Heman airway preparations at resting tone were relaxed with either the leukotriene synthesis inhibitor BAY x1005 (3 muM), chlorpheniramine (1 muM) or the thromboxane receptor antagonist BAY u3405 (0.1 muM). The response to anti-IgE (1:1000) was 58 +/- 8% of acetylcholine pre-contraction (2.19 +/- 0.28 g). Indomethacin (3 muM) enhanced the anti-IgE-induced contraction by 28%. The anti-IgE maxima...

The lacustrine fine-grained sedimentary rocks in the upper interval of fourth member Eocene Shahejie Formation (Es4s) Dongying Depression are important shale oil exploration targets Bohai Bay Basin. They widely distributed and rich organic matter. In this study, samples were observed under optical microscope FESEM, combined with geochemical test physical property analysis to study characteristi...

In this study, the effects of different bottom friction coefficient (BFC) parameterization schemes on modelling four principal tidal constituents (M 2 , S K 1 O tides) in macrotidal East China Seas were investigated by using a high-resolution model based FVCOM (Finite Volume Community Ocean Model). The applied BFC include: empirical constant (EC-BFC), sediment-dependent form (SD-BFC), and spati...

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is partly due to impaired nitric oxide (NO)-cGMP signaling. BAY 41-2272 is a novel direct activator of soluble guanylate cyclase, but whether this drug may be an effective therapy for PPHN is unknown. We hypothesized that BAY 41-2272 would cause pulmonary vasodilation in a model of severe PPHN. To test this hypothesis, we compared the hemo...

The Chesapeake Bay benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) was developed to assess benthic community health and environmental quality in Chesapeake Bay. The B-IBI provides Chesapeake Bay monitoring programs with a uniform tool with which to characterize bay-wide benthic community condition and assess the health of the Bay. A probability-based design permits unbiased annual estimates of areal ...

Abstract In order to study the seismic behavior of bottom large-bay frame with different special-shaped columns, numerical models columns ordinary, dark and square at are established using finite element analysis in ANSYS. The three type Frame performed nonlinear time-history dynamic method under earthquakes. characteristics response RC conducted. weak parts development plastic hinges on end be...

in this study variations of field data such as temperature, salinity and density in and across the transects of chahbahar bay were analyzed using ctd data acquired between winter 2006 and spring 2007 (winter monsoon).the results showed that thermocline layer intensify in mouth of bay between 2m and 6m with 7.81 ?c decrease before the gonou hurricane occured (mid-may 2007). below thermocline lay...

We quantified the distribution, abundance and assemblage structure of macrofauna at 22 stations in Gorgan bay, seasonally in 2012-2013. Also, depth, temperature, salinity, DO, TOM and sediment particle size were measured in each station. The highest concentration of TOM was measured near the western littoral zone (10.22) while the mouth part and north-eastern area was characterized by the lowes...