The purpose of this study was to establish an in vitro model for tumor progression in colorectal carcinogenesis, by transforming the premalignant human colonie PC/AA adenoma cell line to the malignant phenotype. A rare clonogenic variant AA/C1 (colony-forming efficiency (CPE) on plastic of 1.05%] was isolated from the diploid PC/AA adenoma cell line (C. Paraskeva, S. Finerty, and S. Powell, Int...

Reduced nephron mass is strongly linked to susceptibility to chronic renal and cardiovascular diseases. There are currently no tools to identify nephropenia in clinical or preclinical diagnostics. Such new methods could uncover novel mechanisms and therapies for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and reveal how variation among traits can affect renal function and morphology. Here we used cationized f...

We conducted certain audit procedures at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) as part of the Louisiana State University System’s financial statement audit for the year ended June 30, 2013, and to evaluate its accountability over public funds. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Louisiana State University System Audit Control # 801...

Abstract Caloric cooling is an attractive family of technologies owing to their environmental friendliness and potential for higher efficiency than present refrigeration systems. Cooling devices based on the electrocaloric (EC) effect specifically have added benefit being easily miniaturized, enabling applications in electronic thermal management, wearables localized cooling. A challenge prior ...

The fractional order operator is the backbone of system (FOS). (FOO) generally represented as s^(±μ) (0<μ<1). Discrete time FOS can be obtained through discretization operator. FOO general form either differentiator (FOD) or integrator (FOI) depending upon values μ. Out two methods, direct outperforms method indirect discretization. mapping between continuous and discrete domain d...

The miniaturization of electromechanical transducers using bulk and surface micromachining processes has enabled the deployment of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in a variety of applications, from cell phones and ink-jet printers to drug delivery devices. A recently developed approach for the fabrication of multimaterial fiber devices presents a unique opportunity to realize MEMS in a no...

In this paper, we will take a look at Salem elements dealing with formal power series on Fq, where Fq is finite field . Our main result, presents criteria for an element to be the smallest (SSE) via order extending given in Fq. Moreover, provide CFE of each n.

Skeletal stem cells (SSCs) are a population of progenitor cells which give rise to postnatal skeletal tissues including bone, cartilage and bone marrow stroma, however not to adipose, haematopoietic or muscle tissue. Growth plate chondrocytes exhibit the ability of continuous proliferation and differentiation, which contributes to the continuous physiological growth. The growth plate has been h...

NASA is constructing a series of handheld test vessels to study key characteristics of low-g capillary flows aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE) consists of 6 approximately 1 to 2 kg flight units designed to probe certain capillary phenomena of fundamental and applied importance, such as; capillary flow in complex containers, critical wetting in dis...