Bi r th weight is in large extent influenced by gestational age. In addi tion genetic and envi ronmental factors determine intrauter ine growth and bi r th weight. The contr ibutions of these factors may be influenced by maternal smoking dur ing pregnancy. We examined bi r th weight and maternal smoking in a sample of 2930 twin pai rs from the Nether lands Twin Register using structural equatio...

Only a single thorium fullerene, Th@C84, has been reported to date (Akiyama, K.; et al. J. Nucl. Radiochem. Sci. 2002, 3, 151-154). Although the system was characterized by UV-vis and XANES (X-ray absorption near edge structure) spectra, its structure and properties remain unknown. In this work we used the density functional calculations to identify molecular and electronic structure of the Th@...

The effects of i.c.v. injection of AIDA, a group I mGluR antagonist, were studied on the nigral DA cells after MPTP-induced injury in the black mouse, using TH immunocytochemistry and unbiased stereology. MPTP reduced the total number of TH-IR neurons by 55.2% and non-TH-IR neurons by 27.5%. A 15 min AIDA pre-treatment (10 nmol) selectively counteracted the loss of TH-IR cells caused by MPTP as...

The heart is one of the principal targets thyroid hormones (TH) action, affecting cardiac contractility, rate, and diastolic function. Oxidative damage pivotal for onset development cardiovascular disease (CVD) failure. Specifically, free radical generation associated to hyper-metabolic state in hyperthyroidism, whereas hypo-metabolic induced by hypothyroidism leads a decrease oxidative stress....

BACKGROUND Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is an established treatment after cardiac arrest and growing evidence supports its use as neuroprotective treatment in stroke. Only few and heterogeneous studies exist on the effect of hypothermia in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A novel approach of early and prolonged TH and its influence on key complications in poor-grade SAH, vasospasm and delayed cer...

Weight loss due to negative energy balance is a goal in counteracting obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The thyroid is known to be an important regulator of energy metabolism through the action of thyroid hormones (THs). The classic, active TH, 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) acts predominantly by binding to nuclear receptors termed TH receptors (TRs), that recognize TH response elements (T...

for every $1leq s< n$, the $s^{th}$ derivative of a polynomial $p(z)$ of degree $n$ is a polynomial $p^{(s)}(z)$ whose degree is $(n-s)$. this paper presents a result which gives generalizations of some inequalities regarding the $s^{th}$ derivative of a polynomial having zeros outside a circle. besides, our result gives interesting refinements of some well-known results.

We report herein the synthesis of the first structurally characterized homoleptic actinide aryl complexes, [Li(DME)3]2[Th(C6H5)6] (1) and [Li(THF)(12-crown-4)]2[Th(C6H5)6] (2), which feature an anion possessing a regular octahedral (1) or a severely distorted octahedral (2) geometry. The solid-state structure of 2 suggests the presence of pseudo-agostic ortho C-H···Th interactions, which arise ...

In the simple case of one-dimension al flow between plate s, we show t he effect of Galil ean non-i nveriance of th e usual hexagonal lattice gas mode. Thi s effect leads to a distorted velocity profile when the velocity exceeds a value of 0.4. Higher-order corre ctions to the Navier-Stokes equa tions are considered in a discussion of th e num erical importance of th e distortion.