A preliminary analysis of the posbist reliability of typical system structures was provided by Cai et al. [Fuzzy Sets and Systems 42: 145–172 (1991) and Microelectronics and Reliability 35(1): 49–56 (1995)]. In this paper, we provide a detailed analysis of the posbist reliability of k-out-of-n:G system structures. Expressions of the posbist reliability of k-out-of-n:G system is developed. It is...

Purified (rat) hypothalamic growth hormone releasing factor (GRF), native human GRF isolated from an islet cell tumor of the pancreas that had caused acromegaly, and the synthetic replicates of the human material are potent secretagogues of immunoreactive growth hormone (GH) by primary cultures of rat pituitary cells. Native or synthetic peptides give identical dose-response curves, with identi...

BACKGROUND Although gelatin-resorcinol-formaldehyde (GRF) glue is used for surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissections, late complications possibly ascribed to toxic effects of GRF glue have been reported. We analyzed the benefits and risks of using GRF glue. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 1990 and August 2003, 269 consecutive patients underwent emergency operations for acute typ...

Growth-regulating factor (GRF) genes play a regulatory role for plant growth and development. The recently available cucumber, melon and watermelon genomes provide an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive overview of the GRF gene family. In the present study, identification and analysis of the GRF gene family was conducted using bioinformatics methods. Totally, 24 potential GRF genes were iden...

Human growth hormone releasing hormone (GRF 1-44 or GRF 1-29) was administered to lambs at two different physiological stages (suckling: 5-6 week-old and weaned: 14-15 week-old) when growth hormone (GH) secretory patterns were different: suckling lambs exhibited flat basal GH profiles (5-10 ng/ml) while the weaned lambs had frequent spontaneous episodes of GH release (15-65 ng/ml). The iv injec...

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the biomechanics countermovement (CMJ) preferred-style (PrefJ) jumps. Eight male basketball players (age: 19 ± 1 year; height: 1.84 0.14 m; mass: 92.8 11.4 kg) participated in a cross-sectional for which they performed max effort CMJ PrefJ while motion capture force plate data were recorded. according common procedures. For PrefJ, eight c...

Three-dimensional ground reaction forces (3D-GRF) are essential for functional evaluation for rehabilitation. A platform path is required to obtain the 3D-GRF. The main shortcoming of these platform paths is that during double stance phases of gait, both feet can be placed on the same force platform causing the need for decomposing the 3D-GRF under each foot. Despite the high number of studies ...