The Ca2+ uptake pathway Ca2+ has to cross two membranes to enter into the mitochondrial matrix. The selective barrier offered by the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) has been recognized for many years, but the role of the outer membrane (OMM) as a regulated Ca2+ barrier has only recently been recognized. Overexpression of the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) of the OMM, mainly known for...

The objective of this experiment was to measure the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) and the retention rate of Zn, Cu, Mn, and Fe in pigs fed either inorganic or organic sources of Zn, Cu, Mn, and Fe. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement of treatments. There were 2 types of diets (corn grits-based or corn-soybean meal [SBM]-b...

We consider a modification of the OMM energy functional which contains an ℓ 1 penalty term in order to find a sparse representation of the low-lying eigenspace of self-adjoint operators. We analyze the local minima of the modified functional as well as the convergence of the modified functional to the original functional. Algorithms combining soft thresholding with gradient descent are proposed...

Although tremendous efforts have been devoted to investigating planar single-conductor circuits, it remains challenging provide tight confinement of electromagnetic field and compatibility with active semi-conductor components such as amplifier, harmonic generator mixers. Single-conductor spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) structure, which is one the most promising transmission media due ou...

We theoretically model and empirically quantify the feedback effect of delta hedging for spot market volatility forex market. start from an economy with two types traders, aggregated option maker (OMM) taker (OMT), whose exposures reflect total outstanding positions all traders in A different hedge ratio OMM OMT leads to a net activity, which introduces friction. represent this friction by simp...

The rapid growth of computer networks, along with the wide acceptance of the Internet and Intranet (Cole 2003; Whinston et al. 2001), has pushed distributed computing into a new era. Software developers who used to focus solely on atomic and isolated computational models are now expanding their scope to cover group-computing solutions as well. Numerous research efforts in collaborative computin...

The objective of this study was to investigate the quality and usability of three Free/Libre Open Source Software assessment models: the Open Business Readiness Rating (OpenBRR), the Qualification and Selection of Open Source software (QSOS), and the QualiPSo OpenSource Maturity Model (OMM). The study identified the positive and negative aspects of each of them. The models were used to assess t...

Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) incorporates diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that address body unity, homeostatic mechanisms, and structure-function interrelationships. In regard to pain, osteopathic physicians take thorough histories guided by palpatory examination to determine the quality, duration, and origin of this condition, how it uniquely affects the individual, and whethe...

Oral Malignant Melanoma (OMM) are the most frequent neoplasmsin dogs older than 10 years, and represent up to 7% of all malignant tumors in dog. Small breeds, with especially heavily pigmented oral mucosa greater risk get disease. The outcome OMM is related clinical stage at presentation e.g. tumor size, presence local or distant spread metastases, absence ulceration anatomic site. treatment co...

Dear editor, Apoptosis is a fundamental biochemical cell-death pathway that plays important roles in various physiological and pathological processes during fetal development and in adult tissues. In the intrinsic pathway, a number of death stimuli engage the apoptotic machinery by causing release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, which in turn induces recruitment of caspase-9 into an apoptoso...