Glucocorticoid excess frequently results in obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and hypertension and may be the product of altered glucocorticoid hormone action. Tissue sensitivity to glucocorticoid is regulated by the expression of glucocorticoid receptor isoforms (GRa and GRb) and 11b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I (11bHSD1)-mediated intracellular synthesis of active cortis...

Rumen function is generally suboptimal leading to losses in methane and nitrogen. Analysis of the rumen microbiome is thus important to understanding the underlying microbial activity under different feeding strategies. This study investigated the effect of forage conservation method and vitamin E supplementation on rumen function using a rumen simulation technique. Ryegrass (GRA) or ryegrass h...

In this paper, we extend our previous work on presenting a registration model for images having arbitrarily-shaped locally variant illuminations from shadows to multiple shading levels. These variations tend to degrade the performance of geometric registration and impact subsequent processing. Often, traditional registration models use a leastsquares estimator that is sensitive to outliers. Ins...

UNLABELLED Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that invades host cells and replicates within a unique parasitophorous vacuole. To maintain this intracellular niche, the parasite secretes an array of dense granule proteins (GRAs) into the nascent parasitophorous vacuole. These GRAs are believed to play key roles in vacuolar remodeling, nutrient uptake, and immune evasion whil...

In recent years, chemical experiment accidents have frequently occurred, resulting in injuries and fatalities among researchers. It is crucial to address this issue improve laboratory safety. Based on many publications, it clear that human error makes a major contribution which contain hazardous processes. However, there limited research focusing safety, also lack of effective measures assess H...

Reference evapotranspiration (ET 0 ), widely used in efficient and meaningful scheduling of irrigation events, is an essential component agricultural water management strategy for proper utilization limited resources. Accurate early prediction ET can provide the basis designing effective help resourceful agriculture. This study aims to evaluate compare performances different hybridized Adaptive...