Coupling Internet protocol (IP) routers with wavelengthselective optical crossconnects makes it possible to extend the existing Internet infrastructure to a wavelength-division–multiplexing optical network. Because optical wavelength routing is transparent to IP, one can achieve very high throughput and low delay when packets are made to bypass the IP forwarding process by being switched direct...

Face perception is probably the most developed visual perceptual skill in humans, most likely as a result of its unique evolutionary and social significance. Much recent research has converged to identify a host of relevant psychological mechanisms that support face recognition. In parallel, there has been substantial progress in uncovering the neural mechanisms that mediate rapid and accurate ...

BACKGROUND Bleeding is the most common major complication following colonoscopic polypectomy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether submucosal epinephrine injections could prevent the occurrence of postpolypectomy bleeding. METHOD The dataset was defined by searching PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane database for appropriate randomized controlled studies published be...

We performed DNA analysis on cord blood samples of 128 Chinese male neonates diagnosed as G6PD deficiency in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia by a combination PCR-restriction enzyme digest technique, Single Stranded Conformation Polymorphism analysis and DNA sequencing. We found 10 different G6PD-deficient mutations exist. The two commonest alleles were G6PD Canton 1376 G>T (42.3%) and K...

Binge eating has a high prevalence among bariatric patients and is associated with post-surgical weight gain. This study examined the potential mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties in the relation between attachment insecurity and binge eating among this population. Participants were 1388 adult pre-bariatric surgery candidates from an accredited bariatric surgery assessment centre ...

We report here a procedure which results in the purification of an extracellular protease (designated Ps-1) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This enzyme cleaves fibrinogen so that the modified molecules form microcrystals and large single crystals. Precise knowledge of the Ps-1 cleavage sites is essential for the interpretation of the structural information provided by these crystals (Weisel, J. W....

H erein, we review advances in understanding a group of disorders collectively known as TAR-DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) proteinopathies since the report that TDP-43 is the major disease protein that mechanistically links frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions (FTLD-U) with and without motor neuron disease to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Because TDP-43 protein...

BACKGROUND Progressive secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) is characterized by parathyroid gland hyperplasia which may ultimately require parathyroidectomy (PTX). Although PTX is generally a successful treatment for those patients subjected to surgery, a significant proportion develops recurrent sHPT following PTX. ECHO was a pan-European observational study which evaluated the achievement of ...

Timeliness of melanoma treatment was compared between Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients. AAPI patients have lower likelihood survival once diagnosed present with later-stage melanoma. may play a key role in the disparity, as longer time from diagnosis to definitive surgery (TTDS) is associated increased melanoma-specific mortality. A retrospective anal...

Abstract Fashion or apparel refers to a topic discussed publicly as an indispensable discipline on day-to-day basis, which has aroused rising attention from academic sessions over the past two decades. However, since of fashion design covers knowledge in extensive ranges and considerable information, scholars have not fully grasped research field design, lacks directional guidance. To gain more...