The integration of a Z-source network with modular multilevel converter (MMC) to provide voltage step-up function is proposed in this paper. (ZS-MMC) uses connected between the DC source and DC-link terminals MMC. operation principle ZS-MMC presented utilising reduced inserted cells (RICs) modulation technique. Compared quasi previously developed by authors, has small fundamental frequency comp...

We predict the effects of gravitational lensing on the color-selected flux-limited samples of zs ∼ 4.3 and zs & 5.8 quasars, recently published by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our main findings are: (i) The lensing probability should be 1–2 orders of magnitude higher than for conventional surveys. The expected fraction of multiply-imaged quasars is highly sensitive to redshift and the u...

We present two uniformly and optimally accurate numerical methods for discretizing the Zakharov system (ZS) with a dimensionless parameter 0 < ε ≤ 1, which is inversely proportional to the acoustic speed. In the subsonic limit regime, i.e. 0 < ε ≪ 1, the solution of ZS propagates waves with O(ε)and O(1)-wavelength in time and space, respectively, and/or rapid outgoing initial layers with speed ...

The influence of zinc status on the levels of p53, as well as downstream targets of p53 in cell repair and survival, was examined in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs). A serum-reduced low-zinc medium (ZD) was used to deplete zinc over one passage. Other treatments included zinc-normal control (ZN), zinc-adequate (ZA), and zinc-supplemented (ZS) treatment with 3.0, 16.0, and 32.0 microM zin...

Slicing is a widely-used technique with applications in e.g. compiler technology and software security. Thus verification of algorithms in these areas is often based on the correctness of slicing, which should ideally be proven independent of concrete programming languages and with the help of well-known verifying techniques such as proof assistants. As a first step in this direction, this cont...

LOX-1 is a multifunctional membrane receptor that binds and internalizes oxidized LDL (oxLDL). We tested the hypothesis that blockade of LOX-1 with an anti-LOX-1 antibody limits nephropathy in male rats with diabetes and dyslipidemia (ZS rats; F(1) hybrid product of Zucker fatty diabetic rats and spontaneous hypertensive heart failure rats). Lean ZS rats were controls, while untreated obese ZS ...

The paper deals with the study of Z-symmetric manifolds (ZS)n admitting certain cases Schouten tensor (specifically: Ricci-recurrent, cyclic parallel, Codazzi type and covariantly constant), investigate some geometric physical properties manifold. Moreover, we also (ZS)4 spacetimes tensor. Finally, construct an example to verify our result.

We investigated a series of Tween 85 modified low molecular weight polyethylenimine (LPEI, 0.8k/1.2k/2.0k)-copolymers (Zs) through simple formulation and covalent conjugation with phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO) for their potential to enhance delivery in vitro and in dystrophic mdx mice. Z polymers significantly enhanced PMO-induced exon-skipping in a GFP reporter-based cell cultur...

LOX-1 is a multifunctional membrane receptor that binds and internalizes oxidized LDL (oxLDL). We tested the hypothesis that blockade of LOX-1 with an anti-LOX-1 antibody limits nephropathy in male rats with diabetes and dyslipidemia (ZS rats; F(1) hybrid product of Zucker fatty diabetic rats and spontaneous hypertensive heart failure rats). Lean ZS rats were controls, while untreated obese ZS ...

The amphiphilic polyzwitterion (PZ) poly(ethylene oxide-b-N,N-dimethyl(methacryloyloxyethyl)ammonium propanesulfonate), zwitterionic surfactant (ZS) n-dodecyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonium-1-propanesulfonate, and zwitterionic monomer (ZM) N,N-dimethyl(methacryloyloxyethyl)ammonium propanesulfonate were analyzed for their suggested chaperone-like effect on the interaction of C1q and IgG. Our results p...