The Ren-1 locus of mice encodes the protease renin, which with converting enzyme processes angiotensinogen to the potent vasopressor angiotensin II. Some strains of mice appear to carry a duplication of the renin structural gene (Ren-2) near the Ren-1 locus. Strains with the gene duplication can exhibit as much as 100-fold higher levels of submaxillary gland renin compared to strains with a sin...

The relationship among alcohol-related problems, perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and suicide proneness in undergraduate college students (N=996) was examined. As hypothesized, alcohol-related problems, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness were all significantly and positively correlated with suicide proneness. The relation between experiencing alcohol-related p...

Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disease which is characterized by depigmented patches due to loss of pigment cells. Evidence suggests that cell-mediated immunity plays a role in melanocyte destruction while some patients have antibodies to melanocytes or melanocytic proteins. Vitiligo is strongly associated with a number of autoimmune disorders. Autoimmune thyroiditis is the most prevalent disea...

Motivated by Ying’ work on automata theory based on quantum logic (Ying, M. S. (2000). International Journal of Therotical Physics, 39(4): 985–996; 39(11): 2545– 2557) and inspired by the close relationship between the automata theory and the theory of formal grammars, we have established a basic framework of grammar theory on quantum logic and shown that the set of l-valued quantum regular lan...

Numerical optimization is used to construct new orthonormal compactly supported wavelets with Sobolev regularity exponent as high as possible among those mother wavelets with a fixed support length and a fixed number of vanishing moments. The increased regularity is obtained by optimizing the locations of the roots the scaling filter has on the interval (π/2, π). The results improve those obtai...

In a recent paper [Multiscale Model. Simul., 5 (2006), pp. 996–1043], the author has introduced an analytical framework to study the convergence properties of some numerical homogenization methods for elliptic problems. In the applications however, these methods are coupled with windowing or oversampling techniques. In the present work, the author addresses this issue within the latter framewor...

1. Auerbach M. Ferumoxytol as a new, safer, easier-to-administer intravenous iron: yes or no? Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 52: 826–829 2. Auerbach M, Winchester J, Wahab A et al. A randomized trial of three iron dextran infusion methods for anemia in EPO-treated dialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 1998; 31: 81–86 3. Bhandari S, Naudeer S. Improving efficiency and value in health care: intravenous iron ...

in this study canthaxanthin was produced by dietzia natronolimnaea hs1 and used for incorporation in niosomes after extraction. effect of rotational speed of rotary vacuum evaporator flask (100 and 150 rpm), canthaxanthin concentration (0, 1 and 2 microgram/ milliliter), concentration of poly ethylene glycol 400 (0, 0.1 and 0.2 %), surfactant type (tween 60 and 80, span 60 and 80) and surfactan...

We determined impact and cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccination programs among children<5 years of age in Uganda from the public health system perspective. Disease-specific models compared the disease burden and cost with and without a vaccination program. If introduced, pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccine programs will save 10,796 and 5265 lives, respectively, prevent 94,0...

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