BACKGROUND Expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAM) on the endothelium and the attachment of monocytes to endothelium may play a major role in the early atherogenic process. Chlorogenic acid is a phenolic compound present in coffee, apples, pears, berries, almonds, artichokes, and aubergines. Previous studies have indicated that CA possesses antioxidant activity in vitro. AIM We investigat...

T wo recent reports by Zhang et al published in Nov (2011) and our group (Anand & Kai, 2012; published online in Dec 2011) have suggested a role for the conserved Tudor domain protein encoded by qin as a component of piRNA pathway. Both studies agree that qin plays a role in the piRNA pathway and is required to repress reteroelements but differ in some aspects of their conclusions about qin fun...

Sir, Triazole antifungals are the mainstay of therapy for patients with aspergillosis. Notably, the mortality associated with aspergillosis is high and the rate of treatment failure is much higher if patients are infected with multiple-triazole-resistant (MTR) Aspergillus fumigatus. MTR A. fumigatus strains with the mutation TR34/ L98H occur both in azole-treated as well as in azole-naive patie...

T wo recent reports by Zhang et al published in Nov (2011) and our group (Anand & Kai, 2012; published online in Dec 2011) have suggested a role for the conserved Tudor domain protein encoded by qin as a component of piRNA pathway. Both studies agree that qin plays a role in the piRNA pathway and is required to repress reteroelements but differ in some aspects of their conclusions about qin fun...

Memory colours have been extensively investigated. They are important for different image applications, such as colour image reproduction. However, it is possible memory colours vary according to different cultures. The present experiments were conducted to investigate 22 memory colours, which are divided into three types: 12 common colours such as vegetables, fruits and flowers, 6 natural colo...

The true digestibility coefficient, biological value, and net available protein of diets based on processed soya flour supplemented with dl-methionine hydroxy analogue (MHA) or dl-methionine (at a level of 1.2 g/16 g N) have been determined in children aged 8-9 years. The mean daily intake of protein by the children on the different diets was maintained a t a level of about 1.2 g/kg body weight...

Samples containing buprenorphine and derivatives were extracted using Agilent sample prep and analyzed by gas chromatography using an Agilent J&W HP-5 column. Published by Elsevier B. V. An empirical study on the selection of analytes and corresponding cutoffs for immunoassay and GC–MS in a two-step test strategy—buprenorphine example Analyst, 9, 1848-1856 (2009) Meng-Yan Wu et al. Tags HP-5, c...

The effective management of light is beneficial for growers plants in greenhouses, polytunnels and under cloches. materials structures used to construct these environments often create light-limited conditions crops change the spectral composition sunlight they receive. Combining practical measures, drawn from knowledge plant photobiology, allows monitor, forecast optimise their growing environ...

Escale is a travelling physical theatre company based in France. For most of the past twenty years, its members have lived in caravans and performed in a marquee, bringing experimental performances to rural areas. Their itinerant lifestyle and artistic choices do not only situate them in the margins of the French theatrical landscape, but also in a terminological gap, as ‘physical theatre’ does...