1992 Mathematisches Institut Universitt at zu KK oln Weyertal 86-90 D{5000 KK oln 41 (Lindenthal) Germany Telefon (0221) 470{3937 Telex 8882291 unik d Telefax (0221) 470{5160 Abstract There are two concepts of duality in combinatorial geometry. A set theoretical one, generalizing the structure of two orthocomplementary vector spaces and a lattice theoretical concept of an adjoint, that mimics d...

Markus Kunze1 Mathematisches Institut der Universit at K oln Weyertal 86, D-50931 K oln, Germany email: [email protected] Herbert Spohn Zentrum Mathematik and Physik Department, TU M unchen D-80290 M unchen, Germany email: [email protected] Abstract We consider the Abraham model of a rigid charge distribution coupled to the electromagnetic eld and subject to, on the scal...

BACKGROUND Oligodendrocytes, the myelinating glial cells of central nervous system, are highly vulnerable to ischemic-induced excitotoxic insult, a phenomenon in which calcium overload triggers cell death. Berberine is an alkaloid extracted from medicinal herbs as Coptidis Rhizoma with several pharmacological effects like inhibition of neuronal apoptosis in cerebral ischemia. METHODS We exami...

This paper proposes a band-weight estimation method using Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) for multi-band automatic speech recognition (ASR). In our scheme, a spectral domain feature, SPEC, is modeled using a multi-stream HMM technique. This paper also proposes the use of Output Likelihood Normalization (OLN) in combination with the LDA-based weight-estimation method in order to adjust the re...

The marine environment harbors a plethora of bioactive substances, including drug candidates of potential value in the field of neuroscience. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), produced by several algae, corals and higher plants, on cells of the mammalian nervous system, i.e., neuronal N2a and OLN-93 cells as model system for nerve ...

The observation that apoptosis is an inherent pathway in oligodendrocytes development coupled with the notion that wild-type p53 is expressed in these cells, prompted us to investigate the interrelationship between the two phenomena. Using a permanent oligodendroglia-like cell line (OLN 93), we examined the role of p53 protein in apoptosis following a DNA insult induced by a brief exposure to H...

Multiple system atrophy is a parkinsonian neurodegenerative disorder. It is cytopathologically characterized by accumulation of the protein p25α in cell bodies of oligodendrocytes followed by accumulation of aggregated α-synuclein in so-called glial cytoplasmic inclusions. p25α is a stimulator of α-synuclein aggregation, and coexpression of α-synuclein and p25α in the oligodendroglial OLN-t40-A...

background: oligodendrocytes, the myelinating glial cells of central nervous system, are highly vulnerable to ischemic‑induced excitotoxic insult, a phenomenon in which calcium overload triggers cell death. berberine is an alkaloid extracted from medicinal herbs as coptidis rhizoma with several pharmacological effects like inhibition of neuronal apoptosis in cerebral ischemia. methods: we exami...