We discuss the color-superconductivity and its effect on the cooling behavior of strange quark stars. The neutrino emissivity and specific heat of quark matter are calculated within the BCS theory. In the superconducting phase, the emissivity decreases and causes suppression of the cooling rate. It is shown that the phase transition leads to a sudden discontinuous suppression of the cooling rat...

We have proposed that reduced activity of inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPD; IMP:NAD oxidoreductase, EC 1.2.1.14), the rate-limiting enzyme for guanine nucleotide biosynthesis, in response to wild-type p53 expression, is essential for p53-dependent growth suppression. A gene transfer strategy was used to demonstrate that under physiological conditions constitutive IMPD expression pre...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increase the rate of infections in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. AIMS To estimate the extent to which proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increase the rate of infections among patients with decompensated cirrhosis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective propensity-matched new user design using US Veterans Health Adm...

It has been proposed that the suppression of poleward flux within interpolar microtubule (ipMT) bundles of Drosophila embryonic spindles couples outward forces generated by a sliding filament mechanism to anaphase spindle elongation. Here, we (i) propose a molecular mechanism in which the bipolar kinesin KLP61F persistently slides dynamically unstable ipMTs outward, the MT depolymerase KLP10A a...

We propose an architecture that preserves user privacy in the semantic Web via tag suppression. In tag suppression, users may wish to tag some resources and refrain from tagging some others in order to hinder privacy attackers in their efforts to profile users’ interests. We describe the implementation details of the proposed architecture and provide further insight into the modeling of profile...

Objective HIV treatment is only manageable with access to adequate medical care and effective treatment. Gardner et al. [1] developed a cascade of engagement, and retention in HIV care and treatment. The fundamental elements of the continuum of care were confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of December 2, 2011. This report stated that only 19% of ...

This paper introduces SkyDe (Skype Hide), a new steganographic method that utilizes Skype encrypted packets with silence to provide the means for clandestine communication. It is possible to reuse packets that do not carry voice signals for steganographic purposes because Skype does not use any silence suppression mechanism. The method’s proof-of-concept implementation and first experimental re...

Transportation and handling is generally regarded as stressful to cattle and includes both physical and psychological stimuli that might be aversive. Historical accounts relate high mortality during the early days of transport and concerns for the welfare of cattle that are similar to those today. Behavior, pathology, and physiology are all used to identify stress in response to transportation....

objectives: the purpose of the study was to compare the emotion regulation strategies of blind and sighted students.  methods: the research method used was descriptive and causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all the sighted and blind students at the university of isfahan and the islamic azad university of khorasgan. the sample volume was 64 members (32 members in each gr...