The basidiomycetous mushroom Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quel. has been used as traditional medicine in various Asian countries for many years. Although many reports exist on its anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities and therapeutic effects against various diseases, our current knowledge of its effect on stroke is very limited. Stroke is a neurodegenerative disorder in which oxidative st...

Some philosophers (see (Armstrong, 1997), (Cameron, 2008), (Melia, 2005), and (Schaffer, 2007, 2009, 2010a)) have recently suggested that explanations of a certain sort can mitigate our ontological commitments. The explanations in question, grounding explanations, are those that tell us what it is in virtue of which an entity exists and has the features it does. These philosophers claim that th...

aromatic hydrocarbons, are of interest not only from fundamental viewpoints, but also from applied ones, such as physiological activities and advanced materials. Benz[a]azulene and its derivatives, formed by condensation of a benzene ring with an azulene ring, are also interesting compounds. During the course of our work on the reaction of o-[2-furyl]cycloheptatrienylbenzene and triphenylmethyl...

We analyze cohomological properties of the Krichever map and use the results to study Weierstrass cycles in moduli spaces and the tautological ring. Let us consider a point p on a smooth projective connected curve C over C of genus g. We say that a natural number n is a non-gap if there exists a function that is holomorphic on C \p and has a pole of order n at the point p (in other words h0(O(n...

Activation of beta adrenergic receptors in the isolated rabbit heart by catecholamines stimulates prostacyclin (PGI2) synthesis, which is inhibited by adenosine 3959-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). The purpose of this study was to determine if activation of beta adrenergic receptors in cultured coronary endothelial cells (CEC) of rabbit heart with isoproterenol (ISOP) stimulates PGI2 synthesis and...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in infants and children under 4 years of age. Two major pathological mechanisms for disability following TBI are traumatic axonal injury (TAI) and inflammation. To examine the relationship between TAI and inflammation following TBI, immunohistochemical techniques were used to determine regional and temporal patterns of neur...

An outbreak of Haemorrhagic septicaemia among dairy cattle was investigated. Clinical signs and necropsy findings were described. Morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics obtained from staining and culturing of 18 blood samples, collected from morbid cows, demonstrated the presence of Pasteurella multocida. INTRODUCTION: Septicaemic pasteurellosis (Haemorrhagic septicaemia) is an...

HomeCirculation: Heart FailureVol. 14, No. 2One-Year Outcomes Following Transplantation Under the New Donor Allocation System in United States Free AccessLetterPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyRedditDiggEmail Jump toFree AccessLetterPDF/EPUBOne-Year Taylor Nordan, BS, Andre C. Cr...

Adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 receptors (A2A and D2) associate in homoand heteromeric complexes in the striatum, providing a structural basis for their mutual antagonism. At the cellular level, the portion of receptors engaging in homoand heteromers, as well as the effect of persistent receptor activation or antagonism on the cell oligomer repertoire, are largely unknown. We have used bimolecul...

The polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture Aroclor 1242 (A1242) increases frequency of contractions of pregnant rat uteri, suggesting a possible mechanism for decreased gestational age and increased spontaneous abortion in women and animals exposed to PCBs. In the present study, we hypothesized that A1242-induced stimulation of uterine contraction is mediated by arachidonic acid released by pho...