Cytokine production and cytotoxicity for tumor cells are two important aspects of monocyte function and the inflammatory response against tumors and infectious agents. In the present studies we provide direct evidence at the mRNA and protein levels for the existence of autocrine tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and its importance as a mediator of human monocyte cytotoxicity for WEHI-164 tumor cells....

Logical argument forms are investigated by second order probability density functions. When the premises are expressed by beta distributions, the conclusions usually are mixtures of beta distributions. If the shape parameters of the distributions are assumed to be additive (natural sampling), then the lower and upper bounds of the mixing distributions (Pólya-Eggenberger distributions) are paral...

Libraries of near-isogenic lines (NILs) are a powerful plant genetic resource to map quantitative trait loci (QTL). Nevertheless, QTL mapping with NILs is mostly restricted to genetic main effects. Here we propose a two-step procedure to map additive-by-additive digenic epistasis with NILs. In the first step, a generation means analysis of parents, their F(1) hybrid, and one-segment NILs and th...

and Applied Analysis 3 Moreover, Bourgin 15 and Găvruţa 16 have considered the stability problem with unbounded Cauchy differences see also 17–27 . On the other hand, J. M. Rassias 28–33 considered the Cauchy difference controlled by a product of different powers of norm. However, there was a singular case; for this singularity a counterexample was given by Găvruţa 34 . This stability phenomeno...

We introduce the concept of generalized \(\beta\) - \(\gamma\) Z contraction mapping with respect to a simulation function ξ and study existence fixed points for such mappings in complete -metric spaces. Further, we extend it partially ordered

Let $A$ be a Banach ternary algebra over a scalar field $Bbb R$ or $Bbb C$ and $X$ be a ternary Banach $A$--module. Let $sigma,tau$ and $xi$ be linear mappings on $A$, a linear mapping $D:(A,[~]_A)to (X,[~]_X)$ is called a Lie ternary $(sigma,tau,xi)$--derivation, if $$D([a,b,c])=[[D(a)bc]_X]_{(sigma,tau,xi)}-[[D(c)ba]_X]_{(sigma,tau,xi)}$$ for all $a,b,cin A$, where $[abc]_{(sigma,tau,xi)}=ata...

Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella L. is the most injurious defoliage insect pest of canola in Ardabil province of Iran. It occurs annually and causes damage in canola fields. This study was performed to identify QTLs controlling resistance to diamondback moth using SSR and RAPD markers. An F2:4 population of 180 families derived from crossing between cv. ‘SLMO46’ and cv. ‘Quantum’ wer...

‎in this paper‎, ‎using fixed point method‎, ‎we prove the generalized hyers-ulam stability of‎ ‎random homomorphisms in random $c^*$-algebras and random lie $c^*$-algebras‎ ‎and of derivations on non-archimedean random c$^*$-algebras and non-archimedean random lie c$^*$-algebras for‎ ‎the following $m$-variable additive functional equation:‎ ‎$$sum_{i=1}^m f(x_i)=frac{1}{2m}left[sum_{i=1}^mfle...

Factors that stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle include AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), calcium, and circulating free fatty acids (FFAs). Chronic treatment with either 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside (AICAR), a chemical activator of AMPK, or increasing circulating FFAs with a high-fat diet increases mitochondria in rat skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study w...