In about 1972 R. L. Griess and Fischer independently suggested the existence of a new sporadic simple group, which had a double cover of the “baby monster” discovered by Fischer as the centralizer of an involution. Calculations suggested that its smallest non-trivial complex representation probably had dimension 196883. “Moonshine” is the attempt to explain John McKay’s extraordinary observatio...

We assessed the effect of β-Glucan on macrophages by Griess reagent and viability by MTT assay and cytotoxicity. Assay of macrophages culture supernatants were carried out on WEHI-164 fibrosarcoma cell line as tumor necrosis factor-α bioassay were done. NO release was increased at the dose of 10 µg/ml (P = 0.001) of β-Glucan while the viability of macrophages in all concentrations was the same....

A new chemosensor has been used to monitor atmospheric nitrogen oxides [NO + NO2] at parts per billion (ppb) level. It is based on the catalytic reaction of nitrogen oxides with rhodamine B hydrazide (RBH) to produce a colored compound through the hydrolysis of the amide bond of the molecule. A simple colorimeter has been used to monitor atmospheric nitrogen dioxide at ppb level. The air sample...

The existence and uniqueness (up to equivalence defined below) of code loops was first established by R. Griess in [3]. Nevertheless, the explicit construction of code loops remained open until T.Hsu introduced the notion of symplectic cubic spaces and their Frattini extensions, and pointed out how the construction of code loops followed from the (purely combinatorial) result of O. Chein and E....

We prove that if a K3 surface X admits Z/5Z as a group of symplectic automorphisms, then it actually admits D5 as a group of symplectic automorphisms. The orthogonal complement to the D5-invariants in the second cohomology group of X is a rank 16 lattice, L. It is known that L does not depend on X: we prove that it is isometric to a lattice recently described by R. L. Griess Jr. and C. H. Lam. ...

Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen (Apiaceae) is distributed in arid desert areas of Xinjiang, and its resin a traditional Chinese medicine to treat gastrointestinal digestive diseases. To explore bioactive components from F. sinkiangensis, three new lignans thirteen known were isolated. The structural elucidation the was established utilizing spectroscopic analyses together with ECD calculations....

Materials and methods: A total of 100 patients (51 females and 49 males) diagnosed with esophageal cancer but not yet operated on were included in the study. Th e mean age of the study population was 62.03 ± 12.4 years. Patients treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy were excluded. Th e control group included 80 subjects (38 females and 42 males) with a mean age of 57 ± 12.4 years. Plasma ar...

Nitric oxide has been regarded as a marker of oxidative stress in various diseases. There is a lot of controversy regarding levels of nitric oxide in thyroid disorders. The present study included 50 diagnosed hypothyroid, 50 hyperthyroid and 50 healthy controls. The nitric oxide levels were estimated by Griess reaction. The results were compared statistically. Nitric oxide concentration was fou...