We examine the formation of giant elliptical galaxies using their globular cluster (GC) systems as probes of their evolutionary history. The bimodal distributions of GC metallicities in such galaxies are often cited as evidence for the formation of giant elliptical galaxies through mergers involving gas-rich spirals, with the metal-rich GCs forming during the merger process. We explore an alter...

We study the stability of the giant gravitons in the string theory background with NSNS B field. We consider the perturbation of giant gravitons formed by a probe D(8− p) brane in the background generated by D(p− 2)D(p) branes for 2 ≤ p ≤ 5. We use the quadratic approximation to the brane action to find the equations of motion. The vibration modes for ρ , φ and r are coupled, while those of xk’...

htlv-1 is the causative agent for a neurologic disease named htlv-i- associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp). paraparesis of the lower limbs which appears gradually is the most common clinical feature of this disease. it has been shown that the indirect involvement of the nervous system by lymphocytes is more probable than the direct attack of the virus to the neurons. htlv...

BACKGROUND HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM), or tropical spastic paraparesis, is caused by a retrovirus, the human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV). Although patients with HAM and HIV infection have been described, to our knowledge no direct comparison has been made between patients who are HIV positive and suffering from HAM (HHAM) v. those who are HIV negative and suffering from HAM. AIM ...

The human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) causes a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system termed HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). HTLV-I encodes a protein known to activate several host-signaling pathways involved in inflammation, such as the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB). The contribution of the NF-κB pathway to the pathogenesis of HAM/...

Girón J., Ivorra E., Sánchez A.J., Fernández-Segovia I., Barat J.M., Grau R. (2014): Preliminary study using visible and SW-NIR analysis for evaluating the loss of freshness in commercially packaged cooked ham and Turkey ham. Czech J. Food Sci., 32: 376–383. A non-destructive Vis-NIR spectroscopy (400–1000 nm) method was developed to evaluate the loss of freshness of sliced and commercially pac...

Paying off the mortgage, once a widespread rite of passage for homeowners approaching retirement, has become less common in recent years. Concerns are mounting that the increased prevalence of housing debt among older homeowners could compromise financial security in retirement by expanding housing affordability problems, crimping essential nonhousing spending, increasing vulnerability to home ...

a new approach utilizing newton method and homotopy analysis method (ham) is proposed for solving nonlinear system of equations. accelerating the rate of convergence of ham, and obtaining a global quadratic rate of convergence are the main purposes of this approach. the numerical results demonstrate the efficiency and the performance of proposed approach. the comparison with conventional homoto...