This document proposes unified Layer 2 (L2) abstractions for Layer 3 (L3)-driven fast handovers. For efficient network communication, it is vital for a protocol layer to know or utilize other layers’ information, such as the form of L2 triggers. However, each protocol layer is basically designed independently. Since each protocol layer is also implemented independently in current operating syst...

Silencing of the Fmr1 gene causes fragile X syndrome. Although defects in synaptic plasticity in the cerebral cortex have been linked to cognitive impairments in Fmr1 knock-out (ko) mice, the specific cortical circuits affected in the syndrome are unknown. Here, we investigated the development of excitatory projections in the barrel cortex of Fmr1 ko mice. In 2-week-old Fmr1 ko mice, a major as...

Endocrine pancreas from pregnant rats undergoes several adaptations that comprise increase in β-cell number, mass and insulin secretion, and reduction of apoptosis. Lactogens are the main hormones that account for these changes. Maternal pancreas, however, returns to a nonpregnant state just after the delivery. The precise mechanism by which this reversal occurs is not settled but, in spite of ...

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), Lens culinaris-agglutinin-reactive fraction of AFP (AFP-L3), and protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II) are widely used as tumor markers for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study compared the diagnostic values of AFP, AFP-L3, and PIVKA-II individually and in combination to find the best biomarker or biomarker panel.Seventy...

We establish theoretical recovery guarantees of FIHT for multi-dimensional spectrally sparse signal reconstruction problems, which are straightforward extensions of what we have proved for one-dimensional signals in [1]. Assume the underlying multi-dimensional spectrally sparse signal is of model order r and total dimensionN . We show that O(r log(N)) number of measurements are sufficient for F...

We report an 85-year-old woman with an L3 vertebral body fracture who presented with back pain, bilateral leg pain, and weakness after four months of conservative treatment. Because of unstable pseudoarthrosis, the L3 vertebral body collapsed in the standing position and the L3 nerve root was compressed. The indicated surgery decompressed the L3-L4 foramen and fused the unstable segment. The ba...

Third stage larvae (L3) from Angiostrongylus costaricensis were incubated in water at room temperature and at 5 degrees C and their mobility was assessed daily for 17 days. Viability was associated with the mobility and position of the L3, and it was confirmed by inoculation per os in albino mice. The number of actively moving L3 sharply decreased within 3 to 4 days, but there were some infecti...

A stock of Trichostrongylus colubriformis infective larvae (L3) was stored for up to 15 weeks at 24 degrees C. At three weeks intervals, samples of L3 were taken to assess exsheathment rate and enzyme activity Leucine Amino Peptidase (LAP) and Alkaline Phosphatase (AP). From 0 to 9 weeks of storage, a decrease in enzyme activity was observed correlated with a decrease in exsheathment rate (perc...

For every mV 3, let n ˆ R…L3…m†† be the least integer such that for every 2-coloring of the set S ˆ f1; 2; . . . ; ng, there exists in S a monochromatic solution to the following system. L3…m†: x1 ‡ x2 ‡ ‡ xmÿ1 < xm x1 < x2 < < xm: The main result of this paper is that R…L3…m†† ˆ 9 16 m ÿm2 ‡m‡ 1 if m1 0 …mod 4† 9 16 m ÿm2 ‡ 13 16 m‡ 13 8 if m1 1 …mod 4† 9 16 m ÿm2 ‡m‡ 1 2 if m1 2 …mod 4† 9 16 ...