Analysis of the effects of cyclosporine A (25-28 mgkg(-1)) and/or methotrexate (0.1 mgkg(-1)) treatments on dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) and prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) activities and on algesic response in two distinct status of murine macrophages (Mphis) was undertaken. In resident Mphis, DPPIV and POP were affected by neither individual nor combined treatments. In thioglycolate-elicited M...

In search for a singleton target, performance is considerably improved when the target and distractors repeat than when they switch roles, an effect called priming of pop-out or PoP (Maljkovic & Nakayama, 1994). Although this phenomenon has been replicated across a variety of dimensions, orientation PoP has proved to be volatile. Recent research has shown that target activation and distractor i...

Visual pop-out occurs when a unique visual target (e.g., a feature singleton) is present in a set of homogeneous distractors. However, the role of visual awareness in this process remains unclear. In the experiments reported here, we showed that even though subjects were not aware of a suppressed pop-out display, their subsequent performance on an orientation-discrimination task was significant...

OBJECTIVES Habitual open-mouth breathing (OMB) during sleep can cause snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This study used a porous oral patch (POP) to treat patients with mild OSA and OMB during sleep. The subjective and objective outcomes were evaluated. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Patients with ≥5 events hourly but <15 ho...

An array of Egyptian and Tunisian lifeworlds in 2016.

Mackey-Glass chaotic time series prediction and non-nuclear protein classification show the feasibility of evaluating genetic programming populations on SPMD parallel computing consumer gaming graphics processing units. The C++ framework with a regular disk less Linux KDE desktop equipped with a single leading nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics processing unit card is demonstrated evolving progra...