A global cardinality constraint (gcc) is speciied in terms of a set of variables X = fx1;:::;xpg which take their values in a subset of V = fv1;:::;vdg. It constrains the number of times each value vi 2 V is assigned to a variable in X to be in an interval li; ui]. A gcc with costs (costgcc) is a generalization of a gcc in which a cost is associated with each value of each variable. Then, each ...

Global climate change (GCC) is likely to alter the degree of human exposure to pollutants and the response of human populations to these exposures, meaning that risks of pollutants could change in the future. The present study, therefore, explores how GCC might affect the different steps in the pathway from a chemical source in the environment through to impacts on human health and evaluates th...

The study of the process of meaning making is central to Computer Support Collaborative Learning (CSCL). Jurong Junior College and the National Institute of Education (Singapore) Learning Sciences Laboratory have recently conducted several collaborative maths problem solving sessions using the Virtual Math Team Chat, a quasi-synchronous chat medium used to facilitate the process of mathematical...

We recently demonstrated expression of a novel, glioma-specific Cl- current in glial-derived tumor cells (gliomas), including stable cell lines such as STTG1, derived from a human anaplastic astrocytoma. We used STTG1 cells to study whether glioma Cl-channel (GCC) activity is regulated during cell cycle progression. Cells were arrested in defined stages of cell cycle (G0, G1, G1/S, S, and M pha...

The article presents an analysis of the energy sector Gulf Cooperation Council (hereinafter referred to as GCC) and examines some aspects its development. paper analyzes role in economic systems Arab countries Persian Gulf, identifies features strategies regional players modern macroeconomic geopolitical conditions. Some factors influencing GCC are considered. Among them, financial dependence o...

The mechanism of providing machine descriptions to the GCC framework has been quite successful as demonstrated by a wide variety of the targets for which a GCC port exists. However, this mechanism is quite ad hoc and the machine descriptions are difficult to construct, understand, maintain, and enhance because of the verbosity, the amount of details, and the repetitiveness. The publicly availab...

PURPOSE We tested the hypothesis that the macular ganglion cell layer (GCL) thickness demonstrates a stronger structure-function (SF) relationship and extends the useful range of macular measurements compared with combined macular inner layer or full thickness. METHODS Ninety-eight glaucomatous eyes and eight normal eyes with macular spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) volum...

Translating low-level machine instructions into higher-level intermediate representation (IR) is one of the central steps in many binary translation, analysis and instrumentation systems. Most of these systems manually build the machine instruction to IR mapping table needed for such a translation. As a result, these systems often suffer from two problems: (a) a great deal of manual effort is r...

OBJECTIVES   To compare the research productivity of different Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in the field of biomedical sciences from 2011-2013.  METHODS This is a retrospective study conducted in the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data on the biomedical publications originating from GCC countries published between January 2011 to December 2013 was ...

has high incidence and poor prognosis requiring early screening of high-risk populations. Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins are used as diagnosticbiomarkers in many cancers but not validated for GCC. We evaluate MCM protein 2 (MCM2), comparing it with the validated markers Ki67 and PCNA. Methods: GCC and corresponding cardiac precancerous samples were immunostained with Ki67, MCM2 and P...