The global water cycle is becoming more intense in a warming climate, leading to extreme rainstorms and floods. In addition, the delicate balance of precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff affects variations soil moisture, which vital importance agriculture. A systematic examination climate change impacts on these variables may help provide scientific foundations for design relevant adaptatio...

Ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K1), as a key regulator of mRNA translation, plays an important role in cell cycle progression through the G1 phase of proliferating cells and in the synaptic plasticity of terminally differentiated neurons. Activation of S6K1 involves the phosphorylation of its multiple Ser/Thr residues, including the proline-directed sites (Ser-411, Ser-418, Thr-421, and Ser-424) in t...

In the purview of global warming, the present study attempts to project changes in climate and quantify the changes in aridity of two coastal districts in south India under the RCP 4.5 trajectory. Projected climate change output generated by RegCM 4.4 model, pertaining to 14 grid points located within the study area, was analyzed and processed for this purpose. The meteorological parameters tem...

a Department of Electronic Engineering, Far East University of Technology, Tainan 744, Taiwan b Departmnet of Mechanics, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chinese Military Academy, Fengshan 83059, Taiwan d Graduate Institute of Precision Manufacturing, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan e Departme...

In the west of China, a rarely seen black storm, with high intensity dust aerosols and large area influence, occurred from April 26–29, 2015, for first time, after more than 30 years. Based on regional climate model (RegCM version 4.6), combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite retrieval, meteorological, environmental data, this work presents pollution situation, ...

TH17 cells enter tissues to facilitate pathogenic autoimmune responses, including multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the adhesion molecules involved in the unique migratory capacity of TH17 cells, into both inflamed and uninflamed tissues remain unclear. Herein, we characterize MCAM (CD146) as an adhesion molecule that defines human TH17 cells in the circulation; following in vitro restimulation...

Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery has been demonstrated to be safe and effective but is associated with high capital operating costs which are not reimbursed by the Canadian government, limiting patient access this platform. We hypothesized that patients who had experienced robotic on research or philanthropic funds would have willing contribute payments out-of-pocket gain technology. This a re...