This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of different activation treatments for activation of in vitro matured oocytes and their developmental potency in mCR2aa medium so as to obtain maximum number of embryos. A total of 1090 cumulus oocyte complexes (COC’s) were collected from 480 ovaries. In vitro matured oocytes were randomly divided into four groups. Group 1 in vitro matured oo...

The present study investigated the effects of running at 0.8 or 1.2 km/h on inflammatory proteins (i.e., protein levels of TNF- α , IL-1 β , and NF- κ B) and metabolic proteins (i.e., protein levels of SIRT-1 and PGC-1 α , and AMPK phosphorylation) in quadriceps of rats. Male Wistar rats at 3 (young) and 18 months (middle-aged rats) of age were divided into nonexercised (NE) and exercised at 0....

in conventional cultivation of sugar beet the weeding and crust breaking are mostly performed manually. the objectives of this research were to design, fabricate and evaluate a soil crust breaker and weeding implement equipped with a detecting sensor. each unit consisted of a distance detecting sensor and a hydro-motor for driving the blades and pneumatic valves for moving the blades. the hydro...

BACKGROUND KM-023 is a new second-generation nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor that is under development for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection. OBJECTIVE This study determined KM-023 tolerability and pharmacokinetic characteristics in healthy subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study...

We present direct ground based observations of the plasma flow sunward and tailward of the nucleus of comet P/Swift-Tuttle. The observations a•e long-slit high resolution spectra of the H•.O + emission centered at 6199]t with a velocity resolution of about 7 km s -• (FWHM) and a spatial resolution of about 104 km at the comet. Emission is visible from just inside the predicted position of the c...

Recent observations confirm quantized galactic redshifts and hint a possible new form of quantum mechanics, which could probably explain these observed properties of the galaxies. This brief contribution investigates a possible relation between the new cosmic Planck constant g h and other fundamental constants of physics. Introduction Since it was found that the recession velocities for single ...

We present a combined analysis of the kinematics of the Large Magellanic Cloud through its H I gas, carbon stars, and red supergiant stars. After correcting the line-of-sight velocities for the recent accurate measurement of the LMC’s space motion, we find that each kinematic tracer clearly defines a flat rotation curve with similar shape but different amplitude for each tracer: 61 km s for the...

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of (E)-7-arylidene-3-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-6,7-dihydroindolizin-8(5H)-one and azomethine ylide which was generated in situ by the 11H-indeno[1,2-b]quinoxalin-11-one L-proline afforded novel 1'-aryl-3”-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-5',5”,6',6”,7',7a'-hexahydro-1'H,8”H-dispiro[indeno[1,2-b]quinoxaline-11,3'-pyrrolizine-2',7”-indolizin]-8”-one moderate yields. stru...

The title compound, C(12)H(18)N(2)O, was synthesized by the reaction of cyclo-hexa-none and 2-amino-cyclo-pent-1-enecarbonitrile. In the mol-ecule of the title compound, the six-carbon ring displays a chair conformation, the six-membered 1,3-diaza ring and the cyclo-pentene ring both assume envelope conformations. Supra-molecular aggregation is achieved by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.