The pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in cirrhosis is multifactorial and ammonia is thought to play a key role. Astroglial dysfunction is known to be present in HE. Astrocytes are extensively connected by gap junctions formed of connexins, which also exist as functional hemichannels allowing exchange of molecules between the cytoplasm and the extracellular milieu. The astrocyte-neuron...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Recently, there have been many developments in the management of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, antiarrhythmic and anticoagulant therapy, and nonpharmacological treatment, but these developments are not applied immediately in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to identify the overall management and antiarrhythmic therapy used in the current general popula...

Islands worldwide have suffered seabird extinctions after the arrival of humans and alien species they introduced. On Santa Luzia (Cabo Verde), an uninhabited island 35 km2, presence impressive quantity petrel bones in coastal dunes suggested previous existence important colony. Yet, these remains had not been identified no reported for island. This paper characterizes extinct colony discusses ...

INTRODUCTION To provide a state of the art on diagnostics, clinical characteristics, and treatment of paediatric generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) and joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS). METHOD A narrative review was performed regarding diagnostics and clinical characteristics. Effectiveness of treatment was evaluated by systematic review. Searches of Medline and Central were performed an...

DNA hairpins produce ionic current signatures when captured by the alpha-hemolysin nano-scale pore under conditions of single molecule electrophoresis. Gating patterns produced by individual DNA hairpins when captured can be used to distinguish differences of a single base pair or even a single nucleotide [Vercoutere,W.A. et al. (2003) Nucleic Acids Res., 31, 1311-1318]. Here we investigate the...

BACKGROUND As China's population ages, the mental health of older people has been increasingly focused on by academic circles. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to identify the factor structure of the Chinese version of the geriatric anxiety inventory (GAI-CV). METHODS This study used data collected from Investigation on the anxiety symptoms of the elderly in the city of Beijing supported b...

We investigate experimentally metal-insulator-silicon-insulator-metal (MISIM) waveguides that are fabricated by using fully standard CMOS technology. They are hybrid plasmonic waveguides, and they have a feature that their insulator is replaceable with functional material. We explain a fabrication process for them and discuss fabrication results based on 8-inch silicon-on-insulator wafers. We m...

MORGANE, P. J. AND A. J. KOSMAN. Relationship of the middle hypothalamus to amygdalar hyperphagia. Am. J. Ph ysiol. I g8(6) : 1315-1318. I g6o.-Stereotaxic lesions in the lateral hypothalamus of the cat at the level of the tuberal region were found not to alter food intake or body weight from preoperative control levels whereas lesions restricted to the ventromedial nuclei produced hyperphagia ...

We present results from imaging of the radio filaments in the southern giant lobe of Centaurus A using data from GMRT observations at 325 and 235 MHz, and outcomes from filament modelling. The observations reveal a rich filamentary structure, largely matching the morphology at 1.4 GHz. We find no clear connection of the filaments to the jet. We seek to constrain the nature and origin of the ver...

New crystallization temperatures for four eruptions from the Northern Volcanic Zone of Iceland are determined using olivine-spinel aluminum exchange thermometry. Differences in the olivine crystallization temperatures between these eruptions are consistent with variable extents of cooling during fractional crystallization. However, the crystallization temperatures for Iceland are systematically...