D2.2.5.1 Abstract MineSet is a commercial data mining product from Silicon Graphics. It provides an interactive platform for data mining, integrating three powerful technologies: database and file access, analytical data mining engines, and data visualization. MineSet supports the knowledge discovery process from data access and preparation through iterative analysis and visualization to deploy...

Using a newly proposed augmented low-index-guiding scheme with silicon nitride/silicon dual-core waveguide, we have designed, fabricated, and characterized a transverse electric (TE) to transverse magnetic (TM) and TM-to-TE compact polarization rotator. The polarization rotation is realized in an asymmetric directional coupler. The measured peak conversion efficiencies for the TE-to-TM and TM-t...

We have previously demonstrated that recombinant human soluble (rhs) thrombomodulin (TM) inhibits the endotoxin (ET)-induced increase in pulmonary vascular permeability by inhibiting leukocyte activation. In the present study, we examined whether rhs-TM could inhibit the ET-induced increase in pulmonary vascular permeability in rats by activating protein C. rhs-TM did not inhibit ET-induced inc...

The equilibrium stress-strain relation and the pore radius of the isolated tectorial membrane (TM) of the mouse were determined. Polyethylene glycol (PEG), with molecular mass (MM) in the range 20-511 kDa, added to the TM bathing solution was used to exert an osmotic pressure. Strain on the TM induced by isosmotic PEG solutions of different molecular masses was approximately the same for MM > o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective study was to compare the resistive index (RI) values, which is a parameter of testicular parenchymal perfusion, in testicular microlithiasis (TM) cases and normal cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2179 volunteers, all healthy men (17-42 years of age) from the Annual Army Reserve Officer Training Corps training camp were included in the study. A screening scrot...

Heterodimeric integrin adhesion receptors regulate cell migration, survival and differentiation in metazoa by communicating signals bi-directionally across the plasma membrane. Protein engineering and mutagenesis studies have suggested that the dissociation of a complex formed by the single-pass transmembrane (TM) segments of the alpha and beta subunits is central to these signalling events. He...

The Transactional Memory (TM) paradigm promises to greatly simplify the development of concurrent applications. This led, over the years, to the creation of a plethora of TM implementations delivering wide ranges of performance across workloads. Yet, no universal TM implementation fits each and every workload. In fact, the best TM in a given workload can reveal to be disastrous for another one....

The need for safe, therapeutically effective, and patient-compliant drug delivery systems continuously leads researchers to design novel tools and strategies. Clay minerals play a very crucial role in modulating drug delivery. This work examines the advantageous effect of clay mineral as drug carrier for timolol maleate (TM), a nonselective beta-adrenergic blocking agent. The intercalation of T...

PURPOSE A percentage of trabecular meshwork (TM) cells in tissue and organ culture have been shown to contain cross-linked actin networks (CLANs) when exposed to dexamethasone, as have TM cultures derived from glaucomatous individuals. The purpose of this study was to determine whether CLANs exist within TM cells in situ in tissue unmanipulated by culturing, thereby eliminating the possibility ...