Compaction of Bi and Ta powders was performed by uniaxial pressing at room temperature. Post-pressing density was evaluated as a function of the compaction pressure, and indicated that as the Ta content increases there is a reduction in density for comparable pressing conditions. A modified Heckel equation is used to evaluate the compaction behavior. The analysis indicates that the yield pressu...

Decoction and 75% ethanolic extracts from the leaves of Acanthopanax trifoliatus (AT) and Toddalia asiatica (TA) were spectrophotometrically examined for antioxidant activity and phenolics content. Phytochemical characteristics of the decoction extracts were also investigated by thin layer chromatography (TLC). The leaf decoction extract of AT significantly exhibited the highest in vitro antiox...

High visceral adiposity and intramyocellular lipid levels (IMCL) are both associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. The relationship between visceral adiposity and IMCL levels was explored in diet- and glucocorticoid-induced models of insulin resistance. In the diet-induced model, lean and fa/fa Zucker rats were fed either normal or high-fat (HF) chow over 4 wk. Fat distribution, IMCL...

The effects of mandarin scions on peel components and juice quality parameters were investigated in this study. Peel flavor components were extracted by using cold-press and eluted by using n-hexane. Then all analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Total soluble solids, total acids, pH value, ascorbic acid as well as density and ash were determined in juice obtained from mandarin scions. Twenty-seven, Tw...

Three spherical thermoacidophilic archaea (strains TA-1T, TA-13, TA-14) were obtained from acidic hot springs located in Ohwaku Valley, Hakone, Japan. All the isolates are facultatively anaerobic, and grew optimally at around 85 degrees C, pH 2.0. Isolate TA-1T was characterized further. The G + C content of DNA from TA-1T is 33 mol%. Although these properties resemble those of the genus Acidia...

Tail-anchored (TA) proteins have a single C-terminal transmembrane domain, making their biogenesis dependent on posttranslational translocation. Despite their importance, no dedicated insertion machinery has been uncovered for mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) TA proteins. To decipher the molecular mechanisms guiding MOM TA protein insertion, we performed two independent systematic microscopic...

The characteristics of XML documents require new ways of storing and querying such documents. Queries on both textual content and structural aspects must be supported efficiently. For this reason, we examined existing work on both document storage approaches and models for querying documents deriving requirements that are essential for the storage of XML documents. As a result of our study, we ...

some physical properties and chemical compositions of two cultivars (semsouri and shahabadi) of cantaloupe studied during four different stages of maturity from fruit set to completely ripe. the physical properties investigated were the geometric mean diameter (gmd), specific gravity (sg), mean firmness (mf), rind, seed (%) and flesh (%). the chemical compositions were brix, titrable acidity (t...

Regional differences in the content of intramyocellular lipids (IMCL), extramyocellular lipids, and total creatine (TCr) were quantified in soleus (S), tibialis posterior (TP), and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles in humans using in vivo 1H proton spectroscopic imaging at 4 T. Improved spatial resolution (0.25-ml nominal voxel resolution) made it feasible to measure IMCL in S, TP, and TA simultan...

Cu2+-ascorbate induced oxidative stress in goat red blood cellan established model of oxidative stress in vitro was used for the present investigation. Terminalia arjuna (TA) an important medicinal plant has been found to be of therapeutic benefit in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a critical role in the pathogenesis of various cardiovascular dise...