Hydration status and the effects of hypohydration have been the topic of much public and scientific debate in recent years. While many physiological responses to hypohydration have been studied extensively, the subjective responses to hypohydration have largely been ignored. The present investigation was designed to investigate the physiological responses and subjective feelings resulting from ...

Rats were trained, under a two-lever drug-discrimination procedure, to respond differentially depending upon whether lorazepam (1.0 mg/kg) or no injection had been administered before the session. Responses on the appropriate lever produced a food pellet under a modified fixed-ratio (FR) 10 schedule, in which the 10 responses had to be emitted consecutively. In reinforcement tests, completing a...

A study was performed to assess volatile and quality changes in stored fresh-cut mangos prepared from ‘‘firm-ripe’’ (FR) and ‘‘soft-ripe’’ (SR) fruit, and to assess what effect passive modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) may have on cut fruit physiology, overall quality and volatile retention or loss. Florida-grown ‘Keitt’ and ‘Palmer’ mangos were used, without heat-treatment. Subjective apprai...

PURPOSE To achieve simultaneous imaging and therapy potentials, targeted fluoromagnetic nanoparticles were synthesized and examined in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. METHODS Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized through thermal decomposition of Fe(acac)3. Then, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) modified by dopamine-poly ethylene glycol (PEG)-NH2; finally, half equivalent fluorescein isothi...

We extend the scaling relations of stably stratified turbulence from geophysical regime unity Prandtl number to astrophysical extremely small applicable regions stars and gas giants. A transition a new turbulent is found occur when drops below inverse buoyancy Reynolds number, i.e. $PrRb<1$, which signals shift dominant balance in equation. Application critical arguments then derives prediction...

Fungal species No.11243 was originally isolated from a decayed leaf sample collected in Kyoto, Japan. It produces FR901469, a 1,3-beta-glucan synthase inhibitor. The genome sequence of No.11243 was determined and annotated to obtain useful information for improving productivity of the effective antifungal agent FR901469.

The energy efficiency of buildings drives the replacement traditional construction materials with lightweight insulating materials. However, energy-efficient but combustible insulation might contribute to building’s fire load. Therefore, it is necessary analyse reaction-to-fire properties various provide a better understanding designing fire-safe structure. In this study, tests were carried out...

The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of using an economic and practical method in order to perform non-invasive prenatal testing of thalassemia as a sing gene disorder.Sixteen (16) pregnant mothers in the 11th week of pregnancy who were referred for prenatal diagnosis of thalassemia were selected. The parents had one of IVSII-1, IVSI-5 or FR codon 8/9 mutations. Enrichment of cf...