l(bi, b + i , b − i ) = max ( 0, ρ+H(bi, b + i ))−H(bi, b − i )) ) , (1) whereH(·, ·) is the Hamming distance between hash codes, ρ is a margin between the Hamming distances of withincluster code pair {bi, b+i } and between-cluster code pair {bi, bi }. The hinge loss is a convex approximation to the 0-1 ranking error, which measures the network’s violation of the ranking order specified in the ...

Scavenger receptor class B member 1 (SR-BI, also known as SCARB1) is the primary receptor for the selective uptake of cholesterol from high-density lipoprotein (HDL). SR-BI is present in several key tissues; however, its presence and function in the liver is deemed the most relevant for protection against atherosclerosis. Cholesterol is transferred from HDL via SR-BI to the liver, which ultimat...

This paper presents a new e cient method for nding an \optimal" bi-decomposition form of a logic function. A bi-decomposition form of a logic function is the form: f(X) = (g1(X ); g2(X )). We call a bi-decomposition form optimal when the total number of variables in X and X is the smallest among all bi-decomposition forms of f . This meaning of optimal is adequate especially for the synthesis o...

OBJECTIVE A synonymous variant within scavenger receptor class B type I gene (SCARB1), exon 8 rs5888, has been associated with altered lipid levels and cardiovascular risk in humans. The objective was to determine if rs5888 decreased SR-BI protein expression and function in vitro. METHODS SR-BI RNA secondary structure, turnover, polysomal distribution and protein expression were examined in C...

The adult hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) compartment contains a substantial population of lineage-biased (Lin-bi) HSCs. Lin-bi HSCs generate cells of all hematopoietic lineages, albeit with skewed ratios of lymphoid to myeloid cells. The biased ratios are stable through serial transplantation, demonstrating that lineage bias is an inherent function of the HSCs. To define the mechanisms that caus...

INTRODUCTION Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a women's genito-pelvic pain condition associated with psychosexual impairments, including depression. Body image (BI) has been found to be different in women with primary (PVD1) and secondary (PVD2) PVD. No controlled study has compared BI in women with PVD1 and PVD2 and investigated its associations with sexual satisfaction, sexual function, and p...

the decomposition $gamma=bh$ of a group $gamma$ into a subset $b$ and a subgroup $h$ of $gamma$ induces, under general conditions, a group-like structure for $b$, known as a gyrogroup. the famous concrete realization of a gyrogroup, which motivated the emergence of gyrogroups into the mainstream, is the space of all relativistically admissible velocities along with a binary operation given by t...

Résumé. Dans cet article, nous proposons un système de classification des comptes-rendus mammographiques, reposant sur une ontologie radiologique décrivant les signes radiologiques et les différentes classes de la classification ACR des systèmes BIRADS dans le langage OWL. Le système est conçu pour, extraire les faits issus des textes libres de comptes-rendus en étant dirigé par l’ontologie, pu...