osteonectin is a bone- associated protein involved in vascular calcification. adiponectin may protect against cardiovascular disease but possible effects on vascular calcification have been poorly studied. the aim of this study was to investigate the modulatory effect of adiponectin on oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxldl)- induced expression of osteonectin in human aorta vascular smooth mus...

Water Adsorption on Aggregates of Spherical Aerosol Nano Particles. (August 2005) Chu Nie, B.S., Nanjing University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. William H. Marlow A three dimensional integral equation is developed in order to compute water adsorption onto aggregates of spherical aerosol nano particles. The integral equation is derived from molecular density functional theory, with a weighte...

An asymmetric exclusion model on an open chain with random rates for hopping particles, where overtaking is also possible, is studied numerically and by computer simulation. The phase structure of the model and the density profiles near the high and low density coexistence line are obtained. The effect of a site impurity is also studied.

Production of nanostructured aluminum matrix composite powder by high energy ball milling is investigated. Scanning electron microscopy analysis as well as the tap and green density measurements were used to optimize the milling time needed for the completion of the mechanical milling process. Also, we studied the particles morphology and size distribution change with milling time and its corre...

Number concentrations and size distributions of traffic related aerosol particles were measured at a roadside in Helsinki during two winter campaigns (10–26 February 2003, 28 January–12 February 2004) and two summer campaigns (12–27 August 2003, 6–20 August 2004). The measurements were performed simultaneously at distances of 9 m and 65 m from the highway. Total number concentrations were measu...

To assess the potential of various plasma lipoprotein classes to contribute to the lipid content of the arterial intima, influx and efflux of these plasma lipoprotein fractions into and from the intima of human carotid arteries were measured in vivo. While low density lipoprotein (LDL) is known to transfer from plasma into the arterial wall, there is less information on the atherogenic potentia...

Article history: Received 12 February 2010 Received in revised form 29 October 2010 Accepted 2 November 2010 Available online 5 November 2010 Communicated by R. Wu This Letter investigates coupled asymmetric exclusion processes with two types of particles on multiple parallel channels of a hollow cylinder. The model is inspired by the structure of microtubules, along which motor proteins such a...