In the past few decades, chemosynthetic ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents have received attention as plausible analogues to the early ecosystems of Earth, as well as to extraterrestrial ecosystems. These ecosystems are sustained by chemical energy obtained from inorganic redox substances (e.g., H2S, CO2, H2, CH4, and O2) in hydrothermal fluids and ambient seawater. The chemical and isot...

Cite this article: Suzuki H, Ohkuchi A, Shirasuna K, Takahashi H, Usui R, et al. (2014) Animal Models of Preeclampsia: Insight into Possible Biomarker Candidates for Predicting Preeclampsia. Med J Obstet Gynecol 2(2): 1031. *Corresponding authors Akihide Ohkuchi, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-...

Rigorous bounds for the bond percolation critical probability are determined for three Archimedean lattices: .7385 < pc((3, 12 ) bond) < .7449, .6430 < pc((4, 6, 12) bond) < .7376, .6281 < pc((4, 8 ) bond) < .7201. Consequently, the bond percolation critical probability of the (3, 12) lattice is strictly larger than those of the other ten Archimedean lattices. Thus, the (3, 12) bond percolation...

As seed dormancy is released within a seed population, both the rate and percentage of germination increase progressively with increasing dose of a dormancy-breaking treatment or condition. Population-based models can account for this behaviour on the basis of shifting response thresholds as dormancy is alleviated. In particular, hydrothermal time analysis of germination sensitivity to water po...

This paper considers the hydrothermal unit commitment problem of power systems with high proportion of hydraulic generation. In this sense, a large-scale mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem for the two day cost-optimal generation of system is developed. The model involves a large number of mixed-integer decision variables and constraints linking time periods and operation units. A Lagra...

Impacts are common geologic features on the terrestrial planets throughout the solar system, and on at least Earth and Mars impacts have induced hydrothermal convection. Impact-generated hydrothermal systems have been suggested to possess the same life supporting capability as hydrothermal systems associated with volcanic activity. However, evidence of fossil microbial colonization in impact-ge...

A hydrothermal method of synthesizing hydroxyapatite by heating a precipitate, formed by mixing Ca(NO3)2⋅4H2O and (NH4)2HPO4 with distilled water, in a hydrothermal reactor at 200 C for 24-72 hrs is described. A treatment time of 24 hrs produced single phase (as shown by XRD) hydroxyapatite powder, however for longer treatment times XRD patterns were indicative of the presence of a secondary ph...

Introduction: Impact events locally increase the temperature of a planetary crust, initiating hydrother-mal activity if water or ice is present. Impact-induced hydrothermal activity is responsible for mineralogical-ly and morphologically modifying many terrestrial craters [e.g., 1], and has been suggested for Martian craters [2, 3]. Present-day subsurface ice has been inferred at high latitudes...