Myosin II motors embedded within the actin cortex generate contractile forces to modulate cell shape in essential behaviors, including polarization, migration, and division. In sarcomeres, myosin II-mediated sliding of antiparallel F-actin is tightly coupled to myofibril contraction. By contrast, cortical F-actin is highly disordered in polarity, orientation, and length. How the disordered natu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The persistent sodium current is involved in myocardial ischaemia and is selectively inhibited by the newly described 3-(R)-[3-(2-methoxyphenylthio-2-(S)-methylpropyl]amino-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,5-benzoxathiepine bromhydrate (F 15845). Here, we describe the pharmacological profile of F 15845 against the effects of hypoxia in femoral arteries in vitro. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH I...

‎In this paper we have introduced new types of sets termed as $omega_{_{gamma_{_mu}}}$-open sets with the help of an operation and a generalized topology‎. ‎We have also defined a notion of $gamma_{_mu}$-Lindel"{o}f spaces and discussed some of its basic properties‎.  

We call (T (t))t≥0 an abstract delay semigroup. This notion is introduced in more detail in Section 2. The semigroup thus obtained is rarely a contraction semigroup. In this paper we will show that under very mild conditions, we may change the inner product on E into an equivalent inner product, such that the delay semigroup becomes a (generalized) contraction semigroup. A contraction semigroup...

In this paper we study generalized symmetric Berwald spaces. We show that if a Berwald space $(M,F)$ admits a parallel $s-$structure then it is locally symmetric. For a complete Berwald space which admits a parallel s-structure we show that if the flag curvature of $(M,F)$ is everywhere nonzero, then $F$ is Riemannian.

Wound contraction can substantially reduce the amount of new tissue needed to reestablish organ integrity after tissue loss. Fibroblasts, rich in F-actin bundles, generate the force of wound contraction. Fibronectin-containing microfibrils link fibroblasts to each other and to collagen bundles and thereby provide transduction cables across the wound for contraction. The temporal relationships o...

in the paper‎, ‎some new existence theorems of maximal elements for‎ ‎$mathscr{f}_{c,theta}$-mappings and $mathscr{f}_{c,theta}$-majorized mappings are established‎. ‎as applications, ‎some new existence theorems of equilibrium points for‎ ‎one-person games‎, ‎qualitative games and generalized games are obtained‎. ‎our results unify and generalize most known results‎ ‎in recent literature‎.

In this paper, we prove the generalized Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability for the Drygas functional equation$$f(x+y)+f(x-y)=2f(x)+f(y)+f(-y)$$ in Banach spaces by using the Brzc{d}ek's fixed point theorem. Moreover, we give a general result on the hyperstability of this equation. Our results are improvements and generalizations of the main result of M. Piszczek and J. Szczawi'{n}ska [21].

[Purpose] This study aimed to determine the differences in the excitability of spinal motor neurons during motor imagery of a muscle contraction at different contraction strengths. [Methods] We recorded the F-wave in 15 healthy subjects. First, in a trial at rest, the muscle was relaxed during F-wave recording. Next, during motor imagery, subjects were instructed to imagine maximum voluntary co...