BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Dietary fibre-rich tender cluster beans (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba; CB) are known to exert beneficial cholesterol lowering influence. We examined the influence of a combination of dietary tender CB and garlic (Allium sativum) in reducing the cholesterol gallstone formation in mice. METHODS Cholesterol gallstones were induced in Swiss mice by feeding a high-cholesterol di...

The prevalence and nature of specific forms of cyberbullying (CB) in a sample of Irish post-primary school students, aged 12 to 18 years (n=122), are examined. Overall, CB was found to be less frequent than traditional bullying (TB). Although all forms of CB were largely short-term, CB was regarded by participants as worse than TB, with the notable exception of email. No significant relationshi...

Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae are both self-fertile hermaphroditic nematodes that evolved independently from male/female ancestors. In C. elegans, FEM-1, FEM-2, and FEM-3 specify male fates by promoting proteolysis of the male-repressing transcription factor, TRA-1. Phenotypes of tra-1 and fem mutants are consistent with this simple linear model in the soma, but not in the ...

We study the natural inclusions of Cb(X)⊗A into Cb(X,A) and Cb ( X,Cb(Y ) ) into Cb(X × Y ). In particular, excepting trivial cases, both these maps are isomorphisms only when X and Y are pseudocompact. This implies a result of Glicksberg showing that the Stone-Čech compactificiation β(X × Y ) is naturally identified with βX × βY if and only if X and Y are pseudocompact.

Specific carotid body (CB) hypocapnia in the-10-Torr (less than eupneic) range reduced ventilation in the awake and sleeping dog to the same degree as did CB hyperoxia [CB PO2 (PCBO2); > 500 Torr; C.A. Smith, K.W. Saupe, K. S. Henderson, and J. A. Dempsey. J. Appl. Physiol. 79:689-699, 1995], suggesting a powerful inhibitory effect of hypocapnia at the carotid chemosensor over a range of PCO2 e...

BACKGROUND There is good evidence in the literature that the cannabinoid system is disturbed in colorectal cancer. In the present study, we have investigated whether CB(1) receptor immunoreactive intensity (CB(1)IR intensity) is associated with disease severity and outcome. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS CB(1)IR was assessed in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens collected with a cons...