[1] Teleseismic traveltime data are inverted for mantle Vp and Vs variations beneath a 1400 km long line of broadband seismometers extending from eastern New Mexico to western Utah. The model spans 600 km beneath the moho with resolution of 50 km. Inversions show a sharp, largemagnitude velocity contrast across the Colorado PlateauGreat Basin transition extending 200 km below the crust. Also im...

There is evidence that radiation exposure is a causative factor of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, little is known about whether radiation exposure is also a prognostic factor of MDS. We investigated the impact of radiation exposure on the prognosis of MDS in Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors using the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) and the revised version (IPSS-R). Subje...

The geophysical characteristics of the 145-Ma-old Morokweng impact structure in South Africa have been studied by modeling combined gravity and magnetic data along a 100-km cross section. Rock physical properties to guide the modeling were measured on samples from three drill cores in the central part of the structure. Based on the resultant model, the current crater diameter is estimated at 65...

Using a method for measuring changes in transmural potential difference across the human jejunum in vivo, the operational kinetic parameters of 'Apparent Km' and PD max for the active electrogenic component of glucose absorption were estimated in a group of healthy volunteers and in patients with coeliac disease. Both the 'Apparent Km' (17+/2mM; mean +/SEM) and the PD max (8.6+/0.7 mV) in nine ...

We have used two hydroxylated naphthoquinol menaquinol analogues, reduced plumbagin (PBH2, 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinol) and reduced lapachol [LPCH2, 2-hydroxy-3-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-1, 4-naphthoquinol], as substrates for Escherichia coli anaerobic reductases. These compounds have optical, solubility and redox properties that make them suitable for use in studies of the enzymology of me...

Adult Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) captured in pheromone-baited traps in commercial date palm orchards in the Al Ahsaa Directorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were used in computerized flight mill studies to determine the flight characteristics of this highly invasive and destructive palm pest. Flight mill studies were run at three different time periods, winter (December), spring (March),...

Crustal deformation and seismicity in the Levant region are mainly related to plate-boundary Dead Sea Fault (DSF) intraplate Carmel−Gilboa−Faria System (CGFS). The intersection between these two major fault systems is generally treated as a ∼35-km-wide belt stretched Faria Gilboa Faults. Here, we present spatial temporal analysis of faulting near this intersection. Our based on new geological m...

Lactate dehydrogenase and malate are the two main alpha-hydroxy acid dehydrogenases in human body. We investigated catalytic properties of lactate LDHC, LDHL6A MDH1 on aromatic α-keto acids phenylpyruvic acid, p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpyruvic acid. The optimum temperatures for LDHL6A, 37 °C, 35 45 respectively; pH is 6.5, 5.5, respectively. Km LDHC were 0.90 mM 0.92 mM, has a h...

Observations of P-to-S conversions from the seismic discontinuities near 410 and 660 km depth reveal the shoaling of the 410-km discontinuity and the deepening of the 660-km discontinuity beneath the Archaean cratons in southern Africa; consequently, the mantle transition zone is 20 km thicker than beneath post-Archaean regions and the global average. The discontinuity structure, combined with ...