We describe a sensitive beta-endorphin (beta-EP) radioimmunoassay specific for beta-EP 1-31 applied to human ventricular and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Specificity was documented by reversed-phase HPLC of CSF pools. Simultaneous ventricular and lumbar CSF samples from 13 patients suspected of having normal-pressure hydrocephalus showed median beta-EP values of 2.2 (range 1.7-4.0) and 4.8...

Lactobacillus probiotics have been investigated in periodontitis. However, the effects of the genus Bifidobacterium on periodontitis are hardly known. This study evaluated the effects of the probiotic (PROB) Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (B. lactis) HN019 as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in rats with experimental periodontitis (EP). At baseline, 32 rats were assigned to ...

In this paper, the special attention is given to the  product of two  modular operators, and when at least one of them is EP, some interesting results is made, so the equivalent conditions are presented  that imply  the product of operators is EP. Also, some conditions are provided, for which the reverse order law is hold. Furthermore, it is proved  that $P(RPQ)$ is idempotent, if $RPQ$†</...

Ep-CAM is a new type of cell adhesion molecule (CAM) which does not structurally resemble the members of the four major families (cadherins, integrins, selectins, and CAMs of the immunoglobulin superfamily) and mediates Ca(2+)-independent, homophilic adhesions. The extracellular domain of Ep-CAM consists of a cysteine-rich region, containing two type II epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeat...

This study was done to investigate aspects of control of extrarenal erythropoietin (Ep) production. To this end we studied the effects of three stimuli of renal Ep production in the adult, i.e. hypoxia, cobalt, and activation of adenylate cyclase on Ep generation by cultured fetal mouse liver cells. The fetal liver was taken as a model for extrarenal Ep production because this organ is consider...

Event processing (EP) is widely used for reacting on events in the very moment when they occur. Events that require immediate reactions can be found in various applications, e.g. algorithmic trading, business process monitoring and sensorbased human-computer interaction. For the support of EP in an application, a specialpurpose EP system with its own API and query language has to be used. Typic...

Cerebellar hemangioblastoma is a rare cause of secondary erythrocytosis. Although the erythrocytosis is a result of erythropoietin (Ep) stimulation, direct evidence of Ep synthesis by the tumor has been lacking. In an erythrocytotic patient with a cerebellar hemangioblastoma we found elevated levels of Ep in the tumor cyst fluid and for the first time demonstrated Ep mRNA in the tumor by Northe...

Kuslmer et r:r.Z [9], [10] have posed the problem of characterising the "EP" ftulction f(S) for which E(f(S)) = A fer), whenever the m x mmatrix S has the Wishart distribution n W(m,n,L). In this article, we obtain integral representations for all non-negative EP ftmctions. It is also shown that any botulded EP ftulction is harmonic, and that EP polynomials may be used to approximate the flmcti...

This paper reports on two discrimination experiments involving Portuguese data. The findings support the prosodic contrast between EP and BP and stress the role played by intonation in this contrast. They also show that the perceptual distance between EP and BP is smaller than that between EP and Dutch. The robust distinction between EP and Dutch provides evidence for different perceptual weigh...