We have examined the initial-stage degradation of a Ni–gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC) cermet hydrogen electrode prepared on GDC buffer layer stabilized-zirconia electrolyte supported cell during steam electrolysis operation at 800 °C. With use an air reference electrode, IR-free potential E and ohmic resistance side (RH2-side) were recorded. After −1.0 A cm−2 for 211 h, RH2-side increased apprecia...

The carrier Endoplasmic Reticulum Adenylate Transporter1 (ER-ANT1) resides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and acts as an ATP/ADP antiporter. Mutant plants lacking ER-ANT1 exhibit a dwarf phenotype and their seeds contain reduced protein and lipid contents. In this study, we describe a further surprising metabolic peculiarity of the er-ant1 mutants. Interestingly, Gly levels in leave...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate and compare the incidence of diffusion-weighted image (DWI) lesions between the Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) and the Target coil for treating unruptured intracranial aneurysm. METHODS From 2010 to 2011, consecutive 222 patients with an intracranial aneurysm underwent coil embolization. Inclusion criterias were : 1) unruptu...

Background. Duplication of the alimentary tract is a rare congenital anomaly. Gastric duplication cysts (GDCs) represent 4% of all alimentary tract duplications, and approximately 67% manifest within the first year of life. Duplication cysts in adults are generally encountered as incidental findings at endoscopy or laparotomy. Herein, we report two rare cases of symptomatic GDC presenting in ad...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Thromboembolic events are a common source of complications during Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Thrombus formation at the coil-parent artery interface is not commonly reported but is an important potential source of emboli. We describe nine cases in which thrombus propagated from GDCs into the parent artery during coil therapy of cer...

When unemployment arises, a country often imposes an import tariff since it supposedly expands the market share of domestic firms and encourages them to hire more workers. However, such a policy improves the current account and hence appreciates the home currency. Consequently, home products lose competitiveness against foreign products and eventually employment decreases, contrary to the prior...

The paper models the policy challenges facing globalizing developing countries. Models from the pure theory of international trade, the small open economy model, growth accounting, the SolowSwan model, the gravity model, models of portfolio diversification and currency crises models are reviewed to distil policy guidelines to promote the globalization of developing countries. The overriding obj...

From an information-theoretical point of view the write once memory (WOM), the unidirectional memory (WUM), the write isolated memory (WIM), the memory with address faults (MAF), Blackwell’s broadcast channel, and some other constrained memories and channels with an informed encoder can be considered as particular cases of the general defective channel (GDC) introduced by Kuznetsov as a general...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare anomaly. Transcatheter CAF closure has been introduced using various materials, but only few data are available on the Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC). The advantage of using GDC for transcatheter CAF closure is more controllable, therefore much safer when compared to other coils. This report is about our experience in transcatheter closure of ...

2-Chloro-N-(4-chloro-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-phenyl)-4-(methylsulfonyl)-benzamide (GDC-0449, vismodegib) is a potent and selective first-in-class small-molecule inhibitor of the Hedgehog signaling pathway and is currently in clinical development. In this study, we investigated the metabolic fate and disposition of GDC-0449 in rats and dogs after a single oral administration of [¹⁴C]GDC-0449. An averag...