OBJECTIVES A pooled analysis of 18 prospective cohort studies reported in 2012 for evaluating carotenoid intakes and breast cancer risk defined by estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) statuses by using the "highest versus lowest intake" method (HLM). By applying the interval collapsing method (ICM) to maximize the use of the estimated information, we reevaluated the results of ...

Pinelliae Rhizoma (PR) is a commonly used Chinese medicinal herb, but it has been frequently reported about its toxicity. According to the traditional Chinese medicine theory, processing can reduce the toxicity of the herbs. Here, we aim to determine if processing reduces the toxicity of raw PR, and to explore the underlying mechanisms of raw PR-induced toxicities and the toxicity-reducing effe...

A set of ${\mathrm{Pr}}^{3+}$-doped ${\mathrm{KLuS}}_{2}$ samples with different $\mathrm{Pr}$ concentrations are synthesized in the form transparent crystalline hexagonal platelets by chemical reaction under a flow hydrogen sulfide. Their structural, optical, and scintillation properties investigated thoroughly means x-ray powder diffraction, time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy, light yiel...

Watt’s bath and pulse reverse (PR) electrodeposition is used to produce spherical nickelmultiwall carbon nanotubes (Ni-MWCNT) of 2.00, 0.93, 1.63 and 6.71 μm diameter and a variety ofsize distributions. For 60 cycles, an absolute electrodeposition current of 18 A/dm2 is applied atcurrent ratios of ii = idissolution/ideposition = 0, 0.077, 0.200 and 0.368. A simple exponential equation isfitted ...

Asphaltenes are the n-pentane or n-heptane insoluble fractions of crude oil that remain in solution under reservoir temperature and pressure conditions. They are destabilized and start to precipitate when the pressure, temperature and/or composition changes occur during primary production. The precipitated asphaltene particles will then grow in size and may start to deposit onto the product...

Chromosomal transformation of Agmenellum quadruplicatum PR-6 (= Synechococcus sp. strain 7002) was characterized for phenotypic expression, for exposure time to DNA, and for dependence on DNA concentration with regard to Rifr donor DNA. Exponentially growing cells of PR-6 were competent for chromosomal transformation. Competence decreased in cells in the stationary phase of growth or in cells d...

The authors consider a mathematical model for the coupled atmosphereocean system, namely, the coupled quasigeostrophic flow-energy balance model. This model consists of the large scale quasigeostrophic oceanic flow model and the transport equation for oceanic temperature, coupled with an atmospheric energy balance model. After reformulating this coupled model as a random dynamical system (cocyc...

Turbulent motions enhance the diffusion of large-scale flows and temperature gradients. Such is often parameterized by coefficients turbulent viscosity ( $\nu _{t}$ ) thermal diffusivity $\chi that are analogous to their microscopic counterparts. We compute imposing sinusoidal velocity gradients on a flow measuring response system. also confirm our results using experiments where imposed allowe...