OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of low (< or =7.5 mg/day; LD-PRD group) or medium (>7.5 mg/day; MD-PRD group) doses of prednisone over the past 4 months on insulin levels and insulin resistance (IR) in SLE patients. METHODS SLE patients were categorised in prednisone non-users (No PRD) (n=41), LD-PRD (n=71) and MD-PRD (n=16) users. We compared insulin levels, presence of increased IR using...

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) chloroplasts contain two O-acetyl-serine(thiol)lyase (OASTL) homologs, OAS-B, which is an authentic OASTL, and CS26, which has S-sulfocysteine synthase activity. In contrast with OAS-B, the loss of CS26 function resulted in dramatic phenotypic changes, which were dependent on the light treatment. We have performed a detailed characterization of the photosynthe...

background: mobile phones, use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range. on the other hand, there is only one report on radioprotective effects of flaxseed oil. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of irradiation of rats with microwaves and/or treatment with flaxseed oil on the induction of adaptive response to a subsequent lethal dose (ld) of gamma rays. materials and me...

We consider the equation div Y = f , with f a zero average function on the torus Td . In their seminal paper [5], Bourgain and Brezis proved the existence of a solution Y ∈W1,d∩L∞ for a datum f ∈ Ld . We extend their result to the critical Sobolev spaces W s,p with (s+1)p = d and p ≥ 2. More generally, we prove a similar result in the scale of Triebel-Lizorkin spaces. We also consider the equat...

In this paper the application of Wavelength Modulation (WM) techniques to non-resonant saturation spectroscopy in acetylene-filled Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap Fibres (HC-PBFs) and modulation-free Laser Diode (LD) frequency stabilisation is investigated. In the first part WM techniques are applied to non-resonant pump-probe saturation of acetylene overtone rotational transitions in a HC-PBF. A ...

Introduction: Postoperative liver dysfunction (LD) remains a life-threatening complication after resection. With no causal therapy available, research focusing on understanding postoperative regeneration (LR) and the prediction of LD is importance. Here, we evaluate predictive potential for activin A its inhibitory protein FLRG assess their influence development LD. Method: Activin were evaluat...

This thesis proposes the Cyclic Vector Multiplication Algorithm (CVMA) for Gauss period Normal Basis (GNB). It is an e cient multiplication algorithm in extension eld which is exible for the restriction and scalability of the extension eld parameters required by next generation asymmetric key cryptosystems. Additionally, this thesis also proposes Redundantly Represented Basis (RRB) and More Mis...