AIM We investigated whether homologous recombinant deletion of the endothelial cell-specific protein Von Willebrand factor (vWF) affected hematopoiesis in long-term bone marrow cultures, and irradiation induction of pulmonary fibrosis/organizing alveolitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS We established long-term bone marrow cultures from vWF(-/-) (C57BL/6 background) and vWF(+/+) littermate mice. Non-...

Is accurate classification possible in the absence of hand-labeled data? This paper introduces the Monotonic Feature (MF) abstraction—where the probability of class membership increases monotonically with the MF’s value. The paper proves that when an MF is given, PAC learning is possible with no hand-labeled data under certain assumptions. We argue that MFs arise naturally in a broad range of t...

In this paper, we develop semi-external and external memory algorithms for graph partitioning and clustering problems. Graph partitioning and clustering are key tools for processing and analyzing large complex networks. We address both problems in the (semi-)external model by adapting the size-constrained label propagation technique. Our (semi-)external size-constrained label propagation algori...

Methods 20 CMR studies of acute coronary syndromes were included in this study. Analysis was conducted using Argus, Siemens semi-automated volume analysis software. 3 observers conducted the image analysis with two levels of training: Observer 1) “Reference” CMR level 3 physician; Observer 2) and 3) CMR technologists with no previous experience on CMR analysis. Both technologists underwent a 2h...

Below let II = [0, 1]. A well-known topological theorem due to Katětov states: Suppose (X, τ) is a normal topological space, and let f : X → II be upper semicontinuous, g : X → II be lower semicontinuous, and f ≤ g. Then there is a continuous h : X → II such that f ≤ h ≤ g. Recall that f : X → II is upper semicontinuous if f is continuous from (X, τ) to (II, ω); lower semicontinuous if continuo...

Kummer, M. and F. Stephan, Weakly semirecursive sets and r.e. orderings, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 60 (1993) 133-150. Weakly semirecursive sets have been introduced by Jockusch and Owings (1990). In the present paper their investigation is pushed forward by utilizing r.e. partial orderings, which turn out to be instrumental for the study of degrees of subclasses of weakly semirecursive s...

In this paper we prove the existence and upper semicontinuity of compact global attractors for the flow of the equation ∂u(x, t) ∂t = −u(x, t) + J ∗ (f ◦ u)(x, t) + h, h ≥ 0, in L weighted spaces.