BACKGROUND We previously reported that administration of elastase inhibitors reverses fatal pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in rats by inducing smooth muscle cell (SMC) apoptosis. We showed in pulmonary artery (PA) organ culture that the mechanism by which elastase inhibitors induce SMC apoptosis involves repression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity and subsequent signaling throu...

We correct a minor point in section 3.2 of “Relaxion Fluctuations (Self-stopping Relaxion) and Overview Relaxion Stopping Mechanisms”, JHEP 05 (2020) 080. Furthermore, we clarify the origin equation (4.25). Finally, add some plots that are interest.

The role of grafting in particle nucleation during the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate with partially hydrolyzed poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as an emulsifier and potassium persulfate as an initiator was investigated. The polymerizations were carried out in batch with a low solids (10%) recipe. An automated reaction calorimeter (Mettler RC1) was used for the direct monitoring of the kinet...

We determine the computational complexity of approximately counting and sampling independent sets a given size in bounded-degree graphs. That is, we identify critical density provide (i) for randomized polynomial-time algorithms at most -vertex graphs maximum degree , (ii) proof that unless NP = RP, no such exist . The is occupancy fraction hard-core model on complete graph uniqueness threshold...

We employ Schwarzschild’s method of orbit modeling to constrain the mass profiles of the central lens galaxies in 0957+561 and PG 1115+080. We combine the measured central projected stellar velocity dispersions of these galaxies with the self-similar radial profiles of the rms velocity and of the Gauss-Hermite moment h4 observed in nearby galaxies for 0 <∼ R <∼ 2Reff . For 0957+561, we find a 1...

A non-ionic surfactant (Genapol OX-80) was proposed as a means of reducing destructive crayfish activity in rice. In order to study the toxicity of this product on algae, a test in accordance to the ISO 8692 protocol (1989) was performed. The growth inhibiting effect of the pure formulation of Genapol OX-80 was studied on Selenastrum capricornutum in the concentration range of 0.01-1.0 mg/l. Th...

Mailing address: Carolina Fedrizzi el Andari • Rua Olavo Bilac, 314/3195010-080 Caxias do Sul, RS Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received February 15, 2010; revised manuscript received March 09, 2010; accepted April 01, 2010.

Fast and frugal heuristics are well studied models of bounded rationality. Psychological research has proposed the take-the-best heuristic as a successful strategy in decision making with limited resources. Take-the-best searches for a sufficiently good ordering of cues (or features) in a task where objects are to be compared lexicographically. We investigate the computational complexity of fin...