... H2S is likely to play a pro-inflammatory rolein determining the severity of reperfusion injury intheratmodelof MI/ R More importantly, we propose that the appropriate dose of NO/H2S donor ... during the MI/ RThe biphasic pattern of H2S production was observed: declined inthe early reperfusion, but increased hours after I /R and reached the maximal around 24 -48 hour Furthermore, the ... roleintheratmodelof MI/ RThe main findings ofthe present work are summarized as below: Inthe first experiment, we found that pre-treatment of NO-Aspirin significantly restored ischemia/reperfusion-induced...
... responsible for the reduction of infiltration rate The concentration of chlorophyll-a inthe surface sediment in day 23 was higher than that before the oil spill In day 58, the infiltration rate ... infiltration rate of seawater In day 42 from the oil spill, the macrobenthic community was almost recovered This recovery is coincident with the recovery ofthe infiltration rate of seawater as shown in ... tor Fig Infiltration rate of seawater by tide at day 23 and 58 inthe C and O simulators Fig.8 shows infiltration rate of seawater by tidal action both inthe C and O simulators The infiltration...
... that is inthe center ofthe C-terminal region plays an important rolein determining the quaternary structure ofthe dodecamer Four histidine residues are present inthe C-terminal region of CDase ... Promotion Program (grant F01 -20 020 00 -20 016-0) and in part by the Biogreen 21 project ofthe Rural Development Administration We acknowledge the nancial support ofthe Brain Korea 21 Project in ... main-chain to mainchain hydrogen bonding with either the N- or the (b/a)8-barrel domain Interestingly, the C-terminal domain was found to be critically involved inthe supramolecular assembly of...
... ofthe fern For the ASC soil, both treatments reduced As leaching regardless ofthe presence ofthe fern Theresults indicate that growing Chinese brake fern with the application of phosphate rock ... method eliminated the interference of arsenate with P determination by reducing arsenate to arsenite with L-cysteine As(V) and As(III) determinations were performed using the method of Carvalho ... extraction the soil was washed twice with 25 ml of saturated NaCl Each treatment was run in triplicate The arsenic recovery was determined by summing the As present in all extracts and comparing...
... on the individual oxygen binding properties ofthe a and b subunits within liganded tetrameric HbA Inthe current literature, there are controversial results concerning the pH dependence ofthe ... scattering ofthe kinetic parameters, observed at a number of pH values, can be considered ‘error bars’ for theresults Therefore, for later use, the averaged bimole61 12 cular oxygenation parameters in ... subunits within the tetramers as well as within the dimers in similar or different conformations The kinetic rate, kth, represents the thermal bondbreaking rate As concluded previously [17], for each...
... ofthe samples were inthe boards 10 YR whereas under manure, there was only 25 %, with 62. 5% inthe board 7.5 YR and 12. 5% inthe board 2. 5 YR The Table shows the particle-size distribution in ... three roles of organic matter sources, of protection ofthe soil against erosion and of increase inthe activity of earthworms which reduce water runoff (Hole et al., 20 05; Parfitt et al., 20 05) In ... al., 20 04) Similar results were obtained by Bado (20 02) , when he applied manure to soil of Farakô-Ba in Burkina-Faso Conclusion In a system integrating farming and breeding, the use ofthe animal...
... principles of research, and the informed consent was obtained Results Figure the knee Measurements of PTAs and the neighboring bone rotation of Measurements of PTAs and the neighboring bone rotation ... Chiang of UCLA for revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content There is no the source of funding for the study, for each author, and for the manuscript preparation 15 ... based on the following inclusion criteria: Each patient's pain originated from the patellofemoral joint; Patellar pain for at least months; Pain when performing at least three ofthe following kneeflexing...
... were prepared following the same procedure but dissolving the required amounts of Eu(NO3 )2 6H2O corresponding to 0.5, 1, 2. 5, and mol % (nominal) in water before the addition ofthe Ti precursor ... value of anatase [29 ] With the increase of incorporated Eu content, the bandgap energy ofthe TiO nanostructures increased systematically This behavior is very similar to the previously reported results ... content of europium are observed with the increasing nominal concentration ofthe dopant inthe samples The XRD patterns ofthe undoped and Eu-doped phosphor particles (Figure 4) revealed the presence...
... autosampler NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian Mercury 300 NMR spectrometer Infrared spectra were recorded on a Perkin Elmer FT-IR 20 00 spectrometer 4 .2. Chemicals All chemicals used were from Aldrich ... lower than under microwave irradiation conditions There were some exceptional cases: i) inthe case of oxidation of 5, the reaction temperature provided by microwave or conventional heating increased ... Subsequently, water was removed from the solution by rotational evaporation, until the weight ofthe remaining solid mass was equal to the sum ofthe weights ofthe original ingredients The obtained solid...
... where Ci is the internal CO2 concentration, Γ * is the CO2 compensation point inthe absence of mitochondrial respiration and Rd is mitochondrial respiration inthe light The values for Γ * for ... exacerbated due to the out-planting of bare-root seedling stock, as is used in Ireland and the UK, inthe early spring [24 ] The shallow rooting pattern of Sitka spruce in wet mineral soils [22 ] ... soil for the 25 -day duration oftheexperiment2.2 Microclimate measurements Air vapour pressure deficits (VPD) under exposed and shaded conditions were calculated using measured air temperature...
