BACKGROUND: Obesity can have deleterious effects on insulin sensitivity leading to endothelial dysfunction. Whether alternate day fasting (ADF) can ameliorate insulin sensitivity in a way that improves endothelial function remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact of ADF on endothelium dependent flow mediated dilation (FMD) in obese subjects with different degrees of insulin re...

Are unemployment rates stationary in Asia-Pacific countries? New findings from Fourier ADF test Fumitaka Furuoka To cite this article: Fumitaka Furuoka (2014) Are unemployment rates stationary in Asia-Pacific countries? New findings from Fourier ADF test, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 27:1, 34-45, DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2014.947105 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1...

Actin-filament disassembly is indispensable for replenishing the pool of polymerizable actin and allows continuous dynamic remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton. A new study now reveals that ADF/cofilin preferentially dismantles branched networks and provides new insights into the collaborative work of ADF/cofilin and Aip1 on filament disassembly at the molecular level.

BACKGROUND An anterior decompression and fusion (ADF) with the floating method is an effective procedure for treating ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), allowing a direct decompressive effect on the spinal cord. However, the procedure is skill-intensive, particularly in cases of OPLL with a high canal-occupying ratio. In such cases, there are potential risks for insuffi...

Microfilaments perform essential functions in eukaryotic cells, being responsible, in conjunction with other cytoskeletal elements, for the structural integrity of the cell and also for many of the cellular movements, including muscle contraction, cytokinesis, cytoplasmic streaming, and phagocytosis. The structural versatility of microfilaments is mediated by actin-binding proteins (Hartwig and...

Environmental contamination with aircraft de-icing fluids (ADF) is becoming a concern. Propylene glycol (PG) composes the largest fraction of the ADF most commonly in use in the U.S. The biodegradation of PG and ADF in saturated and unsaturated sand columns was evaluated, in addition to the impact of biodegradation on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the porous media. In studies with unsatur...

Caecal microbial activity, digestion and gut health were analysed in the young rabbit, in response to fibre substitution by starch, in diets with high proportions of rapidly fermentable polysaccharides (pectins+hemicelluloses:acid-detergent fibre (ADF) ratio of 1.7). A range of five diets corresponding to a 60 % linear reduction of the ADF level (230 to 92 g ADF/kg) without changes in the fibre...

Although esophageal extrusa is the most readily accepted representation of forage consumed by grazing ruminants, esophageal sampling is demanding from the standpoint of animal care and maintenance and extrusa processing. This experiment was conducted with a split-plot design to evaluate the effects of pasture type, pasture sampling technique and drying method on estimation of grazed forage comp...

Adult T cell leukemia-derived factor (ADF) is a human thioredoxin (Trx) and is a disulfide reducing protein with various biological functions. We found that expression of the ADF/Trx gene was increased by oxidative agents such as hydrogen peroxide, diamide and menadione in Jurkat cells. Analysis using a CAT expression vector plasmid under the control of the ADF/Trx gene promoter revealed that C...