Lymphocyte GRK mRNA expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR in 15 congestive heart failure patients: 5 in NYHA class-II treated with ACEI (IIA), 5 in NYHA class-II without ACEI (IIC) and 5 in NYHA class-III treated with ACEI (IIIA). GRK2 and GRK5 mRNA of IIIA were significantly higher than those in IIA. GRK mRNA expression level in IIA were significantly lower than those of IIC. These re...

We examine the incipient infinite cluster (IIC) of critical percolation in regimes where mean-field behavior have been established, namely when the dimension d is large enough or when d > 6 and the lattice is sufficiently spread out. We find that random walk on the IIC exhibits anomalous diffusion with the spectral dimension ds = 4 3 , that is, pt(x, x) = t . This establishes a conjecture of Al...

1. At least twelve subgroups of atypical Type II pneumococcus may be recognized by specific agglutination reactions. They have been designated Subgroups IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIf, IIg, IIh, IIj, IIk, IIl, and IIm. 2. These subgroups have an incidence of 11 per cent in lobar pneumonia, and of 18 per cent in normal mouths. 3. Certain groups, IIb, IIc, IIf, and IIm, occur in normal mouths. 4. S...

Hamiltonian structures for non-linear hydrodynamics of incommensurate intergrowth compounds (IIC) and quasicrystals (IQ) are constructed. We discuss also the way to account for internal friction of phason nature. We show that the existence of a self-force in IIC and IQ is not only matter of constitutive issues, rather it is related with questions of SO (3) invariance. The covariant mechanics of...

The basic concept of the fast analyzer has been previously described using simple experimental systems suitable for orienting studies and for proof-of-principle (l-6). Methods for simultaneously moving measured sample and reagent volumes into a series of cuvets in a cuvet rotor, for achieving rapid mixing, and for displaying and recording the data have been devised and applied to simple analyse...

Using a patterned hcp @Co ~17 Å!/Re (7Å)]20 antiferromagnetically coupled superlattice, with the c axis in the film plane, magnetoresistance ~MR! measurements were made in the temperature range between 5 K and room temperature. The MR was simulated and decomposed into its anisotropic magnetoresistance ~AMR! and giant magnetoresistance ~GMR! components using the magnetization as a function of an...

asymmetric information in iran’s insurance market: case study for automobile insurance in iran insurance companythis research aims to test the presence of asymmetric information by using the dynamic information of automobile policyholders in the iran insurance company (iic). the conditional independence test is conducted by bivariate probit model, the dynamic properties which are presented for ...

Cytokinesis is the critical final step in cell division. BRCA2 disruption during cytokinesis is associated with chromosome instability, but mechanistic information is lacking that could be used to prevent cancer cell division. In this study, we report that BRCA2 phosphorylation by the mitotic polo-like kinase (PLK1) governs the localization of BRCA2 to the Flemming body at the central midbody, ...

BACKGROUND Patients with testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) have an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). We identified risk factors for VTE in this patient cohort and developed a clinical risk model. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study at the Medical University of Graz we included 657 consecutive TGCT patients across all clinical stages. A predictive model for VTE was devel...

Instrumentation system of an underwater vehicle performs various functions such as sensing of physical parameters from different sensors, other sub systems and records into the memory. To assess the performance of the vehicle, data recorded by instrumentation system needs to be retrieved. In order to retrieve the data from the Instrumentation system, it needs to be powered on. The aim of the pr...