The Ho-Zhao Problem

Random fractional functional differential equations

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness results to the random fractional functional differential equations under assumptions more general than the Lipschitz type condition. Moreover, the distance between exact solution and appropriate solution, and the existence extremal solution of the problem is also considered.

Sustainable urban development and geophysics

Hypertrophic osteopathy associated with aortic thrombosis in a dog

Background: Aortic thrombosis (ATh) is an uncommon problem in dogs. Although the pathogenesis of hypertrophic osteopathy (HO) is unknown, it is thought this can be due to blood flow disorder. In this case, removal of aortic thromboembolism (ATE) resulted in periosteal proliferation. Case description: A 4.8-kg, 3-year-old, intact female Maltese was referred with...

Constrained Ordinal Optimization - A Feasibility Model Based Approach

Ordinal Optimization (OO) is a useful simulation-based approach for stochastic optimization problems such as the problems in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (DEDS). However, OO cannot be applied directly for the problem since many infeasible decisions cannot be excluded from ordinal comparison without extensive computation involving the expectation operation. In this paper, a new approach for so...

The protective effect of glycyrrhizin on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats and possible related signal pathway

Objective(s): To investigate the protective effect of glycyrrhizin (GL) on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (HIRI).Materials and Methods: Forty SD rats were randomly divided into sham group, HIRI group, GL 100 mg/kg group, and GL 200 mg/kg group. The pathological alterations of liver tissue in each group were observed. The levels of a...

The Expression of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Human-Derived Cancer Cell Lines

Background: Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a cytoprotective and antiapoptotic enzyme, which has been involved in maintaining cellular homeostasis, and plays an important protective role by modulating oxidative injury. Up-regulation of (HO-1) has contributed to tumorogenicity of some cancers. In this study we investigated the expression pattern of the HO-1, in five different human-derived cancer cel...