The production and use of chlorinated chemicals is a significant source of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) releases to soils and sediments. The manufacture of a chlorophenol formulation Ky 5 and vinyl chloride monomer between the 1940's and mid-1980's have been identified as potential sources of PCDD/F contamination in the Gulf of Finland sediments. Moreover, Ky 5 was...

Electroacupuncture (EA) was applied bilaterally to the acupoints of Zu-san-li (ST-36) and Kun-lun (BL-60) in the hindlimbs of mice. The therapeutic effect of EA on inflammatory pain induced by an ipsilateral injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into the right paw of the mouse was investigated in this study. The time of paw-withdrawal latency (PWL) was used as an indicator for judging t...

Novel wireless, ambulatory, real-time, and auto alarm intelligent tele cardiology system to improve healthcare for cardiovascular disease proposed by Chin-Teng Lin et.al [1]. Shihab A. Hameed, Vladimir Miho et.al have built a prototype system using open source technologies for centralized medical patient records that can be viewed and updated by physicians using any web browser[2]. M.F.A Rasid,...

In the ancient metabolic pathway of glycolysis, phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) plays a pivotal role. After a couple of preliminary steps that prime the pump, it is PGK1 that creates the first molecule of ATP from the energy stored in glucose, by swinging a molecule of ADP in close to pick a phosphate off an energetic intermediate. While much is known about transcriptional control of PGK1, rel...

Based on the requirement of energy consumption level and weight and dimension restriction, compact axial machines are highly demanded in many industrial fields. The counter-rotating axial-flow fans could be a promising way to achieve these requirements. Because of the reduction of rotational speed and a better homogenization of the flow downstream of the rear rotor, these machines may have very...

We have previously developed replicon vectors derived from the Australian flavivirus Kunjin that have a unique noncytopathic nature and have been shown to direct prolonged high-level expression of encoded heterologous genes in vitro and in vivo and to induce strong and long-lasting immune responses to encoded immunogens in mice. To facilitate further applications of these vectors in the form of...

When exploiting independent component analysis (ICA) to perform blind source separation (BSS), it is assumed that sources are mutually independent. However, in practice, the latent sources are usually dependent to some extent. Subband decomposition ICA (SDICA) is an extension of ICA to admit source dependence. It assumes that each source is represented as the sum of some independent sub-compone...

Recently, washer-dryer machines with slanted drums have become popular in Japan. We measured and analyzed posture while using such machines with three-dimensional motion capture measuring devices. Subjective Kansei and usability questionnaires were also used. After the measurements, working postures were analyzed with a human kinematic model (3D SSPP). Three types of machines were used for the ...

—The razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus was historically widespread and abundant throughout the larger streams of the Colorado River basin, ranging from Sonora, Mexico, to Wyoming. The species was federally listed as endangered in 1991 because it has been extirpated from most of its range. Its decline is attributed to habitat loss and predation by nonnative fishes. Thirty years of federal and s...