To investigate the role of complement protein factor B (Bf) and alternative pathway activity in vivo, and to test the hypothesized potential genetic lethal effect of Bf deficiency, the murine Bf gene was interrupted by exchange of exon 3 through exon 7 (including the factor D cleaving site) with the neor gene. Mice heterozygous for the targeted Bf allele were interbred, yielding Bf-deficient of...

One studies the $HX$-hypergroups, corresponding to the Chinese hypergroups associated with the direct products of some ${bf Z}/n {bf Z},$ calculating their fuzzy grades.

This paper establishes two new connections between the familiar function ring functor ${mathfrak R}$ on the category ${bf CRFrm}$ of completely regular frames and the category {bf CR}${mathbf sigma}${bf Frm} of completely regular $sigma$-frames as well as their counterparts for the analogous functor ${mathfrak Z}$ on the category {bf ODFrm} of 0-dimensional frames, given by the integer-valued f...

This study aimed to compare the first-year growth of infants who had received different feeding regimens throughout the first 4 months. Anthropometric measurements of 332 infants attending a well child clinic were analysed. The infants were divided into four groups: exclusively breastfed (BF), predominantly BF, partially BF, and non-BE Exclusively BF infants were significantly heavier in the fi...

In this paper the notion of fuzzy BF -algebra and fuzzy topological BF -algebras are introduced. We stated and proved some theorem in fuzzy BF -algebras and level subalgebras. Finally the Foster’s results on homomorphic images and inverse images in fuzzy topological BF algebras are studied. Mathematics Subject Classification: 06F35, 03G25, 94D05

Focal electric stimulation of the auditory cortex, 30-minute repetitive acoustic stimulation and auditory fear conditioning each evoke shifts of the frequency-tuning curves (hereafter, best frequency [BF] shifts) of cortical and collicular neurons. The short-term collicular BF shift is produced by the corticofugal system and primarily depends on the relationship in BF between a recorded collicu...

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder is clinically important because of its prevalence, chronicity, and therapy-refractoriness of the pain. In this study, we investigated the effect of infliximab in a mouse model of TMJ pain using a specially-engineered transducer for evaluating the changes in bite force (BF). The mice were randomly divided into three groups (7 mice per group): the control gr...

BACKGROUND Determinants of breastfeeding (BF) exclusivity at a rural Egyptian setting are largely unknown. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess BF indicators, specifically exclusivity and the timely complementary feeding while assessing potential determinants that affect exclusivity of BF among a sample of mothers inhabiting Egyptian rural communities. METHODS A community based cross-se...

There is a consensus regarding the universal significance of breakfast (BF) for health, wellbeing, and cognition. The success of free school BF programs (e.g., Hasz and Lamport, 2012), which reportedly improve academic performance, fortifies this belief. However, studies showing cognitive effects of BF vs. skipping BF in large mixed cohorts of children (e.g., Wesnes et al., 2012) are often lack...