Serum Cu levels rise with age and high Cu/Zn ratios are linked with multiple-cause mortality in the elderly. The relationships of these parameters to measures of musculoskeletal health and frailty have not yet been analyzed. We used inductively coupled mass spectrometry to assess serum levels of Cu and Zn and probed for relationships between serum Cu levels and the Cu/Zn ratio with specific mea...

Zinc (Zn) is essential for a very large number and variety of cellular functions but is also potentially toxic. Zn homeostasis is therefore dynamically maintained by a variety of transporters and other proteins distributed in distinct cellular and subcellular compartments. Zn transport is mediated by two major protein families: the Zip family, which mediates Zn influx, and the ZnTs which are pr...

We initiate a systematic study of linear sketching over F2. For a given Boolean function f : {0, 1} → {0, 1} a randomized F2-sketch is a distributionM over d×n matrices with elements over F2 such thatMx suffices for computing f(x) with high probability. We study a connection between F2-sketching and a two-player one-way communication game for the corresponding XOR-function. Our results show tha...

We initiate a systematic study of linear sketching over F2. For a given Boolean function f : {0, 1} → {0, 1} a randomized F2-sketch is a distributionM over d×n matrices with elements over F2 such thatMx suffices for computing f(x) with high probability. We study a connection between F2-sketching and a two-player one-way communication game for the corresponding XOR-function. Our results show tha...

Swine influenza viruses (SIV) regularly cause significant disease in pigs worldwide. Since there is no causative treatment of SIV, we tested if probiotic Enterococcus (E.) faecium NCIMB 10415 or zinc (Zn) oxide as feed supplements provide beneficial effects upon SIV infection in piglets. Seventy-two weaned piglets were fed three different diets containing either E. faecium or different levels o...

(1) Let F , F1, F2 be finite sequences of elements of R and given r1, r2. If F1 = 〈r1〉 F or F1 = F a 〈r1〉 and if F2 = 〈r2〉 F or F2 = F a 〈r2〉, then ∑(F1−F2) = r1− r2. (2) Let F1, F2 be finite sequences of elements of R. If lenF1 = lenF2, then len(F1 +F2) = lenF1 and len(F1−F2) = lenF1 and ∑(F1 +F2) = ∑F1 +∑F2 and ∑(F1−F2) = ∑F1−∑F2. (3) Let F1, F2 be finite sequences of elements of R. If lenF1 ...

We initiate a systematic study of linear sketching over F2. For a given Boolean function f : {0, 1}n → {0, 1} a randomized F2-sketch is a distributionM over d×nmatrices with elements over F2 such that Mx suffices for computing f(x) with high probability. We study a connection between F2-sketching and a two-player one-way communication game for the corresponding XOR-function. Our results show th...

Wehr, J.D., Kelly, M.G. and Whitton, B.A., 1987. Factors affecting accumulation and loss of zinc by the aquatic moss Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) C. Jens. Aquat. Bot., 29: 261-274. Reciprocal transplants of the moss Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) C. Jens. between populations from stre~ma with high (0.27 mg 1 ~) and low (0.05 mg 1~) concentrations of Zn showed that Zn uptake over the f...

Evaluation of surface water quality is a complex process undertakingmultiple parameters. Converting great amount of parameters into a simpler expressionand enabling easy interpretation of data are the main purposes of water quality indices.The main aim of this study is to plan effective water resources management system forKarun River by combination of CCMEWQI and Geographic Information System ...

Evaluation of surface water quality is a complex process undertakingmultiple parameters. Converting great amount of parameters into a simpler expressionand enabling easy interpretation of data are the main purposes of water quality indices.The main aim of this study is to plan effective water resources management system forKarun River by combination of CCMEWQI and Geographic Information System ...