Stirring the Pot with Estrogens

Yasushi Saka: Stirring a melting pot of math and morphogens

I n a developing embryo, seemingly identical cells are directed to different fates by the combination of signals they receive. When the signals come from morphogens—extracellular molecules that spread from a localized source—the effect on a cell depends on the amount of morpho-gen it receives, with cells closer to the source receiving a higher dose. The change in morphogen concentration across ...

Stirring the Pot: Can Dietary Modification Alleviate the Burden of CKD?

Diet is one of the largest modifiable risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related death and disability. CKD is largely a progressive disease; however, it is increasingly appreciated that hallmarks of chronic kidney disease such as albuminuria can regress over time. The factors driving albuminuria resolution remain elusive. Since albuminuria is a strong risk factor for GFR loss, modifi...

Dialysis with Stirring

Substances to be purified by dialysis are placed in collodion bags together with a toy "marble" or a bubble of air. The bags are stoppered and placed in glass tubes of a rocking machine. Distilled water of the desired temperature is circulated through the tubes (around the bags) at a rate of about 8 cc. per minute per bag while the machine is in motion. The rolling of the marbles or bubbles cau...

Classification with the pot-pot plot

We propose a procedure for supervised classification that is based on potential functions. The potential of a class is defined as a kernel density estimate multiplied by the class’s prior probability. The method transforms the data to a potential-potential (pot-pot) plot, where each data point is mapped to a vector of potentials. Separation of the classes, as well as classification of new data ...

6 The " Pot - in - Pot " System Enhances the Water Stress Tolerance Compared with Above - Ground Pot