Post-exercise hypotension (PEH) is widely observed in Caucasians (CA) and is associated with histamine receptors 1- and 2- (H1R and H2R) mediated post-exercise vasodilation. However, it appears that blacks (BL) may not exhibit PEH following aerobic exercise. Hence, this study sought to determine the extent to which BL develop PEH, and the contribution of histamine receptors to PEH (or lack ther...

We isolated a novel protease that converts plasminogen to angiostatin-like fragments (BL-angiostatins) from a culture of Bacillus megaterium A9542 through a single-step chromatography on CM-cellulose. The protease, designated bacillolysin MA (BL-MA), belongs to a family of neutral metalloproteinases based on the nucleotide sequence of its gene. At an enzyme:substrate ratio of 1:540, BL-MA cleav...

Specific electrical characteristicsof acupointswere investigated on the urinary bladder (BL) meridian in 14 rats. BL acupointsand non-acupoints on the back were selected and their electrical voltages were measured by using aSPACsystem.The mean voltages of each point or each line were statistically analyzed by using the ANOVA test.The BL meridian showed voltages higher than those of the referenc...

This work presents a model-theoretic approach to the study of firstorder theories of classes of BL-chains. Among other facts, we present several classes of BL-algebras, generating the whole variety of BL-algebras, whose firstorder theory has quantifier elimination. Model-completeness and decision problems are also investigated. Then we investigate classes of BL-algebras having (or not having) t...

for x, where A is a given n × n matrix, and b a given n-vector. We have many opportunities to solve linear equations with the same coefficient matrix and different right-hand sides (RHSs). Therefore, block Krylov subspace methods such as the block Bi-CG (Bl-BCG), block Bi-CGSTAB (Bl-BiCGSTAB) [2], block GMRES (Bl-GMRES) and block QMR (Bl-QMR) methods have been developed for solving block linear...

We apply the rough set theory to BL-algebras. As a generalization of filters subalgebras of BL-algebras, we introduce the notion of rough filters subalgebras of BL-algebras and investigate some of their properties.

In this paper we define Baer BL-algebras as BL-algebras with the property that co-annihilator filters are generated by central elements. We use sheaf-theoretic techniques to construct a Baer extension of any BLalgebra, that is to embed any nontrivial BL-algebra A into a Baer BLalgebra A∗. The embedding turns to be an isomorphism if A is itself a Baer BL-algebra. 2000 MSC: 08A72, 03G25, 54B40, 0...

The aim of this paper is to introduce the notion of anti fuzzy (prime) deductive system in BL-algebra and to investigate their properties. It is shown that the set of all deductive systems (with the empty set) of a BL-algebra X is equipotent to a quotient of the set of all anti fuzzy deductive systems of X. The anti fuzzy prime deductive system theorem of BL-algebras is also proved. Anti Fuzzy ...

PURPOSE Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is a common HIV-associated lymphoma in South Africa. B-cell lymphoma unclassifiable with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt's lymphoma (BL/DLBCL) also occurs in HIV infection. Outcomes of HIV-infected patients with BL or BL/DLBCL in a resource-constrained setting are not defined. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of...