Neurons of the Grueneberg ganglion (GG) in the anterior nasal region of mouse pups respond to cool temperatures and to a small set of odorants. While the thermosensory reactivity appears to be mediated by elements of a cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) cascade, the molecular mechanisms underlying the odor-induced responses are unclear. Since odor-responsive GG cells are endowed with element...

We have designed a new type of optical channel drop filter (CDF) based on two dimensionaltriangular lattice photonic crystals. CDF operation is based on coupling to the photonic crystalwaveguide. The proposed structure is optimized to work as a CDF for obtaining the CDFcharacteristics and band structure of the filter the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method andplane wave expansion (PWE) ...

This thesis project proposes a software solution that provides an interface more akin to traditional artistry. With the system proposed, a user will be able draw a simple two-dimensional sketch of a figure or object and convert it into a 3D object without having to rebuild the figure from scratch in a 3D development environment. Because such sketches are crude in nature, the newly created figur...

Piezoelectric metamaterial plate (PMP) is being investigated for structural vibration energy harvesting (SVEH), in which an interface circuit often used. Thus, it a challenge to perform bandgap optimization of such elastic–electro–mechanical coupling system. This paper presents binary-like topology scheme by dividing the unit cell into identical pieces, where {0, 1} matrix optimized indicate ma...

The main idea proposed in this paper is the perturbed shifted Chebyshev Galerkin method for the solutions of delay Fredholm and Volterra integrodifferential equations. The application of the proposed method is also extended to the solutions of integro-differential difference equations. The method is validated using some selected problems from the literature. In all the problems that are considered...

Treatment of maxillofacial fractures may require maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) as an important step in the treatment modality. Interdental eyelet wiring (Ivy loop method) is one of the commonly used methods. This method has the disadvantage that associated dentoalveolar fractures and subluxated teeth were not addressed. Also, this method lack horizontal bracing across the fracture site, as p...

A genetic model-free method for the meta-analysis of genetic association studies is described that estimates the mode of inheritance from the data rather than assuming that it is known. For a bi-allelic polymorphism, with G as risk allele and g as wild-type, the genetic model depends on the ratio of the two log odds ratios, lambda = log OR(Gg)/log OR(GG), where OR(GG) compares GG with gg and OR...

Results Average duration of etanercept therapy was 34.61±12.11 months. Disease subtype distribution was 6.78% systemic, 54.24% poly RFand extended-oligo, 18.64% poly RF+, 16.95% ERA and 3.38 PsA. The distribution of TNFὰ308 and T676G genotypes was not significantly different among JIA subtypes. TNFὰ308 genotypes distribution was 6.78% AA, 30.51% GG and 62.71% GA while T676G genotypes were 59.3%...