Objective: This study aimed to analyze the effect of gastrodin injection combined with anti-anxiety drugs on climacteric hypertension. Methods: 106 cases menopausal hypertensive patients who were treated in our hospital between September 2013 and September 2014 were enrolled in the study. They were randomly divided into two groups and treated with routine therapy and gastrodin injection combine...

Selenoprotein P (Sel P) is a selenium-rich glycoprotein believed to play a key role in selenium (Se) transport throughout the body. Development of a Sel P knockout mouse model has supported this notion and initial studies have indicated that selenium supply to various tissues is differentially affected by genetic deletion of Sel P. Se in the form of the amino acid, selenocysteine, is incorporat...

Mutations in the presenilin (PSEN) encoding genes (PSEN1 and PSEN2) occur in most early onset familial Alzheimer's Disease. Despite the identification of the involvement of PSEN in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) ∼20 years ago, the underlying role of PSEN in AD is not fully understood. To gain insight into the biological function of PSEN, we investigated the role of the PSEN homolog SEL-12 in Caenorha...

Retinal ischemic injuries play an important role in the pathogenesis of several eye disorders. Inflammation and oxidative stress are key players in ischemic injuries. Following retinal ischemia, vascular endothelial cells and leukocytes express several inflammatory adhesion receptors, such as selectins and cell adhesion molecules. P-selectin stimulates leukocyte recruitment to platelet aggregat...

A field population (SERD3) of Plutella xylostella L. collected in December 1994, and resistant to various insecticides, including Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (Btk) and B.t. subsp. aizawai (Bta), was selected with Btk (Btk-Sel) and Bta (Bta-Sel). Little evidence of cross-resistance was observed. Binding to midgut brush border membrane vesicles was examined for insecticidal crystal pro...

Mathematics anxiety and attitude have a great influence on mathematics performance. This article presents an analysis of the relationship between anxiety, The study adopted correlational research design. is based responses 367 students who were randomly selected from 55 secondary schools. An adapted Anxiety Scale (MAS) Attitude towards Inventory (ATMI) used. performance grades for also gathered...

We identified and characterized 14 extragenic mutations that suppressed the dominant egg-laying defect of certain lin-12 gain-of-function mutations. These suppressors defined seven genes: sup-17, lag-2, sel-4, sel-5, sel-6, sel-7 and sel-8. Mutations in six of the genes are recessive suppressors, whereas the two mutations that define the seventh gene, lag-2, are semi-dominant suppressors. These...

The total phenol content, peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase enzyme activities and the total protein profile in tomato cultivars (Lycopersicon esculantum Mill.), tolerant and susceptible to Fusarium wilt disease was studied. The tolerant cultivars of tomato viz., FEB-2, FEB-4, FloraDade and NF-31 had significantly higher phenol content as well as peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activities than...

A total of 150 Hy-Line W-36 laying hens at 38 week of age were randomly assigned into 5 dietary treatments and 3 replicates each with 10 birds. Hens were fed diets including: low-selenium diet without selenium supplementation (basal diet), basal diet plus 0.3 ppm Na-selenite, or basal diet plus 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 ppm Sel-Plex. The hens performance, eggshell quality and egg selenium content were e...

This study focuses on the development of a precise attitude control system for small satellites. In general, conventional methods used for attitude control in standard-sized satellites are not applicable to small satellites because of constraints of power consumption, space requirements, and mass. In addition, small satellites are more greatly affected than standard-sized satellites by attitude...