Optimal timing of apheresis initiation is important for maximizing the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) yield. This study aimed to identify useful parameters from automatic hematology analyzers for predicting the peripheral blood CD34+ cell count after mobilization. We prospectively enrolled 53 healthy donors and 72 patients, and evaluated 43 cell morphology parameters from Unicel DxH800 (Beckman ...

Maternal obesity programmes offspring development. We addressed maternal obesity effects induced by high-fat diets on maternal mammary gland (MG) structure and function and offspring brain, liver and fat outcomes. Mothers were fed control (C, n 5) or obesogenic (MO, n 5) diet from the time they were weaned through pregnancy beginning at 120 d, through lactation. At offspring postnatal day (PND)...

The objective of this paper is to study the relative homological properties contravariantly and covariantly finite subcategories. Some sufficient conditions for E x t ¯ mathvariant="script">Y n<...

Ultra-thin SiO2 films were prepared by evaporating Si onto a Mo~112! surface followed by oxidation and annealing up to 1200 K. The surface structure and film quality were investigated by low-energy electron diffraction ~LEED!, Auger spectroscopy ~AES!, and high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy ~HREELS!. A well-ordered, monolayer Mo(112)-c(232)-SiO2 structure was characterized by HRE...

A novel mixed-valence polyoxomolybdenum anion, [Mo(V)(7)Mo(VI)O(16)(O(3)PPhPO(3)H)(4)](3)(-), was synthesized hydrothermally from molybdenum oxide, molybdenum metal, boric and phosphoric acids, 1,2-phenyldiphosphonic acid, and imidazole (ImH) and was structurally characterized as an imidazolium salt (orthorhombic, Aba2; a = 16.674(4), b = 17.238(1), and c = 24.81(2) A). One- and two-dimensional...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome is characterized by insulin resistance, which is closely related to GLUT4 content in insulin-sensitive tissues. Thus, we evaluated the GLUT4 expression, insulin resistance and inflammation, characteristics of the metabolic syndrome, in an experimental model. METHODS Spontaneously hypertensive neonate rats (18/group) were treated with monosodium glutamate (MetS) d...

An extensive study of Higher Alcohol Synthesis (HAS) from synthesis gas using cobalt (Co) promoted alkalized MoS2 catalysts supported on Carbon NanoTubes (CNTs) is reported. Up to  5wt.% of Co is added to the 15wt.% Mo-wt.%K/ CNTs by incipient wetness impregnation method. Most of the metal particles were homogeneously distributed inside the tubes and the rest on the oute...