A metabolism study was conducted with rabbits to determine the effect of consumption of 5% dietary Senecio jacobaea (SJ) on tissue mineral levels and mineral excretion. Gastro-intestinal (GIT) absorption of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) from SJ was also studied by monitoring excretion into urine and feces and by the use of ligated gut segments in vitro. Inclusion of SJ into a diet containing add...

Polarized epithelia play crucial roles as barriers to the outside environment and enable the formation of specialized compartments for organs to carry out essential functions. Barrier functions are mediated by cellular junctions that line the lateral plasma membrane between cells, principally tight junctions in vertebrates and septate junctions (SJs) in invertebrates. Over the last two decades,...

Septate junctions (SJs), similar to tight junctions, function as transepithelial permeability barriers. Gliotactin (Gli) is a cholinesterase-like molecule that is necessary for blood-nerve barrier integrity, and may, therefore, contribute to SJ development or function. To address this hypothesis, we analyzed Gli expression and the Gli mutant phenotype in Drosophila epithelia. In Gli mutants, lo...

Squat jump (SJ) has been extensively used in training, yet analysis in trained athletes is scarce. Therefore, main research question was: what strength parameters can better explain the best SJ performance in trained athletes? Thirty five athletes performed 3 maximal SJ (using a 17kg bar) weighted jumps while ground reaction forces were sampled using a force platform synchronized with a linear ...

Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2004, On-line. Brotchie PR, Andersen RA, Snyder LH, Goodman SJ. Head position signals used by parietal neurons to encode locations of visual stimuli. Nature

Two broad charmed mesons, the D∗ 0 and D ′ 1, have recently been observed. We examine the quark model predictions for the D∗ 0 and D ′ 1 properties and discuss experimental measurements that can shed light on them. We find that these states are well described as the broad, j = 1/2 non-strange charmed P -wave mesons. Understanding the D∗ 0 and D ′ 1 states can provide important insights into the...

Title: Influence of isoflurane exposure in pregnant rats on the learning and memory of offsprings Authors: Wei Huang ([email protected]) Yunxia Dong ([email protected]) Guangyi Zhao ([email protected]) Yuan Wang ([email protected]) Jingjing Jiang ([email protected]) Ping Zhao ([email protected]) Version: 2 Date: 06 Nov 2017 Author’s response to reviews: Dear Editor...

PURPOSE The present study addressed the lack of data on the effect of different types of stretching on diurnal variations in vertical jump height - i.e., squat-jump (SJ) and countermovement-jump (CMJ). We hypothesized that dynamic stretching could affect the diurnal variations of jump height by producing a greater increase in short-term maximal performance in the morning than the evening throug...

A class of vertical 1700 V 4H-silicon carbide (SiC) semi-superjunction (SJ) Schottky diodes have been simulated and optimized to ensure practical cost-effective realization. The proposed structures could be realized using an n-type drift region 9- $\mu \text{m}$ ...

We report successful demonstration of 2kV, SiC super-junction (SJ) PiN diodes formed by deep implantation Al and N. In our devices, alternating 12μm n-type p-type SJ pillars fabricated on a 10μm pitch result in diode with measured blocking voltage 500V higher than comparable non-SJ diodes. Four activation anneals ranging from 1700 °C to 2000 were compared for effectiveness eliminating post-impl...