1. Liver and serum aspartate aminotransferase (GOT) and alanine aminotransferase (GPT) activities were measured in a hibernating desert lizard, Uromastix hardwickii. The levels of both enzymes were found to be lower in hibernation than during the active period, particularly in the liver. 2. After intramuscular injection of 2 mg of cortisone acetate there was a rapid rise in the levels of these ...

Typical flow fields in a stormwater gross pollutant trap (GPT) with blocked retaining screens were experimentally captured and visualised. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) software was used to capture the flow field data by tracking neutrally buoyant particles with a high speed camera. A technique was developed to apply the Image Based Flow Visualization (IBFV) algorithm to the experimental raw...

Tomato fruits accumulate a diverse set of volatiles including multiple esters. The content of ester volatiles is relatively low in tomato fruits (Solanum lycopersicum) and far more abundant in the closely related species Solanum pennellii. There are also qualitative variations in ester content between the two species. We have previously shown that high expression of a non-specific esterase is c...

Balarishta and Dhanvantara gutika are ayurvedic medicines prescribed in different diseases including rheumatism. These medicines were screened for anti-inflammatory activity against cotton pellet induced granuloma in albino rats. There was significant reduction in cotton pellet weight by both the tested drugs. Dhanvantara gutika significantly reduced the ascorbic acid in adrenal. Acid phosphata...

An analogue of McEliece’s cryptosystem, the Gabidulin-Paramonov-Trejtakov (GPT) public-key cryptosystem is based on rank-metric-based Gabidulin codes instead of Goppa codes. The GPT cryptosystem has attracted steady attention since it is much more robust against the decoding attacks and can therefore achieve the same level of security with much smaller keys. The key sizes, nonetheless, may stil...

Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly integrated into our lives. Hence, it is important to understand the biases present in their outputs order avoid perpetuating harmful stereotypes, which originate own flawed ways of thinking. This challenge requires developing new benchmarks and methods for quantifying affective semantic bias, keeping mind that LLMs act as psycho-social mirr...

The cytotoxic drug tunicamycin kills cells because it is a specific inhibitor of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:dolichol phosphate N-acetylglucosamine-1-P transferase (GPT), an enzyme that catalyzes the initial step of the biosynthesis of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides. In the presence of tunicamycin, asparagine-linked glycoproteins made in the endoplasmic reticulum are not glycosylated with N-linke...

Arsenic is a well-known human bladder and liver carcinogen, but its exact mechanism of carcinogenicity is not fully understood. Dimethylarsinic acid (DMAV) is a major urinary metabolite of sodium arsenite (iAsIII) and induces urinary bladder cancers in rats. DMAV and iAsIII are negative in in vitro mutagenicity tests. However, their in vivo mutagenicities have not been determined. The purpose o...

The Paige and Tarjan algorithm (PT) for computing the coarsest refinement of a state partition which is a bisimulation on some Kripke structure is well known. It is also well known in abstract model checking that bisimulation is equivalent to strong preservation of CTL and in particular of Hennessy-Milner logic. Building on these facts, we analyze the basic steps of the PT algorithm from an abs...

As slight abnormal values of serum GOT and GPT levels are observed very often in health examinations, we studied the effects of overweight or habitual drinking on the two transaminase levels using data from health examinations of male clerical workers aged 40-54. The serum GPT level had a linear positive correlation with the obesity index (p<0.01), whereas association of the obesity index and s...