BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis of tumor cells but not normal cells; its role in normal non-transformed tissues is unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of apoptosis mediated by TRAIL and TRAIL-receptor (TRAIL-R) system in lymphocytic sialadenitis in patients with Sjögren's syndrome. METHODS The expression of TRAIL and TRAIL-R1,...

Salah satu faktor pembatas konsumsi daging ayam broiler adalah kandungan kolesterolnya yang cukup tinggi. Kadar kolesterol dapat diturunkan melalui manipulasi pakan, yaitu suplementasi herbal difermentasi dengan probiotik (fermeherbafit) dan dienkapsulasi secara mikroskopis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi efek penggunaan fermeherbafit enkapsulasi dalam pakan terhadap kadar darah br...

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been a common tool of assessment in both undergraduate and postgraduate medicine, and has been reported to have both higher reliability and validity over the oral exam. In addition, another advantage is that it reduces luck by standardizing both examiners and patients. This article describes our experience in organizing and conducting an ...

Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata) of all length classes increased dramatically in abundance on Georges Bank in the 1980s following the decline of many groundfish species. We present a full population model of winter skate to better understand the population dynamics of the species and elucidate the mechanisms underlying their increase in abundance in the 1980s. Specifically, we developed four s...

A genuine continuum treatment of the massive φ41+1-theory in light-cone quantization is proposed. Fields are treated as operator valued distributions thereby leading to a mathematically well defined handling of ultraviolet and light cone induced infrared divergences and of their renormalization. Although non-perturbative the continuum light cone approach is no more complex than usual perturbati...

6 = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Let rk = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Therefore r0 = 2(cos( π 6 )+i sin( 6 )) = √ 3+i, r1 = 2(cos( π 2 )+i sin( 2 )) = 2i, r2 = 2(cos( 5π 6 )+ i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 + i, r3 = 2(cos( 7π 6 ) + i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 − i, r4 = 2(cos( 2 ) + i sin( 2 )) = −2i and r5 = 2(cos( 6 ) + i sin( 1...

6 = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Let rk = 2(cos( (π+2kπ) 6 ) + i sin( (π+2kπ) 6 )) where k = 0, 1, 2, · · · , 5. Therefore r0 = 2(cos( π 6 )+i sin( 6 )) = √ 3+i, r1 = 2(cos( π 2 )+i sin( 2 )) = 2i, r2 = 2(cos( 5π 6 )+ i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 + i, r3 = 2(cos( 7π 6 ) + i sin( 6 )) = − √ 3 − i, r4 = 2(cos( 2 ) + i sin( 2 )) = −2i and r5 = 2(cos( 6 ) + i sin( 1...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Astaxanthin, an orange-red carotenoid pigment, acts as a protective agent against oxidative damage to cells in vivo. The astaxanthin synthetase gene (crtS) size consists of 3995 bp. This gene has been suggested to catalyse β-carotene to astaxanthin in Phaffia rhodozyma. The aim of this research was to find any possible changes in this gene in two mutant strains, Gam1 a...

The S4 transmembrane domain in Shaker (Kv1) voltage-sensitive potassium channels has four basic residues (R1-R4) that are responsible for carrying the majority of gating charge. In Kv4 channels, however, R1 is replaced by a neutral valine at position 287. Among other differences, Kv4 channels display prominent closed state inactivation, a mechanism which is minimal in Shaker. To determine if th...