INTRODUCTION A high degree of interindividual variability exists in the magnitude of heat stress (HS)-induced reductions in orthostatic tolerance relative to normothermia (NT). This variability may be associated with HS-mediated reductions in cerebral perfusion (indexed as middle cerebral artery blood velocity; MCAV(mean)) and altered cerebrovascular regulation. METHODS We tested the hypothes...

Our laboratory has previously shown an attenuation of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension by exercise training (ET) (Henderson KK, Clancy RL, and Gonzalez NC. J Appl Physiol 90: 2057-2062, 2001), although the mechanism was not determined. The present study examined the effect of ET on the pulmonary arterial pressure (Pap) response of rats to short- and long-term hypoxia. After 3 wk of treadmill trai...

hargraves-samani method is one of the methods for calculating plant evapotranspiration that needs minimum meteorological data. in order to evaluate et-hs model in determining sugar beet crop water demand in isfahan, an experiment was conducted at research field of department of agriculture, khorasgan branch, islamic azad university, isfahan, iranin 2005. the study was based a randomized complet...

of specific interactions between metal oxide surface hydroxyl groups or adsorbed water and the oxygen of Eleven well characterized humic substances (HSs) were adsorbed adsorbed carboxyl or hydroxyl groups of organic acids from aqueous solution onto a Na-kaolin clay. The adsorption affinity (KL ), maximum adsorption capacity (b ), a coefficient of desorption including HA (Parfitt, 1977; Yost et ...

Heparin sustains the brain myloid plaque formation can be inhibited by an unlikely culprit, according to work by Scholefield et al. on page 97. The group finds that heparan sulfate (HS)—normally a part of the cell surface and extracellular matrix—functions in cells to slow the production of the plaque components of Alzheimer's disease. Amyloid plaques are aggregates of the amyloid ␤-peptide (A ...

Heparin sustains the brain myloid plaque formation can be inhibited by an unlikely culprit, according to work by Scholefield et al. on page 97. The group finds that heparan sulfate (HS)—normally a part of the cell surface and extracellular matrix—functions in cells to slow the production of the plaque components of Alzheimer's disease. Amyloid plaques are aggregates of the amyloid ␤-peptide (A ...

BMI: body mass index HS: hidradenitis suppurativa HOMA-IR: homeostasis model of insulin resistance IR: insulin resistance BACKGROUND Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a debilitating chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by recurrent, painful abscesses, nodules, and draining sinus tracts. The primary sites of involvement are the intertriginous skin areas of the axilla, groin, perianal...

The objectives were to determine if ANG II-induced hypertension is maintained by activation of endothelin type A (ET(A)) receptors by endogenous ET-1 and if this effect is influenced by salt intake. Male rats were maintained on high sodium intake (HS; 6 meq/day) or on normal sodium intake (NS; 2 meq/day). Hypertension was produced by intravenous infusion of ANG II (5 ng/min) for 15 days. Five-d...

Commentary The hippocampus is the most frequent target of surgical treatment for epilepsy. Approximately 30% of patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) on surgical pathology, however, have normal findings on conventional MRI prior to surgery (1). Epilepsy specialists have hoped that ultra-high–field 7-T MRI might improve detection and characterization of MTS for pre-surgical screening (2)...

The harmony search (HS) is a music-inspired evolutionary algorithm, mimicking the improvisation process of music players (Geem et al., 2001). The HS is simple in concept, few in parameters, and easy in implementation, with theoretical background of stochastic derivative (Geem, 2007a). The algorithm was originally developed for discrete optimization and later expanded for continuous optimization...