BACKGROUND We have previously shown that treatment with streptokinase induces abrupt complement activation and transient neutropenia in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two different thrombolytic agents--streptokinase (SK) and recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rTPA)--on activation of the complement and kinin sy...

We have conducted a new search for the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB) flux at Super-Kamiokande (SK), with 22.5×2970?kton·day exposure from its fourth operational phase IV. With analysis we improve on existing reduction techniques and systematic uncertainties take advantage of an improved neutron tagging algorithm to lower energy threshold compared previous phases SK. This allows s...

We introduce some Π1–expressible combinatorial principles which may be treated as axioms for some bounded arithmetic theories. The principles, denoted Sk(Σn, length log k) and Sk(Σn, depth log k) (where ‘Sk’ stands for ‘Skolem’), are related to the consistency of Σn–induction: for instance, they provide models for Σn–induction. However, the consistency is expressed indirectly, via the existence...

Let pk = (N , e) be an RSA public key with corresponding secret key sk = (p, q , d , dp , dq , q −1 p ). Assume that we obtain partial error-free information of sk, e.g., assume that we obtain half of the most significant bits of p. Then there are well-known algorithms to recover the full secret key. As opposed to these algorithms that allow for correcting erasures of the key sk, we present for...

PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy of ultrasound (ULTRA) in assessing fat-free mass (FFM) in comparison with hydrostatic weighing (HW) and skinfolds (SK) in high school wrestlers in a hydrated state. METHODS Body composition was determined by ULTRA, HW, and three-site SK in 70 high school wrestlers (mean +/- SD: age, 15.5 +/- 1.5; height, 1.60 +/- 0.08 m; body mass, 65.8 +/- 12.7 kg). For all m...

INTRODUCTION Emergency treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction is very important. Streptokinase in Iran is often as the only clot-busting medication is used. The purpose of using streptokinase medication is to revive the ischemic heart tissue, although has dangerous complications too. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of streptokinase on reperfusion after...

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor. Cancer cells employ a host of mechanisms to develop resistance to adriamycin (ADM) or other chemotherapeutic drugs. Shikonin (SK), an active constituent extracted from a Chinese medicinal herb, has been shown to cooperate with ADM in the treatment of osteosarcoma and certain other types of cancer by contributing to the response rate ...

The main result of this paper is as follows: For any commutative regular (actually even K2-regular) ring R and any finitely generated intermediate monoid ZP+ c A4 c Q’+ (for some natural r) the following conditions are equivalent: (a) A4 zE:, (b) R[M] is K,-regular, (c) M is seminormal and SK,(R) = SK,(R[M]) (i.e. the natural homomorphism SK,(R) -SK,(R[M]) is an isomorphism), and, if in additio...

Bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9), a member of TGF-β superfamily, is reported to inhibit the growth and migration of prostate cancer, osteosarcoma and triple-negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. However, little is known about the effect of on the biological behaviors of HER2-positive SK-BR-3 breast cancer cells and the underlying mechanisms. This study aimed to investigate the effects of ...