Week 6 of Expedition 356 (Indonesian Throughflow) consisted of completing operations at Site U1462 (including another successful downhole logging deployment in Hole U1462C) and the start of operations at Site U1463 (proposed site NWS-2A). The science party was able to finalize all outstanding reports from Site U1461, particularly downhole logging and stratigraphic correlation, and begin finaliz...

1. Overview and The One-Time Pad: 1/7/2013 1 2. Pseudorandom Generators: 1/9/2013 3 Week 1 Videos: History of Cryptography and Discrete Probability 5 3. More Stream Ciphers : 1/14/2013 7 4. Block Ciphers : 1/16/2013 9 5. Section 1: Getting Started With Javascript, taught by Lucas Garron: 1/18/2013 11 6. AES: 1/23/2013 12 7. More PRFs and PRPs: 1/28/2013 13 8. Message Authentication Codes: 1/30/...

Absorption of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) after s.c. injection results from the interplay among several kinetic processes. The aims of this study were to investigate the absorption mechanisms of rituximab in rats by using slow s.c. infusion and coadministration with nonspecific IgG or hyaluronidase, and to evaluate the predictive performance of the pharmacokinetic model previously developed to...

In this paper we train a logistic regression function for two forms of link prediction among a set of 244 suspected terrorists in a social network. We train and test on a dataset created at the University of Maryland and further modified at UCSD by Eric Doi and Ke Tang [2]. The supposed terrorists have several labels for the nature of their links to other supposed terrorists; terrorists are cla...

Aims There are insufficient direct comparative studies addressing the impact of type statin on their respective efficacy in heart failure (HF). The aim current study was to compare effects lipophilic (atorvastatin) vs hydrophilic (rosuvastatin) left ventricular function, inflammatory and fibrosis biomarkers patients with chronic HF. Methods This a prospective, randomized, comparative, parallel ...

The sodium-dependent renal phosphate transporter (Npt2, Na-Pi IIa) is the major regulated phosphate transporter in the renal proximal convoluted tubule. Npt2 associates with a number of PDZ-containing proteins including Na+H+ exchanger regulatory factor-1 (NHERF-1). To determine whether NHERF-1 is involved in the acute regulation of phosphate transport, wild-type and NHERF-1 (-/-) mice were sta...

BACKGROUND The control of tuberculosis in densely populated cities is complicated by close human-to-human contacts and potential transmission of pathogens from multiple sources. We conducted a molecular epidemiologic analysis of 356 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis in metropolitan Taipei. Classical antibiogram studies and genetic characte...

BACKGROUND AND AIM In Graves' hyperthyroidism, suppression of serum TSH after restoration of normal serum T4 and T3 with treatment has been attributed to binding of TSH-receptor antibodies to TSH receptors in the pituitary. Accordingly, the relationship between TSH and serum thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) was examined during follow-up of patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism. SUBJEC...

background: l-carnitine may prevent the incidence of aki by its antioxidant effects and improving circulation in ischemic conditions. the goal of this trial was to evaluate the impact of l-carnitine on contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing elective pci. methods: totally, the patients were randomly allocated to 2 groups. the treatment group received 1 g of l-carnitine orally 3 time...