This experiment compared the effects of sand and straw bedding in free stalls on resting time, cleanliness, hock injuries, and hoof health of dairy cows and tested whether cow preferences for a bedding material depended on the familiarity with the material. A total of 52 dairy cows were kept either on straw bedded concrete stalls or sand stalls for at least 21 wk. The lying behavior was observe...

Many laboratories have documented the existence of tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) proteins (also known as immunophilins) in hormone-free steroid receptor complexes. Yet, the distinct roles of these proteins in steroid receptor action are poorly understood. In this work, we have investigated the effects of four TPR proteins (FKBP52, FKBP51, Cyp40, and PP5) on hormone-binding function of glucocor...

A new, white Leucoagaricus species is described from central California. Leucoagaricus amanitoides is characterized by a volvate, short and bulbous stipe, long narrowly clavate cystidia and ellipsoid spores without a germ pore.

This analytical study aims to determine the effect of temperature on thickness cassava pieces. test has 3 parameters, namely variations in pieces (3 mm, 4 5 mm), drying (40 °C, 60 80 °C), and time (120 minutes, 240 minutes 360 minutes) using a dry oven heat source from 2 heaters with power 800 Watt. The Drying Oven used shelves, each rack capacity 5.76 kg one drying. research shows that best pa...

Glucocorticoid response in target cells closely correlates with glucocorticoid receptor (GR) level. We have compared the localization of GR (by immunocytochemistry) and GR mRNA levels (by in situ hybridization) in steroid-sensitive and steroid-resistant subclones derived from the human CEM lymphoid cell line. In addition, GR was localized in lymphoid cells from patients with various hematologic...

PURPOSE To investigate the expression and quantity of glucocorticoid receptor-alpha and -beta in polyp tissues taken from the patients treated were subsequently treated with topical glucocorticoid (GC). METHODS Eighty patients with nasal polyps were initially enrolled in the study. All polyp specimens were obtained prior to treatment. Patients then received daily topical GC spray treatment fo...

One of the most significant issues that occurs when applying chemical-vapor deposited (CVD) graphene (Gr) to various high-performance device applications is the result of polymeric residues. Polymeric residues remain on the Gr surface during Gr polymer support transfer to an arbitrary substrate, and these residues degrade CVD Gr electrical properties. In this paper, we propose that a thin layer...

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is known to mediate the cellular reaction involved in processing environmental contaminants and, ultimately, preventing accumulation of unfavorable extra lipids and proteins. Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mediates the expression of genes associated with anti-inflammatory properties. Because AHR and GR are closely related in lipid metabolic dysregulation and in...

The mechanism by which glutathione reductase (GR) activity is regulated in relation to fiavin metabolism was studied in red cells of normal adults, cord blood, and patients with severe metabolic disorders using spectrophotometnc, fluorometnc, and radiochemical methods. The increased activity of GR in red cells of adult patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis, chronic uremia, and glucose-6-phosph...