OBJECTIVE To study the angiogenic functions of endocrine gland-derived vascular endothelial growth factor (EG-VEGF) on a normal myometrial uterine microvascular endothelial cell line (UtMVEC-Myo) and the signaling pathways elicited by EG-VEGF in UtMVEC-Myo. DESIGN Experimental laboratory study. SETTING University gynecology unit. PATIENT(S) Infertile women undergoing diagnostic laparoscop...

The concept of Electronic Government (EG) has evolved significantly during the past few decades. Several development models have been presented in the literature to illustrate the advancement and adoption of EG practices. Recent developments in EG adoption that emphasize the process view call for a new perspective to EG adoption. Based on the review of most cited stage models of EG adoption, a ...

Endocrine glands-derived-vascular endothelial growth factor (EGVEGF) was recently cloned as a new angiogenic factor that selectively acts on the endothelium of endocrine gland cells. We evaluated the involvement of EG-VEGF in colorectal cancer. The expression of EG-VEGF was confirmed in all of the colorectal cancer cell lines. (On the other hand, the expression of EG-VEGF mRNA was not detected ...

Because of their outstanding molecular optoelectronic properties, perylene diimides (PDIs) are promising alternatives to the commonly used PCBM. However, the overly strong aggregation ability, poor solution-processability and compatibility of PDIs severely limit their photovoltaic applications. We turned to borrowing the amphiphile concept to improve these supramolecular properties. Practically...

BACKGROUND To develop novel cryopreservation methods, we estimated the permeability coefficients Lp (hydraulic conductivity) and P(EG) (cryoprotectant permeability) of mature human oocytes after exposure to ethylene glycol (EG) and tested the efficiency of a multi-step slow cooling protocol based on this cryoprotectant. METHODS Oocytes were perfused with 1.5 mol/l EG for 10 min. Oocyte volume...

Pre-eclampsia (PE), the major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, is thought to be caused by shallow invasion of the maternal decidua by extravillous trophoblasts (EVT). Data suggest that a fine balance between the expressions of pro- and anti-invasive factors might regulate EVT invasiveness. Recently, we showed that the expression of the new growth factor endocrine gland-derived vascula...

in this work, for the first time, the rheological properties of nanofluids of lanthania nanoparticles (nps) in ethylene glycol (eg) as functions of shear rate, volume fraction, and temperature were measured. the results showed that both eg and the nanofluids behave as non-newtonian fluids at lower shear rates and transform to newtonian fluids at higher shear rates. the values of viscosity for b...

In the modern digital system design the reliability and security of memories are essential considerations. As technology scales, memory devices become larger and more powerful error correction codes are needed to protect memories from soft errors. Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Codes are the class of linear block codes which provide near capacity performance on large collection of data transmi...

Crowds are part of our everyday experience; nevertheless, in virtual worlds they are still relatively rare. In the past, main reasons hindering a wider use of virtual crowds in the real-time domain were their high demands on both general and graphics performance coupled with high costs of content production. The situation is, though, changing fast; market forces are pushing performance of the c...

PURPOSE We recently discovered a novel gene responsive to tumor-conditioned media: endothelial-derived gene 1 (EG-1). Its transcript has been shown to be present in epithelial cells, as well as in endothelial cells. In this study, we examined the levels of EG-1 protein expression in breast, colon, prostate, and lung cancers, which constitute the four most common solid malignancies in the United...