Heart rate (HR), body temperature (Temp), locomotor activity (LA), and oxygen consumption (O(2)C) were studied in awake mice lacking one or both of the adenosine A(1) or A(2A) receptors (A(1)R or A(2A)R, respectively) using telemetry and respirometry, before and after caffeine administration. All parameters were lower during day than night and higher in females than males. When compared with wi...

In a deregulated energy market the adoption of multipurpose and flexible software tools for the optimal design and sizing of energy systems is becoming mandatory. For these reasons, we have developed WIDGET-TEMP (Web-based Interface and Distributed Graphical Environment for TEMP, ThermoEconomic Modular Program), a tool which is the result of an interdisciplinary research which applied recent IT...

Insertions and excisions of transposable elements (TEs) affect both the stability and variability of the genome. Studying the dynamics of transposition at the population level can provide crucial insights into the processes and mechanisms of genome evolution. Pooling genomic materials from multiple individuals followed by high-throughput sequencing is an efficient way of characterizing genomic ...

We consider a generalization of the secretary problem where contracts are temporary, and for a fixed duration γ. This models online hiring of temporary employees, or online auctions for re-usable resources. The problem is related to the question of finding a large independent set in a random unit interval graph.

SIR,-We refer to the article by Dr. I. K. Crombie (1981) on the distribution of malignant melanoma on the body surface. Unfortunately, the author's calculations of the proportional distribution by site of total body melanocytes may be erroneous. In his Table III, the proportions of body surface area at different sites appear to have been transposed, such that the surface area of the upper limb ...

BACKGROUND Left atrial-esophageal fistula is a serious and poorly understood complication of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. The purpose of this study was to (1) develop a canine model of esophageal injury and left atrial-esophageal fistula after applications of forward-firing high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and side-firing unfocused ultrasound (SFU); (2) examine the relation...

*FINDINGS fcws foth ngas mgas lgas dim cflt lcab ncrn scrn ocrn grnd temp egas *CLASSES wait open gas rflt clen gbat nstr cws *RULES if lgas then flod(0.80) if between(temp, 0, 50) AND nofm(1, scrn , ocrn) then chok(0.60) if egas then empt(0.90) if cflt then filt(1.00) if lcab then cab(0.90) if scrn AND dim then batd(0.70) if ncrn AND dim then batd(0.90) if ncrn AND not dim then strt(0.70) if g...

_ yeaib I saw only tliree other cases of enteric ection diagnosed cinicalh' and serologically as para-typhoid. Details of the case.?Kanai, male, aged 16 eait, Bengali Hindu, was admitted to Tara ?K hospital in the evening of 19th May, 1953 1 i t ic listory 0f sudden rise of temp, with igor and severe headache. Duration 1 day. On Examination.?General appearance, face 11iec, dull and apathetic, e...