Serial blood samples were collected from young (mean = 275 d of age) AI sires at 20-min intervals for an 8-h period before and after a 72-h fast. Samples were collected from four different groups of young sires in January (n = 23), April (n = 31), July (n = 27), and October (n = 24). Samples were collected for only 6 h for the July group. Plasma somatotropin (ST) and prolactin (PRL) data were a...

We generated homozygous knockin ES cells expressing a form of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1) with a mutation in its pleckstrin homology (PH) domain that abolishes phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-tris-phosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P3) binding, without affecting catalytic activity. In the knockin cells, protein kinase B (PKB) was not activated by IGF1, whereas ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK)...

Although the importance of light for tomato plant yield and edible fruit quality is well known, the PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs), main components of phytochrome-mediated light signal transduction, have been studied almost exclusively in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, the diversity, evolution and expression profile of PIF gene subfamily in Solanum lycopersicum was characterized. Eight tom...

The implementation of the Profile Interchange Format (PIF) for Technology CAD (TCAD) purposes is demonstrated. An application program interface for use with process and device simulation tools coded in FORTRAN, C and LISP is presented, capable of performing convenient, fast and flexible access to an extendable binary data format which fulfills todays and future needs for physical and logical TC...

This document describes the PIF-CORE 1.1, i.e. the core set of object types (such as activities, agents, and prerequisite relations) that can be used to describe the basic elements of any process. The document also describes a framework for extending the core set of object types to include additional information needed in specific applications. These extended descriptions are exchanged in such ...

Purpose Inaccurate product information on retail websites lead to dissatisfied customers and profit losses. Yet, the effects of failures (PIFs) remain under-explored, with mobile commerce channel commonly overlooked. This paper aims (1) investigate negative PIFs shoppers' attitudes behaviours in a context. The authors further (2) evaluate impacts cause duration PIF, changes expectations towards...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of RMT on ventilatory parameters, aerobic fitness and rowing ergometer performance among professional rowers in Sri Lanka. Twenty national male rowers, aged 20-35 years were grouped randomly into an experimental (n=11) a control (n=9) group. Prior study, baseline measurements functions, (VO2max) assessed by portable spirometer, 2000m 5000m Monark cycle...

This interdisciplinary research aims to distinguish universal scale-free and field-like fundamental principles of selforganization observable across many disciplines like computer science, neuroscience, microbiology, social science, etc. Based on these universal principles we provide basic premises and postulates for designing holistic social simulation models. We also introduce pervasive infor...

Experiments are reported on the induction of mammary carcinoma in intact, mammary tumor agent (MTA)-free female ( 9 020 x a" DBAf)Fi mice by single and multiple (4) prolactinproducing hypophyseal isografts in the kidney. Tumor incidences varying between 67 and 88 % were recorded in the treated groups as against 2% in virgin controls. Identical treatment of intact and castrated males proved tota...

A snap-stabilizing protocol, starting from any arbitrary initial configuration, always behaves according to its specification. In [10], Cournier and al. present the first snap-stabilizing Propagation of Information with Feedback (PIF) protocol in arbitrary networks. But, in order to achieve the desirable property of snap-stabilization, the algorithm needs the knowledge of the exact size of the ...