Low energy parameters of the KK and ππ scalar-isoscalar interactions Abstract Threshold expansions of the ππ and KK spin 0 and isospin 0 scattering amplitudes are performed. Scattering lengths, effective ranges and so–called volume parameters are evaluated. Good agreement with the existing experimental data for the ππ scalar–isoscalar amplitude is found. An importance of future accurate measure...

Diabetic conditions promote glomerulosclerosis by mesangial cells but the mechanisms are not fully elucidated. The present study evaluated the expression of toll-like receptor 4 in glomerular endothelial cells in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 1 diabetic mouse (ICR-STZ) and the type 2 diabetic KK/TaJcl mouse which were fed a high fat diet feed (KK/Ta-HF). In the ICR-STZ and KK/Ta-HF almo...

We show how methods from K-theory of operator algebras can be applied in a completely algebraic setting to define a bivariant, M∞-stable, homotopy-invariant, excisive Ktheory of algebras over a fixed unital ground ring H, (A, B) 7→ kk∗(A, B), which is universal in the sense that it maps uniquely to any other such theory. It turns out kk is related to C. Weibel’s homotopy algebraic K-theory, KH....

We show how methods from K-theory of operator algebras can be applied in a completely algebraic setting to define a bivariant, M∞-stable, homotopy-invariant, excisive Ktheory of algebras over a fixed unital ground ring H, (A, B) 7→ kk∗(A, B), which is universal in the sense that it maps uniquely to any other such theory. It turns out kk is related to C. Weibel’s homotopy algebraic K-theory, KH....

A virus isolated from dead Chaerephon plicata bats collected near Kampot, Cambodia, was identified as a member of the family Bunyaviridae by electron microscopy. The only bunyavirus previously isolated from Chaerephon species bats in South-East Asia is Kaeng Khoi (KK) virus (genus Orthobunyavirus), detected in Thailand over 30 years earlier and implicated as a public health problem. Using RT-PC...

The KK/Ta strain serves as a suitable polygenic mouse model for the common form of type 2 diabetes associated with obesity in humans. Recently, we reported the susceptibility loci contributing to type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes in KK/Ta mice. In this study, we focused on expression in the kidneys and liver of KK/Ta and BALB/c mice using differential display (DD) PCR. Zn-alpha(2) glycopro...

We revisit the calculation of the relic density of the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle (LKP) in the model of Universal Extra Dimensions. The Kaluza-Klein (KK) particle spectrum at level one is rather degenerate, and various coannihilation processes may be relevant. We extend the calculation of hep-ph/0206071 to include coannihilation processes with all level one KK particles. In our computation ...

Kon K, Ikejima K, Okumura K, Arai K, Aoyama T, Watanabe S. Diabetic KK-A mice are highly susceptible to oxidative hepatocellular damage induced by acetaminophen. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 299: G329–G337, 2010. First published June 10, 2010; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00361.2009.—Despite pathophysiological similarities to alcoholic liver disease, susceptibility to acetaminophen hepatotoxici...

Universal Extra Dimensions (UEDs) with compactification radius near the TeV scale provide interesting phenomenology at future colliders. The collider signals of the first Kaluza-Klein (KK) level are very similar to those of a supersymmetric model with a nearly degenerate superpartner spectrum. The heavier first level KK states cascade decay to the lightest KK particles (LKP), which is neutral a...

In the Universal Extra Dimensions model of Appelquist, Cheng and Dobrescu, all of the Standard Model fields are placed in the bulk and thus have Kaluza-Klein(KK) excitations. These KK states can only be pair produced at colliders due to the tree-level conservation of KK number, with the lightest of them being stable and possibly having a mass as low as ' 350 − 400 GeV. After calculating the con...