Particularly interesting new cysteine-histidine-rich protein (PINCH) protein is part of the ternary complex known as the IPP (integrin linked kinase (ILK)-PINCH-Parvin-α) complex. PINCH itself binds to ILK and to another protein known as Rsu-1 (Ras suppressor 1). We generated PINCH 1 and PINCH 2 Double knockout mice (referred as PINCH DKO mice). PINCH2 elimination was systemic whereas PINCH1 el...

The Dimits shift, an upshift in the onset of turbulence from linear instability threshold, caused by self-generated zonal flows, can greatly enhance performance magnetic confinement plasma devices. Except simple cases, using fluid approximations and model geometries, this phenomenon has proved difficult to understand quantitatively predict. To bridge large gap complexity between models realisti...

BACKGROUND Measuring and comparing grip and pinch strengths with their normative data is a valid method to detect intensity of the numerous damages of hand. This research was carried out with the aim of establishing normative data of grip strength and three types of pinch strengths (Tip, Key and Palmar) in healthy Iranian adults. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the study population was...

Relativistic magnetized jets, such as those from AGN, GRBs and XRBs, are susceptible to current- pressure-driven MHD instabilities that can lead particle acceleration non-thermal radiation. Here we investigate the development of these through 3D kinetic simulations cylindrically symmetric equilibria involving toroidal magnetic fields with electron-positron pair plasma. Generalizing recent treat...

Introduction: Grip and pinch strength assess the function of hand and is considered as a sign of general health. Considering the high prevalence of related-work musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) due to the incongruity of work with the workers and preventability of diseases that are caused by such incongruity, we decided to study the relationship between maximum oxygen consumption (Vo2max) and w...

OBJECTIVE Particularly interesting new cysteine-histidine rich protein (PINCH) is an important component of the local adhesion complexes and upregulated in several types of malignancies, and involved in the incidence and development of tumours. PINCH expression is also independently correlated with poorer survival in patients with colorectal cancer. However, there is no study of PINCH in gastri...

Mirror therapy (MT) has been proposed as an essential component of upper limb neurorehabilitation, using mirror illusion the unaffected hand movement and superimposing it on affected to improve neuroplasticity for improving motor recovery in stroke patients. In this paper, we developed a virtual reality (VRMT) system, examined performance VRMT system. The system consists motion-tracking device,...