Introduction: Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) suggest a highly reactive, nonspecific oxidant namely hydroxyl radical (OH•), that oxidize a wide range of pollutants fast and non-selective in wastewater and water. Materials and methods: In this work, the nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles were primed by sol-gel method, characterized by X-ray diffraction and Scanning Elect...

OBJECTIVE Arousal (AR) from sleep is associated with an autonomic reflex activation raising blood pressure and heart rate (HR). Recent studies indicate that sleep deprivation may affect the autonomic system, contributing to high vascular risk. Since in sleep disorders a sleep fragmentation and a partial sleep deprivation occurs, it could be suggested that the cardiovascular effects observed at ...

BACKGROUND Infant predictors of early childhood allergic rhinitis (AR) are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify environmental exposures and host factors during infancy that predict AR at age 3 years. METHODS High-risk children from greater Cincinnati were followed annually from ages 1 to 3 years. AR was defined as sneezing, runny, or blocked nose in the prior 12 months and a p...

human t lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) is a retrovirus which is associated with adult t cells leukaemia (atl) and htlv-i-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp) in a minority of htlv-i-infected individuals. it is not clear why a minority of htlv-i-infected individuals develop ham/tsp and majority remains lifelong carriers. it seems that the interaction between the virus...

Previous studies showed that a-adrenoceptor (AR) stimulation with norepinephrine is more potent at eliciting contraction in aortas from 1-month-old Fischer 344 rats than from older rats and that this response is mediated by a1band a1d-AR subtypes in 1-month-old rats. We examined the G proteins responsible for a1-AR-mediated contractile response and inositol phosphate accumulation in the aortas ...

The paper presents the new concept of Adaptive Augmented Reality (AR), employed within the context of the creation of an AR guide for the museum visit. The augmentations provided are not only visual but also acoustic, while the interest of the visitor is also monitored using physiological sensors, so that the multimedia content delivered to the visitor’s see-through AR display with which she ca...

The paper presents the new concept of Adaptive Augmented Reality (AR), employed within the context of the creation of an AR guide for the museum visit. The augmentations provided are not only visual but also acoustic, while the interest of the visitor is also monitored using physiological sensors, so that the multimedia content delivered to the visitor’s see-through AR display with which she ca...

Androgen receptors (ARs) are phosphorylated at multiple sites in response to ligand binding, but the kinases mediating AR phosphorylation and the importance of these kinases in AR function have not been established. Here we show that cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) mediates AR phosphorylation at Ser-81 and increases AR protein expression, and that Cdk1 inhibitors decrease AR Ser-81 phosphoryla...