BACKGROUND The prevalence of primary hyperaldosteronism (PHA) in the hypertensive population has increased in recent years. Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism (GRA) is a rare monogenic form of PHA. Here we report a German family with GRA. Since the phenotype of GRA varies widely, we asked whether recommended algorithms for PHA diagnosis distinguish GRA from other forms of PHA. METHODS Pl...

18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid (GRA), a major component of Glycyrrhiza glabra, is widely used therapeutically in clinic. In this study, the effect of GRA on Helicobacter pylori- (H. pylori-) infected gastritis was investigated in Mongolian gerbils in vivo. The gerbils were randomly divided into groups: uninfected; H. pylori-infected; H. pylori + antibiotics (clarithromycin, amoxicillin, and esomeprazo...

There are two major problems with teaching quality evaluation of physical education (PE) in colleges: the excessive number factors, and incomplete system. To solve problems, this paper puts forward a multi-attribute fuzzy model college PE quality, provides strategies to implement model. Firstly, were analyzed, novel multi-dimensional system was developed for quality. quantify an established bas...

The genes for polyketide synthases (PKSs), enzymes that assemble the carbon backbones of many secondary metabolites, often cluster with other secondary pathway genes. We describe here the first lichen PKS cluster likely to be implicated in the biosynthesis of a depside and a depsidone, compounds in a class almost exclusively produced by lichen fungi (mycobionts). With degenerate PCR with primer...

Introduction: Although some CR chondrites are recognized to be among the most pristine meteorites [1], other members of this group are heavily hydrated [e.g. 2]. However, no evidence of thermal metamorphism has been documented for this group. Antarctic fall GRA 06100, initially classified as a CR2 chondrite have not been previously studied. We use optical microscopy, SEM, and focused beam EPMA ...

Let A be a noetherian AS regular Koszul quiver algebra (if A is commutative, it is essentially a polynomial ring), and grA the category of finitely generated graded left A-modules. Following Jørgensen, we define the CastelnuovoMumford regularity reg(M•) of a complex M• ∈ D(grA) in terms of the local cohomologies or the minimal projective resolution of M•. Let A be the quadratic dual ring of A. ...

The present study aimed to examine the association of trait anxiety and social desirability (SOD) with granulocyte (GRA) and lymphocyte (LYM) counts in healthy adults. Subjects were 23 (9 males and 14 females) eligible adults. Trait anxiety and SOD were assessed using the Anxiety and Lie Scores of the Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS), respectively. White blood cells were counted by flow cytometry. ...

In this paper, we present a coding theorem for the ensemble of Generalized Repeat Accumulate (GRA m) codes. These codes are the serial concatenation of a terminated convolutional code and m interleaved rate-1 accumulatee codes. This theorem generalizes the results of 1] and 2] by considering outer codes with d f ree = 2 and multiple accumulatee codes. For outer codes with d f ree ≥ 2, it proves...

Mirabegron, which was the first β3-adrenoceptor agonist introduced for use in clinical practice, has been extensively evaluated in overactive bladder (OAB) patients in several phase II and III studies. However, most of the enrolled patients were treatment naive or had experienced a wash-out period before the introduction of mirabegron. No study has reported the treatment results of a direct swi...