— The approximation of solutions of elliptic problems of order 2 î over twodimensional polygonal domains by the p-version of the finite element method is investigated. Optimal rates of convergence are established for the case when éléments possessing C ~ continuity are used. Résumé. — L'approximation des solutions de problèmes elliptiques d'ordre 2 î dans un domaine à deux dimensions est traité...

Background/Aims MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play critical regulatory roles in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. The aim this study was to explore whether miRNA antagomirs could serve as potential therapeutic agents interstitial lung diseases. Methods A mouse model fibrosis established by intratracheal injection bleomycin (BLM). Using microarray analysis, up-regulated miRNAs were identified during ...

tehran is located in a valley at the foot of the alborz mountains in northern iran (35 degrees latitude north). urban expansion in tehran resulted from a high rate of population growth and rural-urban migration combined with a strong tradition of centralization in the capital. airborne particulate of tehran's atmosphere was fractionated in a 6-stage high-volume cascade impactor. the first ...

In digital signal and image processing, digital communications, and so forth, a continuous signal is usually represented and processed by using its discrete samples. How, then, are we to reconstruct the original signal from its discrete samples? The classical Shannon sampling theorem gives the following formula for band-limited finite energy signals. For a finite energy s-band continuous signal...

* Correspondence: boronskij@mytu. tuskegee.edu Faculty of Applied Mathematics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30059 Kraków, Poland Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract A new combinatorial result intertwined with the Brouwer fixed point theorem for the ncube is given. This result can be used for any map (f1, ..., fn): [0, ...

antifibrotic therapies should preferentially be targeted to the activated hepatic mesenchymal cells. those cells resemble wound healing myofibroblasts and synthesize an excess of extracellular matrix (ecm) proteins. they derive from quiescent hepatic stellate cells (hsc) and portal/perivascular (myo-) fibroblasts (mf). whereas various agents have been shown to inhibit hsc/mf proliferation and c...

since 1895 cardamom has been cultivated in the cardamom hills of western ghats, india, which form a part of global biodiversity hot spots. these tropical forests in the last couple of decades have been subjected for severe periodical shade lopping and selective felling for maximizing cardamom production. photosynthesis, transpiration, leaf temperature and leaf relative humidity was studied in r...

We present a mathematical model, called Asynchronous Broadcast Networks (ABN), of distributed computation based on topology-dependent and asyn-chronous communication. Our model combines three main features: a graph representation of a network configuration decoupled from the specification of individual process behavior, a topology-dependent semantics of synchronization, the use of local mailbox...

The study analysed the niche breadth of nesting green turtles, Chelonia mydas, on Rocas Atoll, Brazil, through stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C), comparing samplings egg yolk carapace collected from two groups (2017 2019). mean δ15N values in were 7.1‰ (2017) 6.8‰ (2019), 7.8‰ 7.3‰ respectively. For δ13C, -17.4‰ -17.5‰ (2019) yolk, -18.4‰ -17.9‰ carapace. results suggest herbi...

Background: Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis and progression of γ-irradiation-induced cellular damage, Lung is a radiosensitive organ and its damage is a dose-limiting factor in radiotherapy. The administration of dietary antioxidants has been suggested to protect against the succeeding tissue damage. The present study aimed to evaluate the radioprotective efficacy ...