Tubulobulbar complexes (TBCs) are actin-related endocytic structures that internalize intercellular junctions in the seminiferous epithelium. The structures consist of elongate tubular projections of the attached plasma membranes of two adjacent cells that project into Sertoli cells. This double membrane core is cuffed by a dentritic actin network and is capped at its end by a clathrin-coated p...

Because of their rheological properties various microbial polysaccharides are applied as thickeners and viscosifiers both in food and non-food industries. A broad variety of microorganisms secrete structurally diverse exopolysaccharides (EPS) that contribute to their surface attachment, protection against abiotic or biotic stress factors, and nutrient gathering. Theoretically, a massive number ...

2014 We study dense packings of particles with interactions favouring pentagonal symmetry. Such structures can be obtained by decorations of Penrose tilings or directly with a cut-and-projection method. We prove that they form the degenerated ground-state in the case of pair potentials limited to first neighbours and for interaction strength parameters lying in broad ranges of values. Cooling r...

The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) was studied in the brains of cattle, sheep, and goat that succumbed to a natural infection with Listeria monocytogenes. The lesions in infected brains are characterized by microabscesses, perivascular cuffs, gliosis, glial nodules, and large areas of malacia. Using immunocytochemistry, we detected bacteria in microabscesses, particularly ...

INTRODUCTION Endotracheal intubation is a common intervention in critical care patients undergoing helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) transportation. Measurement of endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressures is not common practice in patients referred to our service. Animal studies have demonstrated an association between the pressure of the ETT cuff on the tracheal mucosa and decreased b...

in labour. It was subsequently calculated that less than half this amount of methoxyflurane was required for Caesarean section when using a 0.1% supplement. Cousins and Mazze (1972) qualified the findings that there was no evidence of nephrotoxicity following the use of 0.35% methoxyflurane in labour by stating: "The agent appears not to be nephrotoxic under most conditions of low dosage admini...

We consider magnetic Schrödinger operators on quantum graphs with identical edges. The spectral problem for the quantum graph is reduced to the discrete magnetic Laplacian on the corresponding combinatorial graph and a certain Hill equation. This may be viewed as a generalization of the classical spectral analysis for the Hill operator to such structures. Using this correspondence we show that ...