Although efficient influenza vaccines are designed on a regular basis, the only protection of human populations against an unforeseen virus such as during the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 might be antiviral drugs. Adamantanes and neuraminidase inhibitors (Oseltamivir) represent two classes of such drugs that target the viral matrix protein 2 and neuraminidase, respectively. Although the emergence of r...

Robotics addresses the problems of controlling and motivating mechanical devices to act intelligently in dynamic, unpredictable environments. Major topics will include: navigation and control, mapping and localization, robot perception using vision and sonar, kinematics and inverse kinematics, and robot simulation environments. To demonstrate these concepts we will be using medium sized mobile ...

Abnormal expression of microRNAs plays important functions in osteosarcoma. The aim of this study was to investigate expression, functions and molecular mechanisms of microRNA-363 in osteosarcoma. Quantitative Real-time PCR was used to detect the expression level of microRNA-363 in osteosarcoma tissue samples and cell lines. After transfection, CCK8 assay, cell migration and invasion assay, wes...

Accurate alignment of linear accelerator table rotational axis with radiation isocenter is critical for noncoplanar radiotherapy applications. The purpose of the present study is to develop a method to align the table rotation axis and the MV isocenter to submillimeter accuracy. We developed a computerized method using electronic portal imaging device (EPID) and measured alignment stability ove...

Course Description Robotics addresses the problems of controlling and motivating mechanical devices to act intelligently in dynamic, unpredictable environments. Major topics will include: navigation and control, mapping and localization, robot perception using vision and sonar, kinematics and inverse kinematics, and robot simulation environments. To demonstrate these concepts we will be using m...

The purpose of this presentation is to outline the Museum Multimedia (MM) experience in Russia. I am quite not sure wether all my colleagues experts and museum community in West Europe and America are intimately familiar with Russian experience in this sphere and I am pleased to have this opportunity to fill the gap. I will mainly focus on the general picture for some more reports with detailed...

during this study from december 2009 to november 2011, 363deep flounder fish were caught and their weight and length were measured. the caught fish included 18 males, 200 females and 155 immature fishes. the mean, maximum and minimum total lengths were 264 ± 57 (mean ± sd), 415 mm and 115 mm respectively. the mean, maximum, and minimum total weights for this species were 238 ± 150 g, 827 g and ...