The crystallography and kinetics of Al 11 Mn 4 formation on 8 5 have been studied in magnesium alloys AZ80 / AZ91 AZ31. During solidification, was promoted by low cooling rates where triclinic nucleated rhombohedral particles with one multiple related orientation relationships (ORs) their variants. grew as (010) plates that were commonly twinned the interrelationships amongst twins, twins -Al O...

BACKGROUND Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is used to treat dehydration caused by diarrheal diseases including cholera. Reduced osmolarity formulations are safe and more effective than standard ORS for treating non-cholera diarrhea. As cholera causes rapid electrolyte loss, it is important to know if these benefits are similar for people with cholera. OBJECTIVES To compare the safety and effi...

OBJECTIVE To describe knowledge and perceptions regarding the use of oral rehydration solution (ORS) for the management of diarrheal diseases among formal and informal health care providers and community caregivers in the Guatemalan department of Santa Rosa, and to recommend strategies to increase ORS use for management of diarrhea in children. METHODS From July to September 2008, in-depth, s...

Head-orienting responses (ORs) evoked by a stationary source of sound typically terminate in small undershoots in normal hearing cats or in large undershoots (hypometria) if the auditory cortex is ablated bilaterally. In the present study, ORs executed by cats were studied using a procedure in which the OR produced an isogonal rotation of the sound source, i.e., response-produced change (reaffe...

Ontology reuse saves costs and improves interoperability between ontologies. Knowing which ontology to reuse is difficult without having a quality assessment. We employ user ratings to determine the user-perceived quality of ontologies. The combination of an Open Rating System (ORS), user ratings, and information on trust between users, allow us to compute a personalized ranking of ontologies. ...

The white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera, a notorious rice pest in Asia, employs host plant volatiles as cues for host location. In insects, odor detection is mediated by two types of olfactory receptors: odorant receptors (ORs) and ionotropic receptors (IRs). In this study, we identified 63 SfurORs and 14 SfurIRs in S. furcifera based on sequences obtained from the head transcriptome ...

BACKGROUND β-catenin plays a pivotal role in hair follicle development and hair growth cycle. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify β-catenin-regulated genes in cultured human hair outer root sheath (ORS) cells. METHODS Primary cultured ORS cells were transduced with recombinant adenovirus expressing N-terminal truncated β-catenin (constitutive active form), and β-catenin-regulate...