This note is a friendly amendment to Marti’s analysis of the failure of Føllesdal’s argument that modal distinctions collapse in Carnap’s logic S2. Føllesdal’s argument turns on the treatment of descriptions. Marti considers how modal descriptions, which Carnap banned, might be handled; she adopts an approach which blocks Føllesdal’s argument, but requires a separate treatment of non-modal desc...

This present study investigated the temporal effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on adolescent skeletal muscle growth, morphology and contractile properties using a 90% partial pancreatecomy (Px) model of the disease. Four week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to Px (n = 25) or Sham (n = 24) surgery groups and euthanized at 4 or 8 weeks following an in situ assessment ...

For a class of semigroups of stochastic dynamical systems, x 7→ Px, where x denotes a state and Px the state probability transition, we relate its spectral stability with the combinatorial stability of the underlying non-deterministic dynamics, associated to the point-set map x 7→ supp(Px).

In this study, we characterized the molecular events involved in the activation of the ubiquitous transcription factor NF-kappa B by the viral transactivator pX. pX expression in HeLa cells determines a manyfold increase in NF-kappa B-dependent transcription, which is associated with an increase in p50/p65 heterodimer DNA-binding activity. Since the I kappa B-alpha inhibitory subunit proteolyti...

Urine concentration and dilution in the rat: Contribution of papillal'y structures during high rates of urine flow. To examine the contribution of papillary structures to the overall process of urine dilution and concentration at high rates of flow, studies were performed in unilaterally papillectomized kidneys (PX). Compari­ son of kidney weights in sham-operated and PX rats revealed a signifi...

The authors will review the use of PrimeTime PX (PT PX) to measure active power. With PT PX, one will always get a power value. However, one cannot always rely on this initial power measurement. We will review the conditions under which the generated power numbers are inaccurate and provide strategies to avoid these pitfalls. We will describe a forced gate based flow using VCS and PT PX which e...

Eighteen spontaneous, guanidine-resistant mutants of poliovirus were obtained by plaque selection. Isoelectric focusing demonstrated charge changes in a 37-kilodalton protein, pX, among three of the mutants. The precursor of pX, NCVP5b , also exhibited charge changes among the three mutants. pX of 12 mutants was also examined by peptide mapping with Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease. Nine of th...

Halothane and enflurane administration increased the plasma GSH-Px activity and reduced zinc levels. In addition, they lowered SOD and GSH-Px activities and trace element levels on erythrocytes. Isoflurane had no effect on plasma antioxidant enzymes, but, similar to the other, isoflurane decreased the plasma zinc levels, erythrocyte SOD and GSH-Px activities and trace element levels.