UNLABELLED α-(11)C-methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT) PET allows evaluation of brain serotonin synthesis and can also track upregulation of the immunosuppressive kynurenine pathway in tumor tissue. Increased AMT uptake is a hallmark of World Health Organization grade III-IV gliomas. Our recent study also suggested decreased frontal cortical AMT uptake in glioma patients contralateral to the tumor. The c...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical findings, treatment modalities and long-term prognosis of chemical and thermal burns of the cornea. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one patients (27 eyes) who were followed at two centers for corneal chemical and thermal burns between 2001 and 2013 were included. Eyes were grouped into four grades according to the severity of burn using Roper-Hall classificati...

We present and release Omnizart, a new Python library that provides streamlined solution to automatic music transcription (AMT). Omnizart encompasses modules construct the life-cycle of deep learning-based AMT, is designed for ease use with compact command-line interface. To best our knowledge, first toolkit which offers models covering wide class instruments ranging from solo, instrument ensem...

Ammonium transporters (AMTs) are plasma membrane proteins that exclusively transport ammonium/ammonia. These proteins are encoded by an ancient gene family with many members. The molecular characteristics and evolutionary history of AMTs in woody plants are still poorly understood. We comprehensively evaluated the AMT gene family in the latest release of the Populus trichocarpa genome (version ...

This half-day tutorial will cover how to build and deploy online experiments using jsPsych, psiTurk, and Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT). jsPsych is an open-source JavaScript library that facilitates building behavioral experiments in a web browser. psiTurk is an open-source Python platform that simplifies the process of running an experiment using AMT. Together, these two software packages reduce...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of human amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) on T-cell immune response in murine corneas with herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK). METHODS Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1-infected BALB/c mice with necrotizing HSK were treated with AMT. CD3(+) cell apoptosis was determined in treated corneas and in vitro by flow cytometric analysis using the annexin V/7-AAD syst...

Cardiovascular toxicity induced by dimetacrine (DMC), an antidepressant, was investigated in isolated guinea pig atria and anesthetized dogs, and compared with those of imipramine (IMP) and amitriptyline (AMT) which have been widely used as antidepressants. In the electrically driven guinea pig left atria, these three agents depressed the atrial contraction; a statistically significant differen...

AIMS The objective of the study was to determine the effect of multiple doses of rifampicin on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of zidovudine and its 5'-glucuronosyl (GZDV) and 3'-amino (AMT) metabolites. METHODS Eight asymptomatic HIV-infected patients (seven male, one female) participated in this three-period longitudinal study. Each patient received zidovudine (200 mg every 8 h) for 14 da...