J Mol Genet Med ISSN: 1747-0862 JMGM, an open access journal Molecular & Cellular Aspects in Obesity and Diabetes *Corresponding author: Mak Adam Daulatzai, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D, Senior Medical Research Fellow, Sleep Disorders Group, EEE Dept, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 3rd Floor, Room No. 344, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia, Tel: +613 834 48830; Fax:...

Recent evidence showed that endogenous nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-oxidase 4 (NOX4) may exert a protective role on the cardiovascular system inducing vasodilation, reduction of blood pressure, and anti-proliferative actions. However, the functional significance of NOX4 in the cardiovascular system in humans remains elusive. Mononuclear cell levels of NOX4 were assessed by immuno...

Little is known about the factors driving within species Genome Size (GS) variation. GS may be shaped indirectly by natural selection on development and adaptative traits. Because GS variation is particularly pronounced in maize, we have sampled 83 maize inbred lines from three well described genetic groups adapted to contrasted climate conditions: inbreds of tropical origin, Flint inbreds grow...

BACKGROUND Allergic diseases impair health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). However, the relationship between airway inflammation and HR-QoL in patients with asthma and rhinitis has not been fully investigated. We explored whether the inflammation of upper and lower airways is associated with HR-QoL. METHODS Twenty-two mild allergic asthmatics with concomitant rhinitis (10 males, 38 ± 17 yea...

Governments design and implement policies to achieve various goals. Still, perhaps none are as pressing shifting national economies away from non-renewable fuels towards more sustainable, environmentally-friendly technologies. To incentivize such transitions, governments provide subsidies private public companies innovate, i.e., engage in research development (R&D). However, it can be a...

Glycogen content and contraction strongly regulate glycogen synthase (GS) activity, and the aim of the present study was to explore their effects and interaction on GS phosphorylation and kinetic properties. Glycogen content in rat epitrochlearis muscles was manipulated in vivo. After manipulation, incubated muscles with normal glycogen [NG; 210.9 +/- 7.1 mmol/kg dry weight (dw)], low glycogen ...

In order to assess functional skills of older adults, both timed up and go (TUG) test and gait speed (GS) test are well validated concerning their predictive capacities. However, the question remains unclear which one of these tests represents better the whole physical performance of older adults. The aim of this study is to determine the more representative test, between TUG and GS, of the who...

In this normative paper, we derive payback period (PBP) and internal rate of return (IRR) in the presence of real options. In a Kulatilaka Trigeorgis General Real Option Pricing Model, we derive the expected value of these two decision rules that corresponds to the expected NPV Bellman dynamic programming maximizing strategy in the presence of the options to wait, to mothball and to abandon. A ...

mungbean (vigna radiata (l.) wilczek) or green gram as a dryland grain legume is exposed to varied timings and severity of drought stress, resulting in variability in photoassimilate production. in order to evaluate some physiological responses in one mungbean cultivar to timing and severity of drought stress, a 3-replicate rcbd (randomized complete block design) field experiment was carried ou...