There is an increasing interest in studying still more complicated magnetic systems. A group of ternary mixed alloys is, among them, a point of interest for as well historical as scientific reasons. The most known material belonging to this group is the famous pigment Prussian blue. The Prussian blue analogues may be characterized by special properties, like the existence of compensation points...

The electronic spectra, electrical conductivity, magnetism, and gas adsorption properties of the newly prepared Prussian blue analogues Fe4[Ru(CN)6]3 · 18H2O (2) and K1.2Ru3.6[Ru(CN)6]3 · 16H2O (3) are compared with those of Prussian blue itself (Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3 ·14H2O, 1). The increase in the degree of electronic localization for the unsymmetrical iron-ruthenium analogue 2 is reflected in a shif...

The common carp is a candidate model system for immunology research. Using next-generation sequencing technology, we have generated a huge amount of sequence reads from the carp genome and transcriptome. Currently, our aim is to identify carp genes involved in the development of the innate immune response, particularly TIR domain-containing genes, from a preliminary genome assembly. To achieve ...

The Capacitated Arc Routing Problem with Refill Points (CARP-RP) is a new variant of the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (CARP). In a CARP situation, the vehicle servicing arcs has a finite capacity, and hence has to return to the depot or a secondary station to be refilled (or emptied). In contrast, in the CARP-RP, the vehicle servicing arcs must be refilled on the spot by using a second vehic...

To identify the molecular pathways that guide cardiac ventricular chamber specification, maturation and morphogenesis, we have sought to characterize factors that regulate the expression of the ventricular myosin light chain-2 gene, one of the earliest markers of ventricular regionalization during mammalian cardiogenesis. Previously, our laboratory identified a 28 bp HF-la/MEF-2 element in the ...

This study was designed to compare the activities of sarcoplasmic (SR) Ca2+-ATPase and Ca2+ uptake in fish and mammalian hearts and to determine whether thermal acclimation has any effect on the function of the cardiac SR in fish. To this end, we measured thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+-ATPase activity and thapsigargin-inhibitable Ca2+ uptake velocity in crude cardiac homogenates of newborn and adu...

The timing of the breakdown of red blood cells and organization of hemorrhage has significance in the catabolism of heme and the processing of iron, but also has a practical application in terms of assigning, or attempting to assign, a time course with respect to traumatic events (e.g. contusions and hemorrhages). Attempts to date contusions, however, have generally been unsuccessful by macrosc...