INTRODUCTION Glycaemic index (GI) reflects the blood glucose response after ingestion of a 50 g digestible carbohydrate portion. Many factors affect the GI, including degree of starch gelatinization. METHODS The objective was to determine the GI and the effect of different cooking methods on GI of a Pakistani basmati rice (PBR) and an Indian basmati rice (IBR) frequently purchased by Sri Lank...

Low-dose protocols for respiratory gating in cardiothoracic small-animal imaging lead to streak artifacts in the images reconstructed with a Feldkamp-Davis-Kress (FDK) method. We propose a novel prior- and motion-based reconstruction (PRIMOR) method, which improves prior-based reconstruction (PBR) by adding a penalty function that includes a model of motion. The prior image is generated as the ...

BACKGROUND The effect of blood storage on tissue oxygen delivery has not been clearly defined. Some studies demonstrate reduced microvascular oxygen delivery, whereas others do not. We hypothesize that storage of rat blood will limit its ability to deliver oxygen to cerebral tissue. METHODS Anaesthetized rats underwent haemorrhage (18 ml kg(-1)) and resuscitation with an equivalent amount of ...

OBJECTIVE Target organ damage (TOD) evaluation in patients with arterial hypertension is necessary in order to estimate cardiovascular risk (CVR) and plan treatment. Increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), an index of TOD, represents the diffuse vascular atheromatosis. The integrity of endothelial glycocalyx (EG) plays a vital role in vascular permeability, inflammation and elasticity a...

We have demonstrated that continuous administration of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-Ag) suppresses luteal steroidogenesis in the pregnant rat. We further demonstrated that the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) and the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) play key roles in cholesterol transport leading to steroidogenesis. The purpose of this study was to un...

Because algal cells are so efficient at absorbing incoming light energy, providing more light energy to photobioreactors would simply decrease energy conversion efficiency. Furthermore, the algal biomass productivity in photobioreactor is always proportional to the total photosynthetic rate. In order to optimize the productivity of algal photobioreactors (PBRs), the oxygen production rate shoul...

This paper describes the result work of the reading techniques application, Checklist and PBR, in the requirements analysis activity during the inspection process to help the inspectors to detect defects. The objective is to analyze the reading technique effectiveness. It presents the experiment result performed in the AMADeUs-MM requirements.

Production functions to explain regional wheat yields have not been studied extensively in the Canadian prairies. The objective of this study is to employ a Just-Pope production function to examine the relationship between fertilizer inputs, soil quality, biodiversity indicators, cultivars qualifying for Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR), and climatic conditions on the mean and variance of spring wh...

Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that underlie the adaptive immune system may allow vertebrates to recognize their kin. True kin-recognition genes should produce signalling products to which organisms can respond. Allelic variation in the peptide-binding region (PBR) of MHC molecules determines the pool of peptides that can be presented to trigger an immune response. To exami...

The development of high quality software satisfying cost, schedule, and resource requirements is an essential prerequisite for improved competitiveness of life insurance companies. One major difficulty to master this challenge is the inevitability of defects in software products. Since defects are known to be significantly more expensive if detected in later development phases or testing, compa...