The use of competition-based processes for the development of innovations is increasing. In parallel with the increasing use of competition-based innovation in business firms, this model of innovation is successfully being used by non-profit organizations for advancing the development of science and technology. One such non-profit organization is the X Prize Foundation, which designs and manage...

Since the introduction of agar double diffusion test to the study of antigen-antibody reaction by Ouchterlony on 1948, (16) the technique has extensively been used in identification and immunological research studies on different viruses including those of Arbovirus group. (1,2,3,6,8,9,14,15) The first application of gel diffusion to the study of African horsesickness virus, a member of the Arb...

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF CFIA 3' END PROCESSING COMPLEX INTHE TERMINATION AND INITIATION/REINITIATION OF TRANSCRIPTIONbyNADRA Al-HUSINIMay 2014Advisor: Dr. Athar AnsariMajor: Biology Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyIn budding yeast, as in higher eukaryotes, transcription of protein coding genes isexecuted by a highly specialized, conserved polymerase cal...

This paper proposes a forecasting method for court auction information system using logistic regression model with heterogeneity across the multiple round. The goal is to predict whether an individual auction item in a certain round will be sold or not. A simple linear regression and the least angle regression (LARS) containing random effect terms were used to select meaningful variables for ou...

The two -channel QMF filter bank based on allpass sections is one of the best known circuits for building up a multi -channel filter bank for signal compression. An analysis -synthesis combination can satisfy two of the three PR conditions. The third, phase condition, can be met to any desired accuracy. In this contribution, we consider the development of explicit formulae for the coefficients ...

Health Assessment Methods (HAM) and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) aim to improve the standard of knowledge regarding the safety and maintenance of structures and infrastructure acquiring information about geometrical, mechanical and dynamical characteristics of structures. In earthquake-prone areas, this activity has the double aim of assessing the buildings structural integrity and extrac...

1. Kumar R, Bumb RA, Ansari NA, Mehta RD, Salotra P. Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Bikaner, India: Parasite identification and characterization using molecular and immunologic tools. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007;76:896-901. 2. Sharma NL, Mahajan VK, Kanga A, Sood A, Katoch VM, Mauricio I, et al. Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania donovani and Leishmania trop...

Objective: HYBID (Hyaluronan Binding Protein Involved in HA Depolymerization, KIAA1199) is a hyaluronan (HA) binding protein, which involves in depolymerization of HA. It is reported that HYBID mRNA is expressed in the lung, heart, skin and brain in murine and human. However, the role of HYBID in the brain remains unclear. In this study, we have made HYBID KO mice and evaluated its function in ...

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