Background: The relationship between fi broblasts, myofi broblasts, and smooth muscle cells within the airway wall remains poorly understood. Objective: The cellular characteristics of primary bronchial fi broblasts from patients with asthma were investigated by evaluating the expression of 3 proteins: α–smooth muscle actin (SMA), fi bronectin containing extra type III domain A (EDAcFN), and sm...

A s evidenced in Paleolithic cave paintings of fi sh dating from 17,000 years ago, human-fi sh interactions have existed for thousands of years (Valladas et al. 2001). The earliest interactions likely involved fi sh as food and were necessarily tied to geographic access (i.e., island or coastal locations). Over time, the establishment of farm fi shing and the emergence of modern capture and tra...

The importance of teacher talk in Arabic-speaking learning is not only as a medium to organize the class and train students. However, also source language acquisition means for achieving objectives. This research aims to: 1) explore type modes Arabic Speaking learning, 2) most dominant that occurs learning. researcher used qualitative approach, this case study. methods data collection are obser...

We study two- and three-gluon glueballs of $C=+$ using the method QCD sum rules. systematically construct their interpolating currents, find that all spin-1 currents vanish. This suggests ``ground-state'' do not exist within relativistic framework. calculate masses two-gluon with ${J}^{PC}={0}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}+}/{2}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}+}$ ${J}^{PC}={0}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\t...

For a particle moving on half-line or in an interval the operator $\stackrel{\ifmmode \hat{}\else \^{}\fi{}}{p}=\ensuremath{-}i{\ensuremath{\partial}}_{x}$ is not self-adjoint and thus does qualify as physical momentum. Consequently canonical quantization based \^{}\fi{}}{p}$ fails. Based upon alternative concept for momentum ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \^{}\fi{}}{p}}_{R}$, we show that can indeed be ...

Th e fi nancial regulation architecture in both the United States and China developed during eras when retail deposits and bank loans were the primary mode of fi nancial intermediation. Th e function of banks is to transform short-term deposits into long-term loans, while providing liquidity for depositors. Experience has taught regulators hard lessons that this activity must be subject to prud...

a Department of Sociology and Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, PO Box C, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA b Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, PO Box 5287, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA c Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom d Department of Sociology, Mississippi ...

Spin is the only internal degree of freedom of an electron, and that raises two interesting, closely related questions. First, what kind of new physics emerges when the processes traditionally attributed separately to electron charge and electron spin become closely interconnected? And second, to what sort of new electronic devices might this physics lead us? Success in applications has the pot...