The high blood rate that often occurs in arteries may play a role in artery failure and tortuosity which leads to blackouts, transitory ischemic attacks and other diseases. However, vibration and instability analysis of carotid arteries are lacking. The objective of this study is to investigate the vibration and instability of the carotid arteries conveying blood under axial tension with surrou...

Abstract Shaping events at the microlevel of rhythm is an important aspect many groove-based musics. In present study, we explore interconnectedness musical parameters such as timing, attack shape, timbre and relative intensity in creating groove through investigating musicians producers’ discourse five genres (jazz, samba, electronic dance music, hip-hop traditional Scandinavian fiddle music)....

The luminescent characteristics of Ru(bpy)(2)dppz(2+) (dppz = dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine), a DNA light switch, were investigated in the presence of oligonucleotides containing single base mismatches or an abasic site. In water, the ruthenium luminescence is quenched, but, bound to well matched duplex DNA, the Ru complex luminesces. Here we show that with DNAs containing a defect, rac-, De...

Thermo-deformation treatment refers to methods of strengthening during which strengthened layers with a nanocrystalline structure are formed in the surface by modifying metal layer, changes its phase and structural chemical compositions, reduces grain size, improves performance. Grinding was achieved combining two simultaneously this treatment: action highly concentrated energy source on layer ...

AGC kinases are mediators of signalling responses stimulated by agonists and are activated following phosphorylation at their T-loop residue by the 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1). Agonists stimulate the activation of the AGC kinases p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (S6K), p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) and serum and glucocorticoid-induced protein kinase (SGK), by inducing the phosph...

Tenotomy of the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) is gaining popularity in shoulder surgery. We evaluated biomechanical and histological changes after tenotomy in a rabbit LHBT tenotomy model to confirm that autotenodesis is a phenomenon that occurs after the procedure. Twenty-three rabbits were included. The right shoulder was harvested from 10 randomly selected rabbits. The shoulders were...

BACKGROUND Hyperspectral reflectance and transmittance sensing as well as near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy were investigated as non-destructive tools for estimating blueberry firmness, elastic modulus and soluble solid content (SSC). Least squares-support vector machine models were established from these three spectra based on samples from three cultivars viz. Bluecrop, Duke and M2 and two harv...