Abstract:
The invention relates to the identification and use of sequences from expressed progesterone receptor transcripts in relation to breast cancer. In particular, the invention provides the identities of polynucleotide sequences that may be used to identify populations that are positive for estrogen receptor expression. The expressed polynucleotide sequences may be used in the study and/or diagnosis of cells and tissue in breast cancer as well as for the study and/or determination of prognosis of a patient.
Abstract:
The disclosure includes the identification and use of gene expression profiles, or patterns, with clinical relevance to cancer. In particular, the disclosure includes the identities of genes that are expressed in correlation with tumor grade. The levels of gene expression are disclosed as a molecular index for determining tumor grade in a patient and predicting clinical outcome, and so prognosis, for the patient. The molecular grading of cancer may optionally be used in combination with a second molecular index for diagnosing cancer and its prognosis. The disclosure further includes methods for predicting cancer recurrence, and/or predicting occurrence of metastatic cancer. For diagnosis or prognosis, the disclosure further includes methods for determining or selecting the treatment of cancer based upon the likelihood of life expectancy, cancer recurrence, and/or cancer metastasis.
Abstract:
A method and system are described including retrieving a sparseness indication, retrieving an indication of a number of failed transmissions, comparing the sparseness indication to an optimal sparseness, comparing the number of failed transmissions to a first threshold, adjusting a size of a set of triggering events responsive to both the first and the second comparison, comparing a data buffer push rate to a data buffer arrival rate, further adjusting the size of the triggering set responsive to the third comparison, determining system fairness, comparing the size of the triggering set to a second threshold and further adjusting the size of the triggering set responsive to one of the determination and a combination of the determination and the fourth comparison.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described including determining a target congestion index, determining a congestion index based on information from a last back-off round, comparing the target congestion index with the congestion index, performing one of increasing a triggering set size by a first factor and decreasing the triggering set size by a second factor responsive to the comparison, determining if a communications medium is idle, adjusting a back-off counter responsive to the third determining act, determining if the back-off counter is equal to a triggering point in the triggering set and transmitting data responsive to the fourth determining act.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for gaining access to a communication medium in a contention-based network, including determining a slot count based on a number of stations in the contention-based network, adjusting the slot count, initiating a frame transmission when the slot count reaches a predetermined value and wherein said number of stations and an address queue are adjusted to reflect one of a priority and traffic patterns. Further, a method and apparatus are described for gaining access to a communication medium in a contention-based network, including receiving a slot count based on a number of stations in the contention-based network, adjusting the slot count, initiating a frame transmission when the slot count reaches a predetermined value and wherein said number of stations and an address queue are adjusted to reflect a priority.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for sending a message to a network device with a specific MAC address, in an IP network implementing a interne group management protocol IGMP, comprising: sending, by a network terminal, to the network device, a multicast group management status message including a destination address set as the specific MAC address.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described including determining address using an access point address and a multicast group address, transmitting a recovery request message to a recovery server to request recovery data using the address and receiving the recovery data from the recovery server. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a registration message, transmitting a reply to the registration message, receiving a recovery request message, transmitting recovery data responsive to the recovery request message and transmitting a message to a recovery multicast group to determine status of the recovery multicast group.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides methods for the use of gene expression measurements to classify or identify among 54 cancer types in samples obtained from a subject in a clinical setting, such as in cases of formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples.
Abstract:
The disclosure includes the use of gene expression profiles, or patterns, with clinical relevance to breast cancer. In particular, the disclosure provides the identities of genes that are expressed in correlation with the presence of breast cancer, the grade of breast cancer, and the type of breast cancer. The disclosed methods assist in the detection and identification of breast cancer in a patient and so helps determine treatment and clinical outcome, and so prognosis, for the patient. The gene expression levels, whether embodied in nucleic acid expression, protein expression, or other expression formats, may be used detect the presence of in situ or invasive breast cancer.
Abstract:
It provides a method for encoding a set of elements by using components defining the structure of each of the set of elements, wherein each element comprises data structure information and at least one data value. The method comprises the steps of: selecting a current element for encoding; determining whether the current element has the same data structure information as a previously encoded element; in the negative, encoding the data structure information of the current element and the at least one data value of the current element; and in the affirmative, encoding the at least one data value of the current element and providing an indication value associated with the current element indicating the current element has the same data structure information as said previously encoded element. The method is used to reduce the encoding redundancy of the structure information.