β-Adrenergic receptor (β-AR) stimulation increases extracellular ubiquitin (UB) levels, and extracellular UB inhibits β-AR-stimulated apoptosis in adult cardiac myocytes. This study investigates the role of exogenous UB in chronic β-AR-stimulated myocardial remodeling. l-Isoproterenol (ISO; 400 μg·kg(-1)·h(-1)) was infused in mice in the presence or absence of UB (1 μg·g(-1)·h(-1)). Left ventri...

The aim of this paper is to describe existing ISO standards and current activity concerned with thermal comfort. It describes how an ISO standard is produced from a new work item proposal (NP) to publication as an international standard (ISO). A framework is provided for the assessment of ISO standards and their revisions. Standards should be valid, reliable, useable, and with sufficient scope ...

Objective(s) Several studies have reported improved response of exercised hearts to myocardial infarction (MI). This study was aimed to evaluate the preventive role of treadmill exercise and diosgenin on cardiac marker enzymes, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), total antioxidant status (TAS), lipids, and electrocardiographic (ECG) patterns in isoproterenol (ISO)-induced myocardia...

We investigated the prevalence of seed borne fungal pathogens in rice variety BRRI Dhan46 and to evaluate the efficacy of antagonistic bacteria in controlling seed borne disease. A composite sample of BRRI Dhan46 was assayed. Five seed borne fungi viz. Fusarium sp., Bipolaris oryzae, Curvularia sp., Gliocladium sp. and Aspergillus flavus were isolated from the rice seeds. Fifteen probable antag...

Specifying software quality for a product that has still to be developed is difficult for the purchaser or supplier. The purchaser needs to understand clearly and be able to communicate his/her requirements for the product to be developed. The supplier needs to be certain he/she understands the requirement, and is able to assess with confidence whether it is possible to provide the product with...

A Madden–Jillian oscillation (MJO) and boreal summer intraseasonal (BSISO) are important climate variabilities, which affect a forecast of weather climate. In this study, the MJO BSISO hindcasts from Global Seasonal Forecast System, version 5 (GS5) were diagnosed using dynamic-oriented theories. We additionally analyzed GS5 climatological run to identify whether weakness hindcast results model ...

Based on kernel estimator and wavelet technique, we have identified 22 moving group candidates in the solar neighborhood from a sample which includes around 14000 dwarfs and 6000 giants. Six of them were previously known as the Hercules stream, the Sirus-UMa stream, the Hyades stream, the Caster group, the Pleiades stream and the IC 2391; five of them have also been reported by other authors. E...