Sperm-egg fusion is the critical step in mammalian fertilization, and requires the interaction between IZUMO1 on the sperm surface and JUNO (also known as folate receptor (FR) 4 or IZUMO1R) on the egg surface. Whereas other FRs bind and uptake folates, JUNO binds IZUMO1 and establishes the cell-cell adhesion. However, the mechanism of IZUMO1 recognition by JUNO has remained elusive. Here we rep...

This study investigated the effects of phosphorus fire retardants (FRs) in matrices from co-cured blends an unsaturated polyester (UP) with inherently fire-retardant phenolic resoles (PH) on mechanical and flammability properties resultant glass fibre-reinforced composites. Three different UP have been used: (i) ethanol soluble (PH-S), (ii) epoxy-functionalised (PH-Ep), (iii) allyl-functionalis...

Recently, Freyhult, Rej and Staudacher (FRS) proposed an integral equation determining the leading logarithmic term of the anomalous dimension of sl(2) twistoperators in N = 4 SYM for large Lorentz spin M and twist L at fixed j = L= log M . We discuss the large j limit of the FRS equation. This limit can be matched with the fast long string limit of AdS5 S5 superstring perturbation theory at al...

Online social networks have attracted millions of users to integrate their daily life into these social media. As an important e-activity, the Friend Recommendation System (FRS) has been designed to help the users exploring new friends with common interests. However, most existing FRS are using simple methods, such as mutual friends, location-based information etc. This paper proposes a hybrid ...

In recent years many banks have withdrawn from the FRS, and the primary reason given is that they must hold a larger share of their assets in non-earning form as members than if they were nonmembers.1 The FRS has proposed to reduce member bank reserve requirements as a means of making membership more attractive. State bank regulators, however, might wish to counter this action in order to keep ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) add value to the Framingham risk score (FRS) in predicting the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in type 2 diabetic patients with a negative history of CVD. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Type 2 diabetic patients (n = 783) were retrospectively...

Non-paraxial propagation of ultrashort, high power laser pulses in plasma channels is examined. In the adiabatic limit, pulse energy conservation, nonlinear group velocity, damped betatron oscillations, self-steepening, self-phase modulation, and shock formation are analyzed. In the non-adiabatic limit, the coupling of forward Hainan scattering (FRS) and the self-modulation instability (SMI) is...