Lyapunov Functions: An Optimization Theory Perspective * *This work was supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation, project no. 16-11-10015

Insertion of Helium and Molecular Hydrogen Through the Orifice of an Open Fullerene This work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.

One of the most exciting features of C60 and the higher fullerenes is that their carbon cages have inner cavities large enough to hold any atom and even small molecules.[1, 2] The physical and chemical properties of these caged compounds (endohedral complexes) are determined by the degree of interaction established with the p-electron shell and the overall oxidation state of the complex.[3] As ...

~- This research was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space

Is Resveratrol an Estrogen Agonist in Growing Rats?* *This work was supported by NIH Grant AA-11140 and the Mayo Foundation.

Trans-3,4,5-trihydroxystilbene (resveratrol), a polyphenolic compound found in juice and wine from dark-skinned grape cultivars, was recently shown to bind to estrogen receptors in vitro, where it activated transcription of estrogen-responsive reporter genes. The purpose of this 6-day study in weanling rats was to determine the dose response (1, 4, 10, 40, and 100 microg/day) effects of orally ...

Biphasic Action of Prolactin in the Regulation of Murine Leydig Tumor Cell Functions* * This study was supported by a research grant from the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation.

We investigated in this study the effects of ovine PRL on endocrine functions of cultured murine Leydig tumor cells (mLTC-1). The parameters studied were the activation of signal transduction systems involving cAMP and intracellular free Ca(2+), the expression of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), expression and function of LH and PRL receptors (R), expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) p...

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Renaud Piarroux, Robert Barrais, Benoît Faucher, Rachel Haus, Martine Piarroux, Jean Gaudart, Roc Magloire, and Didier Raoult Author affi liations: Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France (R. Piarroux, B. Faucher, J. Gaudart, D. Raoult); Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (R. Barrais, R. Magloire); Service de Santé des Armées, Paris, France (R. H...