The properties of nuclei far from stability provide a stringent test of the validity of shell model Hamiltonians derived from data for nuclei near the valley of stability. Failure of shell model calculations to extrapolate to nuclei far from stability may indicate a breakdown of symmetries assumed in the model. Such a breakdown may provide evidence for new regions of deformation as were found f...

Background—Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in men and in women. Epidemiological studies indicate that estrogen replacement therapy is cardioprotective; the mechanisms involved in this process, however, are poorly understood. We therefore studied the effect of 17b-estradiol (E2) on the development of pressure-overload hypertrophy. Meth...

2-Phosphanyl-substituted imidazolium salts 2-PR2(4,5-Cl-Im)[OTf] (9a,b[OTf]) (4,5-Cl-Im = 4,5-dichloro-1,3-bis(2,6-di-isopropylphenyl)-imidazolium) (a: R = Cy, b: R = Ph) are prepared from the reaction of R2PCl (R = Cy, Ph) with NHC 8 (4,5-dichloro-1,3-bis(2,6-di-isopropylphenyl)-imidazolin-2-ylidene) in the presence of Me3SiOTf. 5-Phospanyl-substituted imidazolium salts 5-PR2(2,4-Cl-Im)[OTf] (...

Background and Purpose—The importance of postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy for stroke in females remains controversial. We previously showed that female rats sustain less infarction in reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) than their ovariectomized counterparts and that vascular mechanisms are partly responsible for improved tissue outcomes. Furthermore, exogenous estroge...

Estrogen exerts vascular protective effects, but the underlyingmechanisms remain to be understood fully. In recent years, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has increasingly been recognized as an important signalingmolecule in the cardiovascular system.VascularH2S is produced from L-cysteine, catalyzed by cystathionine g-lyase (CSE). In our study, apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-deficient mice were ovariectomized ...