Fundamental research of turbulent combustion often requires the unambiguous localization of ame front positions and structures. Laser-induced uorescence (LIF) imaging provides di erent possibilities of detecting two-dimensional distributions of species typical for reactive areas. Simultaneous measurements of hydroxyl and formaldehyde laserinduced uorescence and total number densities by Rayleig...

Abstract – Since Tse and Verdú proved that the global maximum likelihood (GML) detector achieves unit asymptotic multiuser efficiency (AME) in the limit of large random spreading (LRS) CDMA, no suboptimal detector has been found to achieve unit AME. In this letter, we obtain that the WSLAS detector with a linear per-bit complexity achieves unit AME in the LRS-CDMA with a channel load < 1⁄2 − 1/...

Severe low-renin hypertension has few known causes. Apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is a genetic disorder that results in severe juvenile low-renin hypertension, hyporeninemia, hypoaldosteronemia, hypokalemic alkalosis, low birth weight, failure to thrive, poor growth, and in many cases nephrocalcinosis. In 1995, it was shown that mutations in the gene (HSD11B2) encoding the 11beta-hydr...

Changes in ow strain and mixture composition on the order of a ame time scale are characteristic of many practical combustion processes. Accurately predicting the unsteady reponse of burning to these changes requires detailed modeling of species transport and chemical kinetics. This thesis formulates a detailed one-dimensional computational model for arbitrary unsteady conditions of strain and ...

BACKGROUND Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is essential for the beginning of odontogenesis and may be involved in the development and progression of some odontogenic tumors. Thus, the aim of this study was to comparatively evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway proteins in a series of AME and CCOT. MATERIAL AND METHODS Immunohistochemical reactions were...

Macrophages (Me/» can be activated to show highly selective cytotoxicity toward malignant cells in vitro [6, 8, 9, 13, 14] and there is some evidence that they may destroy neoplastic cells in vivo [1]. The importance of activated Me/> (aMe/» in controlling tumor growth in vivo has been further implicated in experiments involving murine ultraviolet light (UV)-induced tumors, which are highly imm...

Apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) syndrome results from defective 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11beta-HSD2). This enzyme is co-expressed with the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in the kidney and converts cortisol (F) to its inactive metabolite cortisone (E). Its deficiency allows the unmetabolized cortisol to bind to the MR inducing sodium retention, hypokalemia, suppressi...

The toxigenic potential of Alternaria strains isolated from Argentinean wheat was investigated. A total of 123 strains were assayed for the production of tenuazonic acid (TA), alternariol (AOH) and alternariol monomethyl ether (AME). All but one of the isolates were able to produce at least one of the three mycotoxins. TA was produced by 72% of the strains (1-14782 mg/kg), AOH by 87% (4-622 mg/...

BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of acute measles encephalitis (AME) is poorly understood. Treatment with immune-modulators is based on theories that post-infectious autoimmune responses cause demyelination. The clinical course and immunological parameters of AME were examined during an outbreak in Vietnam. METHODS AND FINDINGS Fifteen measles IgM-positive patients with confusion or Glasgow Coma S...

Enzymatic activation of methionine has been clearly established as a prerequisite for the transfer of the methyl group of this compound to a variety of methyl acceptors (1). The reaction involves an ATP’-dependent conversion of methionine to AMe. Enzyme systems capable of catalyzing this activation have been found in the tissues of many mammalian species (2, 3) and in extracts of Escherz&a coli...