All mammals have daily cycles of behavior (e.g., wake-sleep and feeding), and physiology (e.g., hormone secretion and body temperature). These cycles are typically entrained to the external light/dark cycle, but they can be altered dramatically under conditions of restricted food availability, changes in ambient temperature, or the presence of external stimuli such as predators. During the past...

Introduction: Nitric oxide (NO) is a neuronal messenger molecule in the central nervous system, which is generated from L-arginine by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and involves in many important opioid-induced effects. Our previous studies revealed that Cuminum cyminum interestingly reduces morphine sensitization, tolerance and dependency in male mice. Therefore, in the present study, the effe...

Herein, we demonstrate that a flexible, air-permeable, thermoelectric (TE) power generator can be prepared by applying a TE polymer (e.g. poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate)) coated commercial fabric and subsequently by linking the coated strips with a conductive connection (e.g. using fine metal wires). The poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) coated ...

Abstract The loss of biodiversity and biomass insects has a detrimental effect on eco-systems associated ecosystem services, e.g. pollination. For this reason, various nature conservation measures for the promotion are being created in agricultural landscapes. One those is so-called flower strip at edge fields. However, it repeatedly propagated community that by means annually mulched strips, s...

Daily rhythmic processes are coordinated by circadian clocks, which are present in numerous central and peripheral tissues. In mammals, two circadian clocks, the food-entrainable oscillator (FEO) and methamphetamine-sensitive circadian oscillator (MASCO), are "black box" mysteries because their anatomical loci are unknown and their outputs are not expressed under normal physiological conditions...

We performed a functional analysis of fascetto (feo), a Drosophila gene that encodes a protein homologous to the Ase1p/PRC1/MAP65 conserved family of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). These MAPs are enriched at the spindle midzone in yeast and mammals and at the fragmoplast in plants, and are essential for the organization and function of these microtubule arrays. Here we show that the Fe...

Minimising power losses and their consequences is a significant matter in electrical steel applications. Increasing the resistivity of strips has been confirmed as successful method to overcome problem losses. To increase strip, different effective methods have proposed tested. In this work, new material achieve objective increasing samples by adding Manganese (IV) oxide based on diffusion tech...

In this study, a nickel cladding layer with bionic convex strip structure was applied to the surface of an aluminum alloy drill pipe, and laser technology used improve wear resistance pipe. Firstly, by observing morphological characteristics shell surface, ratio width strips spacing between obtained as 0.39–0.53, thus model constructed. Numerical simulations were performed, results showed that ...