The identification of ancestor-descendant or parent-child relationship between elements of XML documents plays a crucial role in efficient XML query processing. One of the popular methods for performing this task is to code each node in the XML document by traversing its nodes. However, the main problems of existing approaches are that they either lack the ability to support XML document update...

Brachydactyly type C (BDC) is characterized by shortening of the middle phalanges of the index, middle, and little fingers. Hyperphalangy of the index and middle finger and shortening of the first metacarpal can also be observed. BDC is a rare genetic condition associated with the GDF5 gene, and this condition has not been confirmed by genetic analysis so far in the Korean population. Herein, w...

Four of the 5 biotin-dependent carboxylases (BDC) are in the mitochondria. BDC replace intermediates in the Krebs [tricarboxylic acid (TCA)] cycle that are regularly removed for the synthesis of key metabolites such as heme or amino acids. Heme, unlike amino acids, is not recycled to regenerate these intermediates, is not utilized from the diet, and must be synthesized in situ. We studied wheth...

Evaluating biliary excretion, a major elimination pathway for many compounds, is important in drug discovery. The bile duct-cannulated (BDC) rat model is commonly used to determine the percentage of dose excreted as intact parent into bile. However, a study using BDC rats is time-consuming and cost-ineffective. The present report describes a computational model that has been established to pred...

A new and versatile class of metal-organic materials (MOMs) with augmented lonsdaleite-e (lon-e-a) topology is presented herein. This family of lon-e nets are built by pillaring of hexagonal two-dimensional kagomé (kag) lattices constructed from well-known [Zn2(CO2R)4] paddlewheel molecular building blocks (MBBs) connected by 1,3-benzenedicarboxylate (bdc(2-)) linkers. The pillars are [Cr3(μ3-O...

The efficacy of adjuvant photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the new photosensitizer, talaporfin sodium (TPS), was assessed in 7 patients with bile duct carcinoma (BDC). The 664-nm semiconductor laser (100 J/cm(2)) was applied through endoscopy to the tumor lesion within 6 h after injection of TPS. Cases included three non-resectable and 4 resected BDC with remnant cancer cells at the bile duct st...

Abstract This paper presents the synthesis of metal-organic structure terbium Tb 2 (BDC) 3 (BDC: 1,4-benzendicarboxylic acid) obtained by stirring at room temperature (SRT) and means microwave-assisted method (MW) 150 °C during 15 min. A comparison was made between physicochemical properties MOF each methods as they were characterized powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) Fourier transform infrared sp...

In the title coordination polymer, catena-poly[[[triaqua-europium(III)]-bis-(μ-1H,3H-benzimidazol-3-ium-5,6-dicarb-oxyl-ato-κ(3)O(5),O(5'):O(6))-[triaqua-europium(III)]-di-μ-sulfato-κ(3)O:O,O';κ(3)O,O':O'] hexahydrate], [Eu(2)(C(9)H(5)N(2)O(4))(2)(SO(4))(2)(H(2)O)(6)]·6H(2)O}(n), the 1H,3H-benzimidazol-3-ium-5,6-dicarb-oxy-l-ate ligand is protonated at the imidazole group (H(2)bdc). The Eu(III)...

In this paper, we build on the idea of Valiant [13] and Ben-Dor/Halevi [3], that is, to count the number of satisfying solutions of a boolean formula via computing the permanent of a specially constructed matrix. We show that the Desnanot-Jacobi identity (DJi) prevents Valiant’s original approach to achieve a parsimonious reduction to the permanent over a field of characteristic two. As the nex...