having briefly been reviewed the historical process of changing the formulae for determining the times of islamic prayers, two newly found formulae and a new rule for establishing the times of prayers would be discussed. these matters have been exploited from four texts, still preserved as manuscript: (1) siyyid ¾?y? al-d?n sh?shtar?’s ¼ad b?b dar macrifa al-a½??rl?b, (2) b?r?n?’s ’ist?c?b f? c...

MHC-I type chain-related protein A (MICA) is a newly discovered transmembrane glycoprotein encoded by MHC genes. MICA mainly functions as natural killer (NK) cells, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), and other immune effector cell activation receptor NKG2D ligands. These ligands can bind NKG2D-specific proteins, transmit activation signals, induce immune effector cells to clear rapidly the tumor c...

[reaction: see text] A cyclopropanol fragmentation approach to the synthesis of oxepanes has been developed. This convergent strategy condenses cyclopropyl diols with aldehydes to form an acetal, which is subsequently rearranged to furnish a keto-oxepane. The reaction has been developed as a one-pot procedure, utilizing sequential addition of Al(OTf)3 and TiCl4. Yields range from 50 to 70% for ...

We consider insurance markets with adverse selection and propose a mechanism under which a separating Nash equilibrium always exists (even when a Rothschild-Stiglizt equilibrium does not). This equilibrium is unique and always (interim) incentive efficient. In our setting, the Rothschild-Stiglizt equilibrium exists and coincides with ours only if the former is incentive efficient. Otherwise, ou...

Title: Circulating cancer stem cell markers in breast carcinomas: a systematic review protocol Authors: Maryam Mansoori ([email protected]) Zahra Madjd ([email protected]) Leila Janani ([email protected]) Arezoo Rasti ([email protected]) Version: 2 Date: 23 Oct 2017 Author’s response to reviews: Reviewer reports: Reviewer #2: This manuscript is to use systematic analysis to ...

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan 2 Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chuou-ku, Tokyo, 113-0027, Japan 3 Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31 Hyoja Dong, Pohang 790-784, Korea 4 Department of Life Science, Graduat...

al(oh)3 nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple precipitation reaction. the effect of various amines like ethylene diamine, propylene diamine, triethylenetetramine and tetraethylenepentamine as precipitating agents on the morphology of al(oh)3 nanostructures was investigated. the influence of al(oh)3 nanoparticles on the flame retardancy of the poly vinyl alcohol (pva) matrix was studied usi...