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Marine bio-resources produce several novel scaffolds, which show their good efficacy and |
bioavailability in the treatment of gestational diabetes. Thus, marine resources have attracted much |
interest of the scientific community. |
This mini-review article presents some potential scaffolds from different marine |
sources such as algae, sponges together with their specific activity. Concerning the maternal risk |
factor, additional study is required. |
Nest predation and the evolution of nestling begging calls |
Begging by nestling birds can be conspicuous and loud. Such displays are thought to function in signalling nestling condition and securing parental care, but they also may inadvertently attract the attention of predators. We compared the structure of nestling begging calls to the risk of predation among 24 species of b... |
In this paper we consider a class of process noise in navigation, and study the effects of sampling and integration rates on the covariance of the respective sampled and integrated signals. It is shown that the covariance of a sampled zero-mean exponentially-correlated process is independent of the sampling rate. Moreo... |
Abstract Animal models are an essential testbed for new devices on their path from the bench to the patient. Potential impairments by brain stimulation are often investigated in water mazes to study spatial memory and learning. Video camera based tracking systems exist to quantify rodent behaviour, but reflections of a... |
Exercise‐mediated increases in blood flow, a known nitric oxide (NO) stimulus, is a key signal in vascular adaptations to exercise training, including augmented endothelial function. However, endurance trained postmenopausal women (PMW) demonstrate similar brachial artery endothelial function as untrained PMW, suggesti... |
We tested four independent groups: real pain, real pain/tracking, feigned pain, and feigned pain/tracking. After baseline (auditory oddball task only, .8/.2), the real pain groups had an ischemia cuff applied, which generated intense pain after 14 min. The pain feigners were instructed to simulate pain. The oddball tas... |
A strategy for creating a general-purposes surface functionalization platform is reported, based on direct attachment of phosphate groups onto hydroxylated surfaces and subsequent formation of a terpyridine-based monolayer. Such a platform is suitable for the construction, onto technologically relevant oxide surfaces, ... |
Three new organic compounds primarily based on 8-hydroxyquinoline have been successfully synthesized and characterized via different spectroscopic methods (FTIR, 1H, and 13C NMR). The synthesized compounds, namely 5-propoxymethyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (PMHQ), 5-methoxymethyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (MMHQ) and 5-hydroxymethyl-8... |
Modern embedded multiprocessor systems with multi-core processors are very complex computer systems with sophisticated software which is often used in distributed hardware platforms in automotive. Primary issue that should be worked on when designing such systems is the connection between timing and quality control. Su... |
M cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare primary neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. This tumor usually arises in elderly patients, and the head and neck area are the most common sites followed by the extremities and the trunk.1 This uncommon tumor is a highly aggressive malignancy, which is characterized by high incidence of lo... |
In April 2007, more than 50 practitioners, advocates, funders, and evaluators met for 2 days in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to discuss the issues that arise in evaluating systems change or systems-building initiatives and to suggest approaches to resolving those issues. The symposium was designed to be as realistic and p... |
Objective: Idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder is a strong early marker of Parkinson’s disease and is characterized by REM sleep without atonia and/or dream enactment. Because these measures are subject to individual interpretation, there is consequently need for quantitative methods to establis... |
Posttraumatic intracranial hematomas of the posterior fossa are rare but severe complications of head injuries. In the period between 1970 and 1989 in the neurosurgical department of Landesnervenklinik Salzburg 28 patients were operated on posttraumatic hematomas of the posterior fossa. The prognosis of this type of in... |
A dynamical equation for intense core–valence photoexcitation and collisional relaxation in a metal is derived by combining cluster-model electronic-structure calculations and the equation of motion for density matrices. By invoking the Markov approximation, it can be reduced to a generalized rate equation, where the r... |
Optic perineuritis is an uncommon inflammatory disorder of the optic sheath that causes visual loss or eye pain. There are few case reports of optic perineuritis associated with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Herein we report the case of a 37-year-old male with granulomatosis with polyangiitis and who presented with... |
