The optimal hybridization of photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) devices has long been considered ideal for the efficient harnessing solar energy. Our hybrid approach uses full spectrum solar energy via lossless coupling between PV and TE devices while collecting waste energy from thermalization and transmission losses from PV devices. Achieving lossless coupling makes the power output fr...

Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-malignant enlargement of the prostate gland, is the most common benign tumour found in men. BPH is responsible for the development of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). However, there have been contradictory reports about the correlation between the prostate volume (PV) and development of BPH symptoms. The aim of this study was to find if ...

In rat visual cortex, forward and feedback interareal pathways innervate both pyramidal and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic (Johnson and Burkhalter [1996] J. Comp. Neurol. 368:383-398). GABAergic neurons consist of different cell types of which the largest group expresses parvalbumin (PV; Gonchar and Burkhalter [1997] Cereb. Cortex 4:347-358). Here, we report that PV neurons in layers 2/3 a...

BACKGROUND Thyroid disorders may affect all of the organ systems of the body and they are also highly associated with a wide variety of skin disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of thyroid function abnormalities and thyroid autoimmunity in patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and to determine the association between thyroid disorders and clinical involvement and s...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Presence of bone marrow edema (BME) in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF) detected by MR imaging as selection criterion for percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is speculative. To clarify significance of BME in VCF, we assessed pain response after PV in patients with VCF with full BME versus patients with VCF with absent BME. METHODS From a cohort of patient...

Esaki, Takanori, Hideyo Suzuki, Michelle Cook, Kazuaki Shimoji, Sheue-Yann Cheng, Louis Sokoloff, and Jacques Nunez. Cardiac glucose utilization in mice with mutated and -thyroid hormone receptors. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 287: E1149–E1153, 2004. First published August 10, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00078. 2004.—Abnormal thyroid function is usually associated with altered cardiac function. ...

Neocortical pyramidal cells (PYRs) receive synaptic inputs from many types of GABAergic interneurons. Connections between parvalbumin (PV)-positive, fast-spiking interneurons ("PV cells") and PYRs are characterized by perisomatic synapses and high-amplitude, short-latency IPSCs. Here, we present novel methods to study the functional influence of PV cells on layer 5 PYRs using optogenetics combi...

BACKGROUND The portal vein (PV) diameter increases in humans with portal hypertension (PH). However, there is no evidence of PV enlargement in dogs with PH. OBJECTIVES To measure the PV-to-aorta (PV/Ao) ratio in dogs with PH (chronic hepatitis [CH], primary hypoplasia of the PV [PHPV]), in dogs with extrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt (EH-CPSS), and in healthy dogs, and to evaluate th...

Parvalbumin (PV) is a cytosolic Ca2+-binding protein acting as a slow-onset Ca2+ buffer modulating the shape of Ca2+ transients in fast-twitch muscles and a subpopulation of neurons. PV is also expressed in non-excitable cells including distal convoluted tubule (DCT) cells of the kidney, where it might act as an intracellular Ca2+ shuttle facilitating transcellular Ca2+ resorption. In excitable...

A proprietary data monitoring receiver has been integrated into the single phase solar inverter and aggregates the power optimizer performance data from each. single phase solar inverter price A single-phase grid connected transformerless photovoltaic PV inverter for. ABSTRACT In this paper the issue of control strategies for single-stage photovoltaic PV inverter is addressed. single phase pv i...