In this study, a novel type of pyridinium-based tags, 1-[3-[(2-iodo-1-oxoethyl)amino]propyl]-4-methylpyridinium bromide (IMP) and 1-[3-[(2-iodo-1-oxoethyl)amino]propyl]-4-propylpyridinium bromide (IPP), were designed, synthesized, and applied to the derivatization of thiol-containing peptides. With model peptides as the sample, the labeling efficiency and the stability of the peptide derivative...

In 2007, Terence Tao wrote on his blog an essay about soft analysis, hard analysis and the finitization of soft analysis statements into hard analysis statements. One of his main examples was a quasi-finitization of the infinite pigeonhole principle IPP, arriving at the “finitary” infinite pigeonhole principle FIPP1. That turned out to not be the proper formulation and so we proposed an alterna...

INTRODUCTION Inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) surgery is a successful therapeutic option for men with erectile dysfunction. Traditional placement of the reservoir in the retropubic space of Retzius is associated with the rare occurrence of significant complications including bladder, bowel, and vascular injury. An alternative site, posterior to the abdominal wall musculature, has been identif...

the molecular weight distribution of 4 commercial isotactic polypropylene (ipp) samples was estimated using rheological data. the dynamic moduli data, obtained from rheological measurements in linear viscoelastic region was used for calculation of relaxation time spectrum, h(τ) and then shear relaxation modulus, g(t). finally, applying thimm kernel function and relaxation modulus data in genera...

Let C be a q-ary code of length n and X ⊆ C, then d is called a descendant of X if di ∈ {xi : x ∈ X} for all 1 ≤ i ≤ n. C is said to be a w-identifiable parent property code (w-IPP code for short) if whenever d is a descendant of w (or fewer) codewords, one can always identify at least one of the parent codewords in C. In this paper, we give constructions for w-IPP codes of length w + 1. Furthe...

BACKGROUND The inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) is typically the preferred implant for Peyronie's disease (PD) and malleable penile prostheses (MPPs) have been discouraged. AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness and patient satisfaction of the MPP vs IPP in patients with PD. METHODS Men with PD and erectile dysfunction who elected for penile implant surgery constituted the study population. P...

The pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is thought to involve multiple components of the cellular immune system, including subsets of γδ T cells. In this study, we conducted experiments to define the functional roles of one of the major synovial fluid (SF) T cell subsets, Vγ9(+)Vδ2(+) (Vγ9(+)) T cells, in JIA. We found that as opposed to CD4(+) T cells, equally high percentages ...

Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer-associated mortality. The ternary IPP complex of integrin-linked kinase, PINCH and parvin functions as a signaling platform for integrins, which modulate numerous cellular processes including cell migration and invasion. Chelidonine, isolated from Chelidonium majus, is a benzophenanthridine alkaloid that exhibits anticancer properties; however, the anti...

We use computer simulations to test the freezing-point scaling relationship between equilibrium transport coefficients (self-diffusivity, viscosity) and thermodynamic parameters for soft sphere fluids. The fluid particles interact via the inverse-power potential (IPP), and the particle softness is changed by modifying the exponent of the distance-dependent potential term. In the case of IPP flu...