The aim of the current study was to evaluate the replacement effect of soybean meal (SBM) at different levels (0 as D1, 33 as D2, 67 as D3 and 100% as D4 based on crude protein (CP) content) by guar meal (GM) on ruminal gas production kinetics, ruminal digestibility and fermentation characteristics of a fattening diet for lambs. Three experiments were conducted. The first experiment of 144-h in...

INTRODUCTION The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) is commonly used in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, most measurement properties have not been investigated in this population. The aim of this study was to investigate internal consistency, test-retest reliability, measurement error, structural validity, and floor and ceiling effects of the MFI in PD. METHODS Patients ...

This paper presents a hybrid approach to 3D arm motion tracking for tele-rehabilitation applications. A particle filter (PF) algorithm is adopted in the proposed system to fuse data from inertial and visual sensors in a probabilistic manner. Multi-modal distributions of system states are propagated based on a 'factor sampling' technique. To avoid the problem of particle degeneracy in convention...

Platelet factor-4 (PF-4)/CXCL4 was the first chemokine described to inhibit neovascularization. Here, the product of the nonallelic variant gene of CXCL4, PF-4var1/PF-4alt, designated CXCL4L1, was isolated for the first time from thrombin-stimulated human platelets and purified to homogeneity. Although secreted CXCL4 and CXCL4L1 differ in only three amino acids, CXCL4L1 was more potent in inhib...

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a phenotype conversion that plays a critical role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis (PF). It is known that snail could regulate the progression of EMT. Nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2 (Nrf2), a key regulator of antioxidant defense system, protects cells against oxidative stress. However, it is not known whether Nrf2 regulates snail t...

The study of chondrocyte biology requires culture conditions that maintain cell phenotype. Phenotype is rapidly lost in monolayer but is maintained in 3-dimensional scaffolds, which however, experience limited cell proliferation and limited mass transport. In this study, we cultured chondrocytes in aggregates in stirred spinner flask suspension cultures to control aggregate size and promote mas...

HYPOTHESIS We have proposed that VEG/PF acts by transforming the cytoskeletal architecture of microvascular endothelial cells. BACKGROUND Evidence supporting a pivotal role for vascular endothelial growth/permeability factor (VEG/PF) in tumor angiogenesis and edemagenesis is compelling. VEG/PF exhibits specific endothelial cell mitogenicity and is expressed by brain tumors exhibiting increase...

El objetivo fue evaluar el efecto del rendimiento de cuatro variedades jamaica sembradas en dos densidades siembra: 8 265 (2) y 13 889 (1) plantas ha-1, condiciones trópico seco Michoacán. diseño experimental bloques completos al azar con arreglo factorial 2 x 4, siembra (factor a) b), nueve repeticiones por tratamiento. Se registraron las variables altura planta (ATP), diámetro tallo basal (DT...

Framework: Healthcare project finance (PF) involves long-term structural investments in hospitals, typically within a public–private partnership (PPP). Banks represent the third major stakeholder, supporting private player. Within this well-known framework, digital platforms new virtual operating as bridging node that incorporates information, and eases transactions. The relationships among sta...

In this study, we examined in detail the interaction of platelet factor-4 (PF-4) with fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the effect of PF-4–derived synthetic peptides. We show that a peptide between amino acids 47 and 70 that contains the heparinbinding lysine-rich site inhibits FGF-2 or VEGF function. This is based on the following observations...