Graph Machines Author: Joshua Herman Collaborator: Keith Pedersen April 24, 2009 ar X iv :0 81 2. 40 09 v1 [ cs .C C ] 2 2 D ec 2 00 8

Abstract Brittle reactivation of plastic shear zones is frequently observed in geologically old terranes. To better understand such deformation zones, we have studied the >700 Ma long structural history Himdalen–Ørje Deformation Zone (HØDZ) SE Norway by K–Ar and 40 Ar– 39 Ar geochronology, characterization. Several generations mylonites make up ductile part HØDZ, Ørje Shear Zone. A white mic...

Graph Machines Author: Joshua Herman Collaborator: Keith Pedersen April 30, 2009 ar X iv :0 81 2. 40 09 v2 [ cs .C C ] 2 3 D ec 2 00 8

BACKGROUND Systemic inflammatory response syndrome is a fatal disease because of multiple organ failure. Acute kidney injury is a serious complication of systemic inflammatory response syndrome and its genesis is still unclear posing a difficulty for an effective treatment. Aldose reductase (AR) inhibitor is recently found to suppress lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cardiac failure and its let...

To investigate the physiological role of the alpha(1D)-adrenergic receptor (alpha(1D)-AR) subtype, we created mice lacking the alpha(1D)-AR (alpha(1D)(-/-)) by gene targeting and characterized their cardiovascular function. In alpha(1D)-/- mice, the RT-PCR did not detect any transcript of the alpha(1D)-AR in any tissue examined, and there was no apparent upregulation of other alpha(1)-AR subtyp...

BACKGROUND A generally acceptable definition and a severity grading system for anastomotic leakages (ALs) following rectal resection were not available until 2010, when the International Study Group of Rectal Cancer (ISGRC) proposed a definition and a grading system for AL. METHODS A search for published data was performed using the MEDLINE database (2000 to December 5, 2012) to perform a sys...

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome (MS) includes a clustering of metabolic derangements and low testosterone levels have been shown to be associated with both components of MS and MS per se. In this study we explored the relationship between androgen receptor (AR) CAG repeat length polymorphism and MS in a Korean male population. Materials and methods: The association between AR CAG repeat le...

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome (MS) includes a clustering of metabolic derangements and low testosterone levels have been shown to be associated with both components of MS and MS per se. In this study we explored the relationship between androgen receptor (AR) CAG repeat length polymorphism and MS in a Korean male population. Materials and methods: The association between AR CAG repeat le...

A Jurassic salamander, Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis (gen. et sp. nov.), from a recently found site in western Liaoning Province, China is the earliest known record of Salamandroidea. As a Late Jurassic record of the group, it extends the range of the clade by ~40 Ma. The Late Jurassic taxon is neotenic and represented by exceptionally preserved specimens, including fully articulated cranial and ...