1. This study examined the inhibitory effects of conditioning stimuli delivered to the periaqueductal gray (PAG), nucleus cuneiformis (CU), nucleus raphe magnus (NRM), nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis (NGC), and nucleus reticularis magnocellularis (NMC) on functionally identified neurons of the lumbar spinal cord dorsal horn in chloralose-anesthetized or decerebrate cats. 2. Neurons were c...

cellulose nanofibers (cnf) which isolated from wood and non woody plants have attractive advantages comparing with the synthetic fibers, some of the most relevant being the following: low density, renewable sources, biodegradability, availability, and high specific mechanical properties. recently, the use of cnf in green materials, especially as reinforcement in different polymers has been incr...

Electrical stimulation of the dorsal regions of the periaqueductal gray (PAG) leads to defensive reactions characterized as freezing and escape responses. Until recently it was thought that this freezing behavior could be due to the recruitment of neural circuits in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG), while escape would be mediated by other pathways. Nowadays, this view has been chan...

Alginates are one of the most important compounds brown seaweeds. These employed in food area, because their rheological properties, such as viscosity, gelling, and stabilizing features dietary fiber source. In this study, five species dominant seaweeds were collected Red Sea (Padina boergesenii, Turbinaria triquetra, Hormophysa cuneiformis, Dictyota ciliolata, Sargassum aquifolium) so to chara...

Corn stalk, an agricultural waste, was valorized by the production of cellulose nanofibers (CNF), which were tested for improving recycled paper properties. CNF from eucalyptus kraft pulp (E-CNF) was used as a reference. Addition of 0.5% wt. CNF produced from corn organosolv pulp (C-CNF) to recycled paper increased the tensile index by 20%, whereas the same improvement with E-CNF was achieved a...

We extend the knowledge compilation map introduced by Darwiche and Marquis with three influential propositional fragments, the Krom CNF one (also known as the bijunctive fragment), the Horn CNF fragment and the affine fragment (also known as the biconditional fragment) as well as seven additional languages based on them, and composed respectively of Krom or Horn CNF formulas, renamable Horn CNF...