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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"MFs"”.
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Die MfS-Untersuchungshaftanstalt Berlin-Pankow
Die MfS-Untersuchungshaftanstalt in Berlin-Pankow, Kissingenstraße (heutige JVA für Frauen Berlin-Pankow in der Arkonastraße 56, 13189 Berlin) war mit über 58 Zellen und zahlreichen Vernehmungszimmern für etwa 120 Untersuchungshäftlinge vorgesehen. Die Häftlinge waren von der Außenwelt völlig …
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Stressed Out: Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) and Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) Efflux Pump Mediated Survival Strategies of Acinetobacter baumannii
… This dissertation is focused on the role RND and MFS efflux pumps play in A. baumannii’s survival strategies under various stress conditions. The first goal was to functionally characterize two putative EmrAB-like MFS pumps, identified as being overproduced in RND efflux deficient strains of A. …
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Late Complications in the Descending Aorta Following Valve-Sparing Root Replacement (VSRR) in Marfan Syndrome (MFS) Patients: A Computational Analysis
Patients with Marfan Syndrome (MFS) experience an elevated risk of aortic dissection in the descending aorta (DA) following root surgery. Geometric factors related to either native anatomy or the root surgery may alter hemodynamic factors in the DA, potentially predisposing it to dissection. This …
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The effects of magnetic field (MFs) on in vitro culture of human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs)
The potential hazardous effects of magnetic field (MF) exposures on individual have been extensively studied. However, a number of studies have surprisingly observed that response to optimal MF has significantly increased the proliferation rate of stem cells. Accordingly, this current study aims to …
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The genetic and molecular analysis of the mfs(2)31 locus in Drosophila melanogaster : a novel suppressor of position-effect variegation
… is identified by one such recessive mutation, mfs(2)31. A cytogenetic analysis of subdivisions 31D-E was undertaken to determine the precise location of the mfs(2)31 locus and to isolate additional alleles. Five new deficiencies and 123 new lethal mutations were induced, allowing for the …
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Experimental Evaluation and Comparison of Time-Multiplexed Multi-FPGA Routing Architectures
… complex designs require multi-FPGA systems (MFS). However, inter-FPGA communication is confronted by the challenge of lack of interconnect capacity due to limited number of FPGA input/output (I/O) pins. Serializing parallel signals onto a single trace effectively addresses the limited I/O pin …
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Tumor-Bearing Host Macrophage Dysfunction: Role of CD40/CD40L Interactions
… system to destroy the cancer cells. Macrophages (Mfs) are essential cellular components of the immune system; they influence immune responses in diverse and fundamental ways. As a consequence, Mfs present targets for tumors to evade, thereby enhancing tumor survival and growth. An interaction …
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Point mutations in normal lungs of smokers and non-smokers
… in general, equivalent to mutant fractions (MFs) of 0-10⁻⁴ with an exception of rare sectors with MF larger than 4x 10⁻⁴ (4.6%). Noticeably, the distributions of the MFs among sectors did not vary appreciably with the donor's smoking status. The mean MFs per lung were very similar between …
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Factors contributing to falls in a tertiary acute care setting in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study
… risk screening tool, the Morse Falls Scale (MFS), had not been locally validated, and therefore its ability to accurately discriminate between patients who fall and patients who do not fall was unknown. A focused analysis of local falls incident reporting, and a description of contributory …
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Superhydrophobic metrology and applications
… tribometer (ODT) and micropipette force sensor (MFS). In addition, the properties of superhydrophobic surfaces are explored for lubrication. Publication I compares the sensitivity of the MFS and CAG on measuring superhydrophobic surfaces. In this publication, MFS measures the contact angle …
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Spectral approach for improving the Ill-conditioning of the method of fundamental solutions
… em inglês, method of fundamental solutions (MFS), é um método para solução de problemas de valor de fronteira de equações diferenciais com derivadas parciais. O método pertence à classe dos métodos que não necessitam de discretização do domínio, evitando, dessa forma, os desafios que podem …
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The Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Sucrose and Stachyose Content in Soybean Seed
… polymorphism (SNP) markers. A low sucrose line, MFS-553, was crossed with a high sucrose plant introduction, PI 243545, to develop the sucrose QTL mapping population. A total of 626 random SSR plus 5361 SNP markers covering 20 soybean chromosomes were used to screen the parents MFS-553 and PI …
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Cybersecurity for the unbanked: usable security heuristics for mobile financial services
… problem in Mobile Financial Services (MFS). Literature has identified usable security as a problem area that leads to cybersecurity issues that affect users and developers of MFS solutions. While various aspects of this problem have been studied, the nature of usable security in the MFS …
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Developing a Caenorhabditis elegans Model for Marfan Syndrome
<p>Marfan Syndrome (MFS) is one of the most common monogenic diseases and affects approximately 1 in 5,000 individuals worldwide. The syndrome is characterized by elongated extremities, tall stature, slender frame, and cardiac, and vision abnormalities due to severe connective tissue defects. It is …
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A Comparison of Two Boundary Methods For Biharmonic Boundary Value Problems
… used are the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) and the method of approximate fundamental solutions (MAFS). The Delta-shaped basis function with the Abel regularization technique is used in the construction of the approximate fundamental solutions in MAFS. The MFS produces more accurate …
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Design and Optimization of Intelligent PI Controllers (Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy) for HVDC Transmission System
… the key parameters i.e. membership functions (MFs) and fuzzy rule base in the controllers design. In the first part of the thesis, an adaptive Fuzzy PI controller is designed and the effect of various MF shapes, widths and distribution on the performance of a FL controlled HVDC system under …
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The Trail Map©: a goal organizational tool for first generation college students
… Studies have shown that mental fitness skill (MFS) constructs such as self- efficacy, goal setting, motivation, and resilience are all related to academic success (Hammermeister, Jordan, Briggs, Galm, & Pickering, 2012). This study aimed to explore further the idea that MFS can be of utility to …
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Development of Novel Therapies for Marfan Syndrome using a Human iPSC-disease model
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in fibrillin-1, a matrix component encoded by the gene FBN1, with pleiotropic manifestations including severe cardiovascular complications, such as aortic aneurysms and dissection. Current treatments focus on surgically …
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Essays on Information Asymmetry, Active Management, and Performance
… investigates whether real estate mutual funds (REMFs) outperform Carhart’s (1997) four-factor and index benchmarks using daily return data from the CRSP survivorship bias-free mutual fund database from September 1998 to December 2013. We employ generalized autoregressive conditionally …
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Readers Theater: A Key to Fluency Development
… and their Multidimensional Fluency Scale score (MFS). The three students participated in an eight-week intervention in which readers theaters were used for fluency instruction and practice. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used as the researcher observed the students during the …
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