... Y Further evaluation ofthe developmental toxicity of tributyltin chloride in rats Toxicology 1995, 96, 195-201 Ema, M., Harazono, A and Ogaw a, Y Effect ofthe day of administration onthe developmental ... affected by the administrations of TBT chloride, methyltestosterone, or combination of TBT chloride and flutamide at the dosages tested (Fig 1) Fig Comparison of body weights in the male rat ... of age The dose volume was 1.5 ml/kg B.W The animals were sacrificed onthe next day of final treatment Pathological evaluations: Onthe sacrifice day, rats were anesthetized using ethyl ether...
... 6.3.1 Effect of PAG on contractility ofthe isolated rat aorta 125 6.3.2 Effect of PAG on vasoconstrictor response .131 6.3.3 Effect of reinfusion of shed blood on MAP and HR of shocked ... to the site of inflammation also contribute to the generation of ROS through the respiratory burst In addition to ROS, there is also an increase in RNS formation, mainly in the form of NO and ONOO-, ... their effects may include the up-regulation and/or down-regulation of gene transcription, which in turn affects the production of other cytokines, the number of surface receptors for other molecules,...
... isolate the contribution ofthe pH-driven conformational changes from the other effects, a parallel study was carried out onthe low-pH induced blue shift in the PChlide absorption maximum of nonphotoconverted ... during the course of preparation cannot be excluded, but that still leaves unanswered the question of how the addition of micromolar concentrations of NADPH suffice to drive the conversion of PORPChlide635 ... seen, if the measurements onthe photoconverted enzyme were made in the absence of excess NADPH Under these conditions, the absorption maximum ofthe freshly photoconverted Chlide shows the usual...
... solution of native protein was unfolded by a : 10 dilution to yield final concentrations of GdmCl near or above the midpoint ofthe equilibrium unfolding transition (concentrations of GdmCl in the ... two-state transition with the observation of a range of midpoint denaturant concentrations, [D]50% values, indicating significant context-dependent effectsofthe mutations on protein stability ... the position ofthe TSE along the folding pathway [51,52] We have considered the P37/P38 mutations simultaneously and constructed the Brønsted plot shown in Fig onthe basis ofthe following:...
... race by Contra Costa.21 The “other” race was 22.3% (153 out of 685) The “other” category does not include non-responses; 685 answered for either one ofthe races or several ofthe races (the latter ... needs of consumers and providers, and the extent of care consumers received The six interrelated hypotheses predicted that, given the income constraints of both populations and the disability constraints ... information removed All calculations by author 40 In terms of language, about 5% of consumer and provider respondents used the Spanish version ofthe survey, while 7.4% of Contra Costa IHSS consumers...
... stability ofthe mutant Tms The mutations did not affect the structure ofthe protein as there was no significant alteration in the function or in the amount ofthe secondary structure However, the ... charge of Tm The two other mutations (A63V and K70T) are located at the N-terminal region, far from the troponin binding region and occur at the g position ofthe repeat The K70T mutation also ... stability ofthe protein as a whole, rather than onthe position ofthe mutation in the polypeptide chain, as demonstrated by the biophysical assays Our studies have provided additional contributions...
... saturation and saturation magnetization of samples is listed in Tab From the shape of measured M(T) curves, we should approximately suppose that these values correspond to saturation magnetization of ... constant and volume of unit cell increase with Zn content in the samples due to larger ionic radius of Zn2+ ion (0.82 Å) substituted for Ni2+ ion (0.78 Å) The X-ray density, the real density as ... from each other below the freezing temperature Tf indicating the onset of blocking of clusters The sample settles into the frozen state below temperature Tf This behavior is attributed to the magnetic...
... ammonium salts were used as the nitrogen source, the pH decreased during the mycelium growth as the result of assimilation ofthe ammonium ion and the attendant effectsof acids anions in the ... increased, corresponding to a higher dry mycelium concentration The formation of pellets is largely determined by the extent of agitation and aeration The effect of aeration onthe growth of mushroom ... the oxygen supply to the interior ofthe pellets decreases because ofthe condensation of mycelium characteristics ofthe pellet structure and as a function ofthe pellet diameter Diffusion of...
... [29,30] Thesystem measures the forces underneath the foot as a function of time Thesystem consists of a pair of shoes and a recording unit Each shoe contains load sensors that cover the surface of ... effectsof blurring vision in the elderly Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004, 45:2122-2128 Perry SD, Santos LC, Patla AE: Contribution of vision and cutaneous sensation to the control of centre of ... significantly affect the average stride time, the average swing time, or the stride-to-stride variability of these measures (p > 0.29) In contrast to the control group, the gait ofthe patients with...
