Suppose we have some undirected graph G = (GV , GE) represented as an adjacency matrix with |GV | rows and |GV | columns. G is said to be Hamiltonian if there exists a cycle CH that passes through each vertex in GV exactly once. This cycle is called a Hamiltonian cycle. Finding a Hamiltonian cycle in a graph if one exists is an NP-complete problem. We would like to use a zeroknowledge protocol ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Bleeding from Gastric Varices (GV) is not only life threatening, but also leads to many hospitalizations, contributes to morbidity and is resource intensive. GV are difficult to diagnose and their treatment can be challenging due to their location and complex structure. To assess the safety and efficacy of endoscopic gastric fundal variceal gluing using periodic endoscopic inject...

Session types provide a static guarantee that concurrent programs respect communication protocols. Recently, Caires, Pfenning, and Toninho, and Wadler, have developed a correspondence between propositions of linear logic and session typed π-calculus processes. We relate the cut-elimination semantics of this approach to an operational semantics for session-typed concurrency in a functional langu...

Let Γ be a finite simple graph with vertex set V , so the edges may be taken to be unordered pairs of distinct elements of V . Assume that, for every v ∈ V , there is assigned a group Gv. The graph product GΓ is the quotient of the free product ∗v∈V Gv by the normal subgroup generated by all [Gu,Gv] for which {u,v} is an edge. (As usual, [Gu,Gv] means the subgroup generated by { x−1y−1xy | x ∈ ...

Aim: The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate imaging artifacts induced by Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium-Zirconium abutments in CT, MRI and CBCT imaging modalities.Methods: A 4×8mm titanium fixture was inserted in a dry human mandible. Titanium, Zirconium and Titanium–Zirconium abutments measuring 10.5 mm in height are located on the fixture, one by one. Each abutment was scan...

Melanocyte-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a pivotal role in vitiligo-induced depigmentation. Yet, the mechanisms underlying the high frequency of generalized autoimmune disorders associated with generalized vitiligo (GV) are unknown. We hypothesized that an imbalance between activated CD8(+) CTLs and regulatory T cells (Tregs) exists in patients with GV . Assessment of the ...

a more advanced stage of this process in vitro or in vivo. Some oocytes were maintained thereafter in a cold medium to trace the metabolism of the labelled protein. In addition to uridine3Hincorporation into the nucleolus and nucleoplasm, during pig oocyte maturation it was found that an intensive RNA synthesis site appeared in association with condensing chromocentres of the GV II. A considera...

Generalized vitiligo (GV) is characterized by autoimmune destruction of melanocytes by skinhoming cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) that target melanocyte autoantigens. Two recent genomewide association studies (GWAS) of GV in European-derived whites (EUR) have demonstrated genetic association with GZMB, encoding granzyme B, a marker of activated CTLs that mediates targetcell apoptosis, as well as autoa...

Oral administration of a probiotic mixture (PM; Respecta®) consisting of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 (L1), Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 (L2), and lactoferrin RCXTM results in colonization of these probiotics in the vagina of healthy women. Therefore, we examined whether vaginal colonization of the PM ingredients L1 and L2 could attenuate bacterial vaginosis (BV). BV was induced in mice via...