Auditory filter bandwidths were measured using nonsimultaneous masking, as a function of signal level between 10 and 35 dB SL for signal frequencies of 1, 2, 4, and 6 kHz. The brief sinusoidal signal was presented in a temporal gap within a spectrally notched noise. Two groups of normal-hearing subjects were tested, one using a fixed masker level and adaptively varying signal level, the other u...

It is now evident that many nuclear hormone receptors can modulate target gene expression. REV-ERBα, one of the nuclear hormone receptors with the capacity to alter clock function, is critically involved in lipid metabolism, adipogenesis, and the inflammatory response. Recent studies suggest that REV-ERBα plays a key role in the mediation between clockwork and inflammation. The purpose of the c...

Electrode respiring bacteria (ERB) possess a great potential for many biotechnological applications such as microbial electrochemical remediation systems (MERS) because of their exoelectrogenic capabilities to degrade xenobiotic pollutants. Very few ERB have been isolated from MERS, those exhibited a bioremediation potential toward organic contaminants. Here we report once such bacterial strain...

This paper investigates the effects on production, consumption, and welfare that result from a temporary exchange-rate-based (ERB) stabilization plan. The analysis is based on an optimizing model of a small open economy where real money is assumed to be a factor that is used in the production of goods. The assumption of money serving a productive role makes the model capable of generating a boo...

We discuss a variant of the Ramsey and the directed Ramsey problem. First, consider a complete graph on n vertices and a two-coloring of the edges such that every edge is colored with at least one color and the number of bicolored edges |ERB| is given. The aim is to find the maximal size f of a monochromatic clique which is guaranteed by such a coloring. Analogously, in the second problem we co...

Twenty four different protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) were amplified from a taste-enriched cDNA library using PCR. The expression of four protein tyrosine kinase receptors (EGFR, ErbB2, ErbB3, and c-kit) was examined in adult and developing rat taste papillae. All four of these receptors were expressed in overlapping populations of differentiated taste cells within adult taste buds. Taste bud b...

M of lack of estrogen representation, whether they be failure of synthesis or insensitivity of response, have provided new, and in some respects counterintuitive, insights into the roles of estrogens in both males and females. Among the natural mutations, there is currently 1 man identified with a mutation of the estrogen receptor a (ERa) and up to 10 individuals with mutations of the gene enco...

The potential for targeting estrogen receptor (ER)-β in various cancer models has been gaining considerable attention in recent years. In this issue of the journal, Chaudhary and colleagues demonstrate markedly decreased ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced skin cancer in a mouse model using a highly specific ER-β agonist, ERB-041. The mechanisms that underlie this strong inhibitory effect are mediated ...

The methylation state of CCGG sites in and around the human ornithine decarboxylase gene, oncogenes c-myc and erb-A1, and actin genes were determined in human malignant leucocytes from patients with acute and chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphatic leukemia, polycythemia vera, and multiple myeloma by means of isoschizomeric restriction endonuclease analysis. When compared with DNA from leuc...