Results: The increase in mass of the tunic became lower as the region was closer to the bottom of Halocynthia roretzi. However, the decrease in mass caused by the mechanical stimuli was not different between the adjacent regions. Also, the tunic of the siphon, the tubular tissue for influx and efflux of the seawater, increased the mass more slowly after the stimuli. The size of the layer coveri...

here is widespread recognition of the developing epidemic f obesity worldwide (1). Obesity imparts a major risk for he secondary complications of diabetes and is associated ith increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (2). he Framingham investigators found that after adjustment or known coronary risk factors, the relative risk of develping heart failure over 14 years of follow-up increa...

We are concerned with the finite-element approximation for the Keller-Segel system that describes the aggregation of slime molds resulting from their chemotactic features. The scheme makes use of a semi-implicit time discretization with a time-increment control and Baba-Tabata’s conservative upwind finite-element approximation in order to realize the positivity and mass conservation properties....

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is prevalent and associated with a poor long-term prognosis. The Framingham Heart Study, for example, showed that LVH was present in 15–20% of adults, and that, for each 50 g/m increment of left ventricular mass, the relative risk of cardiovascular death increased by 1.73 in men and 2.12 in women. Although hypertension, obesity and valvulopathies account for m...

Two pot experiments and one field experiment were conducted on sugarcane to assess the effects of treatments expected to change total carbon assimilation on the partitioning of assimilate. In the first experiment pots of cultivars CP and N14 were arranged to simulate normal field spacing. At 5 months, plants were partially defoliated or left intact. In the subsequent four months, defoliation re...