We consider a Heegaard splitting M = H1 ∪S H2 of a 3-manifold M having an essential disk D ⊂ H1 and an essential surface F ⊂ H2 with |D ∩ F | = 1. (We require that ∂F ⊂ S when H2 is a compressionbody with ∂−H2 6= ∅.) Let F be a genus g surface with n boundary components. From M = H1∪S H2, we obtain a genus g(S)+2g+n−2 Heegaard splitting M = H 1 ∪S′ H ′ 2 by cutting H2 along F and attaching F ×I...

Previous case-control studies showed that genetic variation in the fibrinogen gene (FGG) increased the risk for deep vein thrombosis (VT) in adults. We investigated the association between the fibrinogen (FGA) and FGG haplotypes, the factor VLeiden-mutation, and pediatric VT and thromboembolic stroke (TS) in 2 independent study samples. Association analysis revealed that the FGA-H1 and FGG-H2 h...

nm23 was originally identified as an antimetastatic gene, the expression of which was inversely correlated with tumor metastatic potential in rodent model systems. Subsequently, two related human nm23 genes, nm23-H1 and nm23-H2, were identified. The relationship between expression of nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 in hepatocellular carcinoma specimens from 30 patients and metastatic potential was investig...

If a graph has no induced subgraph isomorphic to any graph in a finite family {H1, . . . ,Hp}, it is said to be (H1, . . . ,Hp)-free. The class of H-free graphs has bounded clique-width if and only if H is an induced subgraph of the 4-vertex path P4. We study the (un)boundedness of the clique-width of graph classes defined by two forbidden induced subgraphs H1 and H2. Prior to our study it was ...

Argumentation Frameworks Dung s Abstract Argumentation framework * AF = (Args, Attack) where Attack Args Args Calculus of opposition applied to determine winning arguments A1 A2 A3 (publish) (not political) (political) (Args, Attack) abstracts from underlying logic based definition of Args and Attack Args = proofs of conclusions (claims) Attack = logic specific definition of conflict x * P. M. ...

Soft selective sweeps represent an important form of adaptation in which multiple haplotypes bearing adaptive alleles rise to high frequency. Most statistical methods for detecting selective sweeps from genetic polymorphism data, however, have focused on identifying hard selective sweeps in which a favored allele appears on a single haplotypic background; these methods might be underpowered to ...

In this work we compute the CP-violating currents of the right-handed stops and Higgsinos, induced by the presence of non-trivial vacuum expectation values of the Higgs fields within the context of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM) with explicit CP-violating phases. Using the Keldysh formalism, we perform the computation of the currents at finite temperature, in ...

A water snake (Natrix natrix) was referred to the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran. It had two subcutaneous masses. Radiographic and ultrasonographic images revealed the presence of two subcutaneous abscesses. The abscesses were removed surgically and specimens were examined by conventional microbial culture and multiplex PCR. Inv-A universal ...

Let G be a group which is hyperbolic relative to a collection of subgroups H1, and it is also hyperbolic relative to a collection of subgroups H2. Suppose that H2 ⊂ H1. We characterize, for subgroups of G, when quasiconvexity relative to H1 implies quasiconvexity relative to H2. We also show that quasiconvexity relative toH2 implies quasiconvexity relative toH1. As an application, we give some ...