Abstract The Aral Sea crisis has gained global notoriety as a human-induced environmental disaster. This paper contextualizes this crisis within a broad geographical framework. Three interpretations of a single photographic image emblematic of the desiccation of the Aral Sea are related to general foci within the acade... |
Self-powering capability for bearing health monitoring systems is an appealing ideal, which has attracted considerable attention but difficult to realize. This paper proposes a variable reluctance energy harvester (VREH) integrated within in smart railway axle box bearing. The effects of key parameters are numerically ... |
As medicine moves further along toward science, it is important that EMS makes changes in practice based on sound research. NEXUS and other similar projects are examples of how to apply that principle: Examine the problem, suggest a solution and measure the effect. As more data are collected, I believe we will learn th... |
The purpose of this article is to analyze the existing legal framework and law enforcement practice in Russia in the field of waste processing and compare it with the experience of countries that are successful in this area. A positive example of progressive legislation in this area will be illustrated by the Swedish w... |
Gentrification is one of the most striking urban developments of our time, radically impacting residential, consumption and investment patterns, and urban culture more broadly. Commonly explained as the transformation of working-class or vacant areas of central cities into middle-class and/or commercial areas, it has b... |
Hydrolysable tannin polyphenols in pomegranate and phenolic acids in date fruit and seeds are potent antioxidants and anti-atherogenic agents, and thus, in the present study we investigated the possible benefits of combining them in vivo in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E KO (E(0)) mice, compared with the individual f... |
Oxidation of fatty acid methyl esters was markedly increased by trace quantities (1.5 ppm) of nitrogen dioxide or ozone. Nitrogen dioxide-catalyzed oxidation occurred through conventional peroxidation mechanisms. Ozone reacted in thin films by directly attacking the double bond. Phenolic antioxidants retarded NO 2 —but... |
In this paper we present PageSpark, a system that automatically converts static magazine content to interactive and engaging reading apps on handheld reading devices. PageSpark enhances the reading experience in three general aspects: page layout reorganization, page element interactions and page transitions. We explor... |
Because close genetic matching between the donor and recipient is no longer required to achieve a highly successful outcome, there is currently widespread acceptance of a kidney transplant from a live donor who is genetically unrelated, but emotionally connected to the recipient. This concept has recently been taken a ... |
ABSTRACT A new method has been developed to prepare horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugates using bis(sulfosuccinimidyl)suberate (BS3) as cross-linking reagent in a two-step procedure. The enzyme is reacted with BS3, introducing active ester molecules into the enzyme itself, and it is then used directly to label amino-... |
A COMBINATION of sudden onset pain, marked episcleral and, or, conjunctival congestion and corneal oedema should dictate a diagnosis of secondary glaucoma due to primary lens luxation in the young to middle-aged terrier patient. Should the clinician not see the luxated lens or its associated features, then he should lo... |
Vertical lingual movement data for the alveolopalatal consonants /ʃ/ and /ɲ/ and for the dorsovelar consonant /k/ in Catalan /aCa/ sequences produced by three speakers reveal that the tongue body travels a smaller distance at a slower speed and in a longer time during the lowering period extending from the consonant in... |
This paper aims to assess the risk of highway congestion based on Belief Rule-Based (BRB) systems. In the risk assessment, several factors are comprehensively considered, such as the speed at highway toll station, travel time and weather. A belief rule base is constructed based on the congestion evaluation indices to i... |
We thank van Rhoon and van Holthe for their interests and comments on our article of combined hyperthermia (HT) and radiation therapy (RT) for painful bony metastases (1). In our study, a significant pain improvement and duration of response was demonstrated by HT + RT. We emphasized the complete response (CR) rate at ... |
Given sets C and R in d-dimensional space, take a constant intensity Poisson point process on R; the associated scan statistic S is the maximum number of Poisson points in any translate of C. As R becomes large with C fixed, bounded and open but otherwise arbitrary, the distribution of S becomes concentrated on at most... |
Polyploidization of hepatocytes in albino rats subjected to continuous and intermittent exposure to CCl4 has been studied karyometrically. It has been shown that polyploidization as a response to the exposure of chlorderivatives of hydrocarbons is determined by hepatotoxin toxicity related to the number of chlorine ato... |
