The influence of melatonin receptor 1A gene on litter size was studied in 150 ewes from Zel (n=100) and Naeini (n=50) sheep breeds. Two restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses were done to determine all genotypes occurring by variations at MnlI and RsaI restriction sites. The M and C were the most frequent alleles in both of these breeds. The MM genotype was predominant in Zel ...

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Background and Aims: Different hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes have characteristic geographical distribution. Identification of HCV genotype is an important factor in the progression, clinical outcome and therapy of HCV infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HCV genotypes among HCV-RNA positive patients in Yazd, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectiona...

AUTHOR DeBenedictis, John A. -t TITLE Engineering Evaluation of the Optacon ( Optical to TActile_CONverter). Final Report. INSTITUTION Franklin InstiResearch Labs., Philadelphia, Pa. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Office of Administration and'Mamagement. Contracts and Grants Div. AIRPORT NO FIRL-F-C-305 PUB DATE Sep 73 CONTRACT OEC-0-72-5181 NOTE 108p.; For re...

background apo-lipoprotein e (apoe) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase1-a (cpt1-a) genes are well known to be involved in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia but regarding their cpg island methylation status data is sparse. objectives the aims of the current study were to highlight the effect of the promoter “hypermethylation” in the development of scz. patients a...

3 Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 8 China 9 * Corresponding author 10 Xiaodong Sun 11 Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, 2428 Yuhe 12 Road, Weifang, Shandong, 261031, China 13 Email: [email protected] Tel (086)18653625906 14 15 Running title: Irisin improves endothelial function 16 17 18 19 20...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 8 weeks of endurance training (et) on ? -1a protein of pre-synaptic p-q-type calcium channels in fhl and soleus muscles of rats. 16 male wistar rats provided from razi institute, were randomly divided to 2 groups (control-sham; n=8 and endurance training; n= 8). training group performed 8 weeks (5 session/week) of endurance training on...

A shrinking core model is presented for the galvanostatic discharge of a metal hydride particle. A quantitative criterion for when the shrinking core can be completely neglected or approximated by a pseudosteady-state solution is presented. The effect of shrinking of the core on the discharge behavior of a metal hydride particle is also studied. © 2000 The Electrochemical Society. S0013-4651(00...