We studied skewing of light chain ratios (LCRs) in germinal center cells (GCCs) relative to mantle cells (MCs) by flow cytometry (FC) in 98 reactive lymphoid tissues. LCRs were assessed using a 4-color lambda/kappa/CD20/CD38 tube. GCCs and MCs were discriminated by CD20 and CD38 density. Of 98 cases, 65 contained distinct GCCs and MCs. Light chain expression usually was dimmer on GCCs than on M...

In the paper at hand we analyze the capacity planning problem of a service vendor providing a business process characterized by volatile demand to his customers. Thereby, we consider the situation that the service vendor executes certain activities by himself whereas specific parts of the business process are outsourced to external providers. For the outsourced parts, the vendor can choose betw...

A systematic investigation was conducted in Lake Taihu in autumn of 2013 and 2014, in order to understand the environmental fate of microcystins (MCs) and evaluate the health risk from MCs. Samples of water, algal cells, macrophytes, shrimps and fish were taken to detect MCs by HPLC-MS/MS after solid phase extraction. Widespread MC contamination in water, algal cells, macrophytes, shrimps and f...

In this paper, we propose a protocol for the construction and maintenance of multipoint connections (MCs). The protocol is based on link-state routing: information regarding multipoint connections is broadcast to network switches, which perform all computations locally. The protocol is generic in that it can be used with MCs of diierent types, including symmetric MCs, receiver-only MCs, and asy...

We present a technique for designing low-density parity-check (LDPC) code matrices for the MCS-1 to MCS-4 coding schemes of GSM. We demonstrate that these codes have significant performance gains over randomly constructed LDPC codes in the GSM setup. The new codes also show significant gains in performance over the conventional MCS-1 to MCS-4 GSM coding schemes when compared in terms of the bit...

Recall the global U(1) symmetry: Ψ→ e−ieΨ i.e. δΨ = −ieΨ. Let’s run the Noether argument: consider a slightly deformed, infinitesimal version of the symmetry transformation: Ψ→ Ψ + ρδΨ, where is just a small number to keep track of order, and ρ is some general function of x. The fact that we have a U(1) symmetry tells us the action must change under the deformed transformation by δS = ∫ dx J N∂...

Mast cells (MCs) are versatile effector and regulatory cells in various physiologic, immunologic, and pathologic processes. In addition to the well-characterized IgE/FcεRI-mediated degranulation, a variety of biological substances can induce MCs activation and release of their granule content. Sex steroids, mainly estradiol and progesterone, have been demonstrated to elicit MCs activation. Most...

We present a new algorithm, called MCS-M, for computing minimal triangulations of graphs. Lex-BFS, a seminal algorithm for recognizing chordal graphs, was the genesis for two other classical algorithms: Lex-M and MCS. Lex-M extends the fundamental concept used in Lex-BFS, resulting in an algorithm that also computes a minimal triangulation of an arbitrary graph. MCS simplified the fundamental c...

The forensic psychiatrist must be able to perform a credible psychiatric evaluation and render a competent psychiatric opinion in hotly contested multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) litigation. Forensic psychiatrists are often requested to evaluate MCS claimants by third party payers, employers, lawyers, and government agencies regarding health care costs and disability payments, workers' compe...