background: domestic and industrial wastewaters are mostly treated by biological process such as activated sludge, aerobic pond, and anaerobic treatment. this study focuses on characterizing the quality of sewage sludge in the sultanate of oman chosen from three industrial sewage treatment plants (stps): rusayl industrial estate (rsl.ie); sohar industrial estate (sie); and raysut industrial est...

Proto-oncogenes (H-ras-1 and L-myc) and tumor-suppressor gene (p53) loci have been implicated in lung carcinogenesis. DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms at these gene loci are being evaluated in a case-control study as markers predictive of risk for cancer or of prognosis when cancer is present. The cases and controls had a cigarette-smoking history of 40 or more pack years or other ...

The use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and/or recycled shingles (RAS) in the mixtures is a common practice U.S.A. However, there controversy to date on how RAP/RAS interact with virgin binders (VABs) mixtures. For containing RAP/RAS, aged RAP and air-blown RAS alter performances extracted (EABs). Thus, rheological properties EABs from these require more investigation. focus this paper was ...

The recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) is a cultivation that minimizes water changes and can optimize high stocking densities (SD). purpose of this study was to determine the effect nursery culture in density with RAS on survival rate (SR), specific growth (SGR), relative length (LR), weight gain (WG), (LG)and feed utility efficiency (FUE) juvenile catfish. used completely randomized design...

To investigate the functional relationship between the transforming ability of Ras and its role as an integral component of the differentiation-promoting insulin signaling pathway, we introduced a Ieu6l-activated ras gene into the Ras-transformable 3T3 LI (ATCC CCL92.1) and a number of C3HIOT1/ -derived preadipocytic cell lines. The results demonstrate a quantitative reciprocal regulation of di...

The individual contributions of, and potential interactions between, the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the humoral adrenergic stress response to blood pressure regulation were examined in rainbow trout. Intravenous injection of the smooth muscle relaxant, papaverine (10 mg/kg), elicited a transient decrease in dorsal aortic blood pressure (PDA) and systemic vascular resistance (RS), and si...

The role of three major Ras downstream effector pathways in the induction of mammary cancer was studied using an in situ mammary ductal gene delivery model. Replication-defective retroviral vectors were used to infect endogenous rat mammary epithelial cells with three individual Ras effector loop mutants, each of which transduces its signal through a different Ras effector pathway (Raf, PI3K or...

E-RAS is a member of the RAS family specifically expressed in embryonic stem cells, gastric tumors, and hepatic stellate cells. Unlike classical RAS isoforms (H-, N-, and K-RAS4B), E-RAS has, in addition to striking and remarkable sequence deviations, an extended 38-amino acid-long unique N-terminal region with still unknown functions. We investigated the molecular mechanism of E-RAS regulation...