We present a generalized committed choice construct for concurrent programs that interact with a shared store. The generalized committed choice (GCC) allows multiple computations from different alternatives to occur concurrently and later commit to one of them. GCC generalizes the traditional committed choice in Dijkstra’s Guarded Command Language to handle don’t know non-determinism and also a...

Globalization of energy market in GCC countries is deepening not only through free-flowing international trade but also through foreign investment, market-driven domestic economies and industrialization. GCC nations are transforming their energy industry and market around the world which is promising their economic efficiency and technology development. Nevertheless, this open energy market acr...

In this study, a new graphene ceramic composite (GCC) was prepared based on the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) doped in sol-gel derived silica. The GCC was prepared by dispersing rGO nanosheets into the sol-gel precursors containing methyl triethoxysilane, methanol and hydrochloric acid solution. During an acid catalyzed hydrolyze reaction and gelation process, rGO nanosheets were successfully do...

Four Thai - rumen fistulated male swamp buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis), about four years old with 400±20 kg liveweight, were randomly assigned according to a 4×4 Latin square design to receive dietary treatments. The treatments were: ground corn cob (GCC) replacement for cassava chip (CC) in concentrate at 0% (T1); GCC replacement at 33% (T2); GCC replacement at 67% (T3); and GCC replacement at 10...

Parsing programming languages is an essential component of the front end of most program comprehension tools. Languages such as C++ can be difficult to parse and so it can prove useful to re-use existing front ends such as those from the GNU compiler collection, gcc. We have modified gcc to provide syntactic tags in XML format around the source code which can greatly enhance our comprehension o...

Agonists of the transmembrane intestinal receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) have recently attracted interest as promising human therapeutics. Peptide ligands that can specifically induce GCC signaling in the intestine include endogenous hormones guanylin and uroguanylin, diarrheagenic bacterial enterotoxins (ST), and synthetic drugs linaclotide, plecanatide, and SP-333. These agonists bind to GC...

OBJECTIVES Gastric conduit cancer (GCC), which is a carcinoma that arises in the gastric conduit after oesophagectomy, often negatively affects long-term survivors of oesophageal cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and clinical implications of GCC. METHODS We reviewed data for 863 patients who underwent an oesophagectomy and a reconstruction of the gastric conduit from...

PURPOSE Appendiceal tumors are a heterogeneous group of diseases that include typical neuroendocrine tumors (TNET), goblet cell carcinoids (GCC), and atypical GCC. Atypical GCC are classified into signet-ring cell cancers (SRCC) and poorly differentiated appendiceal adenocarcinoids. The prognosis and management of these diseases is unclear because there are no prospective studies. The aim of th...

BACKGROUND Many enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains produce the heat-stable toxin, STa, which, by activation of the intestinal receptor-enzyme guanylyl cyclase (GC) C, triggers an acute, watery diarrhea. We set out to identify GCC inhibitors that may be of benefit for the treatment of infectious diarrheal disease. METHODS Compounds that inhibit STa-induced cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophos...

BACKGROUND This paper presents an analysis of the main characteristics of the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) health financing systems and draws similarities and differences between GCC countries and other high-income and low-income countries, in order to provide recommendations for healthcare policy makers. The paper also illustrates some financial implications of the recent implementation of...