Glycoproteins, which react with Lens culinaris agglutinin, in the membrane preparation of various portions of brains and spinal cords, obtained from 9-week-old rats and 29-month-old rats, were comparatively analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In contrast to the samples from brain, which showed similar staining patterns in the two different age groups, the glycoprotein patterns o...

A systematic calculation of the hyperfine structure of 2 P levels of heliumlike ions is presented. Reduced matrix elements of the magnetic-dipole hyperfine operator between substates of the 2 P states are evaluated using relativistic configuration-interaction wave functions that account for both Coulomb and Breit interactions. These matrix elements, together with the energy intervals DE105E(2 P...

Let f : R3 → R3 be a diffeomorphism with p0, p1 ∈ R3 distinct hyperbolic fixed points. Assume that W (p0) and W (p1) are two dimensional manifolds which intersect transversally at a point q. Then the intersection is locally a one-dimensional smooth arc γ̃ through q, and points on γ̃ are orbits heteroclinic from p0 to p1. We describe and implement a numerical scheme for computing the jets of γ̃ to ...

Restricted fetal growth is associated with postnatal mortality and morbidity and may be directly related to alterations in the capacity of the placenta to supply nutrients. We proposed previously that imprinted genes can regulate nutrient supply by the placenta. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the insulin-like growth factor 2 gene (Igf2) transcribed from the placental-specific promoter (P0)...

We generalize the P, P0, R0 properties for a nonlinear function associated with the standard nonlinear complementarity problem to the setting of generalized nonlinear complementarity problem (GNCP). We prove that if a continuous function has the order P0 and R0 properties then all the associated GNCPs have solutions.

// Step ii): apply the centerline extraction from confidence image. GeodesicGraphComputer::TSet aConfidenceSet (imConf.domain ()); // ii. a) Thresholding the confidence image: for (auto const &p: imConf.domain ()) if(imConf(p)>= 0.5) aConfidenceSet .insert (p); P3d p0 = acc. getMaxAccumulationPoint(); // ii. b) Computing the graph: GeodesicGraphComputer gg(4, aConfidenceSet , 3, acc.getDomain()...

Prostate cancer is a common cancer among men in developed countries. Although hormonotherapy and radiotherapy (RT) represent valid therapies for prostate cancer treatment, novel immunological approaches have been explored. The development of clinical trials employing cancer vaccines has indicated that immune response to tumor antigens can be boost...

BACKGROUND Peripheral neuropathies (PN) associated with monoclonal gammopathy (MG) are widely considered as autoimmune disorders, but the putative role of incriminated antigens is still not understood. OBJECTIVE Fifty five patients with PN associated with MG were studied to investigate whether new antigens could be found, and to evaluate their relation to clinical manifestations. METHODS An...

OBJECTIVES The esthetic and functional results of orthognathic surgery of severe dentofacial deformities are predictable, however there are differences regarding the effects on stomatognathic system. The aim was to investigate the effects of orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) on the masticatory function in individuals with dentofacial deformity submitted to orthognathic surgery (OGS). MATE...