The cranial lateral line canal system of teleost fishes is morphologically diverse and is characterized by four patterns. One of these, widened lateral line canals, has evolved convergently in a wide range of teleosts, including the Lake Malawi peacock cichlids (Aulonocara), and has been attributed to its role in prey detection. The ability to study Aulonocara in the laboratory provides an oppo...

BACKGROUND Surveillance on common allergens identified by patch testing plays an important role in emerging allergen detection, which leads to both individual and societal level prevention. OBJECTIVE To study the changes in the pattern of contact sensitization and to identify risk factors associated with allergens. METHOD The data of 206 patients who underwent patch testing at King Chulalon...

The retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor alpha (RORalpha) is critically involved in many physiological functions in several organs. We find that the main RORalpha isoform in the mouse liver is the RORalpha4 isoform, in terms of both mRNA and protein levels, while the RORalpha1 isoform is less abundant. Because hypoxia is a major feature of liver physiology and pathology, we examined t...

The abdominal cerci of the wood cricket, Nemobius sylvestris, are covered by a variety of hair-like sensilla that differ in length, thickness, and articulation. Fillings from the cercal nerves with cobalt chloride and fluorescent dyes revealed the projection of sensory axons into the terminal abdominal ganglion of the ventral nerve chain. Two projection areas on each side of the terminal abdomi...

The various cobalt(II) complexes were synthesized and characterized using tris-(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine (ntb) as a ligand where the ntb plays as a tripodal tetradentate ligand to form complexes with a trigonal pyramidal geometry. The complexes have 5 and 6 coordinate cobalt(II) ions depending on the additional ligand used. In each complex the additional ligand, chloride anion, or acetate a...

Novel eutectic mixtures have been produced using calcium chloride hexahydrate as the hydrogen bond acceptor, together with ethylene glycol donor. The liquids are found to increased conductivity, decreased viscosity and a lower glass transition temperature compared most deep solvents quaternary ammonium salts. Additionally, metal speciation was be almost same in commonly-used choline chloride: D...

In the present study, potassium chloride-assisted solution combustion method was used to synthesize cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. Potassium chloride salt as a specific surface enhancer and nitric acid an auxiliary oxidizer pH regulator. The simultaneous effect of initial amount added on area, structural, microstructural magnetic properties synthetic powders were studied. X-ray Diffraction (XRD)...

Human endogenous retroviruses (ERV) are an integral part of our genome. Expression of ERV is usually switched off but reactivation of ERV has been observed in varying human diseases including cancer. Recently, reactivation of ERV associated promoters in Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) cells has been described. Despite relatively good prognosis, not all patients with HL can be cured with the established...

Mitochondria are the key players of cardiac function and their dysfunction due to oxidative stress is implicated in myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury, one of the important mediators of cardiac mortality. The present study evaluates the mitochondrial protective effect of sodium thiosulfate on isolated cardiac mitochondria (interfibrillar mitochondria and subsarcolemmal mitochondria) subject...

In the title compound, [CoCl(C(12)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)(3)]Cl·H(2)O, the Co(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand [Co-N = 2.125 (6) and 2.146 (6) Å], one chloride ligand [Co-Cl = 2.459 (2)Å] and three water mol-ecules [Co-O = 2.070 (5)-2.105 (5)Å] in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. Inter-molecular O-H⋯Cl and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form an extensive three-dimension...