We present a computational model for the mammalian circadian clock based on the intertwined positive and negative regulatory loops involving the Per, Cry, Bmal1, Clock, and Rev-Erb alpha genes. In agreement with experimental observations, the model can give rise to sustained circadian oscillations in continuous darkness, characterized by an antiphase relationship between Per/Cry/Rev-Erbalpha an...

This work presents the development of an automatic recognition system of infant cry, with the objective to classify two types of cry: normal and pathological cry from deaf babies. In this study, we used acoustic characteristics obtained by the Linear Prediction technique and as a classifier a neural network that was trained with the scaled conjugate gradient algorithm. Preliminary results are s...

The circadian clock of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) drives daily rhythms of behavior. Cryptochromes (CRYs) are powerful transcriptional repressors within the molecular negative feedback loops at the heart of the SCN clockwork, where they periodically suppress their own expression and that of clock-controlled genes. To determine the differential contributions of CRY1 and CRY2 within circadi...

The Nano-CrY zeolite synthesized and characterized by Fourier transfer infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD),and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM).The result show that nano catalyst prepared with mainly particles size about 30-80 nm .The XRD show the structure of the zeolite does not collapse. This Nano-CrY zeolite has been used as new, and nontoxic catalyst for catalyzes of synthesis of 2...

The circadian clock plays a vital role in monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration by providing the timing component of time-compensated sun compass orientation, a process that is important for successful navigation. We therefore evaluated the monarch clockwork by focusing on the functions of a Drosophila-like cryptochrome (cry), designated cry1, and a vertebrate-like cry, designated cry2...

The biological clock is a 24-hour cycle that influenced by light and darkness, which are key factors in determining whether one feels alert or sleepy. Typically, the regulates how body works. It system heavily utilized during evolution of living things order to help them adapt cyclic succession their environment. For instance, metabolic processes coordinated with circadian enable animals ramp u...

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is popularly known as insecticidal bacterium. However, non-insecticidal Bt strains are more extensively available in natural environment than the insecticidal ones. Parasporin (PS) is a collection of genealogically heterogeneous Cry proteins synthesized in non-insecticidal isolates of Bt. An important character generally related with PS proteins is their strong cytoc...