We present a detailed analysis of the “second-parameter pair” of globular clusters M3 (NGC 5272) and Palomar 3. Our main results can be summarized as follows: i) The horizontal-branch (HB) morphology of M3 is significantly bluer in its inner regions (observed with the Hubble Space Telescope) than in the cluster outskirts (observed from the ground), i.e., M3 has an internal second parameter. Mos...

1H NMR solution-state study of elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) myoglobin (Mb) and hemoglobin (Hb) establishes the temperature-dependent chemical shifts of the proximal histidyl N(delta)H signal, which reflects the respective intracellular and vascular PO2 in vivo. Both proteins exist predominantly in one major isoform and do not exhibit any conformational heterogeneity. The Mb and Hb si...

In this paper, we analyze the various strengthening and weakening of uniqueness Hahn–Banach extension. addition, consider case in which Y is an ideal X. context, study property (U)/(SU)/(HB) (wU)/(k-U) for a subspace Banach space We obtain new characterizations these properties. different kinds stabilities resulting from properties tensor product spaces, spaces Bochner integrable functions, hig...

Torres Filho IP, Terner J, Pittman RN, Proffitt E, Ward KR. Measurement of hemoglobin oxygen saturation using Raman microspectroscopy and 532-nm excitation. J Appl Physiol 104: 1809–1817, 2008. First published March 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00025.2008.— The resonant Raman enhancement of hemoglobin (Hb) in the Q band region allows simultaneous identification of oxyand deoxy-Hb. The hem...

Nitric oxide (NO) produced by the endothelium diffuses both into the lumen and to the smooth muscle cells according to the concentration gradient in each direction. The extremely high reaction rate between NO and hemoglobin (Hb), k(Hb)= 3-5 x 10(7) M(-1).s(-1), suggests that most of the NO produced would be consumed by Hb in the red blood cells (RBCs), which then would block the biological effe...

We revisit the “second parameter” pair of globular clusters NGC 288/NGC 362 on the basis of theoretical models for red giant branch (RGB) and horizontal branch (HB) stars. The results of the most extensive set of RGB/HB simulations computed so far for these clusters are presented for two different metallicities. Using several different analytical mass loss formulae for RGB stars, we derive rela...

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common zoonoses worldwide. The seroprevalence for T. gondii in human population from Brazil might range from 40 to 80%. The aim of this paper was to study the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in children from age one to 15 living in a low socioeconomic community, named community of Jardim São Remo in the year of 2002. The community is located in the West ar...