Disparity cues affect a subject’s ability to detect movement only when stimulusoscillation frquency is less than 1 Hz. Disparity cues then increase sensitivity for targets closeto the fixation plane (within 7.5’), but decrease sensitivity for targets whose disparities aregreater. Binocular sensitivity to sideways movement is higher for targets in the fizxation planethan for targ...

Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the O2 and NADPH/cytochrome P450 reductase-dependent conversion of heme to biliverdin, free iron ion, and CO through a process in which the heme participates as both dioxygen-activating prosthetic group and substrate. We earlier confirmed that the first step of HO catalysis is a monooxygenation in which the addition of one electron and two protons to the HO oxy-fer...

The electrochemical oxidation of anodic metals (M = cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and cadmium) in a solution of the ligand 1H-anthra[1,2-d]imidazol-6,11-dione-2-[2-hydroxyphenyl] [H2L] afforded homoleptic [ML] compounds. The addition to the electrochemical cell of coligands (L') such as 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) allowed the synthesis, in one step, of heteroleptic [MLL']...

Dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity can lead to a wide range of disease states such as atherosclerosis, inflammation or cancer. The ability to image MMP activity non-invasively in vivo, by radiolabelled synthetic inhibitors, would allow the characterization of atherosclerotic plaques, inflammatory lesions or tumors. Here we present an overview of radiolabelled MMP inhibitor...

Octyl- and nonylphenols in the environment have been proposed to function as estrogens. To gain insight into their structural essentials in binding to the estrogen receptor, a series of phenols with saturated alkyl groups at the para position, HO-C6H4-CnH2n+1 (n = 0-12), were examined for their ability to displace [3H]17beta-estradiol in the recombinant human estrogen receptor, which was expres...

Although cocaine is typically the second-most identified drug of abuse in drug-testing programs, there is surprisingly little quantitative information on excretion patterns following different routes of administration. This report details the urinary excretion and terminal elimination kinetics for cocaine and eight metabolites [benzoylecgonine (BZE), ecgonine methylester (EME), norcocaine (NCOC...

It becomes obvious that fat tissue is not just storage of excess carbohydrate. It is a regenerative complex supporting from the skin surface to deeper organs comprising adult stem cells as well as high energy resource related with tissue repair and regeneration. Fat grafting technique, which has been performed for more than hundred years, is utilized to improve defects of facial contour, fat at...

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This paper develops a new approach to an old important and difficult problem: security planning in power system operations. The complexity of the problem is due primarily to two factors: (i) the large number of contingencies that need to be analyzed make it computationally intractable for real-time operations, and (ii) the problem has many solutions, and the global optimum is likely to be much ...

by Olivia Middleton A Low-fat Diet Containing Heated Soybean Oil Promotes Hyperglycemia in C57BL/6J Mice Introduction: The metabolic effects of consuming mildly oxidized lipids as compared to highly oxidized lipids are not well documented. Consumption of highly oxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids, even in a low-fat diet, may be a threat to one’s health. Previous studies in our lab have shown t...