The cyanobacterium Microcystis occurs as colonies of different sizes with varying abundance of toxic genotypes versus non-toxic genotypes under natural conditions. To investigate the effects of toxic Microcystis genotypes on natural colony formation, samples collected from the mainstream of Haihe River from July to October 2015 were sieved into four colony classes with sizes of <8 μm, 8-20 μm, ...

Because mesangial cells (MC) are a target and a degradation site for angiotensin II (ANG II), we characterized the degrading enzymes and receptors of ANG IV, a metabolite of ANG II, on these cells. ANG IV was metabolized into its NH2-terminal deleted peptides, ANG II-(4-8), ANG II-(5-8), and ANG II-(6-8) by rat MC. Total protection of ANG IV was obtained only when PC-18, a specific aminopeptida...

Monte Carlo (MC) is rarely used for IMRT plan optimization outside of research centres due to the extensive computational resources or long computation times required to complete the process. Time can be reduced by degrading the statistical precision of the MC dose calculation used within the optimization loop. However, this eventually introduces optimization convergence errors (OCEs). This stu...

We present preliminary results for the charm quark mass mc and the D and Ds mesons decay constants fD and fDs from a lattice QCD calculation with Nf = 2 dynamical fermions. We use the twisted mass fermionic action defined at maximal twist so that physical quantities are automatically O(a) improved. Two lattice spacings are considered. The charm quark mass has been renormalised in the RI-MOM sch...

In this paper we analyze the performance of 2*3 MIMO-MC-CDMA system in MATLAB which greatly reduces BER by increasing the efficiency of system. MIMO and MCCDMA system arrangement is used to decrease bit error rate and also figure a new system called MC-CDMA which is multiple user and multiple access system used to enhance the performance of the system. MC-CDMA is a narrowband flat fading in cha...

Advance Video Coding (AVC) has employed a 6-tap interpolation FIR filter in its motion compensation (MC) part for high coding efficiency. But it is accompanied by increasing the complexity in calculation and the number of memory access. And this problem makes MC one of the bottlenecks in the AVC system’s VLSI implementation, especially for SDTV/HDTV which aggravate the problem heavily. Unfortun...

BACKGROUND The probiotic mixture VSL#3 has proven efficacious in inflammatory bowel diseases and irritable bowel syndrome; however, its efficacy in microscopic colitis (MC) is being investigated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a multistrain probiotic, VSL#3, in inducing clinical remission and achieving clinical response, as compared with mesalamine, in patients with active M...

This investigation examined the impact of Montmorency tart cherry concentrate (MC) on physiological indices of oxidative stress, inflammation and muscle damage across 3 days simulated road cycle racing. Trained cyclists (n = 16) were divided into equal groups and consumed 30 mL of MC or placebo (PLA), twice per day for seven consecutive days. A simulated, high-intensity, stochastic road cycling...

OBJECTIVE Effects of adrenomedullary hormone(s) on the induction and growth of fibrosarcoma by methylcholanthrene (MC) were examined. METHODS At 28 days of age, male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: 1) control, 2) bilateral adrenomedullectomy (Bil. AMX), 3) right AMX + left adrenomedullary autotransplantation (AMX + AMT), 4) Bil. AMX + epinephrine injection (Bil. AMX + E) groups. 14...

Molecular communication (MC) is a promising bio-inspired paradigm for the interconnection of autonomous nanotechnology-enabled devices, or nanomachines, into nanonetworks. MC realizes the exchange of information through the transmission, propagation, and reception of molecules, and it is proposed as a feasible solution for nanonetworks. This idea is motivated by the observation of nature, where...