scholarly journals AN ITERATIVE ALGORITHM TO QUANTIFY THE FACTORS INFLUENCING PEPTIDE FRAGMENTATION FOR MS/MS SPECTRUM

Author(s):  
Chungong Yu ◽  
Yu Lin ◽  
Shiwei Sun ◽  
Jinjin Cai ◽  
Jingfen Zhang ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 75 (22) ◽  
pp. 6251-6264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene A. Kapp ◽  
Frédéric Schütz ◽  
Gavin E. Reid ◽  
James S. Eddes ◽  
Robert L. Moritz ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 05 (02a) ◽  
pp. 297-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUNGONG YU ◽  
YU LIN ◽  
SHIWEI SUN ◽  
JINJIN CAI ◽  
JINGFEN ZHANG ◽  
...  

In protein identification by tandem mass spectrometry, it is critical to accurately predict the theoretical spectrum for a peptide sequence. To date, the widely-used database searching methods adopted simple statistical models for predicting. For some peptide, these models usually yield a theoretical spectrum with a significant deviation from the experimental one. In this paper, in order to derive an improved predicting model, we utilized a non-linear programming model to quantify the factors impacting peptide fragmentation. Then, an iterative algorithm was proposed to solve this optimization problem. Upon a training set of 1803 spectra, the experimental result showed a good agreement with some known principles about peptide fragmentation, such as the tendency to cleave at the middle of peptide, and Pro's preference of the N-terminal cleavage. Moreover, upon a testing set of 941 spectra, comparison of the predicted spectra against the experimental ones showed that this method can generate reasonable predictions. The results in this paper can offer help to both database searching and de novo methods.


Author(s):  
Julie A. Martini ◽  
Robert H. Doremus

Tracy and Doremus have demonstrated chemical bonding between bone and hydroxylapatite with transmission electron microscopy. Now researchers ponder how to improve upon this bond in turn improving the life expectancy and biocompatibility of implantable orthopedic devices.This report focuses on a study of the- chemical influences on the interfacial integrity and strength. Pure hydroxylapatite (HAP), magnesium doped HAP, strontium doped HAP, bioglass and medical grade titanium cylinders were implanted into the tibial cortices of New Zealand white rabbits. After 12 weeks, the implants were retrieved for a scanning electron microscopy study coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy.Following sacrifice and careful retrieval, the samples were dehydrated through a graduated series starting with 50% ethanol and continuing through 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, and 100% ethanol over a period of two days. The samples were embedded in LR White. Again a graduated series was used with solutions of 50, 75 and 100% LR White diluted in ethanol.


1965 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-347
Author(s):  
Robert Goldstein ◽  
Benjamin RosenblÜt

Electrodermal and electroencephalic responsivity to sound and to light was studied in 96 normal-hearing adults in three separate sessions. The subjects were subdivided into equal groups of white men, white women, colored men, and colored women. A 1 000 cps pure tone was the conditioned stimulus in two sessions and white light was used in a third session. Heat was the unconditioned stimulus in all sessions. Previously, an inverse relation had been found in white men between the prominence of alpha rhythm in the EEG and the ease with which electrodermal responses could be elicited. This relation did not hold true for white women. The main purpose of the present study was to answer the following questions: (1) are the previous findings on white subjects applicable to colored subjects? (2) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive electrophysiologically on one day equally responsive (or unresponsive) on another day? and (3) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive to sound equally responsive (or unresponsive) to light? In general, each question was answered affirmatively. Other factors influencing responsivity were also studied.


1950 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick W. Hoffbauer ◽  
Jesse L. Bollman ◽  
John L. Grindlay

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Sölle ◽  
Theresa Bartholomäus ◽  
Margitta Worm ◽  
Regine Klinger

Research in recent years, especially in the analgesic field, has intensively studied the placebo effect and its mechanisms. It has been shown that physical complaints can be efficiently reduced via learning and cognitive processes (conditioning and expectancies). However, despite evidence demonstrating a large variety of physiological similarities between pain and itch, the possible transfer of the analgesic placebo model to itch has not yet been widely discussed in research. This review therefore aims at highlighting potential transfers of placebo mechanisms to itch processes by demonstrating the therapeutic issues in pharmacological treatments for pruritus on a physiological basis and by discussing the impact of psychological mechanisms and psychological factors influencing itch sensations.


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