Prostaglandins (PGs) have long been known to play roles in various processes of female reproduction; however, the molecular mechanisms therein remained unsolved until recently. This review summarizes the recent progress towards understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying PG actions in fertilization and parturition. A series of studies using EP2-deficient mice demonstrated that after ovula...

Based on the template-induced self-assembly characteristic of cyclomatrix polyphosphazene micro– nanometer materials, novel poly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-bisphenol A)-coated boron nitride (PCB-BN) was designed and synthesized by in situ condensation polymerization on the surfaces of boron nitride (BN) particles using the reaction of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCCP) with bisphenol A (BPA). It ...

Abstract Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, locally invasive dermal sarcoma. The management generally surgical, with wide local excision (WLE) forming the mainstay of treatment. Large abdominal wall defects are most aesthetically reconstructed using pedicled or free flaps; however, these require tumour-free surgical margins, and can cause donor site morbidity. We describe an alte...

The concept of resolved virtual photons in addition to direct deep inelastic ep scattering is used to simulate the 2 + 1 jet-rate and the forward jet cross section, which cannot be described by direct LO/NLO processes. With standard DGLAP evolution of the parton densities of the virtual photon and the proton the HERA data can be described, provided a sufficiently large scale for the hard scatte...

Background: Recent advances showed that oxygen radicals and hydrogen peroxides are linked with the development of several pathological processes associated with chemotherapy, including adverse effects of anti-tumor drugs. Methotrexate (MTX) is an antifolate that is widely used in the treatment of rheumatic disorders and malignant tumors. The efficacy of methotrexate is often limited by severe s...

We review some of the recent experimental results obtained at high-energy colliders with emphasis on LEP and SLC results.

We provide a framework to analyze the electroproduction process ep → epρ with a polarized target, writing the angular distribution of the ρ decay products in terms of spin density matrix elements that parameterize the hadronic subprocess γ∗p → ρp. Using the helicity basis for both photon and meson, we find a representation in which the expressions for a polarized and unpolarized target are rela...

Cascade is a full hadron level Monte Carlo event generator for ep, γp and pp̄ processes, which uses the CCFM evolution equation for the initial state cascade in a backward evolution approach supplemented with off shell matrix elements for the hard scattering. A detailed program description is given, with emphasis on parameters the user wants to change and common block variables which completely ...

The molecular deformation of cotton cellulose whisker/epoxy resin (CW/EP) and tunicate whisker/poly(vinyl) acetate (TW/PVAc) composites were investigated using Raman spectroscopy. A shift in the 1095 cm Raman peak position is recorded for samples deformed in both tension and compression, which corresponds to the molecular deformation of the cellulose chains within the whiskers. Cyclic molecular...