Interaction between a T cell receptor (TCR) and various ligands, i.e. , anti-TCR antibodies, superantigens, peptides, or altered peptide ligands in the context of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules can trigger different T helper cell (Th) effector functions. Herein, we studied the T cell response induced by a soluble, dimeric peptide/MHC class II chimera, namely hemagglutinin (HA)...

A new Deep Neural Network (DNN)-based error correction encoder architecture for channels with feedback, called Extended Feedback (DEF), is presented in this paper. The the DEF transmits an information message followed by a sequence of parity symbols which are generated based on as well observations past forward channel outputs sent to transmitter through feedback channel. codes generalize Deepc...

This article proposes a fast and accurate expansion-iterative method for solving second kind linear Volterra integral equations. The method is based on a special representation of vector forms of triangular functions (TFs) and their operational matrix of integration. By using this approach, solving the integral equation reduces to solve a recurrence relation. The approximate solution of integra...

The linear multiobjective transportation problem is a special type of vector minimum problem in which constraints are all equality type and the objectives are conicting in nature. This paper presents an application of fuzzy goal programming to the linear multiobjective transportation problem. In this paper, we use a special type of nonlinear (hyperbolic and exponential) membership functions to ...

This paper describes a program representation and algorithms for realizing a novel structural testing methodology that not only focuses on addressing the complex features of object-oriented languages, but also incorporates the structure of object-oriented software into the approach. The testing methodology is based on the construction of contextual def-use associations, which provide context to...

BACKGROUND Locoregional recurrence is a major problem in esophageal cancer patients treated with definitive concomitant chemoradiotherapy. Approximately half of the patients fail locoregionally. We analyzed the impact of enlarged radiation field size and higher radiation dose incorporated to chemoradiotherapy on oncologic outcome. METHODS Seventy-four consecutive patients with histologically ...

PURPOSE High atomic number (Z) materials have been considered as a method for enhancing radiation dose in tumors. The dose enhancement due to interactions of kilovoltage x-rays with high-Z materials (i.e., gold or iodine) has been well demonstrated through computational works. This study is to experimentally quantify the effect using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and iodine solutions, respectively...

class SensevalData (s: String ) extends Agent [String , Context ] { val file = new File(s) val trainDataReader = new STAXSensevalDataReader (file); val samples : List[ Ambiguity ] = trainDataReader . getAmbiguities . toList val words : java.util.List[ String ] = trainDataReader . getWords def process ( input : java.util.List[ Annotation [ String ]]) = samples .map( asAnnotation (_)) def asAnnot...

In this paper we study the linearized version of the stationary Navier-Stokes equations on a fixed subdomain Ω of a smooth, compact Riemannian manifold M . Let Tr denote the trace on ∂Ω. With Def standing for the deformation tensor and with d denoting the exterior derivative operator on M , set L = 2 Def∗Def, δ = d∗. We consider the Dirichlet problem for the (modified) Stokes system    L...