... μm The arithmetic mean (SD) ofthe weight concentration was 100.0 (29.9) mg/m3 http://www.occup-med.com/content/4/1/5 In the pathological evaluation, the arithmetic mean (SD) ofthe fiber concentration ... after t seconds of termination of external magnetization can be represented by the formula B = B0e-λt, and thus the decay constant (λ) was calculated based on this formula In addition, the maximum ... also counted The fiber number was then converted to the fiber number per weight of dried lung The half-life of fibers in the rat lungs was calculated assuming that the geometric mean ofthe total...
... NWs, and demonstrate that the doping control of ZnO NWs is possible by the concentration control of Ag wt.% in targets To understand the origin ofthe chemical bonding, binding energy of Ag element ... Figure The Arrhenius equation gives the quantitative basis ofthe relationship between the activation energy (Ea) and the rate at which a reaction proceeds From the Arrhenius equation, the Ea ... materials onthe substrate same as a target than many other gas-surface-based growth techniques [30] The HW-PLD enables the synthesis of oxide NWs while controlling the doping concentration feature The...
... substituting the Ti ions (at the B site) Therefore, substitution ofthe Ni ions at the B site may result in breaking the long-range ordering, resulting in a reduction ofthe ferroelectric behavior with the ... plot of ln (εr,max / εr) versus the (T − Tm) [16] The values of δγ as a function of NiO content are shown in Table The parameter δγ increased with increasing NiO content, confirming that the addition ... transition becoming more diffuse [23] Further, with increasing NiO content, the structure ofthe composites became more heterogeneous This may contribute to the diffuse phase transition ofthe samples...
... rubber hydrocarbon in the vulcanisate, whilst a and b are constants The higher the Qf/Qg values, the lower the extent ofthe interaction between the filler and the matrix 2.5 Measurement of Tensile ... volatilisation due to the reassembly ofthe layers onthe surface ofthe polymer Zhang et al.22 reported that in nanocomposites, montmorillonite has excellent barrier properties, prevents the permeation ... thermal degradation occured at 300°C–400°C The second degradation corresponded to the degradation ofthe polyisoprene chain and is followed by volatilisation ofthe nanocomposite structure formed at...
... spectra of oxide residual found onthe surface Journal of Physical Science, Vol 20(2), 61–71, 2009 3.2 65 Effectsof Different Fluoride Ion (F-) Concentrations The concentration ofthe fluoride ion ... were open onthe top [Fig (6b)] ofthe layer, while the tubes were closed by the presence of a layer of titania onthe bottom ofthe structure [Fig (6c)] Figure 6: 3.3 FESEM micrograph of (a) top ... tetragonal shape The intensity ofthe anatase phase was relatively low as the thickness ofthe titania nanotubes was only a few hundred nanometres CONCLUSION The results of this study demonstrated...
... whether the MDV infection enhanced pathogenicity of ALV-J or not However, theeffectsofthe MDV infection might be similar in both treatment group because most ofthe chickens had MDV infection ... using monoclonal antibody against envelope glycoprotein The distribution ofthe viral antigen was consistent with previous reports [2,12] At weeks post-infection, the frequency and intensity ofthe ... cyclophosphamide onthe ontogeny ofthe humoral immune response in chickens J Immunol 1970, 105, 614-619 17 Linna TJ, Frommel D, Good RA Effectsof early cyclophosphamide treatment onthe development of lymphoid...
... position onthe parent shoot ofthe most proximal offspring shoot, (2) diameter ofthe thickest offspring shoot, (3) length ofthe longest offspring shoot, (4) number of leaves ofthe largest offspring ... and 3, the position ofthe most basal offspring shoot depended onthe tree concerned 3.2 Offspring shoots The size of offspring shoots tended to be highest for the most distal positions onthe parent ... either onthe distal portion of a parent shoot before the extension of its offspring shoots (experiments and 2) or onthe offspring shoots themselves during their extension (experiment 3) Therefore,...
... force of electron transport to the reduction ofthe redox state ofthe primary electron acceptor of PS II, which is approximated by 1–qP Figure also illustrates an estimate ofthe flux of electrons ... light The conflicting results emphasize the light acclimation strategies that occur and the variation in thermal dissipation of excitation energy among species Photochemical quenching (qP) is often ... obtained an estimate of conductance ofthe photosynthetic apparatus A comparison can then be made to the apparent reduction yield of ETR versus 1–qP Other than low light levels of approximately 100...
... limitation in the capability for acclimatization in the face of a sudden shift ofthe daily photonic photosynthetic flux density (PPFD), which may lead to photoinhibition and loss of photosynthetic ... 3º30' W), in the middle ofthe Iberian Peninsula, at 300 m altitude and 15% slope, S-SE orientation A beech forest, one ofthe southernmost ofthe species, was nearby At the beginning of 1998, a ... conditions [14, 21] Higher specific leaf mass (SLM) is one ofthe main consequences of increasing irradiance [15, 25] and involves an increase ofthe photosynthetic rate expressed on a leaf area The...