A water-soluble polysaccharide from Sarcodia ceylonensis was obtained by using the method of water-extraction and ethanol-precipitation. The polysaccharide was further purified by chromatography on AB-8 and ADS-7 columns, yielding a pure polysaccharide termed SCP-60. The molecular weight (Mw) of SCP-60 was calculated to be 50.0 kDa, based on the calibration curve obtained with a series of Dextr...

The effect of sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2) on dolichol biosynthesis by rat liver microsomes was investigated. cis-Prenyltransferase activity was stimulated 7-fold in the presence of 5 micrograms of purified SCP-2/mg of microsomal protein, which was similar to the increase obtained by adding detergent. The polyisoprenoid pattern obtained in the presence of SCP-2 was the same as that present ...

OBJECTIVES Although hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) and selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) are widely used for cerebral protection during aortic arch surgery, these strategies offer no protection for mesenteric ischaemia during prolonged circulatory arrest. This study explored mesenteric haemodynamics, metabolism, oxidative stress and inflammatory response levels during isolated SCP and co...

As known for more than two decades, humans can learn to achieve self-control over their brain activity such as the polarity of slow cortical potential (SCP) shifts referred to as positivity or negativity. This learning process is supported by the visual feedback of the SCP in a time-locked trial structure. On the other hand, it has been repeatedly shown that humans are able to regulate the rand...

BACKGROUND Comorbidities may contribute to disease activity and treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. We defined a somatization comorbidity phenotype (SCP) and examined its influence on response to certolizumab pegol (CZP) using data from the PREDICT trial. METHODS Patients in PREDICT were randomized to the patient-reported Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible neuroprotective effects of selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest on brain oxygenation and metabolism in newborn piglets. METHODS Newborn piglets 2-4 days of age, anesthetized and mechanically ventilated, were used for the study. The animals were placed on cardiopulmonary bypass, cooled to 18 degrees C and put on SCP...

When a fault occurs in process, it slowly propagates within the system and affects measurements triggering sequence of alarms control room. The operators are required to diagnose cause take necessary corrective measures. idea representing alarm as propagation path using is explored. A diagnoser based on hidden Markov model built identify signals. proposed approach applied an industrial case stu...

OBJECTIVE Selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) affords brain protection superior to hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) for prolonged aortic arch procedures. Optimal pH strategy for HCA is controversial; for SCP it is unknown. We compared pH strategies during SCP in a survival pig model. METHODS Twenty juvenile pigs (26+/-2.4 kg), randomized to alpha-stat (n=10) or pH-stat (n=10) management, u...

Continuous Integration (CI) is a popular practice in modern software engineering. Unfortunately, it also high-cost practice—Google and Mozilla estimate their CI systems millions of dollars. To reduce the computational cost CI, researchers developed approaches to selectively execute builds or tests that are likely fail (and skip those pass). In this article, we present novel hybrid technique ( H...

It was confirmed that delta 5,7-sterol delta 7-reductase activity was suppressed by cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) in the enzyme system consisted of microsomes and sterol carrier protein (SCP). The enzyme activity was significantly decreased in the combination with microsomes obtained from either vitamin D-deficient or vitamin D3-treated rat liver and with SCP obtained from vitamin D3-treated rat...