PPARγ-deficient mice die at E9.5 due to placental abnormalities. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. We demonstrated that the new endocrine factor EG-VEGF controls the same processes as those described for PPARγ, suggesting potential regulation of EG-VEGF by PPARγ. EG-VEGF exerts its functions via prokineticin receptor 1 (PROKR1) and 2 (PROKR2). This study sought to investigate wheth...

Volatile phenols, such as 4-ethyphenol (4-EP) and 4-ethylguaiacol (4-EG), are responsible for the "Brett character" found in wines contaminated with Brettanomyces yeast (i.e., barnyard, animal, spicy and smoky aromas). In these trials, we explore the effectiveness of polyaniline-based compounds (polyaniline emeraldin salt (PANI-ES) and polyanaline emeraldin base (PANI-EB)), for the removal of 4...

ObjectiveThis study aimed at examining an eight-week moderate-intensity comprehensive exercise training program on the parameters of sarcopenia in elderly females.MethodsA total 49 community-dwelling females with (65.5 ± 2.5) were assigned randomly to experiment group (EG, n = 25) and a control (CG, 24). In EG, was implemented, 1 h, 3 times per week, 24 sessions. The CG only received health pub...

New bottom-up techniques can build silicon nanowires (dimension < 10 nm) that exhibit remarkable electronic properties, but with current assembly techniques yield very high defect and fault rates. Nanodevices built using these nanowires have static errors that can be addressed at fabrication time by testing and reconfiguration, but soft errors are problematic, with arrival rates expected to var...

Niigata City can be easily accessed from Tokyo by the JR Joetsu Shinkansen (100 min.), which arrives approximately every 30 min. Niigata Airport has direct flights from Nagoya Chubu Centrair, and Osaka International Airport, and is also an international gateway with regular flights from Harbin, Incheon, Shanghai, Taipei and other international cities. It takes 25 min. by bus from Niigata Airpor...

In this study unfunctionalized expanded graphite (EG) was incorporated into poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) using twin-screw extrusion and injection moulding to manufacture cost-effective PEEK/EG composites for mass production of high-performance antistatic materials. Direct current electrical conductivity, morphology, rheological thermal properties the were investigated. At an EG loading 5 vol...

We propose to use wireless sensor networks to assess the accuracy and application of Digital Surface Models (DSM) for the study of shadowing and solar radiation over the built environment. Using the ability of sensor network data to provide information about solar radiation and predicting the exact time of the day that the Sun starts radiating a sensor, a comparative study and statistical analy...

Within-city variation in air pollution has been associated with childhood asthma development, but findings have been inconsistent. We examined whether perinatal air pollution exposure affected asthma onset during "pre-school and "school age" periods in a population-based birth cohort.65,254 children born between 1999 and 2002 in the greater Vancouver metropolitan region were followed until age ...

This paper presents a method of estimating regional distributions of surface air temperature (Ta) and surface vapor pressure (ea), which uses remotely-sensed data and meteorological data as its inputs. The method takes into account the effects of both local driving force and horizontal advection on Ta and ea. Good correlation coefficients (R2) and root mean square error (RMSE) between the measu...

The concept of spatial interpolation is important in the soil sciences. However, the use of a single global interpolation model is often limited by certain conditions (e.g., terrain complexity), which leads to distorted interpolation results. Here we present a method of adaptive weighting combined environmental variables for soil properties interpolation (AW-SP) to improve accuracy. Using vario...