Based on 2760 well-defined substorm onsets in the Northern Hemisphere and 1432 in the Southern Hemisphere observed by the FUV Imager on board the IMAGE spacecraft, a detailed statistical study is performed including both auroral regions. This study focuses on the hemispheric comparisons. Southward pointing interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is favorable for substorm to occur, but still 30% of ...

Intramuscular fat (IMF) is recognized as the predominant factor affecting meat quality due to its positive correlation with tenderness, juiciness, and flavor. Chicken IMF deposition depends on the balance among lipid synthesis, transport, uptake, and subsequent metabolism, involving a lot of genes and pathways, however, its precise molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. In the present s...

We present a class of models for the initial mass function (IMF) for stars forming within molecular clouds. This class of models uses the idea that stars determine their own masses through the action of powerful stellar outflows. This concept allows us to calculate a semi-empirical mass formula (SEMF), which provides the transformation between initial conditions in molecular clouds and the fina...

Using a multitrait animal model BLUP, selection was conducted over seven generations for growth rate (ADG), real-time ultrasound LM area (LMA), backfat thickness (BF), and intramuscular fat content (IMF) to develop a new line of purebred Duroc pigs with enhanced meat production and meat quality. This selection experiment examined 543 slaughtered pigs (394 barrows and 153 gilts) from the first t...

Through the effort to obtain clues toward understanding of transport of cold plasma in the nearEarth magnetotail under northward IMF, we find that twocomponent protons are observed in the midnight plasma sheet (−10>XGSM>−30RE , |YGSM|<10RE) under northward IMF by the Geotail spacecraft. Since the twocomponent protons are frequently observed on the duskside during northward IMF intervals but har...

â â â  â â â â â  the aim of this paper is to simulate the effects of some macroeconomic policy tools on production and inflation of iran by the current worldwide financial and real crisis. the theoretical framework of the analysis is based on the so-called ‘imf/world bank integrated model’ which is the synthesis (a merger) of the basic monetary approach of the balance of payments used at t...

The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is predicted to depend upon the temperature of gas in star-forming molecular clouds. introduction an additional parameter, $T_{IMF}$ , into photometric template fitting, allows galaxies be fit with a range IMFs. Three surprising new features appear: (1) most are best bottom-lighter IMF than Milky Way; (2) at fixed redshift very similar IMF; and (3) massiv...

BACKGROUND The treatment of pediatric mandibular fractures is rare, controversial, and complicated by mixed dentition. OBJECTIVES To determine if open mandibular fracture repair with intraoral and extraoral rigid plate placement, after free hand occlusal and bone reduction, without intermaxillary fixation (IMF), is appropriate and to discuss postoperative advantages, namely, maximal early ret...

Contraction of intestinal myofibroblasts (IMF) contributes to the development of strictures and fistulas seen in inflammatory bowel disease, but the mechanisms that regulate tension within these cells are poorly understood. In this study we investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) signaling in C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)-induced relaxation of IMF. We found that treatment with ODQ, a solu...