Adult skeletal muscle possesses remarkable potential for growth in response to mechanical loading; however, many of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved remain undefined. The hypothesis of this study was that the extracellular serine protease, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), is required for muscle hypertrophy, in part by promoting macrophage accumulation in muscle subjecte...

Monkeys can gradually change the amplitude of the biceps spinal stretch reflex (SSR) without change in initial muscle length or biceps background electromyographic activity (EMG) (17). We investigated the concurrent behavior of synergist (brachialis and brachioradialis) and antagonist (triceps) muscles. Synergist background EMG remained stable while marked change occurred in biceps SSR amplitud...

In this paper, extractants are presented which made it possible to separate actinides(III) and lanthanides from strong nitric acid solutions (0.05 1 mol/L). For this purpose, new aromatic dithiophosphinic acids were synthesised and characterised, and the distribution ratios of Am(III), Eu(III) and all relevant lanthanides were determined in batch extraction experiments. The extractant used was ...

trasal-contact method test using glass petri-dish rather than the conventional glass jar was used to evaluate the permethrin toxicity and synergism effect of piperonal butoxode (pbo) on nymphae of five strains of blattella germanica (l.). the test was carried out on 2-3 days old of first nympal stage, at four replicates of 10 cockroaches. the susceptible strain showed t50 and kt50 of 12.81 and ...

The effects of nitrogenous synergists on the potentiometric responses to divalent transition metal ions were investigated concerning polymeric liquid membranes containing thenoyltrifluoroacetone (Htta) as an ionophore. The tested synergists were pyridine (py) and 4,4'-dioctyl-2,2'-bipyridyl (C8bpy). The potentiometric responses to metal ions, such as Cd2+, Co2+, Ni2+ and Zn2+, were induced by a...

To explore the synergistic effects of modified biochar in purification herbicide-containing wastewater, effect addition on removal herbicide atrazine wastewater was verified by bags a small reed bed-constructed wetland laboratory. The results showed that sulfuric acid-modified could increase rate from 50% to 70%, and COD elimination 66.7% 86.7%. constructed bed improved efficiency total nitroge...

Ocneria terebinthina Strg. (Lep.: Lymanteriidae) is a leaf borer pest in pistachio orchard. The toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki alone and in combination with henna powder was investigated on third larval instar of O. terebinthina under laboratory conditions. Bioassay was carried out using spray technique on pistachio offshoot. Probit analysis of concentration-mortality data was...

The role of neuronal activity in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease is largely unknown. In this study, we examined the effects of increasing motor neuron activity on the pathogenesis of a canine version of inherited motor neuron disease (hereditary canine spinal muscular atrophy). Activity of motor neurons innervating the ankle extensor muscle medial gastrocnemius (MG) was increased ...