Managing the complexity of designing chips containing billions of transistors requires decoupling computation from communication. For the communication, scalable and compositional interconnects, such as on-chip networks (OCN), must be used. Our OCN is capable of providing a data transfer throughput of 19.2 Gbps/link. The key element of our OCN is the switching node. We present a prototype desig...

Vascular calcification (VC) is a frequent complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is a predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In the present study, we investigated the potential involvement of endothelial microparticles (MPs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the generation of VC in CKD patients. The number of circulating EMPs is greater in patients with VC than ...

Controlling and unraveling structural polymorphism has received special attention in 2D self-assembled monolayers. In this work, we investigated the steric matching and solution concentration controlled structural variety in the self-assembly of 2,7-bis(n-alkoxy)-9-fluorenone (F-OCn) at the n-tetradecane and n-tridecane/graphite interface under different concentrations, respectively. Scanning t...

The title complex, [Sn(IV)(C(44)H(28)N(4))(CNO)(OH)], exhibits substitutional disorder of the OH(-) and OCN(-) axial ligands. Thus, the cyanato-O ligand and the hydroxyl group bonded to the central Sn(IV) atom share statistically the axial position. The Sn(IV) ion is hexa-coordinated by the four N atoms of the pyrrole rings of the tetra-phenyl-porphyrin (TPP) and the O atoms of the two disorder...

One-counter nets (OCN) are finite automata equipped with a counter that can store non-negative integer values, and that cannot be tested for zero. Equivalently, these are exactly 1-dimensional vector addition systems with states. We show that both strong and weak simulation preorder on OCN are PSPACE-complete.

New reagents have been sought for directed ortho cupration in which the use of cyanide reagents is eliminated. CuOCN reacts with excess TMPLi (TMP 1⁄4 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) in the presence of limited donor solvent to give crystals that are best represented as (TMP)2Cu0.1Li0.9(OCN)Li2(THF) 8, whereby both Lipshutz-type lithiocuprate (TMP)2Cu(OCN)Li2(THF) 8a and trinuclear (TMP)2(OCN)Li3...

Introduction: Transplanting Schwann cells into implant sockets might be an effective method to promote sensory responses of osseointegrated implants as a result of the well-known properties of Schwann cells in nerve regeneration. However, it is still unclear whether or not Schwann cells would disturb the osteogenic function of osteoblasts. Material and methods: Using Transwell inserts, osteobla...

In this study, we sought to investigate the expression of microRNA (miR)-214 on the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow‑derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and explore the possible underlying mechanisms. We found that the overexpression of miR‑214 effectively promoted the adipocyte differentiation of BMSCs in vitro, reduced alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and the gene expression of...