Intestinal barrier is the first line of defense inside the body and comprises intercellular tight junction (TJ) proteins that regulate paracellular permeability. Deoxynivalenol (DON), a fungal metabolite often found in the contaminated food of domestic animals, is known to impair intestinal barrier function and may be involved in intestinal inflammation. Unlike in humans and mice, the importanc...

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are emerging as materials that candidates of barriers used in back-end-of–line interconnects integrated circuits for future generations. In this study, SAMs were formed on the SiO2 and porous SiOCH (p-SiOCH) films by using decyltrimethoxysilane (DTMOS) precursor vapor phase at a temperature 100 °C. The effects formation surfaces p-SiOCH electrical characteristic...

objective(s):protective effects of diuretics, particularly of hydrochlorothiazide (hct), for the development of seizure attacksepilepsy have been described in vivo. however, itsthe mechanism of action of hct is unknownneeds to be elucidated. materials and methods: extracellular field potentials were recorded from the ca1- and ca3-subfields of the hippocampus of rats. epileptiform discharges wer...

cerebral palsy (cp) is the most common motor disability in children, usually occurring during fetal development; before, during, or shortly after birth, or during infancy. cp takes place in about 2.1 per 1,000 live births .there is no exact reason but birth injury or inflammation of the central nervous system, infections and hypoxia are related risk factors of this disease. often, symptoms incl...

conclusions decreasing barriers to physical activity among the elderly causes physical activities to increase; therefore, energy expenditure is increased. decreasing social and environmental problems for the elderly is effective in increasing physical activity and energy expenditure. results the average age among the study population was 67.6 ± 6.8 years median, and the interquartile range (iqr...

We measure the real and imaginary conductivity s(k50,v) of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas ~2DEG! system at frequencies below and above the momentum scattering rate. The imaginary part of the 2DEG impedance is observed to be inductive, consistent with the Drude model. Using this kinetic inductance, we construct a transmission line by capacitively coupling the 2DEG to an Al Schottky...

We investigate experimentally the collisions of nonlinear envelope pulses in a left-handed transmission line with regularly spaced Schottky varactors. By measuring the test line, we successfully observed that when two nonlinear envelope pulses traveling in opposite directions collide, two new envelope pulses are developed. These new pulses satisfy the phase-matching condition, and their carrier...

the paper presents the results of an investigation on the acoustic performance of vertical profile parallel barriers with quadratic residue diffuser tops and faces. a 2d boundary element method (bem) is used to predict the barrier insertion loss. the results of rigid and with absorptive coverage are also calculated for comparisons. using qrd on the top surface and faces of all vertical profile ...

brassica napus is an important oilseed crop and the yield loss due to fungal disease stem rot caused by sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a serious problem in cultivation of this crop. the pathogenesis-related (pr) protein, glucanase, hydrolyzes a major cell wall component, glucan, of the pathogenic fungi and acts as a plant defense barrier. in this study, a β-1,3-glucanase (bgn13.1) gene was isolate...