The solvation of fluoride and chloride anions (F(-) and Cl(-), respectively) by water has been studied using effective fragment potentials (EFPs) for the water molecules and ab initio quantum mechanics for the anions. In particular, the number of water molecules required to fully surround each anion has been investigated. Monte Carlo calculations have been used in an attempt to find the solvate...

Root hairs are tubular extensions of epidermis cells. Transcriptome profiling demonstrated that the single cell-type root hair transcriptome was less complex than the transcriptome of multiple cell-type primary roots without root hairs. In total, 831 genes were exclusively and 5585 genes were preferentially expressed in root hairs [false discovery rate (FDR) ≤1%]. Among those, the most signific...

Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Program, Division of Cardiology and Neonatology, Women’s & Children’s 5 Health Research Institute, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 6 Alberta Canada. 7 School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada 8 Current Affiliation 9 Department of Pediatrics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada (EFP) 10 Dep...

Asbtract This paper elaborates on an FPA approach of EFP and on the added value of certain social constructivist approaches relying on discourse analysis. While discourse analysis has sometimes been presented as competing with traditional approaches of FPA, both can also be seen as complementary, we will draw on a revised FPA framework (White, 2001) and highlight how a discourse analysis approa...

Purpose To investigate timing and risk factors of recurrent retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) after intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) monotherapy. Methods Fifty eyes (the more severe eye) of 50 infants treated with IVR monotherapy for type 1 ROP were studied retrospectively. The mean follow-up time was 31 weeks after IVR. Recurrent ROP (recurrence of extraretinal fibrovascular proliferation [EFP]...

An ab initio study of the addition of successive water molecules to the amino acid l-alanine in both the nonionized (N) and zwitterionic (Z) forms are presented. The main focus is the number of waters needed to stabilize the Z form and how the solvent affects conformational preference. The solvent is modeled by ab initio electronic structure theory, the EFP (effective fragment potential) model,...

UNLABELLED Elongation factor P (EF-P) is a universally conserved bacterial translation factor homologous to eukaryotic/archaeal initiation factor 5A. In Salmonella, deletion of the efp gene results in pleiotropic phenotypes, including increased susceptibility to numerous cellular stressors. Only a limited number of proteins are affected by the loss of EF-P, and it has recently been determined t...

The aim of this study was to analyse the impact sex hormone fluctuations throughout menstrual cycle on cardiorespiratory response high-intensity interval exercise in athletes. Twenty-one eumenorrheic endurance-trained females performed an running protocol three phases: early-follicular phase (EFP), late-follicular (LFP) and mid-luteal (MLP). It consisted 8 × 3-min bouts at 85% their maximal aer...

Abstract In order to study the formation and penetration performance of reactive liner, in this paper, a Ta-Zr alloy is used as liner material, large cone angle spherical arc-cone are simulated analyzed by using AUTODYN software. The following conclusions obtained: (1) EFP formed has good flight stability, followed arc liner; (2) length diameter ratio shaped charge larger than that (3) depth la...