Extremely low frequency (ELF<300Hz) electromagnetic fields affect several neuronal activities including memory. Because ELF magnetic fields cause altered Ca(2+) homeostasis in neural tissues, we examined their influence on Ca(2+) signaling enzymes in hippocampus and related them with NMDA receptor functions. Hippocampal regions were obtained from brains of 21-day-old rats that were exposed for ...

Various monoand disubstituted cinnamic acid derivatives and aromatic carboxylic acids with saturated side chains were incubated mainly with Bacillus, Candida, Hansenula, and Saccharo­ m yces strains. The cinnamic acids carrying a hydroxyand/or a methoxy group at the 3and/or 4-position of the benzene ring were decarboxylated with high yields. Most of the reactions were terminated within 24 to 48...

Several topology families are given to implement practical CMOS sinusoidal oscillators by using operational transconductance amplifier-capacitor (OTA-C) techniques. Design techniques are proposed taking into account the CMOS OTA’S dominant nonidealities. Building blocks are presented for amplitude control, both by AGC schemes and by limitation schemes. Experimental results from 3and 2-pm CMOS (...

This paper first reviews the trends of VLSI design, focusing on the power dissipation and programmability. Then, we show the advantage of Quarternary Decision Diagrams (QDDs) in representing and evaluating logic functions. That is, we show how QDDs are used to implement QDD machines, which yield high-speed implementations. We compare QDD machines with binary decision diagram (BDD) machines, and...

Methods This study included 50 patients with clinically suspected myocarditis, who underwent CMR at 1.5 Tesla. T1 quantification was performed on three short (basis, center, apex) and on three long axis slices (2-, 3and 4-chamber orientation), respectively. The modified Look-Locker inversionrecovery (MOLLI) sequence was used before and 15 minutes after administration of 0.075 mmol/kg Gadolinium...

Two major carotenoids of the stick insect were reinvestigated and shown to be /?,/?-caroten-2-ol and /?,/?-carotene-2,2'-diol and not isocryptoxanthin (/?,/?-caroten-4-ol) and isozeaxanthin (/?,/?-carotene-4,4'-diol). Both pigments are esterified with fatty acids. The identification is based on cochromatography with authentic 2-, 3and 4-isomers of the monoand dihydroxy pigment, mass spectra, an...

Standard divergent thinking tests, e.g., the Wallach-Kogan Tests, and the Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement test, have verbal, representational, and imitative requirements limiting their use for children under 3 years. We present a new non-verbal, non-representational divergent thinking test that shows validity in relation to other standardized tests in 3and 4-year-olds, and which is a...

We consider the problem of manipulation of elections using positional voting rules under Impartial Culture voter behaviour. We consider both the logical possibility of coalitional manipulation, and the number of voters that must be recruited to form a manipulating coalition. It is shown that the manipulation problem may be well approximated by a very simple linear program in two variables. This...

in line with an investigation regarding to evaluation of the compatibility of the asian pear cultivars with iran climatic conditions – currently being carried out at the horticultural department of tarbiyat modares university (tmu) – the present preliminary study was performed in two regions in isfahan. asian pear (pyrus serotina rehd.) cultivars (grafted on european pear seedling rootstocks) w...

introduction regular intake of n-3 fatty acids of marine origin have desirable effects on serum lipoproteins and reduce coronary vascular disease (cvd). n-3 fatty acid supplementation decreased serum triglyceride concentrations in studies in which most of the subjects were male. the effects of n-3 fatty acids supplementation in fat women especially postmenopausal fat women have received little ...