is dependent on measurement of serum creatinine (SCr). Because analysis of SCr changed to an isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) standard, we sought t...

Hox genes encode transcription factors that control the formation of body structures, segment-specifically along the anterior-posterior axis of metazoans. Hox transcription factors bind nuclear DNA pervasively and regulate a plethora of target genes, deploying various molecular mechanisms that depend on the developmental and cellular context. To analyze quantitatively the dynamics of their DNA-...