We have obtained narrow-band images of the Orion Molecular Cloud OMC–1 in various infrared transitions of molecular hydrogen. The molecular emission from levels with low excitation energies (<∼ 15 000K) is made up of numerous linear, jet–like structures. Their collimation factor is typically about 10 and there is no appreciable outward broadening. Most of these structures are arranged radially ...

BACKGROUND Viral sinusitis can precede acute bacterial sinusitis, but the influence of viral infection on bacterial colonization is unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in the osteomeatal complex (OMC), nasal cavity, and nasopharynx in adults during wellness and viral upper respiratory i...

Cell proliferation and papillogenesis are growth factor-sensitive events in the ovarian mesothelium, the tissue source of ovarian epithelial cancer. To further investigate the regulation of cell proliferation in this tissue, rabbit ovarian mesothelial cells (OMC) were transfected in vitro with a CVN expression vector carrying the human gene for insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R). Th...

What does it mean to bootstrap a compiler, and why do it? This paper reports on the first bootstrapping (i.e., a compiler can compile itself) of a full-scale EOO (Equation-based Object-Oriented) modeling language such as Modelica. The Modelica language has been modeled/implemented in the OpenModelica compiler (OMC) using an extended version of Modelica called MetaModelica. OMC models the MetaMo...

During the optimization of a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network, the operations and maintenance center (OMC) measurements are of significant importance. Because of false predictions, the capacity planning of a cell may be done inaccurately. If the capacity of the cell is not adequate to handle all of the busy-hour requests, the requests are not granted a channel and users are...

Recent in vitro and animal studies have reported estrogen-like activity of chemicals used in sunscreen preparations. We investigated whether the three sunscreens benzophenone-3 (BP-3), octyl-methoxycinnamate (OMC), and 3-(4-methylbenzylidene) camphor (4-MBC) were absorbed and influenced endogenous reproductive hormone levels in humans after topical application. In this 2-wk single-blinded study...

Virtually all Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) stations produce a real-time display known as an Observed-Minus-Calculated (OMC) plot. In such a plot, illustrated in Figure 1, the horizontal axis displays the elapsed time during the track while the vertical axis displays the measured ranges to the target plus any false alarms as points on the plot. The vertical axis is dynamically centered on the p...

The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between ovarian cancer peritoneal dissemination and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) expression, and to explore the possibility of IDO-targeting molecular therapy for ovarian cancer. We transfected an IDO expression vector into the IDO-non-expressing human ovarian cancer cell line OMC-1, and established an IDO-expressing cell line (OMC-...

Soil vapor extraction (SVE) and bioremediation (BR) are two of the most common soil remediation technologies. Their application is widespread; however, both present limitations, namely related to the efficiencies of SVE on organic soils and to the remediation times of some BR processes. This work aimed to study the combination of these two technologies in order to verify the achievement of the ...

Integrins are transmembrane (TM) proteins that mediate bidirectional mechanical signaling between the extracellular matrix and the cellular cytoskeletal network. Each integrin molecule consists of non-covalently associated α- and β-subunits, with each subunit consisting of a large ectodomain, a single-pass TM helix, and a short cytoplasmic tail. Previously we found evidence for a polar interact...