Some 25 years ago [5] it has been suggested that the 14 N (e − , γ) 14 C(α, γ) 18 O reaction (NCO reaction chain) plays a pivotal role in the onset of the Helium flash in the core of a low mass Red Giant Branch (RGB) star (see [3] and [4]). In fact in the He core the Fermi energy is large enough to approach the energy for the e-capture on 14 N well before the 3α reactions produce energy at a si...

We have considered a cosmological model with a cosmological term of the form Λ = 3α ˙ R 2 R 2 + β ¨ R R , α, β = cont. The cosmological term is found to decrease as t −2 and the rate of particle creation is smaller than the Steady State value. Solutions with β = 3α in the radiation dominated era and β = 6α in the matter dominated era are equivalent to the FRW results. We have found an inflation...

Several studies have demonstrated a decrease in upper respiratory infection (URI) frequency and severity subjects taking probiotic supplements. We hypothesised beneficial effects of probiotics on viral URI children are due to modulation inflammatory innate immune responses. tested this hypothesis, providing with combination Lactobacillus acidophilus/Bidfidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis Bi-07 (...

The title compound, C(30)H(48)O(3), a triterpene isolated from the resin of canarium schweinfurthiiand, is an isomer of the previously reported triterpene 3α-hy-droxy-tirucalla-7,24-dien-21-oic acid [Mora et al. (2001 ▶). Acta Cryst. C57, 638-640], which crystallizes in the same trigonal space group. The title mol-ecule consists of four fused rings having chair, half-chair, half-chair and envel...

Endogenous pregnane neurosteroids are allosteric modulators at γ-aminobutyric acid type-A (GABAA) receptors at nanomolar concentrations. There is direct evidence for multiple distinct neurosteroid binding sites on GABAA receptors, dependent upon subunit composition and stoichiometry. This view is supported by the biphasic kinetics of various neuroactive steroids, enantioselectivity of some neur...

PURPOSE Endophthalmitis is mediated by inflammatory cytokines. We employed a quantitative antibody array, which profiles protein expression and function in a high-throughput manner, to identify inflammatory mediators in the infectious aqueous and vitreous humor from patients with endophthalmitis. METHODS In this prospective study, aqueous humor (AH) and vitreous humor (VH) samples were obtain...