In hippocampal CA1 cells, distance-dependent synaptic scaling (Nat. Neurosci. 3 (2000) 895, J. Neurosci. 21 (2001) 9151) helps maintain a “dendritic democracy” (Curr. Biol. 11 (2001) R10) where distal and proximal synapses on average contribute equally to the cell’s 7ring. A “dendritic ruler”, for example a concentration gradient, might be necessary for synaptic scaling. Alternatively, synapses...

In [Electron. J. Combin. 10 (2003), #R10], the author presented a new basic hypergeometric matrix inverse with applications to bilateral basic hypergeometric series. This matrix inversion result was directly extracted from an instance of Bailey’s very-well-poised 6ψ6 summation theorem, and involves two infinite matrices which are not lower-triangular. The present paper features three different ...

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the effects of toasted soybean grains on bioeconomic performance of pullets and layer hens in hot and humid environment. A total of 972 three-week-old Harco chicks were divided into 12 groups. At starter, pullet and laying phases, birds were fed four diets containing 0% (R0), 5% (R5), 10% (R10), and 15% (R15) of soybean grains. Results showed similar feed i...

Alexander, Barbara T. Fetal programming of hypertension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 290: R1–R10, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00417.2005.— Numerous epidemiological studies suggest an inverse relationship between low birth weight (LBW) and hypertension, an observation now supported by numerous animal studies. The mechanisms linking LBW and hypertension appear to be multifactorial and in...

We characterize the evolution of U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using an index number decomposition technique which partitions the 1963-2008 growth of states’ energy-related CO2 into changes in five driving factors: the emission intensity of energy use, the energy intensity of economic activity, the composition of states’ output, per capita income and population. Compositional change and d...

Die Modifizierung zyklischer zelldurchdringender Deca-Arginin (cR10)-Peptide mit 4-(4-Dimethylaminophenylazo)-benzoesäure (DABCYL) verbessert die Aufnahmeeffizienz synthetischer Ubiquitine (Ub) in lebende Zellen. Um Rolle der DABCYL-Komponente zu untersuchen, haben wir Zeitraffermikroskopie und Fluoreszenz-Lifetime-Imaging-Mikroskopie (FLIM) von fluoreszierendem DABCYL-R10 durchgeführt, um Ausw...

Climate extreme events are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide, causing floods, drought, forest fires, landslides and heat or cold waves. Several studies have been developed on the assessment of trends in occurrence events. However, most these used traditional models, such as Poisson negative binomial models. Thus, main objective this study is to use a space–time data counting approach mod...

Laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) technology has evolved to where it should be evaluated for its potential as a future competitor to existing technology that produces electron and x-ray beams. The purpose of the present work is to investigate the dosimetric properties of an electron beam that should be achievable using existing LWFA technology, and to document the necessary improvements to ma...

The current low incidence of sugarcane diseases in the South African sugar industry has been hardwon. This achievement is due largely to the selection and release of resistant varieties. Consequently, current estimates of crop loss due to smut and mosaic indicate reductions in yield of only 0.2% in total, equivalent to R7 million per annum. In the absence of an RSD variety resistance screening ...

Everyone love children. They want them to be happy and prosperous, but poverty takes away their rights. Poverty even forces them to sell their daughters in exchange for money. The trio of poverty, sexual assaults and HIV are complimentary to one another.This paper is a selection of 5 cases who presented at Sinawe Center as victims of rape, where money has played a role in the delay in reporting...