Introduction: Ecstasy is an amphetamine derivative, which its use has been consistently increasing over the past years. Ecstasy interacts with the glutamatergic system and it is known that glutamate receptors have a key role in learning and memory. The aim of this study was to investigate the interaction of ecstasy and glutamatergic system on learning and memory. Methods: Fifty-six male Wis...

background: midkine (mk) is a heparin-binding growth factor with promoting effects in inflammatory responses through enhancing leukocytes migration. objective: to study the correlation between mk serum levels and concentration of inflammatory cytokines in multiple sclerosis (ms) patients. methods: we evaluated the mk level and its relationship with inflammatory cytokines (il-17 and il-23) and a...

A methodology is described that permits the development of new spectral classification systems that would supplement the MK System by making possible accurate classification of Population II stars, and other eccentric categories of stellar spectra. Table of

Midkine (MK) is a heparin-binding cytokine, and promotes growth, survival, migration and other activities of target cells. After describing the general properties of MK, this review focuses on MK and MK inhibitors as therapeutics for diseases in the central nervous system. MK is strongly expressed during embryogenesis especially at the midgestation period, but is expressed only at restricted si...

An integral representation for the functional F(m, M) := inf { lim inf k→+∞ ∫ Ω f(x, mk(x),∇mk(x)) dx + ∫ Ω∩S(mk) |[mk](x)|dH : mk ∈ SBV (Ω;R ), |mk(x)| = 1 a.e. in Ω, mk → m in L(Ω;R ), ∇mk ⇀ M in L(Ω;R ) } . This problem is motivated by equilibria issues in micromagnetics.

In welded tubular joints, when the fatigue crack depth is less than 20% of chord wall thickness, the crack growing process is highly affected by weld geometry.&#10 Hence, T-butt solution and weld magnification factor (Mk) are applicable tools for evaluating the crack growth rate in this domain. In this research, the capability of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for estimating the Mk of weld toe...

In welded tubular joints, when the fatigue crack depth is less than 20% of chord wall thickness, the crack growing process is highly affected by weld geometry. Hence, T-butt solution and weld magnification factor (Mk) are applicable tools for evaluating the crack growth rate in this domain. In this research, the capability of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for estimating the Mk of weld toe c...