The protein of retroviral origin ENS-1/ERNI plays a major role during neural plate development in chick embryos by controlling the activity of the epigenetic regulator HP1γ, but its function in the earlier developmental stages is still unknown. ENS-1/ERNI promoter activity is down-regulated upon differentiation but the resulting protein expression has never been examined. In this study, we pres...

this paper presents a multi-objective formulation for optimal siting and sizing of distributed generation (dg) resources in distribution systems in order to minimize the cost of power losses and energy not supplied. the implemented technique is based on a genetic algorithm (ga) and weight method that employed to obtain the best compromise between these costs. simulation results on 33-bus distri...

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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To review current knowledge on nasal airflow sensation in relation to empty nose syndrome (ENS). STUDY DESIGN PubMed searches. METHODS Current literature pertaining to measurement of nasal patency, mechanism of sensory perception of nasal airflow, and ENS. RESULTS A reliance on pure anatomical analysis of the anatomy in ENS falls short of explaining the disorder. Our...

Previous work has shown that bisperoxo(1,10-phenanthroline)-oxovanadate(v) anion [bpV(phen)] induces potent insulin-mimicking effects in the rat, selectively activates the endosomal (EN) insulin receptor kinase (IRK) in liver, and markedly abolishes endosomal IRK-associated phosphotyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activity while reducing that of total ENs by approximately 30%. In this study we examine...

abstract i n this paper we investigated total energy consumption and its individual forms (oil, natural gas, electricity, renewable energies and coal) relationship with real gross domestic product (gdp) in iran. we employed hsiao’s (1981) methodology and annual data which cover 1967-2010 for investigation. the empirical findings indicate there is bidirectional causality effect with real gdp and...

We apply the Piecewise Constant Level Set Method (PCLSM) to a multiphase motion problem, especially the pure mean curvature motion. We use one level set function to represent multiple regions, and by associating an energy functional which consists of surface tension (proportional to length), we formulate a variational approach for the mean curvature motion problem. Some operator-splitting schem...

Am 15. Juni fallen die Entscheidungen in den drei Linien der Exzellenzinitiative, in denen die Ruhr-Universität mit je einem Antrag in der Endrunde vertreten ist. Hunderte von Mitgliedern unserer universitas waren an der Konzeption, Antragserstellung und Vorbereitung sowie der Durchführung der Begutachtungen beteiligt – alle mit sehr viel Engagement und Herzblut. Gerade bei der Begehung im Febr...