Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous structures, which are secreted by almost every cell type analyzed so far. In addition to their importance for cell-cell communication under physiological conditions, EVs are also released during pathogenesis and mechanistically contribute to this process. Here we summarize their functional relevance in asthma, one of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases. Asthma is a complex persistent inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by reversible airflow obstruction and, from a long-term perspective, airway remodeling. Overall, mechanistic studies summarized here indicate the importance of different subtypes of EVs and their variable cargoes in the functioning of the pathways underlying asthma, and show some interesting potential for the development of future therapeutic interventions. Association studies in turn demonstrate a good diagnostic potential of EVs in asthma. 相似文献
As per the most recent literature, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), a multi access technique, is considered most suitable for the 3G, 4G and 5G techniques in high speed wireless communication. What made OFDM most popular is its ability to deliver high bandwidth efficiency and superior data rate. Besides it, high value of peak to average power ratio (PAPR) and Inter Carrier Interference (ICI) are the challenges to tackle down via appropriate mitigation scheme. As a research contribution in the present work, an improved self-cancellation (SC) technique is designed and simulated through Simulink to mitigate the effect of ICI. This novel proposed technique (Improved SC) is designed over discrete wavelet transform (DWT) based OFDM and compared with conventional SC scheme over different channel conditions i.e. AWGN and Rayleigh fading environments. It is found that proposed DWT-OFDM with Improved SC scheme outperforms conventional SC technique significantly, under both AWGN and Rayleigh channel conditions. Further, in order to justify the novelty in the research contribution, a Split-DWT based Simulink model for Improved SC scheme is investigated to analyse the BER performance. This Split-DWT based Simulink model presented here foretells the future research potential in wavelet hybridization of OFDM to side-line ICI effects more efficiently.
In reliability analysis, the stress-strength model is often used to describe the life of
a component which has a random strength (X) and is subjected to a random stress (Y). In this
paper, we considered the problem of estimating the reliability R=P [Y<X] when the
distributions of both stress and strength are independent and follow exponentiated Pareto
distribution. The maximum likelihood estimator of the stress strength reliability is calculated
under simple random sample, ranked set sampling and median ranked set sampling methods.
Four different reliability estimators under median ranked set sampling are derived. Two
estimators are obtained when both strength and stress have an odd or an even set size. The
two other estimators are obtained when the strength has an odd size and the stress has an
even set size and vice versa. The performances of the suggested estimators are compared
with their competitors under simple random sample via a simulation study. The simulation
study revealed that the stress strength reliability estimates based on ranked set sampling and
median ranked set sampling are more efficient than their competitors via simple random
sample. In general, the stress strength reliability estimates based on median ranked set
sampling are smaller than the corresponding estimates under ranked set sampling and simple
random sample methods. 相似文献
Both summer and winter butterfats were fractionated using a laboratory procedure which was designed to simulate a commercial
fractionation process. The process is based on a slow, controlled cooling of the melted fat, a short stabilization time at
the fractionation temperature, and separation of the crystals from the liquid oil by vacuum filtration using a stainless steel
perforated disc. Fractionation temperatures of 29, 26, 23 and 19 C for winter butterfat and 29 and 19 C for summer butterfat
were used to obtain solid and liquid fractions at each temperature. Three replications at each temperature showed good reproducibility
of results. The fractions were characterized by their fatty acid and triglyceride compositions, melting and crystallization
behavior, iodine value, peroxide value and melting point.
Presented at the AOCS meeting in Philadelphia in May 1985. 相似文献
Fused silica optical fibers have been used in an intrinsic mode optical configuration as biosensors for fluorescence based detection of hybridization of nucleic acids. In this work, the kinetics of hybridization of single-stranded oligonucleotides that were covalently immobilized were studied. The probe DNA was dT20, and the target was Fluorescein-labeled non-complementary (dT20) or complementary (dA20) oligonucleotide. Chronofluorimetric monitoring of the adsorption and hybridization processes was used to investigate oligonucleotide films of different density, in different salt concentrations, at temperatures of 25 and 40 °C, with the concentration of the target DNA being 0.005–0.1 μM. Mathematical models based on first- and second-order Langmuir adsorption have been examined to describe both the adsorption and the hybridization processes. Experimental data were processed using the models, and the hybridization kinetics were calculated. Hybridization kinetics on these optical fiber DNA sensors was found to be up to three orders faster than results presented for a number of other experiments using different immobilization chemistries. 相似文献
The experiments reported in this paper demonstrate the causes of the failure of monolithic ceramics. The specimens are made of silicon nitride and tested at room temperature. The stress field within the specimen is different for each of four series of tests that have been conducted. Fractographic observations have also been made to identify the causes of the failures. A size effect analysis is performed. 相似文献
This paper describes the design and implementation of a wideband merged LNA and mixer chip covering the frequency range from 0.1 to 3.85 GHz using 90-nm CMOS technology. Its high level of integration as well as its low power consumption makes it suitable for the rapidly growing software defined radio RF receivers. The chip performance achieves S11 below -10 dB along the entire band and a minimum single side band noise figure of 8.4 dB at IF frequency of 70 MHz. Power conversion gain is measured to be 12.1 dB while the input referred 1 dB compression point is measured to be -12.8 dBm. The chip core consumes only 9.8 mW from a 1.2 V supply with a die area, including the pads, of 0.88 mm2相似文献
Temperature-induced transformations are considered to be interesting characteristic properties of amorphous materials including the SixTe60–xAs30Ge10 system, withx=5, 10, 12 and 20. Density (), X-ray diffraction and differential thermal analysis (DTA) were used to characterize the compositions. DTA traces of each glass composition at different heating rates from 5 to 30° C min–1 were obtained and interpreted. Fast and slow cooling cycles were used to determine the rate of structure formation. Cycling studies of materials show no memory effect but only ovonic switching action. The compositional dependence of the crystallization activation energy (E) and the coefficient of glass-forming tendency (Kgl) have been calculated. The thermal transition temperatures and associated changes in specific heat have been examined as a function of the Te/Si ratio by differential scanning calorimetry. It was found that andE increase linearly with increasing tellurium content, while the heat capacity (cp) andKgl, decrease with increasing tellurium content.E=1.54 eV andcp=0.246 J g–1 K–1 forx=20 whileE=2.74eV andcp=0.22 J g–1 K–1 forx=5. 相似文献
The Journal of Supercomputing - The Internet of Things is a rapidly evolving technology in which interconnected computing devices and sensors share data over the network to decipher different... 相似文献