Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the competitive inhibitors of cyclooxygenase (COX), the enzyme which mediates the bioconversion of arachidonic acid to inflammatory prostaglandins (PGs). Their use is associated with the side effects such as gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. The therapeutic anti-inflammatory action of NSAIDs is produced by the inhibition of COX-2, while the ...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the competitive inhibitors of cyclooxygenase (COX), the enzyme which mediates the bioconversion of arachidonic acid to inflammatory prostaglandins (PGs). Their use is associated with the side effects such as gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. The therapeutic anti-inflammatory action of NSAIDs is produced by the inhibition of COX-2, while the ...

In the summer of 2004, I participated in an REU program at East Tennessee State University. Many of the investigations I worked on were successful, leading to 4-6 papers, some of which have been submitted, and others are still in the writing process. There are many unanswered questions left in the investigations that I was conducting, and some of the work already done is not complete. Given tha...

In an exploratory scale factor analysis of the Combined Schizotypal Traits Questionnaire, Claridge et al. (1996) reported four schizotypal trait dimensions, which they labelled Aberrant Perceptions and Beliefs, Cognitive Disorganisation with Anxiety, Introvertive Anhedonia, and Asocial Behaviour. The present paper reports the findings of a further examination of both scale and item factor analy...

expansible soils are those which will suffer considerable swelling and volume change when subjected to water. the resulting swelling pressure may cause complete destruction of such light structures as irrigation canal linings, floor slabs, etc. based upon previous investigations, swelling of clayey soils has been blamed for failure of many irrigation canals in iran and in other countries of the...

During the last six years one of the wards of the University Hospital in Lund has been used as a climatic laboratory. The temperature of the air in the room can be adjusted between what is normal outdoor temperature in south Sweden-in the winter below zero-and 400 C., the relative humidity between 30 per cent. and complete saturation, and both these factors can be kept constant at the level des...

This paper builds upon several recent works, where semigroup proofs of Brascamp-Lieb inequalities are provided in various settings (Euclidean space, spheres and symmetric groups). Our aim is twofold. Firstly, we provide a general, unifying, framework based on Markov generators, in order to cover a variety of examples of interest going beyond previous investigations. Secondly, we put forward the...