Cooperative Anti-Deception Jamming in a Distributed Multiple-Radar System under Registration Errors.

A distributed multiple-radar system has natural advantages in anti-deception jamming. However, most of the anti-jamming methods are proposed in full spatial registration. In practice, the registration error is difficult to eliminate, which will seriously degrade the performance of cooperative anti-jamming.

Post-Cure Polymerization and Depth-of-Cure Behaviors of Dental Bulk-Fill Resin-Based Composites.

Introduction: Polymerization for modern dental resin-based composites (RBCs) not only occurs immediately upon light exposure but also continues for another 24 hours, well beyond after light is terminated. However, many questions still remain about the role of polymerization kinetics in optimizing the physical properties of a new RBC type-the bulk-fill.

Objective: The aim is to study the post-cure polymerization kinetics of bulk-fill RBCs and to compare their degree of polymeric conversion (DC) and depth-of-cure (DoC) with an incremental-fill, conventional RBC.

The effect of micro-mechanical signatures of constituent phases in modern dental restorative materials on their macro-mechanical property: A statistical nanoindentation approach.

This study utilized a statistical nanoindentation analysis technique (SNT) to measure the amount of organic and inorganic constituents of twenty different brands of dental resin-based composites (RBCs) and tested whether their macro-property such as flexural modulus could be approximated by the proportions of constituents' micromechanical signatures using various rules of mixtures. The probability density function (PDF) of constitutive moduli per RBC brand were measured for three groups, comprised of different indent arrays and inter-indent spacings. SNT was then applied to deconvolute each PDF, from which the effective filler (μ) and matrix (μ) moduli and filler (V) and matrix (V) volume fractions per RBC brand were computed.

Strong Association Between Migraine and Transient Global Amnesia: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis.

The purpose of this article was to explore sex- and race-specific variables and comorbidities associated with transient global amnesia (TGA) using a nationally representative database. Data were obtained from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample using ICD-9 and procedure codes. Descriptive and survey logistic regression analyses were conducted and adjusted for influence of comorbidities, demographic characteristics, and hospitalization-related factors.

Development and Validation of a Novel Plasma Protein Signature for Breast Cancer Diagnosis by Using Multiple Reaction Monitoring-based Mass Spectrometry.

Aim: We aimed to develop a plasma protein signature for breast cancer diagnosis by using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)-based mass spectrometry.

Materials And Methods: Based on our previous studies, we selected 124 proteins for MRM. Plasma samples from 80 patients with breast cancer and 80 healthy women were used to develop a plasma proteomic signature by an MRM approach.

Phosphorylation of p90RSK is associated with increased response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in ER-positive breast cancer.

Background: The clinical implication of Ras/Raf/ERK pathway activity in breast cancer tissue and its association with response to chemotherapy is controversial. We aimed to explore the value of p90RSK phosphorylation, a downstram molecule of the pathway, in predicting chemotherapy response in breast cancer.

Methods: The expression of phosphorylated p90RSK (phospho-p90RSK) and chemotherapy response was measured in 11 breast cancer cell lines and 21 breast cancer tissues.

Biochemical and crystallographic studies reveal a specific interaction between TRAPP subunits Trs33p and Bet3p.

Transport protein particle (TRAPP) comprises a family of two highly related multiprotein complexes, with seven common subunits, that serve to target different classes of transport vesicles to their appropriate compartments. Defining the architecture of the complexes will advance our understanding of the functional differences between these highly related molecular machines. Genetic analyses in yeast suggested a specific interaction between the TRAPP subunits Bet3p and Trs33p.

Two-promoter vector is highly efficient for overproduction of protein complexes.

The use of bicistronic vectors, which contain two target genes under one promoter, has been the most common practice for the heterologous production of binary protein complexes. The major problem of this method is the much lower expression of the second gene compared with that of the first gene next to the promoter. We tested a simple idea of whether inclusion of an additional promoter in front of the second gene may remove the problem.