The production rates (PR) and the metabolic clearance rates (MCR) of human follicle-stimulating hormone (HFSH) were determined in six pre- and five postmenopausal women. Human FSH (PER-780) labeled with (131)I to specific activities of 50-150 muc/mug was used as a tracer. Both double antibody and trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitation techniques were used to determine HFSH-(131)I levels in in...

Motivated by applications in cancer genomics and following the work of Hajirasouliha and Raphael (WABI 2014), Hujdurović et al. (IEEE TCBB, to appear) introduced the minimum conflict-free row split (MCRS) problem: split each row of a given binary matrix into a bitwise OR of a set of rows so that the resulting matrix corresponds to a perfect phylogeny and has the minimum number of rows among all...

alkali and alkaline earth metals hydrogen sulfate catalyzed the one-pot three component condensation reactions of aldehydes, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and urea or thiourea under solvent-free conditions leading to 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1h)-ones in high yields at 80 °c. our results showed that biginelli reaction not only is ph dependent, but the cation of catalyst plays an important role.

microwave-assisted three component cyclocondensation reactions of aldehydes, amides and dienophiles in the presence of acetic anhydride and para-toluenesulfonic acid as a catalyst to afford the highly substituted cyclohexene derivatives, in relatively good yields after several minutes are reported.

The melanocortin receptors (MCRs 1-5) are G protein coupled-receptors (GPCRs) that regulate food intake, inflammation, skin pigmentation, sexual function and steroidogenesis. Their peptide ligands, the melanocortins, are α-, β- and γ-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) all of which are secreted from the anterior pituitary gland under hypothalamic control. MC2R ...

The main control room (MCR) operators in a nuclear power plant (NPP) have a supervisory role for information gathering, planning, and decision making. Such operation tasks in MCRs are very complex and mentally taxing activities. In safety-critical systems, especially in NPPs, human error is recognized as a serious cause of accidents. Since the 1980s, human error in NPPs has been a considerable ...

The recent establishment of the “landing obligation” under reformed EU Common Fishery Policy has twofold objective reducing excessive practice discarding unwanted catch at sea and encouraging more selective sustainable fisheries. Within this context, awareness spatial distribution potential catches is important for devising management measures aimed to decrease discards. This study analyzed Hot...