PURPOSE To determine the distribution of the prostaglandin F2 alpha (FP) receptor within the monkey eye. METHODS The expression and localization of the FP receptor was studied by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Cryosections of the eye were hybridized with a 35S-labeled FP receptor riboprobe, and paraffin sections were immunostained with polyclonal antibodies against an FP rece...

When foreperiods (FPs) of different duration vary on a trial-by-trial basis equiprobably but randomly, the RT is faster as the FP increases (variable FP effect), and becomes slower as the FP on the preceding trial gets longer (sequential effects). It is unclear whether the two effects are due to a common mechanism or to two different ones. Patients with lesions on the right lateral prefrontal c...

Recent increases in family planning (FP) use have been reported among women of reproductive age in union (WRAU) in Senegal. However, trends have not been monitored among harder-to-reach groups (including adolescents, unmarried and rural poor women), key to understanding whether FP progress is equitable. We combined data from six Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Senegal between 1992/9...

Incubation of a 0.5% suspension of washed normal mouse erythrocytes with ferriprotoporphyrin IX (FP) for 2.5 h at 37 degrees C and pH 7.4 results in sufficient membrane damage to produce hemolysis. A sigmoidal dose-response curve is followed with 50% hemolysis being produced by 4 microM FP. Complete hemolysis is produced by 6 microM FP. The hemolytic process has at least two phases: a lag phase...

A peptide construct (FPtr) was synthesized which mimics the biologically relevant topology of fusion peptide (FP) domains of the trimeric HIV-1 gp41 envelope protein. The FP domains play a critical role in gp41-catalyzed fusion of viral and host cell membranes which is a key step in viral infection. The FPtr construct contains three FP strands chemically bonded at their C-termini through lysine...

For a polynomial f(x) in (Zp∩Q)[x] of degree d ≥ 3 let L(f⊗Fp;T ) be the L function of the exponential sum of f mod p. Let NP(f⊗Fp) denote the Newton polygon of L(f⊗Fp;T ). Let HP(Ad) denote the Hodge polygon of Ad, which is the lower convex hull in R2 of the points (n, n(n+1) 2d ) for 0 ≤ n ≤ d−1. Let Ad be the space of degree-d monic polynomials parameterized by their coefficients. Let GNP(A;...

The ZEBRA protein encoded by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome activates a switch from the latent to the lytic gene expression programme of the virus. ZEBRA, a member of the basic leucine zipper family of DNA-binding proteins, is a transcriptional activator capable of inducing expression from several virus lytic cycle promoters by binding to activator protein 1 (AP-1)-like sites. The Epstein-...

The precision of equivalent circuit model (ECM)-based state charge (SoC) estimation methods is vulnerable to the variation battery parameters, due several internal and external factors. In this regard, study proposes a fuzzy logic method for approximate ECM parameters at different temperatures SoC levels. inference system designed handle non-linear deviation from their reference values. On basi...

The range of non-vanishing of H∗(GLn(Fp), Fp) is not know in general. In this paper we construct a cohomology class in H∗(GLn(Fp), Fp) of very low degree, namely 2p− 2, and we prove that it is nonzero if p ≥ n. e-mail: [email protected]

Intranasal and inhaled corticosteroid administration concurrently in comorbid allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma may potentially enhance cortisol suppression. This study determined whether intranasal ciclesonide 200 micro g once daily has an additional effect on cortisol suppression when coadministered with inhaled fluticasone propionate-salmeterol (FP-SAL) 500 to 50 micro g twice daily. Adults ...