AIMS Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC), involved in endothelial regeneration, neovascularisation, and determination of prognosis in cardiovascular disease can be characterised with functional assays or using immunofluorescence and flow cytometry. Combinations of markers, including CD34+KDR+ or CD133+KDR+, are used. This approach, however may not consider all characteristics of EPC....

Some Lie algebra analogues of Schur's theorem and its converses are presented. As a result, it is shown that for a capable Lie algebra L we always have dim L=Z(L) 2(dim(L2))2. We also give give some examples sup- porting our results.

some lie algebra analogues of schur's theorem and its converses are presented. as a result, it is shown that for a capable lie algebra l we always have dim l=z(l)  2(dim(l2))2. we also give give some examples sup- porting our results.

We use G-stable pieces to construct some equidimensional varieties and as a consequence, obtain Lusztig’s dimension estimates [L2, section 4]. This is a generalization of [HL]. In Lemma 1.1 and Proposition 1.2, we assume that G is arbitrary connected algebraic group and G̃ is an algebraic group with identity component G. Lemma 1.1. Let g ∈ G̃. Define i : G̃ → G̃ by i(h) = ghgıhı. For any closed sub...

If P and Q are partial orders, then the dimension of the cartesian product P x Q does not exceed the sum of the dimensions of P and Q. There are several known sufficient conditions for this bound to be attained, on the other hand, the only known lower bound for the dimension of a cartesian product is the trivial inequality dim(P x Q) ~> max{dim P, dim O}. In partictdar, if P has dimension n, we...

The present study was conducted to study the effect of protected-glutamine (Gln) supplementation on dry matter intake (DMI), milk yield (MY) and composition, somatic cell counts (SCC) and blood parameters in fresh cows. Forty Holstein cows at zero day of parturition (calving day = day 0) were divided into four groups (n=10), and fed (ad libitum) with one of the diets including: basal d...