1 Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 2 Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Department of Immunology, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 4 Department of Surgery Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, 5 CHIRI Bio...

Groups of the photosensitive female yellow-throated sparrow were placed under various light-dark cycles, in which a fixed ultrashort photophase of 3 h was combined with dark phases of varying duration, resulting in cycles of 18-30 h. Simultaneously, two groups of birds, one in short days (8L/16D) and the other in long days (15L/9D), were kept as controls. Significant ovarian growth, observed at...

Cohort Profile: The Barwon Infant Study Peter Vuillermin,* Richard Saffery, Katrina J Allen, John B Carlin, Mimi LK Tang, Sarath Ranganathan, David Burgner, Terry Dwyer, Fiona Collier, Kim Jachno, Peter Sly, Christos Symeonides, Kathleen McCloskey, John Molloy, Michael Forrester and Anne-Louise Ponsonby Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC...

BACKGROUND Kashin-Beck Disease (KBD) is an endemic osteoarthropathy in areas which extend from the North-East to the South-West of China. Most of the patients with KBD suffer multiple dysfunctions in major joints causing decreased health status. However because of their low education level and unique living habits, it is hard to find tools to measure the health-related quality of life (HRQOL). ...

A 4-year interdisciplinary study was performed to compare two organically managed sheep production systems, using 118 ewes and 24 ha each. The systems differed in the ewes' reproduction rhythm: one lambing per ewe per year (1L/1Y), with the aim of balancing feed self-sufficiency and lamb marketing periods v. three lambings over 2 years (3L/2Y), with the aim of maximising ewes' productivity. The...

Proiectarea convertoarelor statice de putere trebuie să asigure în orice condiţii de funcţionare o temperatură a dispozitivelor semiconductoare care să nu depăşească limitele admise. Temperatura diferitelor dispozitive semiconductoare depinde de distribuţia pierderilor totale şi de numărul de întreruptoare în modulele IGBT. În această lucrare se analizează echilibrarea pierderilor totale pentru...

1 Neurovascular Hypertension and Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 4 Cardiovascular Program, Department of Physiology, Mona...

Uncoupling protein 3L, uncoupling protein 1 and the mitochondrial oxoglutarate carrier were expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisae. Effects on different parameters related to the energy expenditure were studied. Both uncoupling protein 3L and uncoupling protein 1 reduced the growth rate by 49% and 32% and increased the whole yeast O2 consumption by 31% and 19%, respectively. In isolated mitochond...