Dissection and chemical analysis data from 197 bulls of 15 breedtypes were used to examine the distribution of total fat (TOTFAT) among carcass fat (CFAT), viscera fat (VIF), kidney plus pelvic fat (KPF) and blood fat (BLF). The bulls were obtained from a five-breed diallel involving Angus, Brahman, Hereford, Holstein and Jersey; reciprocal crosses were pooled. One or two bulls of each breedtyp...

Vertebrate Src can be activated by specific mutations to become oncogenic. Analogous mutations in Drosophila Src64 (DSrc) induce abnormal differentiation of photoreceptor cells when expressed ectopically in the developing Drosophila adult eye. We have investigated the roles that the adapter protein, Downstream of receptor kinases (Drk), and the SH2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase, Corksc...

in order to determine the effects of fish size and weight on its salinity tolerance, the chloride cells (ccs) immunolocalization changes were examined in caspian salmon (salmo trutta caspius) parrs, with the same age (about 2 years old) but different types (type a: 4.88 g, 8.36 cm; type b: 14 g, 11.84 cm; type c: 24.05 g, 14.08 cm). fish survival rate, blood osmolality, gills ccs histological a...

BACKGROUND Historically, hyponatremia in patients with varying brain diseases was termed cerebral salt wasting. Hyponatremia secondary to CSW was reported to be a distinct entity from SIADH, with the distinguishing feature of decreased extracellular fluid volume. Brain natriuretic peptide, a peptide with natriuretic, vasorelaxant, and aldosterone-inhibiting properties, was recently implicated i...

Mutations in the PTPN11 gene, which encodes the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2, causes Noonan syndrome (NS), an autosomal dominant disorder with pleomorphic developmental abnormalities. Certain germline and somatic PTPN11 mutations cause leukemias. Mutations have gain-of-function (GOF) effects with the commonest NS allele, N308D, being weaker than the leukemia-causing mutations. To study th...

SUMMARY Hyponatraemia is the most commonly encountered electrolyte disturbance in neurological high dependency and intensive care units. Cerebral salt wasting (CSW) is the most elusive and challenging of the causes of hyponatraemia, and it is vital to distinguish it from the more familiar syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). Managing CSW requires correction of the intravascul...

One-loop maximal helicity violating (MHV) amplitudes in N = 4 super YangMills (SYM) theories are analyzed, using the prescription of Cachazo, Svrcek, and Witten (CSW). The relations between leading Nc amplitudes An;1 and sub-leading amplitudes An;c obtained by the CSW prescription are found to be identical to those obtained from conventional field theory calculations. Combining with existing re...

In Drosophila, specification of embryonic terminal cells is controlled by the Torso receptor tyrosine kinase. Here, we analyze the molecular basis of positive (Y630) and negative (Y918) phosphotyrosine (pY) signaling sites on Torso. We find that the Drosophila homolog of RasGAP associates with pY918 and is a negative effector of Torso signaling. Further, we show that the tyrosine phosphatase Co...

This paper identifies and assesses the economic value of main natural benefits relating to complex system wetlands (CSW) belonging San Juan River in Colombian Magdalena Medio. is a region rich biodiversity resources, which past was hit by violence actions different armed groups. Benefit estimation takes into account diverse monetary valuation techniques, such as market prices for direct wetland...

A new titanate coupling agent synthesized from polyethylene glycol (PEG), isooctyl alcohol, and phosphorus pentoxide (P₂O₅) was used for the modification of calcium sulfate whiskers (CSWs) and the preparation of high-performance CSW/poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) composites. The titanate coupling agent (sTi) and the modified CSWs (sTi-CSW) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spe...