Chen, Gin-Fu, and Zhongjie Sun. Effects of chronic cold exposure on the endothelin system. J Appl Physiol 100: 1719–1726, 2006. First published December 29, 2005; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01407.2005.— Cold temperatures have adverse effects on the human cardiovascular system. Endothelin (ET)-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor. We hypothesized that cold exposure increases ET-1 production and upregulat...

We investigated the melting point of the hydrated solid and rheological property of wormlike micellar solutions in the water/sucrose monopalmitate (C(16)SE)/tri (oxyethylene) dodecyl ether (C(12)EO(3)) system when a part of C(16)SE was substituted with the surfactants which have lower Krafft point than C(16)SE. The melting point of the hydrated solid of the water/C(16)SE/C(12)EO(3) system is ar...

Over the past several decades, rocky desertification has led to severe ecological problems in karst areas in South China. After a rocky desertification treatment project was completed, the vegetation coverage changed greatly and, consequently, increased the ecology water consumption (approximately equal to the actual evapotranspiration) of the regional vegetation. Thus, it intensified the regio...

INTRODUCTION Our knowledge of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) pathogenesis is incomplete. The goal of this pilot study is to investigate the feasibility of measuring lower airways inflammation in patients with ARDS using repeated endotracheal aspirates (ETAs). METHODS ETAs were obtained within 24 hours by intensive care unit admission from 25 mechanically ventilated patients with A...

PURPOSE Designed ankyrin repeat proteins (DARPins) hold great promise as a new class of binding molecules to overcome the limitations of antibodies for biomedical applications. Here, we assessed the potential of an epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM)-specific DARPin (Ec4) for tumor targeting as a fusion toxin with Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN DARPin Ec4 was gen...

Cold temperatures have adverse effects on the human cardiovascular system. Endothelin (ET)-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor. We hypothesized that cold exposure increases ET-1 production and upregulates ET type A (ETA) receptors. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cold exposure on regulation of the ET system. Four groups of rats (6-7 rats/group) were used: three groups were expose...

The series is convergent when s is a complex number with <(s) > 1. Some special values of ζ(s) are well known, for example the values ζ(2) = π/6, ζ(4) = π/90, were obtained by Euler. In 1859, Riemann had the idea to define ζ(s) for all complex number s by analytic continuation. This continuation is very important in number theory and plays a central role in the study of the distribution of prim...