... concentration inthe plant), RGR of a plant whose growth is limited by P availability equals RUR, and RAR [25 , 26 ]: RAR = RUR = RGR (8) During the first days after seedling transplantation into the ... vertical bar indicates the standard error ofthe mean 3 .2 Relationships between relative growth rate (RGR), relative uptake rate (RUR) and relative addition rate (RAR) A two-way analysis of variance ... (2) where TX is the maximum daily air temperature (°C), TN the minimum daily temperature (°C) and Tb the base temperature Since no reference exists inthe literature about the base temperature...
... between trees and grass can be tipped in favor of grasses by burning, low grazing pressure or tree cutting; or in favor of trees by excluding fire and intensive grazing [ 32] Browsing may prevent ... period, which increased the severity of fire the third year (1996) This trend of increased mortality the first year of burning (1996) with the 2- year fire protection treatment was not confirmed ... coppice recovery after cutting inthe presence of livestock in Cameroon In southern Africa encroachment by the woody layer on the grass layer due to overgrazing by cattle is perceived as a major problem...
... effect ofthe gypsum with low K and Inthe leachate most ofthe nitrogen inthe lime treatments and inthe control was in nitrate form, whereas inthe CaSO treatment the mineralized N was predominantly ... saturation data for the untreated soil before and after theexperimentIntheOf horizon pH decreased from 4.7 to 3.8 whereas inthe 0-6 cm and 6 -21 cm depths it increased Exchangeable A increased ... increase of about 50% with the -1 2. 8 and 5.6 t rates in comparison with the untreated soil Figure Effect of treatments on leachate chemistry Except for the pH, the following results are from the2. 8...
... fertiliser applied inthe nursery had no effect on the growth or leaf nutrient concentration of either genotype either inthe nursery or after transplantation Irrigation applied inthe nursery ... nitrogen in year and a low rate in year (after transplanting) were unable to sustain early leaf growth rates later in year 2, whereas those seedlings receiving the treatments vice versa greatly increased ... INTRODUCTION This report investigates the interaction nitrogen fertiliser and irrigation on the growth and nutrient relations of cherry seedlings and cuttings inthe liner nursery and the...
... bilateral earphones by using a Neuropack 10 (MEB -22 00, Nihon Kohden, Tokyo, Japan) The ratio ofthe rare versus frequent stimuli was 0 .25 Stimuli were presented in a random order, the duration of ... determinants of P300: an integrative review Biol Psychology 1995, 41:103-146 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Emmerson RY, Dustman RE, Shearer DE, Turner CW: P3 latency and symbol digit performance correlations ... supervised the study; KH and MI designed the study and helped draft the papers All authors read and approved the final manuscript 19 20 21 22 Competing interests The authors declare that they...
... the distance from the industrial district [21 , 22 ] These reductions in ring width in Yezo spruce and Norway spruce inthe 1970s reflect the records of industrial activity near the forest During ... spruce growing at Tomakomai Ring width of Sakhalin spruce growing close to our experiment site shows a similar positive response to temperature inthe current April [23 ] However, the response of ... of Sakhalin spruce growing at Tomakomai [23 ] show a similar positive response to temperature from the current August to perature inthe previous September However, this response to temperature...
... The minimal TK promoter used inthe TKp-TARluciferase reporter described here lacks recognition sites for Sp1 or any other major redox-regulated transcription factor Therefore, we tested whether ... Both reporter plasmids used the minimal TK promoter (TKp), rather than native viral promoters because viral promoters that respond to EBNA1 or Tat contain binding sites for cellular redox-responsive ... Fenton reactions generate hydroxyl and superoxide radicals and thereby create a continuous flux of intracellular oxidative stress in response to the extracellular pO2 [ 42] Normoxia (21 % O2) increases...
... articlehttp://arthritis-research.com/content/ 12/ 4 /R1 38 is an open et Therapy 20 10, 12: R1 38 References Berenbaum F: New horizons and perspectives inthe treatment of osteoarthritis Arthritis Res Ther 20 08, 10:S1 Reginster JY, Deroisy R, Rovati ... CM 22 .4/8.41 Structural 33 PRDX1 Peroxiredoxin-1 Q06830 1.67 -1. 12 -1.09 C 22 .1/8 .27 Redox Calamia et al Arthritis Research & Therapy 20 10, 12: R1 38 http://arthritis-research.com/content/ 12/ 4 /R1 38 ... levels (Real Time-PCR and Western blotting) Supporting our findings, other authors have recently reported theroleof GS in counteracting the IL-1β-mediated increase of inducible nitric oxide...
... acupuncture at either ST36 or SP9 acupoints for 20 minutes, (4) electromyography registration of isometric dorsiflexion To ensure the quality ofthe signal, we determined the root mean square (RMS) of ... inthe knees or hips Both ST36 and SP9 groups were submitted to the same procedures: (1) electromyography registration of rest position, (2) electromyography registration ofthe isometric dorsiflexion, ... carried out inthe Laboratory of Bioengineering, Neuropsychobiology and Motor Behavior at the University of Sao Paulo between August and November in 20 07 The Committee of Ethics in Research at the...