BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to explore the role of autophagy in the cold I/R injury following lung transplantation. METHODS The rat orthotopic lung transplantation model was established to perform the level of autophagy in the cold I/R injury in this study. The pretreatment of inhibitor (3-Methyladenine [3-MA]) and activator (rapamycin [RAPA]) of autophagy were performed to assess th...

The aim of the paper was to follow up major physiological reactions, provoked by heat stress during dry and wet sauna baths. A physical strain index and subjective estimation of heat comfort of subjects who had not taken sauna baths before was also evaluated. Ten healthy males aged 25-28 underwent a dry sauna bath and then after a one-month break they underwent a steam sauna bath. Each time, th...

Abstract. This paper aims to study wet–cold compound events (WCCEs) in Greece for the wet and cold season November–April since these may affect directly human activities short or longer periods, as no similar research has been conducted country studying past future development of events. WCCEs are divided into two different daily events, maximum temperature– (TX) accumulated precipitation (RR) ...

Relationships between the interannual variability of the U.S. summer precipitation regime and the intensification, weakening, or changes in position of the climatological-mean circulation features that organize this regime are examined. The focus is on the atmospheric conditions over the conterminous United States relative to wet and dry monsoons over the southwestern United States. The onset o...

8:50am–9:40am Cliff Burgess (McMaster/Perimeter Institute) Effective field theories and modified gravity: A bad cop wrapped in a wet blanket standing in a cold shower 9:40-10:30 Norbert Wex (MPI, Bonn) Tests of gravity from radio pulsars 10:30-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-11:40 Pedro Ferreira (Oxford) Testing general relativity with cosmology 11:40-12:30 Nicolas Yunes (Montana State) Gravitational ...

treatment adopted on the temperature, it may be considered as typical of the others. There is no doubt that by the use of cold baths and wet-sheet packing?if used from the beginning of the disease, as laid down by Brand ?we have a powerful means in our hands of subduing) n?t ?f breaking, the course of the fever. It must not be forgotten however that medicinal treatment was not neglected, and th...

Fifty Angus x Shorthorn heifers (mean body weight, 384 kg) were used to investigate the effects of a 72 h pre-slaughter fast and cold environmental conditions (accentuated by wetting down) on meat colour, muscle ultimate pH (pHu) and gusceptibility to bruising. Cattle fasted outdoors and wet down had a higher muscle pHu than cattle fasted in a shed (5.51 vs 5.37: P < 0.05) and a darker meat col...

− A new type of actuator is presented where Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires are embedded within artificial “blood vessels.” Fluid flowing through vessels allows the SMA wires to be rapidly cooled by convection, resulting in greater bandwidth than ordinarily possible. Combinations of electric, fluidic, and thermal inputs can be used to control the contraction/extension of the SMA wires within the...

Cold, water-saturated soils play important biogeochemical roles, yet almost nothing is known about the identity and habitat of microbes active under such conditions. We investigated the year-round microenvironment of an alpine tundra wet meadow soil in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, focusing on the biogeochemistry and microbial diversity of spring snowmelt--a dynamic time for alpine ecosystems. ...

X-ray microanalysis of frozen-hydrated tissue sections permits direct quantitative analysis of diffusible elements in defined cellular compartments. Because the sections are hydrated, elemental concentrations can be defined as wet-weight mass fractions. Use of these techniques should also permit determination of water fraction in cellular compartments. Reliable preparative techniques provide fl...