Restraint-induced stress (RS) increases histamine concentration in the brain. There is no previous report regarding the role of histamine receptors in immunomodulatory effect of RS. In the present study the role of brain histamine receptors on reduction of humoral and cellular immune function induced by RS was evaluated. For this purpose male Wistar rats (200-250 g) were immunized with sheep re...

This is my final project in Math 689 course taught by Prof. Michael Anshelevich. The topic is to report/summarize about the article “A Free Entropy Dimension Lemma” by Kenley Jung in [2] (Pacific Journal of Mathematics 2003).

stereoisograms of octahedral complexes are classified into five types (type i--typev) under the action of the corresponding rs-stereoisomeric group. their enumeration is accomplished in a type-itemized fashion, where fujita's proligand method developed originally for combinatorial enumeration under point groups (s. fujita, theor. chem. acc., 113, 73--79 (2005)) is extended to meet the requireme...

We present a new laser setup designed for high-precision spectroscopy on laser cooled atomic strontium. The system, which is entirely based on semiconductor laser sources, delivers 200 mW at 461 nm for cooling and trapping atomic strontium from a thermal source, 4 mW at 497 nm for optical pumping from the metastable P23 state, 12 mW at 689 nm on linewidth less than 1 kHz for second-stage coolin...

The 1.2-kb DNA fragment of the Rickettsia conorii outer membrane protein B gene (OmpB(451-846)) was subcloned using site-specific PCR primers and expressed as six smaller fragments: OmpB(458-652), OmpB(595-744), OmpB(595-654), OmpB(645-692), OmpB(689-744), and OmpB(739-848). NCTC cells transfected with a mammalian expression vector expressing the fragments OmpB(689-744) and OmpB(739-848) stimul...

BACKGROUND Accurate body composition assessment is critical to identify children who are overfat or obese. Unlike BMI measures, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) differentiates between lean and fat mass. However, bioelectrical impedance analysis has historically had questionable reliability and validity in children. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, validity, and diag...