Urotensin II (UII) is a mitogenic and hypertrophic agent that can induce the proliferation of vascular cells. UII inhibition has been considered as beneficial strategy for atherosclerosis and restenosis. However, currently there is no therapeutics clinically available for atherosclerosis or restenosis. In this study, we evaluated the effects of a newly synthesized UII receptor (UT) antagonist, ...

We present preliminary results from a large-scale survey of the neutron(n)-capture elements Se and Kr in Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe). These elements may be produced in PN progenitors by s-process nucleosynthesis, and brought to the stellar envelope by third dredge-up (TDU). We have searched for [Kr III] 2.199 and [Se IV] 2.287 μm in 120 PNe, and detected one or both lines in 79 objects, fo...

In a recent paper, Oliver Riordan shows that for and p up to slightly larger than the threshold Kr-factor, hypergraph formed by copies of Kr in G(n, p) contains copy binomial random with . For r = 3, he gives weaker result where density is reduced constant factor. Recently, Jeff Kahn announced an asymptotically sharp bound Shamir's matching problem all With Riordan's result, this immediately im...

An ab initio study of the mono-and difluorides of krypton. Results from ab initio calculations at the CCSD͑T͒ level of theory are presented for krypton monofluoride ͑KrF͒, krypton monofluoride cation (KrF ϩ), linear, ground-state krypton difluoride (KrF 2), the triplet state of krypton difluoride, and the krypton–fluorine van der Waals complex (Kr–F 2). These are the first calculations demonstratin...

• Presently with the Department of Economics, University of Botswana, Gaborone. The work had been initially undertaken under the auspices of Special Assistance Programme in Economics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India). It is a revised version of the paper presented in the Tenth Anniversary of ASPC Conference organized at ANU, Canberra. The author is highly grateful to Raghbendra Jha of th...

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) α/γ is known to inhibit the increases in matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by ultraviolet light (UV). Extracts of natural herbs, such as Kochia scoparia and Rosa multiflora, have a PPAR α/γ dual agonistic effect. Therefore, we investigated whether and how they have an antiaging effect on phot...

RATIONALE the rapid delayed rectifier potassium current, I(Kr), which flows through the human ether-a-go-go-related (hERG) channel, is a major determinant of the shape and duration of the human cardiac action potential (APD). However, it is unknown whether the time dependency of I(Kr) enables it to control APD, conduction velocity (CV), and wavelength (WL) at the exceedingly high activation fre...

objective: estimation of genetic parameters for kleiber ratio (kr) and genetic trends for pre-weaning weights of arabi sheep has not been previously conducted.methods: data and pedigree information were collected at the khuzestan ramin agricultural and natural resources university, animal science research station, located in southwest iran, from 2001 to 2008. (co)variance components and corresp...

The selection of animals with lower production costs can be achieved by using feed efficiency and growth curve information. Kleiber ratio (KR) is an alternative option for discriminating against the that have greatest weight gain about their final weight. Alternative curves ostriches African Black (AB) Red Neck (RN) breeds crossbreeds (CB) were investigated KR Gompertz equation. Univariate mult...