The effect of lyso-PAF on ciliated cells was investigated in vitro. Normal mucosa was surgically obtained from human paranasal sinuses and incubated in the form of tissue culture. Ciliated epithelium was magnified under an inverted microscope, and ciliary movement was photo-electrically measured. Ciliary activity was significantly inhibited by 10(-8) M lyso-PAF and could be restored. The effect...

The effects of a novel compound, 6-(10-hydroxydecyl)-2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (idebenone, CV-2619), on cerebral and renal vascular changes were examined in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) and in rats with experimentally induced hypertension. CV-2619 (35 mg/kg/day, p.o.) significantly inhibited the onset of cerebrovascular lesions (stroke) and the elevation of...

We developed a new climate-sensitive vegetation state-and-transition simulation model (CV-STSM) to simulate future vegetation at a fine spatial grain commensurate with the scales of human land-use decisions, and under the joint influences of changing climate, site productivity, and disturbance. CV-STSM integrates outputs from four different modeling systems. Successional changes in tree species...

Copyright © 200x Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Abstract—Employers collect a large number of resumes from job portals, or from the company’s own website. These documents are used for an automated selection of candidates satisfying the requirements and therefore reducing recruitment costs. Various approaches for process documents have already been developed for recruitment. In this paper we prese...

In dogs, intracoronary doses of CV-1674, adenosine ( ADS) and 2-Cl-ADS for doubling coronary flow were estimated as 5.0, 2.0 and 0.4 microgram/dog, and i.v. doses 31, 71 and 2.5 microgram/kg, respectively. ADS and 2-Cl-ADS decreased, while CV-1674 increased LV dp/dt. Intravenous infusion (30 min) of CV-1674 (10 microgram/kg per min) and ADS (700 microgram/kg per min) decreased coronary resistan...

M a i n o u t c o m e m e a s u r e s Total mortality, cardiovascular (CV) mortality, and CV morbidity. M a i n r e s u l t s At median follow up of 5.4 years, 96 deaths (11.5%) occurred and 171 patients (20.5%) had CV morbidity. At 10 years, total mortality was 19%, CV mortality was 9%, and CV morbidity was 30%. After adjustment for age, sex, and comorbid conditions, moderate-to-severe MR and ...

Human enteroviruses (HEV) have been linked to hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in the Pacific and Southeast Asia for decades. Many cases of HFMD have been attributed to coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16, CA16), based on only partial viral genome determination. Viral phenotypes are also poorly defined. Herein, we have genetically and phenotypically characterized multiple circulating CV-A16 viruses ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the time course of resumption of mechanical performance of the left and right atrium after the novel method of internal low-energy cardioversion (CV) and conventional external CV of atrial fibrillation (AF). BACKGROUND Right atrial performance has been shown to normalize before the left atrium after external CV. However, no data on atrial function after internal CV are a...

The freshwater protozoan Paramecium multimicronucleatum maintains a constant cytosolic osmolarity through the exocytotic activity of its contractile vacuole complex. The contractile vacuole (CV) expels the excess cytosolic water, acquired osmotically, to the exterior of the cell at fairly regular intervals. In a single exocytotic cycle, the CV swells as the cytosolic water enters the vacuole, r...

The contractile vacuole (CV) system is the osmoregulatory organelle required for survival for many free-living cells under hypotonic conditions. We identified a new CV regulator, Disgorgin, a TBC-domain-containing protein, which translocates to the CV membrane at the late stage of CV charging and regulates CV-plasma membrane fusion and discharging. disgorgin(-) cells produce large CVs due to im...