Injection of endothelin-1 (ET-1) into the plantar rat hindpaw causes acute pain at high concentrations and tactile sensitization at low concentrations. The pro-nociceptive actions are driven through ET(A) receptors for both levels of [ET-1], but the ET(B) receptors are only pro-nociceptive for allodynia from low [ET-1] and anti-nociceptive for pain from high [ET-1]. The goal of the present work...

Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yield. Country of origin and eosinophil count were associated with specific diagnoses.

We give a new algorithm counting monotone Boolean functions of n variables (or equivalently the elements of free distributive lattices of n generators). We computed the number of monotone functions of 8 variables which is 56 130 437 228 687 557 907 788.  2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

1 Structural Engineering Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil 2 Institute of Modeling and Computation, Hamburg University of Technology, 21073 Hamburg, Germany 3 Department of Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 03 Bratislava, Slovakia 4 CICC—Research Center in Construction Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, 303...

Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF, Nature 401 (1999) 788-791) is a method to derive non-negative basis functions for sets of data that are inherently non-negative, such as color spectra. We applied NMF to Munsell color spectra and investigated the color names associated with the non-negative basis functions. NMF yields basis functions compatible with established color naming categories.

A novel atomic layer deposition process for the preparation of fluoride thin films in a temperature range of 225 degrees C-400 degrees C is introduced. The crystallinity, morphology, composition, thicknesses, refractive indices, and transmittance of the films are analyzed. Low impurity levels are obtained at 350 degrees C-400 degrees C with good stoichiometry. Refractive indices of 1.34-1.42 fo...

Abstract We establish necessary conditions for the existence of solutions to various systems partial differential inequalities in plane. The obtained provide new Hermite-Hadamard-type differentiable functions In particular, we obtain a refinement an inequality due Dragomir [ On Hadamard’s convex on co-ordinates rectangle from plane , Taiwan. J. Math. 5 (2001), no. 4, 775–788] coordinates.

The effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1) infusion on blood flow (Q˙G) and O2 uptake (V˙o 2G) were examined in the small intestine of anesthetized dogs ( n = 10). Arterial and venous flows of a gut segment were isolated, and the segment was perfused at constant pressure. Arterial and gut venous blood samples were taken, gut perfusion pressure andQ˙G were measured, and O2 extraction ratio (OERG) andV˙o...