Lipophosphoglycan (LPG), a surface glycoconjugate of Leishmania promastigotes, has been reported as playing an active role in protecting the parasite within phagolysosomes, by an impairment of monocyte oxidative responses. In this study the effect of LPG on the oxidative burst of human peripheral monocytes, eosinophils and neutrophils was evaluated. Our results demonstrated that either superoxi...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Lipoprotein glomerulopathy (LPG) is a rare hereditary disease. In this study, we investigated the apoE mutation and the role of double filtration plasmapheresis therapy (DFPP) on a new Chinese patient with LPG. METHODS Renal biopsy was performed on this patient to allow a definitive diagnosis. The mutations in the coding sequence of apoE and the hereditary pedigree of this pat...

In this paper, the effects of temperature on the spectral profiles of long period grating (LPG) fabricated in BGe co doped photosensitive fiber is investigated. The results obtained show that LPG in a B–Ge co doped fiber has negative temperature response or opposite sign of the temperature dependence compared with LPG written in standard telecommunication fiber . Keywords— Fiber grating, Long P...

steam reforming is one of the most important processes for producing hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels such as lpg and has attracted much attention due to its high efficiency and economy. in this study, the lpg steam reforming reaction was investigated on nickel catalysts supported on four various zeolites (h-y, na-y, hzsm5 and ferrierite). the catalytic tests were performed in a tubular fixed be...

In algebraic geometry one often encounters the problem of taking the quotient of a scheme by a group. Despite the frequent occurrence of such problems, there are few general results about the existence of such quotients. These questions come up again and again in the theory of moduli spaces. When we want to classify some type of algebraic objects, say varieties or vector bundles, the classifica...

in this paper we introduce a new definition of the first non-abelian cohomology of topological groups.  we relate the cohomology of a normal subgroup $n$ of a topological group $g$ and the quotient $g/n$ to the cohomology of $g$. we get the inflation-restriction exact sequence. also, we obtain a seven-term exact cohomology sequence up to dimension 2. we give an interpretation of the first non-a...

Let G be a simple complex Lie group, g be its Lie algebra, K be a maximal compact form of G and k be a Lie algebra of K. We denote by X → X the anti-involution of g which singles out the compact form k. Consider the space of flat g-valued connections on a Riemann sphere with three holes which satisfy the additional condition A(z) = −A(z). We call the quotient of this space over the action of th...

In this paper, we explore the interaction between taxation and local public good (LPG) and how it impacts the spatial pattern in the framework of new economic geography (NEG). In the benchmark case of a pure LPG, the system displays a similar location pattern to the existing NEG taxation model, although the tax reduces the market size of manufactured goods. However, when we consider the inheren...