OBJECTIVES Hearts preserved ex vivo at 4 ° C undergo time-dependent irreversible injury due to extreme hypothermia. Studies using novel organ preservative solution SOMAH, suggest that hearts are optimally 'preserved' at subnormothermic temperature of 21 ° C. Present study evaluates relative efficacy of SOMAH 'cardioplegia' at 4 and 21 ° C in preservation of optimum heart function after in vitro...

To elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying high metastasis rate of brain for non-small cell lung cancer patients and to establish a comprehensive differential gene profile metastasis. The differentially expressed genes were systematically investigated. enriched biological processes signaling pathways explored. protein-protein interaction network was constructed. Compared with primary cance...

The objective of this research is to produce dwarf Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinn. ‘Little Belle Blue’ potted plants flower in 130 days after sowing without exhibiting high temperature induced (HTI) rosette. High rosette defined as “the abnormal growth and development a compressed stem near the ground forming 3 – 4 pairs true leaves resulting from exposure seedlings temperatures, fail form e...

This paper proposes a robust optimization model for optimal self scheduling of a hydro-thermal generating company. The proposed model is suitable for price taker Gencos which seeks the optimal schedule of its thermal and hydro generating units for a given operating horizon. The uncertainties of electricity prices are modeled using robust optimization approach to make it more practical. It consi...

The low survival rate of cardiac stem cells (CSCs) in the ischemic myocardium is one of the obstacles in ischemic cardiomyopathy cell therapy. The MicroRNA (miR)-21 and one of its target protein, the tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN), contributes to the proliferation of many kinds of tissues and cell types. It is reported that miR-21 promotes proliferation through PTEN/PI3K/Akt pa...

In the binuclear centrosymmetric title compound, [Ag(2)(NCS)(2)(C(21)H(21)P)(4)]·0.35H(2)O, a pseudo-polymorph of [Ag(2)(NCS)(2)(C(21)H(21)P)(4)]·2CH(3)CN, the Ag atom is coordinated by two phosphine ligands and two bridging thio-cyanate ligands in a distorted tetra-hedral configuration. The crystal structure exhibits inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions.