Endothelins (ETs) act through two receptors, namely ET(A) and ET(B). In the cardiovascular system, the activation of both receptors leads to vasoconstriction. However, ET(B) receptors also mediate endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and clearance of plasma ET-1. With regard to these latter properties, we wanted to assess the contribution of ET(B) receptors and the effects of selective and mixe...

‎‎for a finite group $g$ and a subgroup $h$ of $g$‎, ‎the relative commutativity degree of $h$ in $g$‎, ‎denoted by $d(h,g)$‎, ‎is the probability that an element of $h$ commutes with an element of $g$‎. ‎let $mathcal{d}(g)={d(h,g):hleq g}$ be the set of all relative commutativity degrees of subgroups of $g$‎. ‎it is shown that a finite group $g$ admits three relative commutativity degrees if a...

Aichi virus has been associated with acute gastroenteritis in adults and children. Stool samples were collected from 788 Tunisian children suffering from diarrhea. Aichi virus was found in 4.1% of the cases. The high proportion of monoinfections and the high frequency of hospitalizations support the role of Aichi virus in pediatric gastroenteritis.

One of the main goals of the metal-mechanical industries is the reduction of the production costs through the productivity increase. In the attempt to reach this goals, many researchers have been used the hot machining method. This method consists, basically, in the heating of the work piece hundreds of degrees Celsius above room temperature with aid of an external source of heat. Thus, the red...

The timing of phenological events is highly responsive to global environmental change, and shifts in a phenological phase can affect terrestrial ecosystems, agriculture and economics. We analyzed changes in phenology for the spring season in China that occurred between the 1960's and the 2000's using four methods: species-level observations, meta-analysis, satellite measurements and phenology m...

Several features of subfitness are analyzed. Isbell’s Spatiality Theorem leads to the concept of T1-spatiality which is compared with the TD-spatiality. Subfitness is put into relation with other weak separation axioms (and with the existence of nearness), both in spaces and locales, and seeming discrepancies are explained. A new characteristic of subfitness by means of codensity is presented.

The intensity of the "steady-state" fluorescence of "aerobic" Anacystis nidulans is variable under prolonged illumination with orange (590 mmu) or blue (440 mmu) light for both normally photosynthesizing and DCMU-poisoned cells. In general, orange light illumination causes an increase of the fluorescence intensity followed by a decrease, while blue light causes an increase until a steady level ...

In this paper, characterizations of the degree to which a mapping $mathcal{T} : L^{X}longrightarrow M$ is an $(L, M)$-fuzzy topology are studied in detail.What is more, the degree to which an $L$-subset is an $L$-open set with respect to $mathcal{T}$ is introduced.Based on that, the degrees to which a mapping $f: Xlongrightarrow Y$ is continuous,open, closed or a quotient mapping with respect t...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the diagnoses, serological test results, and treatment results of the patients evaluated in a Lyme disease clinic, both prior to referral and from current evaluation. DESIGN Retrospective case survey of prescreened patients. SETTING Research and diagnostic Lyme disease clinic in a university hospital. PATIENTS All 788 patients referred to the clinic during a 4.5-year ...

Endothelin (ET)-1 has been detected in many inflammatory pathologies, including rheumatoid arthritic patients, asthma, and ischemic-reperfusion injury. In this study, we have investigated the effect of a panel of different ET-1 antagonists displaying different selectivities for the receptors in a murine model of experimental inflammatory peritonitis. Systemic treatment of mice with the ETA anta...