Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are non-interchangeable assets, usually digital art, which stored on the blockchain. Preliminary studies find that female and darker-skinned NFTs valued less than their male lighter-skinned counterparts. However, these analyze only CryptoPunks collection. We test statistical significance of race gender biases in prices present first study bias broader NFT market. evid...

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of malignant cutaneous neoplasm in humans, being more frequently located in exposed areas and in fair-skinned individuals. It is reported the case of a 62-yearold female patient, brown-skinned ,with multiple lesions with edges slightly raised, reddish-brown in the pubic region, whose clinical diagnosis was pigmented basal cell carcinoma, confirmed by...

This study investigated the effect of Black women’s skin-tone on employability ratings. Employability ratings were defined by three measures: personal evaluation, qualifications-for-employment, and racial discrimination. Forty Black and forty White college students participated in the study. All participants were asked to read a job description and a resume, examine a picture of a hypothetical ...

Han, Renzhi, Takuya Suizu, Miranda D. Grounds, and Anthony J. Bakker. Effect of indomethacin on force responses and sarcoplasmic reticulum function in skinned skeletal muscle fibers and cytosolic [Ca2 ] in myotubes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 285: C881–C890, 2003. First published June 18, 2003; 10.1152/ajpcell.00063.2003.—In this study, the effects of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitors on excita...

We examined a possible mechanism of action of an ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel opener, YM934, for the improvement of energy metabolism in hearts subjected to 35-min ischemia and 60-min reperfusion. The treatment with 30 nM YM934 for the final 15 min of preischemia enhanced postischemic recovery of left ventricular developed pressure, attenuated the postischemic rise in left ventricul...

Longitudinal impedance of skinned muscle fibers was measured with extracellular electrodes and an oil gap method in which a central longitudinal section of fiber is insulated by oil while the ends of the fiber are bathed in conducting pools of relaxing solution. Intact single fibers were isolated from frog semitendinosus muscle and the sarcolemma removed either by mechanical or chemical methods...

The p21-activated protein kinases (PAKs) have been implicated in cytoskeletal rearrangements and modulation of non-muscle contractility. Little, however, is known about the role of the PAK family members in smooth muscle contraction. Therefore, we investigated the effect of the predominant isoform in vascular smooth muscle cells, PAK1, on contraction and phosphorylation of the regulatory light ...

The kinetic effects of the cardiac myosin point mutations R403Q and R453C, which underlie lethal forms of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), were assessed using isolated myosin and skinned strips taken from heterozygous (R403Q/+ and R453C/+) male mouse hearts. Compared with wild-type (WT) mice, actin-activated ATPase was increased by 38% in R403Q/+ and reduced by 45% in R453C/+, maxima...

INTRODUCTION: The annual volume of sweet cherries shipped from the Pacific Northwest has risen dramatically to over 80,000 tons over the last five years. There has also been a major expansion in varieties. While Bing, the traditional variety, remains dominant, new varieties have been planted to lengthen the harvest season. The top varieties in terms of volume shipped are: Bing, Lapins, Sweethea...