Objective(s): Mitofilin contributes to the maintenance of mitochondrial structure and functions. This study was undertaken to determine the mechanisms underlying its regulation of apoptosis.  Materials and Methods: Mitofilin was knockdowned by specific short hairpin RNA (shRNA) and the stable HeLa cell clone was selected. The autophagy a...

In this study we developed LaNixAl1-xO3 perovskite systems using a sol-gelmethod (with propionic acid as solvent) to use in methane-reforming reactions for producing synthesis gas. To understand the roles of the nature of the precursor and calcination conditions on the formation of LaNixAl1-xO3, we carried out identifications using NMR, FT-IR, XRD, SEM, and TEM. The precursor struc...

In many high-level signal processing tasks, such as pitch shifting, voice conversion or sound synthesis, accurate spectral processing is required. Here, the use of Radial Basis Function Networks (RBFN) is proposed for modeling the relationships among sets of spectral envelopes. The identification of such conversion functions is based on a procedure which learns the shape of the conversion from ...

Experimental studies were conducted into the use of nanosecond scale voltage pulses in an inert gas for thermionic power conversion. These studies show that practical materials for the electrodes can provide a positive work function difference when operating in an inert gas environment. Using these materials it has been shown that significant power densities can be achieved. This method of ther...

In order to get better performance, lots of optimization methods are used in code transformation. When migrating SPMD to multi-core platform, vectorization is one key optimization to improve performance. Control flow is the main challenge for vectorization and IF-conversion is usually used to transform control flow into data flow. In most researches, after IF-conversion both the two branch vect...

This paper presents a new multi-function conversion technique for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications. The proposed bi-directional charger can achieve three functions, including EV battery charging, grid-connection and reactive compensation, which are keys for energy management of the grid. With the proposed multi-function technology, the bi-directional charger will benefit both the grid and ele...

objective(s): this paper describes synthesispolyvinyl alcohol/caf2:er nanofibers because of  its  photoluminescence properties.materials and methods:  first, caf2:er nanocomposite synthesized with co-precipitation method. in order to prepare polyvinyl alcohol (pva)/caf2:er nanofibers, caf2:er nanocomposites were added to the polyvinyl alcohol (pva) polymer. pva/caf2:er composite nanofibers were...

The standard printf function takes a format string fmt containing plain characters and conversion specifications, each of which causes conversion and printing of printf’s remaining arguments. For instance, in OCaml, one can write: La fonction standard printf prend une châıne de formatage fmt qui contient des caractères et des spécifications de conversion provoquant la conversion et l’affichage ...

The standard printf function takes a format string fmt containing plain characters and conversion specifications, each of which causes conversion and printing of printf’s remaining arguments. For instance, in OCaml, one can write: La fonction standard printf prend une châıne de formatage fmt qui contient des caractères et des spécifications de conversion provoquant la conversion et l’affichage ...