We have characterized the developmental expression pattern of the Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of the mouse ky gene. The Ky protein has a putative key function in muscle development and has homologues in invertebrates, fungi and a cyanobacterium. The C. elegans Ky homologue gene has been named ltd-1 for LIM and transglutaminase domains gene. The LTD-1::GFP construct is expressed in developi...

An aqueous extract of royal jelly from Apis mellifera produced hypoglycemia when injected into larvae of Manduca sexta. Application of specific radioimmunoassay to the partially-purified extract showed that royal jelly contains several insulin-like peptides, the major immunoreactive component of which has an apparent mol. wt similar to that of bovine insulin. These results suggest the existence...

A high-resolution oxygen-isotope record from a thorium-uranium-dated stalagmite from southern Oman reflects variations in the amount of monsoon precipitation for the periods from 10.3 to 2.7 and 1.4 to 0.4 thousand years before the present (ky B.P.). Between 10.3 and 8 ky B.P., decadal to centennial variations in monsoon precipitation are in phase with temperature fluctuations recorded in Green...

Epitaxially grown, 2.4-microm-thin layers of KY(WO(4))(2):Gd(3+), Lu(3+), Yb(3+), which exhibit a high refractive index contrast with respect to the undoped KY(WO(4))(2) substrate, have been microstructured by Ar beam milling, providing 1.4-microm-deep ridge channel waveguides of 2 to 7 microm width, and overgrown by an undoped KY(WO(4))(2) layer. Channel waveguide laser operation was achieved ...

The KY Converter, Which is a step up converter, The name given to this converter is first letter of the authors, K.I. Hwu, Y. T. Yau. This converter always operate in CCM, and the output current is non-pulsating, and low output voltage ripple and higher voltage boosting capability. In this paper, different modes of KY Converters are studied. The simulation is carried out to study the perfomance...

ID: 711 The Psychometric Properties of the Brief Symptom Inventory Depression and Anxiety Subscales in Heart Failure Patients with and Without Renal Dysfunction Author Information: Authors List: Presenting Author: Amani Khalil Additional Author: Debra Moser Additional Author: Terry Lennie Additional Author: Lynne Hall Additional Author: Susan Frazier Presenting Author: Amani Anwar Khalil Addres...