OBJECTIVES To evaluate a spectrophotometric field kit (Test-Mate-OP) for repeatability and validity in comparison with reference laboratory methods and to model its anticipated sensitivity and specificity based on these findings. METHODS 76 farm workers between the age of 20 and 55, of whom 30 were pesticide applicators exposed to a range of organophosphates in the preceding 10 days, had bloo...

Volume: 02 Issue: 03 | May-2014, Available @ http://www.ijretm.com | Paper id IJRETM-2014-02-03-441 1 Performance Analysis of ZF, MMSE and ML Equalizer with Different MIMO Systems using V-BLAST Algorithm Rakesh Choudhary, Vijay Chauhan, Mukesh Patidar, Prof. A.C. Tiwari 1 M.Tech. Scholar, Department of ECE, LNCT, Indore, MP, India, [email protected] 2 Assistant Professor, Department of ECE,...

i M. Modarres-Hashemi is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (email: [email protected]) ii M. Dorostgan is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran ( email:[email protected]) iii Corresponding Author, M. M. Naghsh is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (email: mm_naghsh@...

Both water and nitrogen (N) availability have significant effects on ecosystem CO2 exchange (ECE), which includes net ecosystem productivity (NEP), ecosystem respiration (ER) and gross ecosystem photosynthesis (GEP). How water and N availability influence ECE in arid and semiarid grasslands is still uncertain. A manipulative experiment with additions of rainfall, snow and N was conducted to tes...

Endothelin-converting enzyme-2 (ECE-2), a member of M13 family of zinc metallopeptidases, has previously been shown to process a number of neuropeptides including those derived from prodynorphin, proenkephalin, proSAAS, and amyloid precursor protein. ECE-2, unlike ECE-1, exhibits restricted neuroendocrine distribution and acidic pH optimum; it is consistent with a role in the regulation of neur...

Q uality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) have become an increasingly popular mechanism in states and localities seeking to raise the quality of their early care and education (ECE) programs. Typically, QRISs provide ratings of ECE programs based on multicomponent assessments designed to make quality transparent to parents and funders, as well as feedback, technical assistance, and financ...

The potent vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 (ET-1) is secreted constitutively by endothelial cells and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of several cardiovascular diseases. It is generated from its inactive intermediate, big ET-1, through the action of endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE). Using several complementary techniques, we have demonstrated that ECE is present at the cell surface an...

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is thought to play a significant role in acute renal failure induced by cyclosporin A (CsA). The cDNA sequence encoding endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1), which produces the active form of ET-1 from big ET-1, was recently reported. To elicit the role of ECE-1 in the glomerular and tubular dysfunction induced by CsA, the effects of CsA on mRNA and protein expression of E...

OBJECTIVE The biosynthesis of endothelin-1 (ET-1), the most potent vasoconstrictor with mitogenic properties, involves the processing of intermediate protein big ET-1 by a unique metalloprotease, endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1). ECE-1 has 4 subisoforms that possess the same catalytic properties but different localization patterns on the plasma membrane and cytosol. We investigated the tr...

During hepatic wound healing, activation of key effectors of the wounding response known as stellate cells leads to a multitude of pathological processes, including increased production of endothelin-1 (ET-1). This latter process has been linked to enhanced expression of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1, the enzyme that converts precursor ET-1 to the mature peptide) in activated stellate c...