Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is the mesenchymal ligand of the epithelial tyrosine kinase receptor c-Met. In vitro, HGF/SF has morphogenic properties, e.g., induces kidney epithelial cells to form branching ducts in collagen gels. Mutation of the HGF/SF gene in mice results in embryonic lethality due to severe liver and placenta defects. Here, we have evaluated the morphogeni...

We investigated the changes in plasma sex steroid hormones, testosterone (T), estradiol-17β (E2), 17,20β -dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17α20βP), 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) and cortisol levels from ribbed gunnel, Dictyosoma burgeri in associated with annual reproductive cycle. The gonadosomatic index (GSI) of females increased from November, peaked in February and decreased rapidly from March. The...

Ducts are widely used in an industry field. For example, air conditioning ducts, exhaust smoke elimination ducts and silencers have been various ducts. In general, the a flow vortices generated duct sometimes cause resonance phenomenon self-sustained tone. Once occurs, high level sound is suppression of this strongly quickly required. It necessary to know natural acoustic frequency for examinat...

Analytical solutions are presented for laminar fully-developed flow in micro/minichannels of hyperelliptical and regular polygonal cross-sections. The considered geometries cover a wide range of common simply connected shapes including circle, ellipse, rectangle, rhomboid, star-shape, equilateral triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon. Therefore, the present approach can be considered as a gen...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN) are pancreatic cancer precursor lesions of unclear origin and significance. PanIN aberrantly express sonic hedgehog (Shh), an initiator of pancreatic cancer, and gastrointestinal mucins. A majority of PanIN are thought to arise from ducts. We identified a novel ductal compartment that is gathered in gland-like outpouches (pancreatic...

Abstract This research proposed the modular prefabricated permanent formwork system made of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC). Two kinds shapes were designed: flat and ribbed. The experimental investigation on axial compression performance composite columns that consist normal strength (NSC) core UHPC was demonstrated. Compared with formwork, ribbed exhibited better bonding NSC core. As ob...

Ribbed reinforcing steel bars (rebars) are used for the reinforcement of concrete structures. In service, they subjected to cyclic loading. Several studies addressing relationship between rib geometry, stresses at rebar surface induced by service loads and fatigue performance can be found in literature. However, rebar’s is also influenced residual originating from manufacturing process. this co...