BACKGROUND The spinothalamocortical tract (STC) is seen as a neural tract responsible for or involved in the generation or transmission of thalamic pain. Either the thalamus itself or the posterior limb of the internal capsule (PLIC) are targets for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with thalamic pain, but due to its low contrast, conventional MRI cannot visualize the STC directly. OBJ...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic colectomy for both benign and malignant disease, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has recently been shown to have many advantages compared with open surgery. This study aimed to compare the effect of laparoscopic versus open subtotal colectomy (STC) for IBD on overall morbidity. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 99 patients undergoing STC for IBD at our inst...

In this paper, the space–time correlation (STC) functions of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) fading signals are derived for both frequency-flat and frequency-selective channels in macrocell and microcell environments. To avoid large computation load in calculating the exact STC, we recommend the concept of effective scatterers and provide simplified expressions of STC functions. The STC f...

Here, we investigated which taste ligand induces the CCK (cholecystokinin) release from intestinal STC-1 cells. We first developed a new assay to measure the release of CCK. The expression vector for CCK type A receptor (CCKAR) was permanently introduced into HEK293T cells and a cell line was established (CCKAR/HEK). Then, STC-1 cells were treated with taste ligands and the incubated buffer of ...

The iNLP team participated in the Short Text Conversation (STC) task of NTCIR-13. This report describes our attempts to solve the STC problem and discusses the official results.

Stanniocalcin (STC)-2 was discovered by its primary amino acid sequence identity to the hormone STC-1. The function of STC-2 has not been examined; thus we generated two lines of transgenic mice overexpressing human (h)STC-2 to gain insight into its potential functions through identification of overt phenotypes. Analysis of mouse Stc2 gene expression indicates that, unlike Stc1, it is not highl...

Genes of the vertebrate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are of great interest to biologists because of their important role in immunity and disease, and their extremely high levels of genetic diversity. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are quickly becoming the method of choice for high-throughput genotyping of multi-locus templates like MHC in non-model organisms. Previous a...

Proof. The first inequality follows from the fact that any allocation of capacity that is feasible in NV is also feasible in DYN, while DYN has the additional freedom to substitute products. The second follows from the fact that for a given demand realization D1,D2, ...,DT , any allocation decision available in DYN is also a feasible allocation in STC. In addition, there are allocation opportun...

This paper suggests the use of parametric cable models instead of the primary cable parameter tables currently in use. Distribution: ETSI STC TM6 working group members Status: For information and decision This contribution has been prepared to assist ETSI Standards Committee STC TM6. This document is offered as a basis for discussions and is not a binding proposal of FTW. FTW specifically reser...

In this paper we are explosively the fundamental theory of radar system modules STC (sensitivity time control) or sea clutter and FTC (fast time constant) or rain clutter. The STC and FTC are commonly used to some clutter. The radar signal is widely used for weather forecast, air port traffic control, military and fire control. The system implements radar processing procedures in real time mode...