A quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect is quite promising for applications in spintronics and quantum computations, but at present, can only be achieved at ultralow temperatures. The determination of large-gap QSH insulators is critical to increase the operating temperature. By using first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that the stable hydrogenated stanene with a dumbbell-like structure (DB ...

BACKGROUND Xiaochaihu Decoction (XCHD) prevents hepatocarcinogenesis in association with inhibition of oxidative stress. However, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-catecholamines (CA) interactions in gut, liver and brain may play an important role in the status of oxidative stress. This study was to assess whether XCHD attenuates the vicious circle between oxidative...

Antileukoprotease (ALP), or secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor, is an endogenous inhibitor of serine proteinases that is present in various external secretions. ALP, one of the major inhibitors of serine proteinases present in the human lung, is a potent reversible inhibitor of elastase and, to a lesser extent, of cathepsin G. In equine neutrophils, an antimicrobial polypeptide that has s...

A bstract The plethora of increasingly precise experiments which hunt for axion-like particles (ALPs), as well their widely different energy reach, call the theoretical understanding ALP couplings at loop-level. We derive one-loop contributions to ALP-SM effective couplings, including finite corrections. complete leading-order — dimension five linear Lagrangian is considered. left off-shell, pa...

BACKGROUND High levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) have been associated with increased mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). We hypothesize that elevated ALP could be partly explained by subclinical liver congestion related to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. METHODS Doppler echocardiography was performed in 68 patients with advanced CKD followed up for a ...

We investigated the prevalence and characteristics of intestinal alkaline phosphatase (ALP; EC 3.1.3.1) identified in human serum by cellulose acetate electrophoresis in 8% of fasting serum samples from hospital patients (n = 500) and in 35% of fasting serum samples from patients with diabetes mellitus (n = 106; not differentiated between types 1 and 2). The intestinal ALP electrophoretic band ...