Parthenogenesis in vertebrates is considered an evolutionary novelty. In snakes, all of which exhibit genetic sex determination with ZZ : ZW sex chromosomes, this rare form of asexual reproduction has failed to yield viable female WW offspring. Only through complex experimental manipulations have WW females been produced, and only in fish and amphibians. Through microsatellite DNA fingerprintin...

The cross section measurements of the Higgs boson production in the vector boson fusion (VBF) process at the LHC followed by a Higgs boson decay into ττ , WW and γγ will significantly extend the possibility of Higgs boson coupling measurements. Prospective analyses with the CMS experiment are discussed for the H → γγ , WW and ττ decay channels for an integrated LHC luminosity of 30 fb−1. For a ...

The present study investigated the accumulation and depuration of two heavy metals Cd and Pb in the freshwater clam  (Corbicula fluminea) under laboratory conditions. Treated clams were exposed to single and combined treatments of Cd and Pb at the concentration of 5 mg L-1 and 10.5 mg L-1 for 10 days, respectively. The animals were then placed in metal free water for the following 5 days for de...

The WW production in γγ scattering is considered in the Standard Model. The main contribution to radiative effects for the process γγ → WW has been calculating and analyzing. It is found the latter is considerable at high energies and greatly contributes to the differential cross section dσλ1λ2λ3λ4 at various polarizations of initial photons and final bosons. Monte-Carlo generator built based o...

The WW production in γγ scattering is considered in the Standard Model. The main contribution to radiative effects for the process γγ → WW has been calculating and analyzing. It is found the latter is considerable at high energies and greatly contributes to the differential cross section dσλ1λ2λ3λ4 at various polarizations of initial photons and final bosons. Monte-Carlo generator built based o...

WWOX is highly expressed in secretory epithelial cells of reproductive, endocrine and exocrine organs and is expressed in all or most other tissues at a lower level. The protein is not expressed or is expressed at low level in many tumor types, including breast, pancreatic, gastric, hepatocellular, ovarian, lung and prostate cancers. Loss of WWOX expression can be due to inactivation by promote...

Laser-produced nitrogen plasmas emitting radiation at 2.48 nm (Ly-α) and 2.88 nm (He-α) are considered potential efficient sources for water-window (WW) microscopy. The atomic and optical properties of nitrogen plasma and influence of the laser wavelength on the line emission in the WW range are investigated. It is found that the optimal temperatures for maximum emission from Ly-α and He-α spec...

The spatial distribution of polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) was investigated in dab (Limanda limanda) bile fluids collected from Iceland and the North Sea. Concentrations of various PFCs, including perfluorinated sulfonates (C(4)-C(6), C(8) PFSAs), perfluorinated carboxylic acids (C(9)-C(14) PFCAs) and n-methyl perfluorooctane sulfonamidoethanol (MeFOSE), were quantified. Perfluorooctane sulfo...

The YAP oncogene is a known cancer target. Therefore, it is of interest to understand the molecular docking interaction of verteporfin (a derivative of benzo-porphyrin) with the WW domain of YAP (clinically used for photo-dynamic therapy in macular degeneration) as a potential WW domain-ligand modulator by inhibition. A homology protein SWISS MODEL of the human YAP protein was constructed to do...

In this paper, we extend the analyses carried out in a previous article for WW -fusion to the case of Higgs production via ZZ-fusion within the Standard Model at the Next Linear Collider, in presence of electromagnetic radiation due real photon emission. Calculations are carried out at tree-level and rates of the leading order (LO) processes e+e− → e+e−H → e+e−bb̄ and e+e− → e+e−H → e+e−WW → e+e...