Lamiales sensu APG II (The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, 2003) constitute a major clade of flowering plants, with approximately 17,800 species (Judd & al., 2002) and 23 families, representing 12.3% of eudicot diversity (Stevens, 2001, onwards). They belong to a major asterid clade, the Lamiids (Bremer & al., 2002). The monophyly of Lamiales is comparatively uncontroversial and well supported by m...

N a table showing the existing atomic nuclei it is observed that many groups of isobars occur, the term isobar referring to nuclei of the same atomic weight but different atomic number. It is unreasonable to assume that all isobars have exactly the same energy; one of them therefore will have the lowest energy, the others are unstable. The question arises why the unstable nuclei are in reality ...

The disintegration of mesotrons at the end of their range was investigated by means of an improved arrangenxent of the type already described by the author. The absorption of a mesotron by a block of aluminum or iron is recorded by a system of coincidence and anticoincidence counters. Another system of counters and circuits registers the delayed emission of a particle, which is interpreted as t...

Sequential alterations in the ultrastructure of blood platelets observed during the clotting of human platelet-rich plasma are described, with emphasis on disintegration of the platelet. As the clotting reaction proceeds, aliquots of citrated and recalcified citrated plasma are fixed by adding buffered OsO(4). After recalcification a lag period of about 10 minutes is followed by an interval of ...

We recently demonstrated that addition of the divalent cation Mg++ to demembranated cilia causes the dynein arms to attach uniformly to the B subfibers. We have now studied the dose-dependent relationship between Mg++ or Ca++ and dynein bridging frequencies and microtubule sliding in cilia isolated from Tetrahymena. Both cations promote efficient dynein bridging. Mg++-induced bridges become sat...

Many kinds of rapidly disintegrating or oral disintegrating tablets (RDT) have been developed to improve the ease of tablet administration, especially for elderly and pediatric patients. In these cases, knowledge regarding disintegration behavior appears important with respect to the development of such a novel tablet. Ordinary disintegration testing, such as the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) met...

The process of apoptosis is essential for maintaining the physiologic balance between cell death and cell growth. This complex process is executed by two major pathways that participate in activating an executioner mechanism leading to chromatin disintegration and nuclear fragmentation. Dysregulation of these pathways often contributes to cancer development and resistance to cancer therapy. Her...