Basement membrane has attracted less attention than the other components of connective tissue. But, like the other extracellular fibres and matrix materials, it can profoundly influence both the structure and function of advanced life forms. Usually taking the shape of thin, structureless cementing material between epithelial and connective tissue, basement membranes are widely distributed thro...

Rotor crack detection method by using multi-vibration signals gathered at the basements is presented in this paper. The finite element software ANSYS is applied for analyzing the vibration response characteristics of the basement to determine sensor configuration. Feature fusion for time-domain statistics of multiple sensors is performed by using the support vector machine to diagnose the depth...

(e.g., falcon and dolphin) and spatial position (high or low) that is reported in several studies (Zwaan and Yaxley, 2003; Meier and Robinson, 2004; Šetić and Domijan, 2007). The first explanation is that readers understand concept by perceptual simulation. We “hear” the dolphin and see it swimming in the ocean. The second explanation for the processing advantage between congruency of meaning (...

Basement membranes contain several proteoglycans, and those bearing heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans such as perlecan and agrin usually predominate. Most mammalian basement membranes also contain chondroitin sulfate, and a core protein, bamacan, has been partially characterized. We have now obtained cDNA clones encoding the entire bamacan core protein of Mr = 138 kD, which reveal a five domai...

Proteoglycans located in basement membranes, the nanostructures underling epithelial and endothelial layers, are unique in several respects. They are usually large, elongated molecules with a collage of domains that share structural and functional homology with numerous extracellular matrix proteins, growth factors and surface receptors. They mainly carry heparan sulfate side chains and these c...