We show that the abstract group structure of the Weyl group often forces the structure of the center of the corresponding Lie group or p-compact group. For example, if G is a connected simple compact Lie group and Center(WG) is nontrivial, then Center(G) is an elementary abelian 2-group. Generalizing to p-compact groups, if WX is irreducible as a Qp reflection group and Center(WX ) is non-trivi...

As a result of changes in customers’ shopping behaviors and corresponding increase omnichannel behavior (i.e., blend online offline channels), good customer experience (CX) is crucial for retailers’ success. Affective CX responses are especially impacting company’s marketing outcomes, such as high level future purchase intentions. Here, we hypothesize that customer’s affective significantly inf...

BACKGROUND Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health threat in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine the fauna of culicinae mosquitoes for future mosquito control programs. METHODS THREE GENERA AND ELEVEN SPECIES OF THE SUBFAMILY CULICINAE (DIPTERA: Culicidae) were collected by dipping technique and identified in Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, southeast...

Monocyte/macrophages are implicated in initiation of angiogenesis, tissue/organ perfusion and atherosclerosis biology. We recently showed that chemokine receptor CX(3)CR1 is an essential regulator of monocyte/macrophage derived smooth muscle cell differentiation in the vessel wall after injury. Here we hypothesised the contribution of CX(3)CR1- CX(3)CL1 interaction to in vivo neovascularization...

The role of lactic acid was evaluated for attraction of Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, and Aedes aegypti in the laboratory using a dual-port olfactometer. When lactic acid was combined with chicken odor, attraction was increased for Cx. quinquefasciatus compared to chicken odor alone but not for Cx. nigripalpus, Cx. tarsalis, and Ae. aegypti. Lactic acid combined wit...

OBJECTIVE The chemokine receptor CX(3)CR1 is an inflammatory mediator in vascular diseases. On platelets, its ligation with fractalkine (CX(3)CL1) induces platelet activation followed by leukocyte recruitment to activated endothelium. Here, we evaluated the expression and role of platelet-CX(3)CR1 during hyperlipidemia and vascular injury. METHODS AND RESULTS The existence of CX(3)CR1 on plat...

The morphologically similar Culex pipiens sensu lato and Cx. torrentium are sympatric in much of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe. Since morphological separation of females of these mosquitoes is extremely difficult and uncertain, diagnosis depends upon time consuming microscopic examination of male hypopygial characters. Consequently the possible, or even probable, occurrence of Cx. torren...

CX(3)CR1 is a chemokine receptor with a single ligand, the membrane-tethered chemokine CX(3)CL1 (fractalkine). All blood monocytes express CX(3)CR1, but its levels differ between the main 2 subsets, with human CD16(+) and murine Gr1(low) monocytes being CX(3)CR1(hi). Here, we report that absence of either CX(3)CR1 or CX(3)CL1 results in a significant reduction of Gr1(low) blood monocyte levels ...

In order to examine whether different connexin gene species exert different degrees of tumor-suppressing activity, we characterized growth characteristics of a gap junction-deficient human cancer cell line, HeLa cells, before and after transfection with cDNA for three different connexins, connexin (cx) 26, cx 40, and cx 43. All transfected cell lines (3 clones transfected with the cx 26 gene, 2...