PURPOSE To investigate the neuroprotective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) against potassium cyanide (KCN)-induced retinal damage. METHODS Rats were injected intravitreally with iodinated BDNF. Two days later, eyeballs were dissected into various parts, and the level of radioactivity in each part was measured. Retinal damage was induced by incubating rat eyeballs with 5 mM...

Abstract In recent years, driven by Industry 4.0 wave, academic research has focused on the science, engineering, and enabling technologies for intelligent cyber manufacturing. Using a network science data mining-based Keyword Co-occurrence Network (KCN) methodology, this work analyzes trends in topics manufacturing literature over past two decades to inform researchers, educators, industry lea...

Measurements of respiration were made on leaf discs from glasshouse-grown soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv ;Corsoy') plants in the presence and absence of cyanide (KCN) and salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM). O(2) uptake by mature leaves measured at 25 degrees C was stimulated by 1 millimolar KCN (63%) and also by 5 millimolar azide (79%). SHAM, an inhibitor of the alternative oxidase and a select...

Purpose To evaluate the magnitudes and axis orientation of anterior corneal astigmatism (ACA) and posterior corneal astigmatism (PCA), the ratio of ACA to PCA, and the correlation between ACA and PCA in the different stages of keratoconus (KCN). Methods This retrospective case series comprised 161 eyes of 161 patients with KCN (104 men, 57 women; mean age, 22.35 ± 6.10 years). The participant...

In the creation of a smart future information society, Internet of Things (IoT) and Content Centric Networking (CCN) break two key barriers for both the front-end sensing and back-end networking. However, we still observe the missing piece of the research that dominates the current design, e.g., lacking of the knowledge penetrated into both sensing and networking to glue them holistically. In t...

Cyanide is a ubiquitous chemical in the environment and has been associated with many intoxication episodes; however, little is known about its potentially toxic effects on development. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of maternal exposure to potassium cyanide (KCN) during pregnancy on both sows and their offspring. Twenty-four pregnant sows were allocated into four groups that...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cytochrome C oxidase (CcO) in preventing ischemia reperfusion-induced cardiac injury through gaseous signaling molecule pathways. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used CcO inhibitor, potassium cyanide (KCN) to mimic the pre-treatment of gaseous signaling molecules in a global ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury mo...

Cupferron, the ammonium salt of N-nitro-sophenylhydroxylamine, enhances the frequencies of structural chromosome changes produced by x-rays in the root tips of the broad bean, Vicia faba (7, 4-6). The enhancement produced at low oxygen pressures (0.3 to 5 per cent 02 in the gas phase) is particularly striking and appears to be a result of the inhibitory action of cupferron on oxygen consumption...

Product quality problems are becoming increasingly complex with the increasing richness of product types and functions, making it challenging to solve only personal knowledge effectively. Thus, we propose an approach extract solution from problem-solving data improve efficiency problem-solving. Specifically, by analyzing characteristics data, a method for calculating membership degree nodes is ...

The aim of this study was to analyze and compare corneal biomechanics in patients with bilateral keratoconus (KCN) with unilateral Vogt's striae. In this prospective contralateral study, visual acuity, refraction, and corneal biomechanical parameters were evaluated in patients with bilateral KCN with unilateral Vogt's striae using the Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) (Reichert Inc., Buffalo, NY) ...