Asthma is a common respiratory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of coughing,
wheezing and breathlessness. Although environmental factors such as allergen exposure
are risk factors in the development of asthma, both twin and family studies point to a strong …

Concurrent processing of data items is considered a proper approach for significantly increasing
processing speed.' In many real-time applications-such as image PROGRAM processing and
weather computation, which need an in- (PARALLEL struction execution rate ofmore than one …

Papaya, a fruit crop cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions, is known for its nutritional
benefits and medicinal applications. Here we report a 3× draft genome sequence of
'SunUp'papaya, the first commercial virus-resistant transgenic fruit tree 1 to be sequenced …

A baseline network and a configuration concept are introduced to evaluate relationships
among some proposed multistage interconnection networks. It is proven that the data
manipulator (modified version), flip network, omega network, indirect binary n-cube network …

We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE) in a Chinese Han population by genotyping 1,047 cases and 1,205 controls using
Illumina Human610-Quad BeadChips and replicating 78 SNPs in two additional cohorts …

We have established a novel cell line, designated as TF‐1, from a patient with
erythroleukemia, which showed complete growth dependency on granulocyte‐macrophage
colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) or on interleukin‐3 (IL‐3) and carried a homogeneous …

The ability to detect and size individual nanoparticles with high resolution is crucial to
understanding the behaviour of single particles and effectively using their strong size-
dependent properties to develop innovative products. We report real-time, in situ detection …

Mammalian pre-implantation development is a complex process involving dramatic changes
in the transcriptional architecture 1, 2, 3, 4. We report here a comprehensive analysis of
transcriptome dynamics from oocyte to morula in both human and mouse embryos, using …

Leptin controls food intake by regulating the transcription of key neuropeptides in the
hypothalamus. The mechanism by which leptin regulates gene expression is unclear,
however. Here we show that delivery of adenovirus encoding a constitutively nuclear mutant …

Realistic quantum mechanical systems are always exposed to an external environment. This
often induces Markovian processes in which the system loses information to its
surroundings. However, many quantum systems exhibit non-Markovian behaviour with a …