The theory of finite groups is of central importance in mathematics, and finds wide applications in all the physical sciences and elsewhere. In essence it is the deep study of symmetry in all its innumerable manifestations, and so has applications in all situations where symmetry occurs. The building blocks of finite groups are the ‘simple’ groups, analogous to the prime numbers in number theor...

BACKGROUND Probiotics are extensively used to promote gastrointestinal health, and emerging evidence suggests that their beneficial properties can extend beyond the local environment of the gut. Here, we determined whether oral probiotic administration can alter the progression of postinfarction heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS Rats were subjected to 6 weeks of sustained coronary artery occ...

Intrinsically disordered (ID) regions of proteins commonly exist within transcription factors, including the N-terminal domain (NTD) of steroid hormone receptors (SHRs) that possesses a powerful activation function, AF1 region. The mechanisms by which SHRs pass signals from a steroid hormone to control gene expression remain a central unresolved problem. The role of N-terminal activation functi...

This grant was designed to enable Jeavons, Bulatov and Krokhin to develop a promising new research programme concerning the use of algebraic methods in the analysis of constraint satisfaction problems. The constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) provides a general framework in which it is possible to express, in a natural way, a wide variety of important computational problems, including, for exa...

This research project was concerned with utilising the facilities provided by the ISO MHEG-5 (Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group) standard, intended for set-top box work, and extending the functionality of MHEG applications to allow real-time control over applications such as MATLAB and LabVIEW. The novelty and ultimate aim of the project was concerned with creating a ubiquitous environmen...

This report describes the research results obtained during the EPSRC project GR/J14745, giving rstly a summary of the results, with respect to the objectives given in the Research Grant Report and a brief introduction of the project's research eld (in Section 1.2).

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between antenatal maternal corticosteroid administration and blood levels of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI), reduced glutathione (GR) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in preterm, very low birth weight infants. METHODS This was a cohort study in which cord blood samples were used for the following tests: baseline and stimulated granulocyte ROI were measure...

paclobutrazol was utilized to analyze its role in water stress amelioration and post drought recovery of container-grown pear ( pyrus communis cv. biroti ) saplings. following planting, paclobutrazol was applied as soil drench at concentration of 0, 0.15 and 0.3 mg per pot. three months following planting, saplings were subjected to three water stress treatments of: 0, -0.4 and -0.8 mpa. contro...