The objective of this work is to investigate potential accuracy improvements in the fingerprint–based indoor positioning processes, by imposing map-constraints into the positioning algorithms in the form of a–priori knowledge. In our approach, we propose the introduction of a Route Probability Factor (RPF), which reflects the possibility of a user, to be located on one position instead of all o...

Translational control is crucial in the regulation of gene expression and deregulation of translation is associated with a wide range of cancers and human diseases. Ribosome profiling is a technique that provides genome wide information of mRNA in translation based on deep sequencing of ribosome protected mRNA fragments (RPF). RPFdb is a comprehensive resource for hosting, analyzing and visuali...

The bacterium Xanthomonas campestris is an economically important pathogen of many crop species and a model for the study of bacterial phytopathogenesis. In X. campestris, a regulatory system mediated by the signal molecule DSF controls virulence to plants. The synthesis and recognition of the DSF signal depends upon different Rpf proteins. DSF signal generation requires RpfF whereas signal per...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a chronic retroperitoneal inflammatory process that can entrap the retroperitoneal structures, mainly the ureters and the great vessels. Aetiology, clinical features and diagnostic appearance in several cases are protean. A true idiopathic form is present in any cases of RPF in which no potential aetiologic condition may be identified. The pathogenesis of the i...

The effects of RPF on metabolites and reproductive genes in testes Malin ram was investigated. Twenty rams (36.6kg ± 5.57 kg bodyweight), were subjected to four dietary treatments; A: basal diet without rumen-protected fat (RPF), B; with 2% prilled fat, C; calcium salt D; canola oil. At the end experiment out five animals from each group slaughtered. excised for gene expression stud-ies. tested...

Although high-dose rifampicin holds promise for improving tuberculosis control by potentially shortening treatment duration, these effects attributed to eradication of persistent bacteria are unclear. The presence of persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis was examined using resuscitation promoting factors (RPFs) in both in vitro hypoxia and in vivo murine tuberculosis models before and after tre...

BACKGROUND Soy protein is used for meal replacement therapy in obesity, however the influence on renal function parameters is not adequately investigated. This study evaluates glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow (RPF) in patients with the metabolic syndrome and healthy controls after ingestion of different amounts of soy protein. METHODS 10 patients with the metabolic syndr...

Application-level multicast trees built using reversepath forwarding (RPF) on overlay network routing paths are a useful mechanism for scalable information dissemination. One major drawback of this approach is that nodes that are not subscribers to a multicast group can still be required to forward traffic for that group if they happen to lie on an overlay routing path between a subscriber and ...

BACKGROUND Pharmacological interruption of the renin-angiotensin system focuses on optimization of blockade. As a measure of intrarenal renin activity, we have examined renal plasma flow (RPF) responses in a standardized protocol. Compared with responses with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition (rise in RPF approximately 95 mL x min(-1) x 1.73 m(-2)), greater renal vasodilation with angiot...

Renal plasma flow (RPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are markedly increased during pregnancy. We recently reported that the renal hemodynamic changes observed during pregnancy in rats are associated with enhanced renal protein expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). The purpose of this study was to determine the role of nNOS in mediating renal hemodynamic changes observed d...