Microbial organisms utilize light not only as energy sources but also as signals by which rhodopsins (containing retinal as a chromophore) work as photoreceptors. Sensory rhodopsin I (SRI) is a dual photoreceptor that regulates both negative and positive phototaxis in microbial organisms, such as the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum and the eubacterium Salinibacter ruber. These organisms live i...

Language acquisition reflects a complex interplay between biology and early experience. Psychotropic medication exposure has been shown to alter neural plasticity and shift sensitive periods in perceptual development. Notably, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are antidepressant agents increasingly prescribed to manage antenatal mood disorders, and depressed maternal mood per se during pregn...

AIMS To assess whether strain rate imaging (SRI) can serve to evaluate myocardial viability in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS AND RESULTS In 23 patients with ACS, we measured longitudinal tissue Doppler strain and strain rate values from left ventricular basal, mid, and apical segments (n = 414). These segments were grouped according to their acute end-systolic strain va...

In acute and chronic wounds, Katupila (Securinega leucopyrus) (Willd.) Muell is a commonly used folklore remedy in Sri Lanka and Saurashtra region of India. We report a case of Madhumehajanya Dushta Vrana (chronic diabetic wound) that was treated with local application of S. leucopyrus in paste form once daily. Wound healed within a month with normal pigmentation and minimal scar. This case als...

J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, O. Torres, B. Veihelmann, P. Veefkind, R. Braak, A. Smirnov, L. Remer, R. W. Bergstrom, O. Coddington, K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, R. Johnson, and Q. Zhang SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), Sonoma, CA, 95476, USA NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA Center for Atmosp...

S. Purkayastha1, A. Price2, R. Biswas3, Jai Ganesh A.U.4, P. Otero5* 1 Department of Bio Health Informatics, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 2 Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford UK 3 Department of Medicine, LN Medical College and Research Center, Bhopal, India 4 Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi,...

Phaeochromocytoma during pregnancy is rare and life-threatening to both mother and fetus (1). Pregnancy leads to diagnostic difficulty, whereas early diagnosis and appropriate management improves the prognosis (2). Only a few hundred cases managed during pregnancy have been reported and, a s far as we know, there are no publications of bilateral tumour managed during pregnancy. We report a preg...

T. Xu, D. Mayer, M. Gu, Y-F. Yen, S. Josan, E. Johansson, J. Tropp, R. Hurd, and D. Spielman Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Global Applied Sciences Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, Un...

Genetic diseases conferring resistance to infectious diseases Isabelle C. Withrock , Stephen J. Anderson , Matthew A. Jefferson , Garrett R. McCormack , Gregory S.A. Mlynarczyk , Aron Nakama , Jennifer K. Lange , Carrie A. Berg , Sreemoyee Acharya , Matthew L. Stock , Melissa S. Lind , K.C. Luna , Naveen C. Kondru , Sireesha Manne , Bhavika B. Patel , Bierlein M. de la Rosa , Kuei-Pin Huang , S...

1813-8235 (Print), 2070-8998 (Online) © 2008 ANAME Publication. All rights reserved. Received on: 1 Oct. 2008 THERMAL RADIATION EFFECTS ON MHD FREE CONVECTION FLOW PAST AN IMPULSIVELY STARTED VERTICAL PLATE WITH VARIABLE SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND CONCENTRATION S. Suneetha, N. Bhaskar Reddy and V. Ramachandra Prasad Department of Mathematics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, A. P., IN...