The purpose of this study is to develop a low fertility ontology for collecting and analyzing social data. A low fertility ontology was developed according to Ontology Development 101 and formally represented using Protégé. The content coverage of the ontology was evaluated using 1,387 narratives posted by the public a... |
To enlarge the bandgap of Cu2SnS3 (CTS), Ag‐incorporating CTS thin films are successfully deposited by sulfurizing Ag‐Cu‐Sn precursors featuring various Ag contents and the constant Cu/Sn ratio of 1.75, which is the optimal value for CTS thin‐film solar cells. To control the Ag content of the films, the thickness of th... |
In all cases, the paraclinical investigations exclu-ded all potential differential diagnoses. All patients had extensive metabolic, infectious and immunological screening which was unremarkable. Neuro-myelitis optica (NMO) antibodies were negative for all patients. Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) and Electromyography (E... |
An adaptive multilink selection mechanism for motion picture based on transmission quality of wireless channel is presented. The mechanism includes four components. One is the simple retransmission algorithm depending on video stream encoding which can improve the reliability of wireless channel. The second is the flow... |
Abstract This paper presents the application of Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution (SADE) algorithm for reliability-based design of Water Distribution Networks (WDNs). The algorithm is first applied and tested for deterministic design of various benchmark WDNs. Reliability-based design is then performed on the benchm... |
Grid computing is becoming more and more attractive for coordinating large-scale heterogeneous resource sharing and problem solving. From the viewpoint of decentralization and interoperability, we add agent layer based on ChinaGrid support platform (CGSP) system services. By describing these agent technologies in detai... |
BACKGROUND: The presence of WBCs in RBCs is thought to be associated with a number of significant adverse effects in recipients. In adults, WBC reduction has been shown to reduce the frequency of HLA alloimmunization, CMV and HTLV infections, and febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions. However, neonates are unique,... |
This Editorial is a “leftover”—or maybe a “dessert”—from my recent treatise on how cultural psychology can lead the rest of the discipline out of the loops of “dust-bowl qualitative empiricism”1 that is beginning to take form in the social sciences. Cultural psychology of today operates at the intersection of these soc... |
The input-to-state stability (ISS) property is combined with model predictive control (MPC) of systems with time-delays and disturbances. We derive conditions such that an MPC scheme assures ISS for a single system and each subsystem of a network. To this end, it is shown that the cost functionals of the used MPC schem... |
W eshow thatin theM inim alSupersym m etricStandard M odel,them assofthelightest neutralino is experim entally unconstrained ifthe G U T relation between the gaugino m ass param eters M 1 and M 2 is dropped. W e discuss what the im pact of light or m assless neutralinos would be on their production at LEP,as wellas on ... |
Artificial intelligence techniques are today among the most important challenges for the future due to their ability to analyze big data and identify key characteristics. In transportation, the growing amount of data measured on vehicles and infrastructures constitute a wealth of information useful for energy, safety a... |
We present a segmentation of noisy images that uses an anisotropic diffusion algorithm as a precise edge-preserving smoothing technique. We propose a modified version of the anisotropic diffusion algorithm by using the boundary edge. We incorporate a linking algorithm for the boundary edge by a directional potential fu... |
Abstract Objective: To highlight a poorly known anatomical variation of the lateral lobe of the thyroid gland, which can be useful in identifying the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery. Materials and methods: We performed a three-year prospective study of 79 thyroid surgery patients. Great attention was p... |
Triflamp, a metalloproteinase isolated from Trimeresurus flavo-viridis, inhibits heterotypic adhesion between platelets and neutrophils. Coincubation studies demonstrate that direct interaction of triflamp with neutrophils is sufficient to inhibit the formation of neutrophil-platelet complexes. Its anti-adhesive effect... |
We have reported recently that intrathecal (i.t.) injection of interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β), at a dose of 100 ng, induces inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and nitric oxide (NO) production in the spinal cord and results in thermal hyperalgesia in rats. This study further examines the role of mitogen‐activated... |
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