BACKGROUND/AIMS Tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) plays a role in the development of allergic asthma. The study aimed to determine whether TRAIL also participates in the development of experimental allergic conjunctivitis (EC), another allergic disease model. METHODS EC was induced in BALB/c mice by active immunisation with ragweed (RW) followed by RW challenge....

The equipment control (EC) software of the GSI accelerators has been written entirely in Pascal. Modern software development is based on C++ or Java. To be prepared for the future, we decided to convert the EC software from Pas-cal to C in a first step. Considering the large amount of software, this is done automatically as far as possible. The paper describes our experiences gained using a Pas...

We investigate the impossibility of solving certain problems in an unreliable distributed system where multiple processes may fail. A necessary condition is provided for the solvability of problems in the presence of multiple faulty processes, and variants of problems which are unsolvable in the presence of a single faulty pro~~s (such as consensu.s, ehoo~ing a leader, r~g, matching) are shown ...

Electronic structure theory under the influence of apolar solvents suffers from substantial methodical difficulties since in this case the solvent-induced solute polarization originates mainly from specific directional interactions and higher electric multipoles. Continuum solvation models based on the dielectric solvent response such as the PCM approach ignore such interactions and can therefo...

Thrombomodulin (TM), a critical component of the protein C anticoagulant pathway, has previously been localized to endothelial cells (EC), but not smooth muscle cells (SMC) of the blood vessel wall. We demonstrate that cultured rat, bovine, as well as human SMC, but not blood vessel wall smooth muscle tissue, possess significant functional levels of TM and TM mRNA. Cyclic adenosine monophosphat...

Effects of wastewater discharge on the coastal area in Gaza strip Palestine are not fully investigated. This study investigated effect physical and chemical properties marine water over a period 2 year. Sea sediment samples were collected from about 20 different sites. The sediments wastewater/sea mixing zone at depth 0, 2.5 5 m column direct discharging pipe line location similarly other locat...

Sodium-ion batteries are a promising class of secondary power sources that can replace some the lithium-ion, lead–acid, and other types in large-scale applications. One critical parameters for their potential use is high efficiency wide temperature range, particularly below 0 °C. This article analyzes phase equilibria electrochemical properties sodium-ion battery electrolytes based on NaPF6 sol...