d-Fenfluramine (d-Fen) has been demonstrated to alter body temperature (BT), decrease 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and decrease 5-HT plasma membrane transporters (PMT) in rats. Therefore, experiments were designed to test whether a correlation existed between elevated BT and brain 5-HT depletions. It was hypothesized that d-Fen would induce hyperthermia if the environmental temperature was elevat...

The paper represents the mathematical model of piezoresonance oscillator system (POS), which consists of highquality elementquartz resonator (QR), the element of connection and lowquality loading. Based on analyses of main characteristics of POS in the system of MatLab, the conditions of minimization of negative impact of lowquality loading onto personal characteristics of QR are defined. The n...

Paget-Schroetter syndrome (PSS) is a rare form of thoracic outlet syndrome caused by axillosubclavian vein thrombosis which typically presents in healthy young adults. Prompt therapy, traditionally by means of catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) prior to definitive surgery, can prevent the subsequent onset of postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) and considerable disability. As CDT is associated with ...

Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) is the first alkaloid-specific enzyme for nicotine and tropane alkaloid formation. The pmt gene from Nicotiana tabacum was fused to the CaMV 35S promoter and integrated into the Atropa belladonna genome. Transgenic plants and derived root cultures were analysed for gene expression and for levels of alkaloids and their precursors. Scopolamine, hyoscyamine, tr...

Conducting poly(o-toluidine) (POT) and poly(m-toluidine) (PMT) blends containing 10, 30, 50, 70, and 90 % wt/wt of polystyrene (PSt) were prepared by employing a two-step emulsion pathway. The bands characteristic of both polystyrene and POT/PMT are present in the IR spectra of POT–PSt and PMT–PSt blends. The UV-visible spectra of POT–PSt and PMT–PSt blends exhibit two bands around 313 and 610 ...

Muscle volumes of the gluteus medius, gluteus maximus, and tensor faciae latae assessed by a computed tomography (CT) scan were greater in men than women and not different between the left and the right side after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Body mass index, sex, age, and ambulatory status affected functional outcome after THA. However, the effects of psoas muscle mass and muscle quality on f...

Although it has stood the test of time for over 30 years, Moore’s Law addresses but a single aspect of microprocessor design. As a proxy for technology, the number of transistors in an integrated circuit represents a limited perspective on the technology as a whole. Anderson et al. proposed a set of metrics by which to measure a technology, and a means to measure its progress over time utilizin...

Sending private messages over communication environments under surveillance is a very important challenge in communication security and has attracted a lot of attention from cryptographers through time. We believe that resources other than cryptographic keys can be used to provide communication privacy. We consider private message transmission (PMT) in an abstract multipath communication settin...