in this work, novel thin film composite membranes (tfcs) of poly (ether-6-block amide) (pebax-1657) on a polyvinyl chloride (pvc) ultrafiltration membrane as support were prepared using inclined coating method for co2 separation. investigating the effects of top selective layer thickness formed by controlling the coating angle (15-60°) and polymer solution concentration (5-10 wt.%), and also, t...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the research was to assess patient preference for a selective pressure impression technique for complete dentures by means of a Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial (RCT). METHODS A literature review revealed no reported RCT's of selective pressure impressions for complete dentures. A cross-over, randomised, controlled, clinical trial was performed comparing select...

DNA methylation at CpG islands (CGIs) is one of the most intensively studied epigenetic mechanisms. It is fundamental for cellular differentiation and control of transcriptional potential. DNA methylation is involved also in several processes that are central to evolutionary biology, including phenotypic plasticity and evolvability. In this study, we explored the relationship between CpG island...

Dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) deficiency increases renal inflammation and blood pressure in mice. We show here that long-term renal-selective silencing of Drd2 using siRNA increases renal expression of proinflammatory and profibrotic factors and blood pressure in mice. To determine the effects of renal-selective rescue of Drd2 expression in mice, the renal expression of DRD2 was first silenced us...

Lines of baboons with high and low blood pressure were developed by selective breeding. Blood pressure was measured in 456 adult feral baboons under ketamine immobilization by direct arterial cannulation. Males with blood pressures two standard deviations and females with blood pressures one standard deviation above and below the cumulative mean were selected as progenitors. High males were mat...

Atenolol is used with or without other medications to help patients hypertension (high blood pressure) by reducing their pressure. High pressure causes heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure. Moreover, atenolol also utilized treat chest pain stay survival after they have a attack. It’s chemical structure sometimes called benzene acetamide. It known as cardio-selective drug beta1-selective m...

Although switched LANs are usually over-provisioned, their characteristics (short RTT, link speed mismatches) lead to increased burstiness, and thus to the occurrence of transient congestion. In order to fully utilize the potential of large switched LANs, a link layer back-pressure mechanism may be used to complement end-to-end flow control by handling the short term congestion. A simple such m...

Recent approaches in evolutionary robotics (ER) propose to generate behavioral diversity in order to evolve desired behaviors more easily. These approaches require the definition of a behavioral distance which often includes task-specific features and hence a priori knowledge. Alternative methods, that do not explicitly force selective pressure towards diversity (SPTD) but still generate it, ar...