A Review on Blood Flow Simulation in Stenotically Diseased Arteries.

Heart diseases which can lead to stroke and heart attacks, affect numerous individuals worldwide due to disruptions in blood flow within the body. A common underlying cause for such hemodynamic disorders is a constriction in the artery, which is known as a stenosis, which is attributable to a range of causes including atherosclerosis or plaque accumulation. Many theoretical and computational studies have been presented in this area providing a useful compliment to experimental (clinical) studies.

Ureteral Peristaltic Flows in the Presence of Microliths: A Review.

A detailed review is presented on research contributions in peristaltic transport in the human ureter in the presence of microliths. The studies reviewed are differentiated based on methodologies deployed, namely analytical, numerical and CFD simulation techniques and also experimental (clinical) investigations. Various 2D and 3D models are discussed along with more advanced fluid structure interaction (FSI) studies.

Artificial Flora Algorithm-Based Feature Selection with Gradient Boosted Tree Model for Diabetes Classification.

Purpose: Classification of medical data is essential to determine diabetic treatment options; therefore, the objective of the study was to develop a model to classify the three diabetes type diagnoses according to multiple patient attributes.

Methods: Three different datasets are used to develop a novel medical data classification model. The proposed model involved preprocessing, artificial flora algorithm (AFA)-based feature selection, and gradient boosted tree (GBT)-based classification.

Characterization, cloning and functional expression of novel xylanase from Thermomyces lanuginosus SS-8 isolated from self-heating plant wreckage material.

Extracellular cellulase free xylanase from Thermomyces lanuginosus sp. SS-8, isolated from self heating plant wreckage material was identified as β-1,4-endo-xylanase precursor, a monomer of 21.3 kDa with no carbohydrate residue.

Characterization of deamidation of barstar using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which stabilizes an equilibrium unfolding intermediate.

Deamidation of asparaginyl residues is a common posttranslational modification in proteins and has been studied extensively because of its important biological effects, such as those on enzymatic activity, protein folding, and proteolytic degradation. However, characterization of the sites of deamidation of a protein has been a difficult analytical problem. In this study, mass spectrometry has been used as an analytical tool to characterize the deamidation of barstar, an RNAse inhibitor.