We consider Mt/Mt/S-type queueing model with group services. Bounds on the rate of convergence for the queue-length process are obtained. Ordinary Mt/Mt/S queue and Mt/Mt/S type queueing model with group services are studied as examples.

Previous studies using metallothionein (MT)-overexpressing transgenic mice have demonstrated that MT protects the liver from oxidative injury induced by alcohol. The mechanism of action of MT is unknown. Because MT primarily binds to zinc under physiological conditions and releases zinc under oxidative stress and zinc is an antioxidant element, it is likely that zinc mediates the protective act...

In rat caudal artery, contraction to melatonin results primarily from activation of MT(1) melatonin receptors; however, the role of MT(2) melatonin receptors in vascular responses is controversial. We examined and compared the expression and function of MT(2) receptors with that of MT(1) receptors in male rat caudal artery. MT(1) and MT(2) melatonin receptor mRNA was amplified by reverse transc...

this study was intended to investigate the effectiveness of static magnetic field on the growth of escherichia coli (e. coli) provided from two sources, the urine samples of patients with urinary tract infections and the reference strain e. coli atcc 25922. bacterial samples in nutrient broth were subjected to a range of magnetic intensities (2, 4, 6, 9, 14, 16, 18, and 20 mt) at various exposu...

In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, chloroplast genomes are normally transmitted by the mating type plus (mt+) parent and mitochondrial genomes by the mating type minus (mt-) parent. In this paper we describe three new nuclear mutations, designated mat-3-1 to -3, which are tightly linked to the mt+ allele and permit high transmission of chloroplast genomes from the mt- parent, but have no effect on t...

Metallothionein (MT) is a low-molecular-mass, cysteine-rich metal binding protein thought to be involved in the detoxification of heavy metals and scavenging of free radicals. MT is directly induced not only by heavy metals, but also by hormones and cytokines. The present study, which uses mice with genetic deletions of the MT proteins (MT(-/-) mice), was designed to evaluate the effects of MT ...

Booklice (order Psocoptera) in the genus Liposcelis are major pests to stored grains worldwide and are closely related to parasitic lice (order Phthiraptera). We sequenced the mitochondrial (mt) genome of Liposcelis bostrychophila and found that the typical single mt chromosome of bilateral animals has fragmented into and been replaced by two medium-sized chromosomes in this booklouse; each of ...

since hydrocarbon sources have an important role in development of industry and technology, exploration of them has been lionized by human. the seismic reflection method is one of the most applicable investigative methods to identify the hydrocarbon reservoirs, but in some cases this method does not work well because of geology conditions and wave attenuation in depth. thus, some exploration me...

BACKGROUND To compare the metallothionein (MT) immunoexpression in non-syndromic and syndromic keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KOT), to correlate MT with cellular proliferation, and to evaluate the influence of inflammation in MT. STUDY DESIGN Fourteen cases of KOT were submitted to immunohistochemistry for MT and Ki-67 analysis. The lesions were grouped according to their grade of inflammat...