Fibrinogen (Fg) has been recognized to play a central role in coagulation, inflammation and tissue regeneration. Several studies have used Fg deficient mice (Fg(-/-)) in comparison with heterozygous mice (Fg(+/-)) to point the proinflammatory role of Fg in diverse pathological conditions and disease states. Although Fg(+/-) mice are considered 'normal', plasma Fg is reduced to ~75% of the norma...

By the works of Levine [2] and Rolfsen [5], [6], it is known that a local move called a crossing-change is strongly related to the Alexander invariant. In this note, we will consider to what degree the relationship is strong. Let K be a knot, and K the set of knots obtained from a knot K by a single crossing-change. Let MK be the Alexander invariant of a knot K, and MK the set of the Alexander ...

In this paper, we extend the domains of affirmation and negation operators, and more important, of triangular (semi)norms and (semi)conorms from the unit interval to bounded partially ordered sets. The fundamental properties of the original operators are proven to be conserved under this extension. This clearly shows that they are essentially based upon order-theoretic notions. Consequently, a ...

Background The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is a primary stabilizer of the knee in the posterior direction. However, PCL deficiency presents a clinical paradox because the outcome of PCL deficiency ranges from total disability to uninterrupted participation in competitive athletics. Purpose To investigate whether posterior laxity (PL) and the flexion gap (FG) influence the results of the...

Absorption and dispersion signals of D2 lines of rubidium atoms in a vapor cell have been experimentally investigated with the modulation transfer spectrum (MTS). Normal dispersion was observed at the transitions of Fg ? Fe = Fg - 1 and Fg ? Fe = Fg; anomalous dispersion, at transitions of Fg ?Fe = Fg + 1; and crossover resonance, by the transitions of Fg ?Fe = Fg - 1 and Fg ? Fe = Fg. The sign...

Persistent trajectories of the Poincaré map T generated by the ndimensional periodic system ẋi = xiNi(t, x1, · · · , xn), xi ≥ 0, are studied under the assumptions that the system is dissipative, competitive and strongly competitive in C = {x : xi > 0}. The main result is that there is a canonically defined countable family of disjoint, totally invariant sets which attract all persistent trajec...

Background: Electromagnetic tracking systems (EMTSs) are widely used in surgical navigation, allowing to improve the outcome of diagnosis and interventions, by providing surgeon with real-time position instruments during medical procedures. Objective: main goal is limited range current commercial systems, which strongly affects freedom movement team. Studies currently being conducted optimize m...

The IrO2 top electrode chemistry of ferroelectric IrO2/Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 (HZO)/IrO2 metal–insulator–metal (MIM) structures dependent on rapid thermal annealing in different gas atmospheres (nitrogen, oxygen, and forming [FG]) is investigated. Using hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES), the strongly modified chemical states layer choice atmosphere are observed. For O2 N2 anneals, remains ei...