In the subtropics, a few tropical tree species are distributed and planted for ornamental horticultural purposes; however, photosynthesis of these can be impaired by chilling. This study aimed to understand how respond Light-dependent CO2 assimilation reactions six from geographically diverse areas, but grown at lower subtropical site in China, were monitored during chilling (≤ 10°C...

Background With improved survival resulting from anti-retroviral therapies, accelerated coronary artery disease (CAD) has become an important cause of significant disability and premature death in HIV-infected patients. HIV+ people often accumulate epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), a metabolically-active visceral fat capable of releasing inflammatory adipokines that could contribute to CAD throu...

BACKGROUND Little information is available about survival outcomes of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer treated with adjuvant capecitabine-containing chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab. PATIENTS AND METHODS One thousand and five hundred patients with early breast cancer were entered to the Finland Capecitabine trial (FinXX) between January 2004 and May 2007, and were rando...

There are several eye fields in the primate frontal cortex. The number and location of these oculomotor control zones remain controversial, especially in the human brain. In the monkey, the frontal eye field (FEF) is located in the rostral bank of the arcuate sulcus at approximately the level of the posterior end of the sulcus principalis, the supplementary eye field (SEF) is located on the dor...

The development of cytopathogenic changes in chicken embryo fibroblasts infected with the herpesvirus of the turkey, strain PB-THVI, and the release of virus particles into the supernatant of infected cultures is accelerated at temperatures higher than 37 degrees C and is fastest at 41 degrees C, the normal body temperature of chickens. The growth rate of HVT in CEF cultures was followed by det...

Concurrent engineering facilities (CEFs) are successfully used in the aeropsace sector to design systems and services that that fulfill the requirements. Model-­‐based systems engineering (MBSE) enables the effective (i.e., unambiguous) communication in the collaborative activitie...

In this study, the transformed system mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens of Gynostemma pentaphyllum was constructed using phosphomannose-isomerase (PMI) gene as a marker. To investigate cefotaxime sodium salt (Cef) concentration bacteriostatic medium and appropriate mannose in selectable medium, explants stems with buds were cultured basic supplemented different Cef concentrations, respectiv...

In this paper, a novel composite energy function (CEF) is introduced to provide a general framework for incorporating system information along both time and learning repetition horizon. Based on the CEF, learning control is integrated with nonlinear sub-optimal control to enhance control performance for a class of nonlinear system with time-varying parametric uncertainties. Sub-optimal control ...

We have measured crystalline electric field (CEF) excitations of ${\mathrm{Nd}}^{3+}$ ions in the two-channel Kondo lattice candidates $\mathrm{Nd}{\mathit{T}}_{2}{\mathrm{Zn}}_{20}$ $(T = \mathrm{Co}, \mathrm{Rh}, \text{and} \mathrm{Ir})$ by means inelastic neutron scattering (INS). In INS measurements at 5 K, dispersionless were observed 3.8 and 7.2 meV for $T=\mathrm{Co}$, 3.1 5.8 $T=\mathrm...

Gallstone ileus (GI) is a mechanical type of intestinal obstruction (MIO) due to the impaction one or multiple stones within lumen. GI rare causes MIO that accounts for less than 1% cases which common in elderly population with comorbidities. The presentation non-specific, and this often leads delay diagnosis. Mainly diagnosis relies on radiological approach upon background clinical history. co...