Hemozoin (Hz) is a heme crystal produced by some blood-feeding organisms, as an efficient way to detoxify heme derived from hemoglobin digestion. In the triatomine insect Rhodnius prolixus, Hz is essentially produced by midgut extracellular phospholipid membranes known as perimicrovillar membranes (PMVM). Here, we investigated the role of commercial glycerophospholipids containing serine, choli...

17 Reconstruction of Electrical Impedance Tomography Using Fish School Search, Non-Blind Search, and Genetic Algorithm; Valter A. F. Barbosa, Departamento de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Reiga R. Ribeiro, Departamento de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Allan R. S. Feitosa, Departamento de Engenharia Biomédica, ...

The flame-retardant thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with remarkable smoke suppression, anti-dripping and mechanical properties has been still a big conundrum in the field of fire safety science. In this article, an urethane-based phosphonate ester (UPE) flame retardant additive was successfully synthesized incorporated into TPU. safety, performance mechanisms TPU/UPE composites were lucubrated...

Graphene treated with silane based unsaturated polyester resin was successfully prepared for primer coatings application sonication process. Corrosion has been a major issue worldwide due to its failure building structure and high maintenance. The usage of Unsaturated Polyester (UPE) alone is insufficient inhibit the corrosion. Hence, using UPE filled graphene (GR) developed as significant step...

Ultra-weak photon emission (UPE) of a living system received scientific attention because of its potential for monitoring increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, a highly sensitive cryogenic charge-coupled device (CCD) camera was used to monitor in a RA mouse model the photon emission both without and with luminol. For t...

We characterized the function of the -35 hexamer in the promoter and an element just upstream, UPE, in the expression in a unicellular cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa K-81, of the light-responsive gene psbA2, which encodes a reaction center key protein for photosynthesis. A series of mutants with mutations at the -35 hexamer (-35 to -30) and a novel conserved upstream element (UPE: -45 t...

BACKGROUND Proteinuria and nighttime blood pressure (BP) elevation are notable risk markers of chronic kidney disease and correlate closely with each other. However, daily urinary protein excretion (UPE) always fluctuates. In patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS), serum albumin concentrations (SAC) decrease but fluctuate less than UPE. We evaluated whether SAC is a reliable mar...

Seeds beneath the soil sense the changing environment to time germination and seedling emergence with the optimum time of year for survival. Environmental signals first impact with the seed at the seed coat. To investigate whether seed coats have a role in environmental sensing we investigated their ultraweak photon emission (UPE) under the variable temperature, relative humidity and oxygen con...

s from the YUPER Meeting in Paris: The properties of UPE Marek Rác, Ankush Prasad, Anshu Rastogi, Pavel Pospíšil Despite the fact that the phenomenon of UPE is known for almost a century, the mechanisms behind the emission are still not fully understood. Measurements on U937 cells, clamydomonas and chemical systems prove the emission from both lipids and proteins. Emission was measured from sys...

The Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive (S) rat develops albuminuria early in life even on a low-salt diet. In contrast, the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is highly resistant to developing albuminuria despite elevated BP. An F(1) hybrid of S and SHR showed a low urinary albumin excretion (UAE) and low urinary protein excretion (UPE) similar to SHR, i.e., SHR was dominant. A genetic analysis...