While photosystem II (PSII) of plants utilizes light for photosynthesis, part of the absorbed energy may be reverted back and dissipated as long-term fluorescence (delayed fluorescence or DF). Because the generation of DF is coupled with the processes of forward photosynthetic activities, DF contains the information about plant physiological states and plant-environment interactions. This makes...

BACKGROUND Dermatofibroma (DF) comprises a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal tumors, with fibroblastic and histiocytic elements present in varying proportions. The cell of origin of DF has been investigated, but remains unclear. OBJECTIVE The present study attempted to investigate the expression of leukocyte-specific protein 1 (LSP1), a marker of fibrocytes, in DF. Additionally, we evaluated...

A multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) with occurrence of onset REM periods (SOREMP) is considered one the central diagnostic criteria for narcolepsy according to International Classification Sleep Disorders, but its sensitivity and specificity have been questioned. This study aims describe MSLT polysomnography (PSG) findings, including frequency distribution SOREMP during day, in a large cohort ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the occurrence of systemic and renal abnormalities in the offspring of Wistar rats exposed to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (DF) during pregnancy. METHODS Female Wistar rats received a standard diet, with or without addition of tenofovir DF (100 mg/kg diet), 1 week before mating and during pregnancy. Offspring from the tenofovir DF group were placed with an untreated fo...

Dietary fiber (DF) has attracted increasing interest from nutritionists. The yield of DF by traditional extraction methods, however, is very low. This paper aims to increase the yield of DF by solid state fermentation using the edible and medicinal fungus Schizophyllum commune. Sweet potato residue (SPR) was selected as raw material for producing DF. Results showed that SPR was a good feedstock...

Let Tf be a circle homeomorphism with two break points ab, cb and irrational rotation number ̺f . Suppose that the derivative Df of its lift f is absolutely continuous on every connected interval of the set S\{ab, cb}, that DlogDf ∈ L 1 and the product of the jump ratios of Df at the break points is nontrivial, i.e. Df−(ab) Df+(ab) Df − (cb) Df+(cb) 6= 1. We prove that the unique Tf invariant pr...

Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) is the most recommended approach for fitting a Linear Mixed Model (LMM) nowadays. Yet, as ML, REML suffers drawback that it performs such by assuming normality both random effects and residual errors, dubious assumption many real data sets. Now, there have been several attempts at trying to justify use of likelihood equations outside Gaussian world, with var...

BACKGROUND Dengue fever (DF) has been emerging in Hanoi over the last decade. Both DF epidemiology and climate in Hanoi are strongly seasonal. This study aims at characterizing the seasonality of DF in Hanoi and its links to climatic variables as DF incidence increases from year to year. METHODS Clinical suspected cases of DF from the 14 central districts of Hanoi were obtained from the Minis...

AIM There is scarce information concerning the pharmacodynamic behavior of topical substances used in the physiotherapy setting. The aim of the present study was to estimate the formation and emptying of the diclofenac (DF) skin reservoir after passive, semiocclusive, and electrically assisted applications of DF. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Five different groups of healthy volunteers (ntotal=60, 23 ...