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The activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is involved in the development of hepatic fibrosis. Previous studies have indicated that the acquisition of certain properties by activated HSCs is highly dependent on the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. However, direct evidence showing that the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton is responsible for HSC activation is lacking. The ai...

The diverse functions of jasmonates (JAs) in plant cells are reflected by the extensive reprogramming of gene expression after JA perception. Here, we review the transcriptome signatures associated with JA signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana and other plant species. Transcript profiling studies clearly highlight the renowned capacity of JAs to elicit evolutionarily distant metabolic pathways acr...

the critical part for building any software system is its architecture. Architectural design is a design at a higher level of abstraction. A good architecture ensures that software will satisfy its requirement. This paper defines the most important activities of architectural design that used through building any software; also it applies these activities on one type of Electronic Commerce(EC) ...

Beauty holds a very important place in expressing the personality now-a-days. Clear and healthy skin makes good impression. Everyone especially young generations are most conscious careful about beauty of face. Due to hurry, worry, curry type lifestyle some hormonal factors adolescent age many people suffer through Acne. It is commonly seen population. Mukhadooshika, according Ayurveda, can be ...

We formulate a complete path integral bosonization procedure for any fermionic theory in two dimensions. The classical action of the bosons in the bosonized theory is −i times the logarithm of the Jacobian of a local chiral transformation, with the boson fields as transformation parameters. Three examples, the Schwinger model, the massive Thirring model and massive non-Abelian bosonization, are...

This research aims to examine the negotiations between two Islamic movement organizations, Salafi and Jamaah Ansharus Syariah (JAS), as conservative movements whose main goal is return original sources of Islam, Qur'an As-Sunnah. study uses a qualitative descriptive design with data collection methods through observation, interactive interviews, documentation conducted in educational institutio...

COMPRESSION OF COLOR IMAGES Jan Bormans 1;2 Serge Vernalde 2 Jan Cornelis 1 Ivo Bolsens 2 Hugo De Man 2; 1 ETRO/BIIP, VUB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium 2 IMEC/VSDM, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium ABSTRACT Region-Oriented Compression (ROC) is a computation intensive emerging technique for very low bitrate image and video coding. The design of a Hilbert fractal codec, a key-compon...

The relationship of coping and defense to Type A behavior pattern (TABP), as measured by the Structured Interview and the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS), was investigated to understand the dynamics of TABP and psychological factors associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. It was hypothesized that global TABP and its component "speed and impatience" would be related to the use of defens...