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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Some Methods for Human Liquid and Solid Waste Utilization in Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems.
Bioregenerative life-support systems (BLSS) are studied for developing the technology for a future biological life-support system for long-term manned space missions. Ways to utilize human liquid and solid wastes to increase the closure ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Pharmacological evidence for the stimulation of NADPH oxidase by P2X(7) receptors in mouse submandibular glands.
ATP in the 100 muM-1 mM concentration range provoked a calcium-independent increase of the oxidation of dichlorodihydrofluorescein (DCFH) to dichlorofluorescein (DCF) by mouse submandibular cells. 3\'-O-(4-benzoyl)benzoyl adenosine 5\'-triphosphate (BzATP), a P2X(7) ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Twenty-first century brain banking: practical prerequisites and lessons from the past: the experience of New York Brain Bank, Taub Institute, Columbia University.
Generally accepted methods for processing postmortem brains are lacking, despite the efforts of pioneers in the field, and the growing awareness of the importance ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in Malaysia.
The IAEA was instrumental in developing the first Malaysian tissue bank at University Hospital of Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Kubang Kerian, Kelantan in early 1990s and it was officiated ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in India.
The banking of tissues such bone and skin began in India in the 1980s and 1990s. Although eye banking started in 1945 there was little progress in this field ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Differential expression of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2r in the developing ovary and testis of penaeid shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus.
In order to identify genes involved in oogenesis and spermatogenesis in penaeid shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus, a modified annealing control primer (ACP) system was adapted to identify genes differentially expressed ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Investigation of Lpin1 as a candidate gene for fat deposition in pigs.
Lpin1 deficiency prevents normal adipose tissue development and remarkably reduces adipose tissue mass, while overexpression of the Lpin1 gene in either skeletal muscle or adipose tissue promotes adiposity in mice. However, little is known ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The sensitization of glioma cells to cisplatin and tamoxifen by the use of catechin.
Telomerase expression strongly correlates with the grade of malignancy in glioma with inhibition illustrating a definite increase in chemosensitivity. This study was designed to investigate the effects of a green tea derivative, ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Magnetic resonance evaluation of liver and myocardial iron deposition in thalassemia intermedia and b-thalassemia major.
Introduction b-Thalassemia major (TM) and thalassemia intermedia (TI) are forms of inherited hemoglobinopathies. Our aim was to evaluate a population of asymptomatic TM and TI patients using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Does maternal knowledge impact blood phenylalanine concentration in Turkish children with phenylketonuria?
The aim of this study was to compare the level of maternal knowledge and the blood phenylalanine (Phe) control in phenylketonuria (PKU; OMIM 261600). The study was conducted on 144 children (81 boys, 63 ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Sugar-Driven Prebiotic Synthesis of 3,5(6)-Dimethylpyrazin-2-one: A Possible Nucleobase of a Primitive Replication Process.
Reaction of glyceraldehyde with alanine amide (or ammonia) under anaerobic aqueous conditions yielded 3,5(6)-dimethylpyrazin-2-one that is considered a possible complementary residue of a primitive replicating molecule that preceded RNA. Synthesis of the dimethylpyrazin-2-one ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Reconstitution of the water-oxidizing complex in manganese-depleted photosystem II preparations using synthetic Mn complexes: a fluorine-19 NMR study of the reconstitution process.
Reconstitution of Mn-depleted photosystem II (PSII) particles was examined with synthetic trinuclear Mn complexes of newly developed tripod ligands. Rates of the electron transfer ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Inhibition of Cryptosporidium parvum infection of a mammalian cell culture by recombinant scFv antibodies.
Two phage display antibody libraries (Tomlinson I and J) were screened against the whole oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum to select for scFv (single chain variable fragment) antibodies. Three scFv antibodies were selected ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Methionine-centered redox cycle in organs of the aero-digestive tract of young and old rats.
It is commonly accepted that aging is associated with a decline in the antioxidant defense of the cell; accordingly, certain redox enzymes are used as markers of biological senescence. To further test ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Methods to estimate solar radiation dosimetry in coral reefs using remote sensed, modeled, and in situ data.
Solar irradiance has been increasingly recognized as an important determinant of bleaching in coral reefs, but measurements of solar radiation exposure within coral reefs have been relatively limited. Solar ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Time trend of Butyl- and Phenyl-Tin contamination in organisms of the Lagoon of Venice (1999-2003).
In the period 1999-2003 a monitoring study on the accumulation of organotin compounds in edible organisms in the Lagoon of Venice was conducted. Butyl and Phenyl derivatives were determined in pooled ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Decision support system for monitoring environmental-human interactions.
The specific aim of this study is to investigate popular attitudes toward trees. The paper is involved the understanding of biophilia tendencies with respect to people\'s views in an urban area. Biophilia is considered as the idea insisting on ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Total mercury levels in nine species of freshwater fish from two hydroelectric reservoirs and a crater lake in Ghana.
Total mercury (Hg) concentrations were determined in the muscle tissue of fish from three reservoirs in Ghana, namely, Lake Bosomtwi, Kpong and Akosombo Hydroelectric Reservoirs. A total ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Temporal and spatial variations of the quality of ambient air in the Kingdom of Bahrain during 2007.
The main objective of the present investigation is to study the temporal and spatial variations of the quality of ambient air in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Assessment of large-scale deforestation of Nawarangpur district, Orissa, India: a remote sensing based study.
The Nawarangpur district, Orissa, a trop ical region with Sal mixed moist deciduous and Sal mixed dry deciduous forests, has been affected by extensive deforestation. The district was surveyed using Landsat MSS ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
DNA-repair genes and vitamin E in the prevention of N-nitrosodiethylamine mutagenicity.
Nitrosamines are stable compounds, biologically and chemically inert unless activated. In biological systems, N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) can be activated by a variety of enzymes, leading to aldehydes and/or intermediates which are themselves alkylating agents. Additionally, it ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Binding and photocleavage of DNA by mixed ligand Co(III) and Ni(II) complexes of thiophene[2, 3-b] quinoline and phenanthrolie/bipyridine.
In order to systematically perform an experimental and theoretical study on DNA binding and photocleavage properties of transition metal complexes of the type [M(L)(2)(L(1))](PF(6))(n) . xH(2)O (where M ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Assessment of the Impact of Dosing Time on the Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics of Prednisolone.
Prednisolone is widely used for the treatment of inflammation and auto-immune diseases. It exhibits nonlinear pharmacokinetics (PK); and its induced systemic effects (pharmacodynamics (PD)) are commonly evaluated with two biomarkers, cortisol and blood lymphocytes ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
CD38/Cyclic ADP-Ribose Regulates Astrocyte Calcium Signaling: Implications for Neuroinflammation and HIV-1-Associated Dementia.
CD38 is a 45-kD ectoenzyme involved in the synthesis of potent calcium (Ca(2+))-mobilizing agents, cyclic adenosine diphosphate-ribose (cADPR), and nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP+). In HIV-1-infected patients, increased CD38 expression on CD8+ T ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Experiences of Traumatic Events and Associations with PTSD and Depression Development in Urban Health Care-seeking Women.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that occurs after a traumatic event and has been linked to psychiatric and physical health declines. Rates of PTSD are far higher ...
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