The identification of mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) in lung cancer is an important step of treatment decision and prognosis prediction. The endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is widely used to assess the mediastinal LNs and tissue confirmation in lung cancer. As use of bronchoscopy or EBUS-TBNA has been increased, bronchial anthracofibrosis (BAF) has be...

This paper presents Belief Augmented Frames, or BAFs. A BAF represents a concept or item in the world, and slotvalue pairs represent relations between BAFs. Each BAF is assigned two belief masses. The Supporting Mass represents the degree in which the evidence supports the existence of the concept or object represented by the BAF. The Refuting Mass represents the degree in which the evidence re...

In this study, polyethylene and zeolite, as media in two-stage biological aerated filters (BAF), were evaluated for simultaneous removal of ammonia nitrogen organics micro-polluted water under low temperature conditions. For specific source water, the contaminants characteristics are by single-factor experiment to determine suitable pH, air-water ratio (AWR) hydraulic load (HLR). Ammonia perman...

MAN1 is a vertebrate nuclear inner membrane protein that inhibits Smad signaling downstream of TGF . MAN1 has an exposed LEM-domain-containing Nterminal region (‘MAN1-N’), two transmembrane domains and an exposed Cterminal domain (‘MAN1-C’). Many regions of human MAN1 are homologous to emerin, a LEM-domain nuclear protein, loss of which causes Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD). To test t...

Bortezomib (BZ), a first line 26S proteasome inhibitor, induces a potent cytocidal effect with caspase-3 activation in multiple myeloma (MM) cell lines. Since IκBα is a substrate of the proteasome, the initial rationale for using BZ in MM has been to inhibit NF-κB. However, BZ rather activated NF-κB activity in U266 cells. BZ induces autophagy as well as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in var...

BACKGROUND Topography and presence of bio-mimetic coatings are known to improve osseointegration. The objective of this study was to evaluate the bone regeneration potential of porous and osteogenic coatings. METHODOLOGY Six-implants [Control (CTR); porous titanium coatings (T1, T2); thickened titanium (Ti) dioxide layer (TiO(2)); Amorphous Microporous Silica (AMS) and Bio-active Glass (BAG)]...

Concentrations of Ni, V, Pb and Cu were determined in bottom sediments and liver, gills and fillet of Euryglossa orientalis and Chirocentrus nudus along the Bahrekan Bay in the Northwest part of the Persian Gulf in Iran. Sediment samples and fish species were collected during winter 2013 and spring 2014. Heavy metal analysis was performed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results showed t...