Abstract The global energy demand is increasing while production from mature fields drastically reducing consequently, oil and gas industries are expanding activities into more challenging areas. inability of the traditional seismic data to properly delineate hydrocarbon reservoirs subtle features in ‘Sandfish’ field located offshore, Niger Delta informed use simultaneous elastic impedance inve...

Chronic inflammation and selenium deficiency are considered as risk factors for colon cancer. The protective effect of selenium might be mediated by specific selenoproteins, such as glutathione peroxidases (GPx). GPx-1 and -2 double knockout, but not single knockout mice, spontaneously develop ileocolitis and intestinal cancer. Since GPx2 is induced by the chemopreventive sulforaphane (SFN) via...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women. Although tamoxifen therapy is successful for some patients, it does not provide adequate benefit for those who have estrogen receptor (ER)-negative cancers. Therefore, we approached novel treatment strategies by combining two potential bioactive dietary supplements for the reactivation of ERα expression for ...

We have shown previously that a polymeric form of fibronectin is strongly antimetastatic when administered systemically to tumor-bearing mice. The polymeric fibronectin, sFN, is formed in vitro by treating soluble fibronectin with a 76-aa peptide, III1-C, which is derived from the first type III repeat in fibronectin. Here we show that the III1-C peptide and sFN also reduce tumor growth in mice...

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS, OMIM 176670) is a rare multisystem childhood premature aging disorder linked to mutations in the LMNA gene. The most common HGPS mutation is found at position G608G within exon 11 of the LMNA gene. This mutation results in the deletion of 50 amino acids at the carboxyl-terminal tail of prelamin A, and the truncated protein is called progerin. Progerin...

NHK has been studying transmission technologies that contribute to increasing spectral efficiency and developing large capacity wireless transmissions. An effective technology is dual-polarized multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), which uses both horizontal vertical waves. We are currently an advanced Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) system provide simultaneously ...

In her guest editorial, Ann Stuart rightfully addresses the lack of resources offered by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) devoted to both graduate and undergraduate neuroscience education. Conversely, many of us may not be aware of the efforts that SfN has made in recent years to improve what might be characterized as “Academic Career Professional Development” and the involvement that Faculty...