The dissipation process of GRB prompt emission is still unknown. Study temporal variability may provide a unique way to discriminate the imprint inner engine activity from geometry and propagation related effects. We define minimum timescale (MVT) as shortest duration individual pulses that shape light curve for sample GRBs test correlations with peak luminosity, Lorentz factor, jet opening ang...

We aimed to study patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) and cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT) searching for JAK2 mutations. We evaluated 14 patients (median age: 41.5 years) with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) = 7; mesenteric vein thrombosis (MVT) = 3; and CVT = 4. JAK2 V617F was assessed by allele specific PCR of peripheral blood DNA. In addition, DNA was sequenced for other JAK2 mutations...

Sogatella furcifera, the white-backed planthopper (WBPH), has become one of the most destructive pests in rice production owing to its plant sap-sucking behavior and efficient transmission of Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV) in a circulative, propagative and persistent manner. The dynamic and complex SRBSDV-WBPH-rice plant interaction is still poorly understood. In this study, ...

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques have been applied to study the self-assembly processes of a microbially produced siderophore, marinobactin E (ME). ME is one of a series of marinobactins A-E that facilitate Fe(III) acquisition by the source bacterium through coordination of Fe(III) by the marinobactin headgroup. ME is a six-amino-acid peptide a...

In this essay we address the puzzle that exists in American politics based on the tension of convergence to the electoral mean because of the MVT (mean voter theorem) and the studies showing divergence in candidate positioning.We provide amodel in which voters and states are not treated equally because of vast regional differences. In contrast with the MVT, candidates who campaign in each state...

Exercise training has been reported to ameliorate heart dysfunction in both humans and animals after myocardial infarction (MI), but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Follistatin-like1 (FSTL1) is a cardioprotective factor against ischemic injury and is induced in cardiomyocytes and skeletal muscle in ischemic and hypoxic conditions. To test the hypothesis that FSTL1 may be a mole...

It is well known that strenuous eccentric exercise may result in muscle damage. We proposed that vigorous eccentric exercise (EE) would impair myoelectric activity of the biceps brachii. This study utilised a 7-day prospective time-series design. Ten healthy males performed a session of 70 maximal EE elbow flexion contractions. Analysis of surface electromyography activity (sEMG) was performed ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background/introduction Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with ventricular arrhythmias (VA) in macroscopically normal hearts. VA BrS can be classified as fibrillation (VF) and monomorphic tachycardia (MVT). Although has been initially described association VF, MVT not rare, it occurs ≈30% patients. Purpose The aim this study to...

Empirical free energy calculations of HIV-1 protease crystallographic complexes based on the developed knowledge-based ligand-protein interaction potentials have enabled a detailed thermodynamic analysis. Binding free energies are estimated within an empirical model that postulates that hydrophobic effect, mean field ligand-protein interaction potentials and conformational entropy changes are t...