BACKGROUND Macrophages derived foam cells are key factors in the maladaptive immune and inflammatory response. OBJECTIVES The study of the cholesterol homeostasis and the molecular factor involved in these cells is very important in understanding the process of atherosclerosis and the mechanisms that prevent its occurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS This experimental study investigated the effe...

PG 1159-035 is the prototype of DOV hot pre-white dwarf pulsators. It was observed during Kepler satellite K2 mission for 69 days in 59 s cadence mode and by TESS 25 20 mode. We present a detailed asteroseismic analysis those data. identify total 107 frequencies representing 32 l=1 modes, 27 12 l=2 8 combination frequencies. The modes with very high k values represent new detections. multiplet ...

We present evidence that PG1159 stars could harbour He–rich envelopes substantially thinner than those predicted by current evolutionary models with current estimates of mass loss, which may be attributable to an extensive mass–loss episode during the born–again AGB phase. Specifically, we show that the models with thin He–rich envelopes predict remarkably large magnitudes of the rates of perio...

The ability to debug woven programs is critical to the adoption of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). Nevertheless, many AOP systems lack adequate support for debugging, making it difficult to diagnose faults and understand the program’s structure and control flow. We discuss why debugging aspect behavior is hard and how harvesting results from related research on debugging optimized code can m...

Methods Included were all patients, experiencing ≥1 attack per month, or intolerant to adequate dose of oral colchicin, for which they receive IV colchicine (pharmacy preparation under government control) for at least 1 year. Retrieval of data was based on patient interviews, files and a detailed questionnaire, focusing on clinical, demographic and genetic data. Effect of colchicine was determi...

This paper consists of two (still only vaguely) related parts: in the first, we briefly review work done in the past three years on the " planar equivalence " between a class of non-supersymmetric theories (including limiting cases of QCD) and their corresponding supersymmetric " parents " ; in the second, we present details of a new formulation of planar quantum mechanics and illustrate its ef...