Ischemic postconditioning and remote conditioning are potentially useful tools for protecting ischemic myocardium. This study tested the hypothesis that 2,3-dehydrosilybin (DHS), a flavonolignan component of Silybum marianum, could attenuate cardiomyocyte damage following hypoxia/reoxygenation by decreasing the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). After 5-6 days of cell culture in normo...

T he role of Sm addition on water gas shift performance Re/ceria was studied. A redox cycle between Ce4+ and Ce3+ ceria support by oxygen vacancies generation is one the elementary step in mechanism. In this work, we have attempted to enrich content at surface Re/doped enhance performance. The reaction carried out over Re/Sm-doped catalysts with different contents (0, 5, 10, 15 wt%). H2-TPR exp...

PURPOSE Post-implant dosimetry following prostate seed implantation (PSI) occasionally reveals suboptimal dosimetric coverage of the gland. Published reports of re-implantation techniques have focused on earlier-generation techniques, including preplanned approaches and stranded seeds. The purpose of this case report is to describe a customizable approach to perform corrective re-implantation u...

Poor requirements are one of the principal reasons for collapse of software projects. Detecting the requirements errors at the final stage intensifies the efforts of developers that may delay system delivery and overrun cost. Therefore to reduce the development time and cost, it necessitates a systematic and structured Requirement Engineering (RE) approach to establish a comprehensive understan...

alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) analogs, cyclized through site-specific rhenium (Re) and technetium (Tc) metal coordination, were structurally characterized and analyzed for their abilities to bind alpha-MSH receptors present on melanoma cells and in tumor-bearing mice. Results from receptor-binding assays conducted with B16 F1 murine melanoma cells indicated that receptor-bind...

Abstract Whilst reflexive migration studies have criticised the use of categories such as ‘nationality’ and ‘second generation’ in quantitative research, several gaps on how to develop reflexivity remain. In qualitative data, co-construction knowledge seems feasible during fieldwork, whereas deductive process research limits interactions is more at risk reproducing a ‘state thought’ . Through l...

Requirement Engineering (RE) activities are manual and critical by nature. Providing some automated support for the RE tasks helps analysts to reduce manual labor, and in consequence, reduce defects rates and increase reuse and motivation. In this paper, we introduce a UML framework and tool support which automates part of the RE process. Using UML stereotypes concepts as the core of this solut...

This paper compares planning results of the electricity and water generation inventory up to year 2030 in the State of Kuwait. Currently, the generation inventory consists of oil and gas fired technologies only. The planning study considers two main cases. The first case, Reference case, examines a generation inventory based on oil and gas fired generation technologies only. The second case exa...