Platelets, because of their ability to take up serotonin, are often considered as models of serotonergic neurons. We have purified a glycoprotein from rat platelets that specifically binds serotonin (KD = 10 nM) but not [3H]imipramine (up to 0.2 microM). This protein is distinct from fibronectin. Antiserum raised against this protein was shown to be monospecific by double diffusion, rocket immu...

We have measured the contribution of submillimeter and mid-infrared sources to the extragalactic background radiation at 70 and 160μm. Specifically, we have stacked flux in 70 and 160μm Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) observations of the Canada-UK Deep Sub-millimeter Survey 14h field at the positions of 850μm sources detected by SCUBA and also 8 and 24μm sources detected by the SST. We find that ...

We have conducted a deep, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observation at 1.4 GHz of an area of sky located within the NOAO Boötes field, using the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array and 100-m Green Bank Telescope. Applying wide-field VLBI techniques, a total of 61 sources, selected from a Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) image, were surveyed simultaneously with a range of differe...

We incorporate metal 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-biscarboxylphenyl)porphyrin (M-H(8)OCPP), for the first time, into porous metal-organic frameworks. The self-assembled porous metalloporphyrinic frameworks [Mn(5)Cl(2)(MnCl-OCPP)(DMF)(4)(H(2)O)(4)]·2DMF·8CH(3)COOH·14H(2)O (ZJU-18; ZJU = Zhejiang University), [Mn(5)Cl(2)(Ni-OCPP)(H(2)O)(8)]·7DMF·6CH(3)COOH·11H(2)O (ZJU-19), and [Cd(5)Cl(2)(MnCl-OCPP)(...

A series of Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes with a flexible dicarboxylate building block and various heterocyclic co-ligands, formulated as {[Zn(2)(pda)(2)(phen)(2)].2H(2)O}(n) (1), {[Zn(pda)(dpe)].H(2)O}(n) (2), [Zn(pda)(bpp)](n) (3), {[Cd(2)(pda)(2)(2,2'-bipy)(2)].2H(2)O}(n) (4), {[Cd(pda)(4,4'-bipy)(H(2)O)].H(2)O}(n) (5) and {[Cd(2)(pda)(2)(bpp)(3)].14H(2)O}(n) (6) (pda = 1,3-phenylenediacetate,...

Objective: To determine if children intubated after failed Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) have a higher occurrence of Tracheal Intubation Associated Events (TIAEs) compared to those intubated immediately. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of all Tracheal Intubations (TIs) in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit from 1/2013 to 12/2015. Data were collected from National Airway Regist...

Aluminum sulfate (alum; Al(2)(SO(4))(3).14H(2)O) is used as a chemical treatment of poultry litter to reduce the solubility and release of phosphate, thereby minimizing the impacts on adjacent aquatic ecosystems when poultry litter is land applied as a crop fertilizer. The objective of this study was to determine, through the use of X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy and ...

MONEVA, P., S. POPOVA-RALCHEVA, D. GUDEV, V. SREDKOVA and I. YANCHEV, 2008. Study on the metabolic implication of supplemental tryptophan in exposed to stress chickens. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 14: 424-431 The effect of supplemental tryptophan (5g/1Kg-1 diet) on some indices of stress, heterophil-to-lymphocyte ratios (H:L), leukocyte and erythrocyte numbers in chickens under stress induced by alte...

Measurements of 810 nm transmittance changes in leaves, simultaneously with Chl fluorescence, CO(2) uptake and O(2) evolution, were carried out on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves with altered expression of plastidic NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase. Electron transport rates were calculated: J(C) from the CO(2) uptake rate considering ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylation and ox...