Pituitary cells, from seven 160- to 170-day-old pigs, were studied in primary culture to determine the affects NPY on LH and GH secretion at the level of the pituitary. On day 4 of culture, medium was discarded, plates were rinsed twice with serum-free medium and cells were cultured in 1 ml fresh medium without serum and challenged individually with 10(-10), 10(-8) or 10(-6) M [Ala(15)]-h growt...

background: prevention of slipping accidents requires provision of adequate friction through the use of suitable combinations of footwear and underfoot surfaces. shoe sole tread groove is one of the important factors on friction coefficient during walking. objective: to measure the effect of different shoe sole tread groove depths and different surfaces on the required quotient of friction (q),...

Intestinal development is modified by age and nutrition, mediated in part by insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I, IGF-II) and insulin. We have investigated whether expression of IGF-I, IGF-II and insulin receptors (IGF-IR, IGF-IIR and IR; measured by real-time RT-PCR) and binding capacity (Bmax) of IGF-IR, IGF-IIR and IR in the mucosa of the small and large intestine of neonatal calves are modif...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory disorder with increasing prevalence and mortality. It is associated with airway obstruction, increased airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR), and ongoing airway and lung inflammation dominated by CD8 lymphocytes and neutrophils. Singlenucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 (ADAM33) gene have b...

In the historical development of Riesz spaces, we can trace history ordered vector spaces to International Mathematical Congress in Bologna 1928. Studies related with f-Algebras for Dedekind complete space defined were initiated by Nakano and their current definition was made Amemiya, Birkhoff Pierce.The revival f-algebras, which had a tendency slow down period time, emerged as result Pagter's ...

Angus and Charolais heifers (195 +/- 7 kg) were actively immunized against growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) to evaluate the effect on concentrations of somatotropin (ST), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), insulin (INS), growth, and onset of puberty. Primary immunizations were given at 184 +/- 7 d of age (d 0 of experiment) by injecting (s.c.) 1.5 mg of GRF-(1-29)-Gly-Gly-Cys-NH2 conjug...

We use a large N-body simulation to study the characteristic scales in density gradient profiles and around halos with masses ranging from $10^{12}$ $10^{15} h^{-1}{\rm M_\odot}$. investigate separately along major (T_1) minor (T_3) axes of local tidal tensor how depend on halo mass, formation time, environment. find two kinds prominent features profiles, deep `valley' `peak'. Gaussian Process ...

The purpose of this study was to compare vertical ground reaction forces (GRF) and electromyographic activity (EMG) from peroneus longus (PL), tibialis anterior (TA) and gastrocnemius lateralis (GL) of volleyball athletes with and without functional ankle instability (FI) during landing after a blocking maneuver. Synchronized EMG and GRF from 200ms prior to impact to 200ms after impact were acq...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of flooring surfaces in the ground reaction forces and foot/floor friction during stroke gait. The participant was oriented to walk, in its own preferred speed, over two force plates on the following surfaces: HOV, carpet and HTV. The results of this study showed no differences between the hemiparetic and the control group when de GRF and COF w...