Response times (RT) in an audio-visual target acquisition task were collected from 3 participants while wearing either circumaural earmuffs, foam earplugs, or no hearing protection. Analyses revealed that participants took significantly longer to locate and identify an audio-visual target in both hearing protector conditions than they did in the unoccluded condition, suggesting a disturbance of...

One of the key features of meiosis is that shugoshin in complex with protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) protects centromeric cohesin during meiosis I, but not during meiosis II. A new model suggests that a PP2A inhibitor mediates deprotection of centromeric cohesin during meiosis II.

NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a basic leucine zipper transcription factor that binds to the promoter sequence "antioxidant responsive element (ARE)" leading to coordinated up-regulation of ARE-driven detoxification and antioxidant genes. Since the expression of a wide array of antioxidant and detoxification genes are positively regulated by the ARE sequence, Nrf2 may serve as a master regula...

Auxin protector-I of the Japanese morning glory is inactivated by manganese. Experiments carried out in vitro indicate that in the absence of oxygen the manganic, but not the manganous, ion rapidly inactivates the protector. It is clear from these, and other data described in this report, and the results of other workers, that in the presence of oxygen, manganese accelerates auxin inactivation ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: this study was aimed to evaluate protective and therapeutic effects of a specific mixture, containing vitamin c, lysine, proline, epigallocatechin gallate and zinc, as well as alpha-1-antitrypsin protein on lung tumorigenesis induced by benzo(a) pyrene (b (a) p) in mice. materials and methods: swiss albino mice were divided into two main...

OBJECTIVE Commotio cordis, sudden death with chest impact, occurs clinically despite chest wall protectors worn in sports. In an experimental model of commotio cordis, commercially available chest wall protectors failed to prevent ventricular fibrillation (VF). The goal of the current investigation was to develop a chest wall protector effective in the prevention of commotio cordis. DESIGN In...