Let IG(x, y) and JG(x, y) be the geodesic and induced path interval between x and y in a connected graph G, respectively. The following three betweenness axioms are considered for a set V and R : V × V → 2 (i) x ∈ R(u, y), y ∈ R(x, v), x 6= y, |R(u, v)| > 2 ⇒ x ∈ R(u, v) (ii) x ∈ R(u, v) ⇒ R(u, x) ∩R(x, v) = {x} (iii)x ∈ R(u, y), y ∈ R(x, v), x 6= y,⇒ x ∈ R(u, v). We characterize the class of g...

and Applied Analysis 3 H2 for all t > 0 and i, j ∈ {1, 2, . . . , n}, there exist constants η > 0, λ > 0 and ξi > 0 such that ∫∞ 0 ∣ ∣Kij u ∣ ∣edu < ∞, −η > − [ ci t − λe−ληi t − ηi t ci t ( λ c i e λη i )] ei t ξi n ∑ j 1 L̃j (∣ ∣aij t ∣ ∣eij t a ijηi t ci t e ληi t e ij ) ξj n ∑ j 1 Lj ∫∞ 0 ∣ ∣Kij u ∣ ∣edu (∣ ∣bij t ∣ ∣ b ijηi t ci t e ληi t ) ξj ; 1.5 H3 Ii t O e−λt t → ±∞ , i 1, 2, . . . , n...

Uranium retention processes (adsorption, precipitation, and incorporation into host minerals) exert strong controls on U mobility in the environment, and understanding U retention is therefore crucial for predicting the migration of U within surface and groundwater. Uranium can be incorporated into Fe (hydr)oxides during Fe(ii)-induced transformation of ferrihydrite to goethite. However, ferrih...

BACKGROUND Dysregulation of the expression/shuttling of the aquaporin-2 water channel (AQP2) and the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in renal collecting duct principal cells has been found in animal models of hypertension. We tested whether a similar dysregulation exists in essential hypertension. METHODS We measured urinary excretion of AQP2 and ENaC β-subunit corrected for creatinine (u-AQ...

Graffe CC, Bech JN, Lauridsen TG, Pedersen EB. Urinary excretion of AQP2 and ENaC in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease during basal conditions and after a hypertonic saline infusion. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 302: F917–F927, 2012. First published January 18, 2012; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00616.2011.—Renal handling of sodium and water is abnormal in chronic kidney diseases. To study the...

objective: the aim was to determine how personality of major depressive disorder (mdd) patients is different from that of bipolar ii disorder (biid) patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study, two groups of patients with mdd (47 patients) and biid (45 patients) between 18 and 55 years old were included and compared. the research instrument that subjects answered to was temperament and cha...