The Indian riverine buffaloes are more susceptible to variations in the environment. These variations affect seminal plasma proteins, which in turn affect fertility. This study was conducted to evaluate variations in the Indian Bubalus bubalis seminal plasma protein profile using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) during winter and summer seasons, and its relation wit...

BACKGROUND High intakes of phytochemical-rich foods have beneficial effects on lipid profiles and cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this study, we assessed the association between the dietary phytochemical index (PI) and changes in lipid profile after 3-year follow-up among Iranian adults. METHODS This longitudinal study was conducted in 1983 subjects, aged 19-70 years, selected among particip...

The procedure used to determine the pionnucleon coupling constant g(2) from multi-energy fits to nucleon-nucleon (N-N) scattering data has been shortened without a material loss of accuracy. The g(2) presetting effect is discussed in connection with the limited accuracy of g(2) determinations in general and the possibilities of the "optimized polynomial expansions". The desirability of the Yale...

Pi uptake by purified bovine cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles was stimulated by an inwardly directed Na+ gradient, but not by such gradients of K+, Rb+, Li+, and choline. When Na+ was present both inside and outside the vesicles, or when Na+ gradient was dissipated by monensin, the Na+-dependent Pi uptake increased with time, reached a peak, and then declined approaching a steady state. The initial...

The Micro-Grid (MG) stability is a significant issue that must be maintained in all operational modes. Usually, two control strategies can be applied to MG; V/f control and PQ control strategies. MGs with V/f control strategy should have some Distributed Generators (DGs) which have fast responses versus load changes. The Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) has this characteristic. The FESS, w...

The asymptotic matching analysis in the preceding Part I has established a new kind of size effect, caused by postpeak softening of inelastic hinges in beams and frames. The present Part II analyzes various implications, particularly the size effects on the maximum loads under load control or displacement control, the design loads, and the energy absorption of the structure. DOI: 10.1061/~ASCE!...

Block-localized wave function (BLW) method, which is a variant of the ab initio valence bond (VB) theory, was employed to explore the nature of resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds (RAHBs) and to investigate the mechanism of synergistic interplay between pi delocalization and hydrogen-bonding interactions. We examined the dimers of formic acid, formamide, 4-pyrimidinone, 2-pyridinone, 2-hydroxpyri...

This study focused on the investigation of the effects of the PI motif and C-terminus of the Oncidium Gower Ramsey MADS box gene 8 (OMADS8), a PISTILLATA (PI) ortholog, on floral organ formation. 35S::OMADS8 completely rescued and 35S::OMADS8-PI (with the PI motif deleted) partially rescued petal/stamen formation, whereas these deficiencies were not rescued by 35S::OMADS8-C (C-terminal 29 amino...

Members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 19 subfamily, including FGF23, FGF15/19, and FGF21, have a role as endocrine factors which influence the metabolism of inorganic phosphate (Pi) and vitamin D, bile acid, and energy. It has been reported that dietary Pi regulates circulating FGF23. In this study, the short-term effects of dietary Pi restriction on the expression of FGF19 subfamily me...

Chemical and thermal freeze–out of the hadronic fireball formed in symmetric collisions of light, intermediate–mass, and heavy nuclei at beam energies between 0.8A GeV and 2.0A GeV are discussed in terms of an equilibrated, isospin–symmetric ideal hadron gas with grand–canonical baryon–number conservation. For each collision system the baryochemical potential µ B and the chemical freeze–out tem...