Studies were performed to determine the mechanism by which stearic acid (18:0) selectively inhibits T-dependent immune responses in vitro. Incubation of mitogen-activated B and T cells with 18:0 resulted in dissimilar patterns of incorporation of the saturated fatty acid into their membranes. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses of T cells showed an accumulation of disaturated...

In the Funding statement, the name of the second funder should be “Russian Foundation for Basic Research.” The correct Funding statement is: “This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant R01GM098835 (PC) and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant: 15-04-06861a and Russian Academy of Sciences via program "Molecular and Cellular Biology" (MK). The funders h...

UNLABELLED BMD, bone microarchitecture, and bone mechanical properties assessed in vivo by finite element analysis were associated with wrist fracture in postmenopausal women. INTRODUCTION Many fractures occur in individuals with normal BMD. Assessment of bone mechanical properties by finite element analysis (FEA) may improve identification of those at high risk for fracture. MATERIALS AND ...

Accurate measurement data are crucial for correct understanding of traffic. Ever increasing bandwidth pushes the requirements for measurement equipment beyond pure SW/PC solutions. We developed a scalable architecture of a hardware-supported, passive measurement platform, the IMP, for high-precision traffic measurement for Gigabit Ethernet with flexible filter possibilities and intelligent sele...

We discuss the signature of a peculiar constellation of very massive stars at a projected distance of 2-3 pc around R136a. We discuss various scenarios for its possible origin, such as independent clusters, triggered star formation, supernovae, and ejections via dynamical interactions. If the latter scenario were the correct one this would have significant implications on the way to probe the c...

Power consumption in embedded applications can be reduced either by hardware, software or both. Each instruction of a given program activates specific parts of the microprocessor. Therefore, the election of the correct instruction can generate a reduction of the power consumed by the processor. This paper presents a survey of software power reduction techniques from several authors and the futu...

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Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women. In Malaysia, it is the most common cancer to affect women. The most common form of breast cancer is infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC). A proteomic approach was undertaken to identify protein profile changes between cancerous and normal breast tissues from 18 patients. Two protein extracts; aqueous soluble and membrane associated protein ...