We reported that the Os mutation in ROP mice induced a 50% reduction in nephron number, glomerular hypertrophy, and severe glomerulosclerosis. We examined two mouse strains with the Os mutation, ROP Os/+ and C57 Os/+ mice, to determine whether the genetic background influenced the development of glomerulosclerosis. Nephron number was decreased by 50% in both ROP Os/+ and C57 Os/+ mice, and a gl...

Objective(s): According to recent studies, valproate shows some protection against oxidative stress (OS) induced by neurotoxins. Current investigation tried to determine the possible ameliorating effects of sodium valproate (SV) against aluminum (Al)-induced cell death, apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and OS in PC12 cells.Materials ...

Othello syndrome (OS) is a type of paranoid delusional jealousy, characterized by the false absolute certainty of the infidelity of a partner. Because OS has infrequently occurred in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the characteristics of OS in PD remain unclear. We reviewed the clinical characteristics of this syndrome in PD. We reviewed 67 patients who had PD with OS. OS was more commo...

Komatiite samples from the 2.8-Ga Kostomuksha greenstone belt in the Baltic Shield define Pt–Os and Re–Os isochrons with ages of 2816F190 and 2880F83 Ma, respectively. The mean initial Os / Os and Os / Os ratios calculated at T=2821 Ma are 0.1198341F7 and 0.11042F69 (cOs=+2.5F0.6), respectively. This Os isotopic composition characterizes that of the source of the Kostomuksha komatiite and is 53...

Mobile audio-enabled technology is a commodity by now. However access to these technologies for audio research, algorithmic synthesis and interactive performance is currently limited. We describe an effort to port the Synthesis Toolkit (STK) developed by Perry Cook and Gary Scavone to the Symbian operating system, which is used by a number of mobile phone manufacturers.

Monolithic operating systems (OSes) are complex pieces of software that usually offer very little reliability and security guarantees. Faulty user-space applications can generally be restarted without affecting the existing concurrent communications but those involving the faulty processes. On the other hand, in a monolithic OS design, the kernel and all its components share a common address sp...

The fos project aims to build a next generation operating system (OS) for clouds and manycores with hundreds or thousands of cores. The key design tenant of fos is to break operating system services into collections of distributed system processes that communicate with message passing rather than shared memory. This microkernelbased design has the potential for better performance and more effic...

In this study, the hepatoprotective effect of the methanol extract of aerial parts (shoot) from Otostegia persica Boiss (Golder) was investigated against the carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced acute hepatotoxicity in male rats. Liver damage was induced through the oral administration of 50% CCl4 in liquid paraffin (2.5 mL/Kg bw, per os) 60 min after the administration of the methanol extract o...

Potassium (K(+)) is one of the essential nutrient elements for plant growth and development. Plants absorb K(+) ions from the environment via root cell K(+) channels and/or transporters. In this study, the Shaker K(+) channel Os-AKT1 was characterized for its function in K(+) uptake in rice (Oryza sativa) roots, and its regulation by Os-CBL1 (Calcineurin B-Like protein1) and Os-CIPK23 (CBL-Inte...