Abstract The nuclear protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) contributes as an insulator to chromatin organization in animal genomes.Currently, our knowledge of its binding property is confined mainly to mammals.In this study, we identified CTCF homologs in extant jawless fishes and Ice Bucket performed ChIP-seq for the CTCF protein in the Arctic lampr

Health care is ever more important with aging population.Assuming the number of doctors per patient is one of the determinants of patient satisfaction, optimal investment in practitioner doctors, specialist doctors and foreign doctors are analyzed given the total number of doctors (domestic) are exogenously determined.The high cost of investment in

Background.Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is often misdiagnosed as gallbladder cancer (GBC).We aimed to determine the preoperative characteristics that could potentially aid in an accurate diagnosis of XGC masquerading as GBC.Methods.An analysis of patients operated upon with a preoperative diagnosis of GBC between January 2008 and Decembe

The interaction of faults, fractures, and hydromagmatic systems of volcanoes can lead to complicated stress patterns that vary over short spatial and temporal Sharps Collectors - Receptacles scales.Here we study stress-induced anisotropy using observations of shear-wave splitting at 12 stations across Ontake volcano, Japan.The results reveal a comp

The article proposes a method for composing mathematicalexpressions by which it is possible to reduce the time for determining theparameters of flexible alternating current transmission system devices inthe operating mode of the Sharps Collectors - Receptacles electric power system.The problem of quasistationarityof the steady-state regime is consi