In an international oligopoly model, this paper investigates interaction between trade liberalization in goods and liberalization in service FDI. Since some services are market-specific and have non-tradable nature, a foreign firm has a higher cost in service provisions compared to its domestic competitor and it can overcome the disadvantage by either outsourcing services to the domestic compet...

Interoperabilität von Informationssystemen ist in einer vernetzten Geschäftswelt unabdingbar. Während in der Vergangenheit diese auf eher statisch definierten Kommunikationsstandards basierte, erfordert die allgemeine Dynamik immer mehr flexible Lösungen, die nur auf Basis generischer Interoperabilitätsmodule möglich sind. Um die auszutauschenden Objekte maschinenlesbar zu beschreiben und damit...

exposure to cold work environment is an occupational health hazard and poses adverse effect on workers health, performance and productivity. this study was performed in a cold food-storage warehouse complex in tehran-iran in order to evaluate the workers' exposure to cold stress. twenty nine exposed workers and 33 non-exposed workers as control subject were included in this study. climatic fact...

The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) releases intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) by accumulating inositol phosphate. Changes in [Ca2+]i initiate myocardial hypertrophy. Furthermore, autophagy associated with [Ca2+]i. Autophagy has previously been demonstrated to participate in the hypertrophic process. The current study investigated whether suppression of CaSR affects the hypertrophic response via ...

A growth trial was carried out to evaluate differences in feed utilisation and performance response substitution of fishmeal (FM) by either partly defatted insect meal or microalgae powder different strains rainbow trout. Three iso-nitrogenous iso-energetic diets were fed 495 juvenile trout with initial weight 150 ± 37 g. Whereas, the control diet included 20% FM, two experimental free FM. Inst...

Tannin, isolated from cotton bracts, inhibits chloride secretion in airway epithelium. In bovine tracheal epithelial cells, tannin (25 μg/ml) blunted isoproterenol (Iso)-stimulated adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) accumulation. Inhibition was time and dose dependent, with 52 ± 5% (mean ± SE, n = 6) inhibition at 60 min and 82 ± 9% ( n = 3) inhibition at 8 h. Inhibition was reversible...

Local information access (LIA) programs tap into existing public health data flows, and present data in simple and useful ways to ground staff. LIAs hold great potential for improving rural health systems in developing regions; benefits include more evidence-based decision making and optimizations at a local scale, as well as improved service delivery and data quality. Our fledgling LIA program...

Both oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) have been implicated in carcinogenesis and neurological diseases, while there are few reports about the mechanisms of them in the progression of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study examined oxidative stress and ERS in a rat model of AMI and evaluated their role in therapy by metoprolol and effective components of Panax quinq...

The study aimed to evaluate fish meal substitution with black soldier fly larvae supplemented 2% Trichoderma culture on female grower performance and carcass traits quail. materials used were 200 two-week-old quails an average body weight of 51.5 ± 7.3 grams. a completely randomized design five treatments four replications. were: BSF0 (100% meal), BSF25 (75% + 25% BSF BSF50 (50% 50% BSF75 (25% ...

Activation of the cAMP/cAMP-dependent PKA pathway leads to relaxation of airway smooth muscle (ASM). The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the small heat shock-related protein HSP20 in mediating PKA-dependent ASM relaxation. Human ASM cells were engineered to constitutively express a green fluorescent protein-PKA inhibitory fusion protein (PKI-GFP) or GFP alone. Activation of the...