The purpose was to investigate whether signs of DMTm (Defense Mechanism Technique modified) could discriminate between the ten groups of DSM-III-R personality disorders (PDs) and DSM-III-R clusters among drug abusers. DMTm signs are interpreted as different kinds of defense and anxiety. The 65 subjects were recruited from Sabbatsberg Hospital, Sweden. Prominent affect defenses were projected intro

We consider a MIMO system where error-prone feedback from the receiver is used by the transmitter to select a single optimum antenna to transmit data. Such error-prone feedback is common in the bandwidth-limited real systems, and is in marked contrast with the idealizations assumed in the selection literature. We show how the signaling assignment, which maps the antenna indices to the codewords th

Thrombomodulin gene (THBD) is a critical cofactor in protein C anticoagulant system. THBD c.1418C>T polymorphism is reported to be associated with higher risk of primary venous thromboembolism (VTE) but its role in VTE recurrence is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of THBD polymorphism in VTE recurrence. THBD c.1418C>T polymorphism was genotyped by using Taqman polymerase

The product of the c-kit proto-oncogene, denoted Kit/SCF-R, encodes a tyrosine kinase receptor for stem cell factor (SCF). Kit/SCF-R induces proliferation, differentiation or migration of cells within the hematopoietic, gametogenic and melanogenic lineages at different developmental stages. We report here that protein kinase C (PKC) mediates phosphorylation of Kit/SCF-R on serine residues in respo

An x-ray streak camera system uses a laser triggered photo-conductive switch to synchronize the high voltage ramp applied to its sweep plates to the photo-excitation of a sample. This technique allows the jitter. between successive sweeps to be kept below 100 fs compared to over 1 ps:using classical methods. By accumulating a stable pulsed x-ray signal over many sweeps, a very high dynamic range c

There is no consensus on the appropriate cut-off level for the ratio between forced expiratory volume and vital capacity (FEV1/VC) for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Application of a fixed ratio of 0.7 carries the risk of false positive diagnoses in elderly subjects and false negative diagnoses in younger subjects. The use of the lower limit of normal (LLN) of an in

The proto-oncogene SKI is highly expressed in human myeloid leukemia and also in murine hematopoietic stem cells. However, its operative relevance in these cells remains elusive. We have over-expressed SKI to define its intrinsic role in hematopoiesis and myeloid neoplasms, which resulted in a robust competitive advantage upon transplantation, a complete dominance of the stem and progenitor compar

Tabulations of binary systematic and nonsystematic polynomial convolutional encoders with an optimum distance profile for rate 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 are given. The reported encoders are found by computer searches that optimize over the weight spectra. The free distances for rate 1/3 and 1/4 are compared with Heller's (1968) and Griesmer's (1960) upper bounds