In order to demonstrate filtration rate of edible cockle Cerastoderma edule under different salinity and temperature conditions, two groups namely healthy and parasited with Labratrema minimus (Bucephallidae; Digenea) were compared. Results showed that the parasited ones had difficulties in adaptation to the extreme conditions of salinity and temperature. Our results also showed that a healthy ...

Age-Related Hearing Impairment (ARHI) is one of the frequent sensory disorders registered in 50% of individuals over 80 years. ARHI is a multifactorial disorder due to environmental and poor-known genetic components. In this study, we present the data on age-related hearing impairment of 48 heterozygous carriers of mutation IVS1+1G>A (GJB2 gene) and 97 subjects with GJB2 genotype wt/wt in the R...

The structural determinant of the permeation and selectivity properties of high voltage-activated (HVA) Ca channels is a locus formed by four glutamate residues (EEEE), one in each P-region of the domains I–IV of the 1 subunit. We tested whether the divergent aspartate residues of the EEDD locus of low voltage-activated (LVA or T-type) Ca channels account for the distinctive permeation and sele...

In order to obtain high quality, reliable electronic Raman spectra of a high-T c superconductor compound, comparable with existing model, we have studied strongly under-doped HgBa 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 8+δ. This choice was made such as to i) minimize oxygen disorder in the Hg−plane generated by oxygen doping ii) avoid the need of phonon background subtraction from the raw data iii)eliminate traces of p...

Of three recently cloned T-type voltage-gated calcium channels, alpha(1g) is most likely responsible for burst firing in thalamic relay cells. These neurons burst during various thalamocortical oscillations including absence seizures. In this issue of Neuron, Kim et al. inactivated alpha(1g), and resultant mice were deficient in relay cell bursting and resistant to GABA(B) receptor-dependent ab...

BACKGROUND Sugarcane is an attractive feedstock for ethanol production, especially if the lignocellulosic fraction can also be treated in second generation (2G) ethanol plants. However, the profitability of 2G ethanol is affected by the processing conditions, operating costs and market prices. This study focuses on the minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) and maximum profitability of ethanol pr...