The addition of cooperative binding would not affect the qualitative functions of the switch, while it might influence the quantitative measurements, such as protein levels and the switching times.
This section summarizes the functions found to be associated to intronic miRNA-mediated self-loops into a qualitative "map of functions", showing the different, although overlapping, ranges of biochemical parameters in which each specific function is optimized.
The qualitative use of such functions in our context is justified by models and experiments that go back to Cowan, Boltzmann, and Hill [34], [81], [82].
The Qualitative Preference function is defined as P ( d ) = 0, d ≤ 0 1, d > 0 (3).
These qualitative data function as an information input for our analysis, since it gives an idea of light gas levels that one can expect to find in samples with different characteristics such as these.
The examination sequence proposed to answer these questions begins with the lung views to rule out pneumothorax and identify the lung profile, followed by the subcostal window (four-chamber view and IVC assessment) to rule out tamponade, estimate fluid status and assess qualitative cardiac function.
In the field of qualitative protein function prediction, annotations that were assigned to one protein are often transferred to other proteins with high sequence similarity [7], [8], based on the assumption that similar protein sequences imply similar protein function [9] [11].
As a model for evaluating qualitative immune function, we measured killing activity on mycobacteria in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) ex-vivo, from a group of INRs treated with intermittent cycles of IL-2.
We performed tests for qualitative fibrinogen function.
