Clinical laboratory tests are increasingly being used to evaluate individ­ uals for osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. Serum bone alka­ line phosphatase (AP) [EC 3.1.3.1, orthophosphoric-m onoester phosphoh y d ro la se (alkaline op tim um )] and osteoca lc in a re u se d to assess osteoblastic activity. Although m ethods for assessing relative amounts of AP isoenzymes continuously...

on laboratory measurements. The spectral reflectance of pure ice slabs laid on snow was measured in the visible and near infrared (NIR) with a spectro-goniometer. A model for uncertainties propagation based on the bayesian inference is used to retrieve the probability density functions of ice slab thickness and snow grain size from these measurements. The paper is well written and relatively ea...

Vibrational spectroscopy has been used to characterize the sulphate mineral khademite Al(SO4)F·5(H2O). Raman band at 991 cm-1 with a shoulder at 975 cm-1 is assigned to the ν1 (SO4)2- symmetric stretching mode. The observation of two symmetric stretching modes suggests that the sulphate units are not equivalent. Two low intensity Raman bands at 1104 and 1132 cm-1 are assigned to the ν3 (SO4)2- ...

Metabotropic glutamate subtype-5 receptors (mGluR5) are implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Positron emission tomography (PET) with a suitable radioligand may enable monitoring of regional brain mGluR5 density before and during treatments. We have developed a new radioligand, 3-fluoro-5-(2-(2[F](fluoromethyl)thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl)benzonitrile ([F]SP203), for imaging brain mGluR5 in...

in this paper, let $l$ be a completeresiduated lattice, and let {bf set} denote the category of setsand mappings, $lf$-{bf pos} denote the category of $lf$-posets and$lf$-monotone mappings, and $lf$-{bf cslat}$(sqcup)$, $lf$-{bfcslat}$(sqcap)$ denote the category of $lf$-completelattices and $lf$-join-preserving mappings and the category of$lf$-complete lattices and $lf$-meet-preserving mapping...

HE fertility factor, F, controls conjugal fertility of Escherichia coli Kl2 ( LEDERBERG, CAVALLI and LEDERBERG 1952; HAYES 1953). F also determines functions such as immunity to superinfection by a second F factor (MAAS 1963) ; growth inhibition of certain phages such as tau ( 7 ) (HAKURA, OTSUJI and HIROTA 1964) , T7 ( MAKEL;~, MAKEL;~ and SOIKKELI 1964), and T3 ( SCHELL et al. 1963) ; and for...

Description Logics (DLs) are knowledge representation languages useful to represent concepts and roles. Fuzzy Description Logics (FDLs) incorporate both vague concepts and vague roles modeling them as fuzzy sets and fuzzy relations respectively. In the present paper, following ideas from Hájek, we propose the use of t-norm based (fuzzy) logics with truth constants in the language as logics unde...

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E lk {Cervus elaphus) are increasing in fragm ented landscapes tha t result from exurban hum an developm ent th roughout western N orth America, w hich increases hum an-w iidiife conflicts and poses a challenge to w ildlife managers. E lk hunting m ust often he intensively m anaged to reduce population growth rate, crop depredation, and habituation to hum ans. However, little was know n about t...