Naming is a key issue in any distributed system. In particular, with the Open Hypermedia Systems Working Group's efforts towards openness and interoperability in Open Hypermedia Systems (OHS) resulting in the need for (globally) valid names for all types of resources the issue of naming has become increasingly important. In this position paper we examine the issues involved in naming and a pres...

BACKGROUND Newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) involves measurement of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP), usually by immunoassay. Because this testing has been characterized by high false-positive rates, we developed a steroid profiling method that uses liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to measure 17-OHP, androstenedione, and cortisol simultaneo...

This paper presents a three-dimensional heat transfer analysis of flat-plate oscillating pipe (OHP). To enhance implementation OHPs in various applications, it is important to understand the comprehensive phenomena that include thermal diffusion whole structure and hydraulics channel. We developed an OHP model includes effect thermo-fluid behavior. The was validated with experimental results al...

Abstract The terahertz (THz)-wave absorption properties in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OHP) materials are investigated with the in-depth development of OHP-based THz applications. In range from 0.5 to 3 THz, OHPs typically show several interesting phonon modes such as transverse, longitudinal, and halogen self-vibrations. To modulate these frequencies, density changes defect-incorporat...

BACKGROUND Biotransformation of organic compounds by using microbial whole cells provides an efficient approach to obtain novel analogues which are often difficult to synthesize chemically. In this manuscript, we report for the first time the microbial transformation of a synthetic anabolic steroidal drug, oxymetholone, by fungal cell cultures. RESULTS Incubation of oxymetholone (1) with Macr...

Synopsis Model systems composed of 2-hydroxycyc)ohexanone and ammonium acetate in ft mole ratio of 1 to 3 were set up to study tbe formation of octahydrephenazine <OHP). Octahydrephenazine and an intermediate were iselated and characterized by GC/MS (EI and CI). This intermediate was the condensation product between a molecu]e of 2-hydroxycyclohexanone and 2-amino-cyelohexanone via the Schiff b...

The term ‘conjugated estrogens’ refers to mixtures of at least eight compounds, including sodium estrone sulfate and sodium equilin sulfate, derived wholly or in part from equine urine or synthetically from estrone and equilin. Conjugated estrogens contain as concomitant components the sodium sulfate conjugates of 17α-dihydroequilin, 17β-dihydroequilin, and 17α-estradiol (United States Pharmaco...

Studies using pharmacological gonadotropin stimulation suggest that ovarian steroidogenesis is abnormal in the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We assessed ovarian steroid secretion in response to near-physiological gonadotropin stimuli in 12 ovulatory controls and 7 women with PCOS. A gonadotropin-releasing hormone-receptor antagonist (ganirelix, 2 mg sc) was given to block endogenous LH secr...

PURPOSE Livin is associated with drug response in several cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of silencing the livin gene expression on anticancer drug response in colorectal cancer. METHODS siRNA was transfected at different concentrations (0, 10, and 30nM) into HCT116 cells, then cells were treated with either 5-fluorouracil (FU)/leucovorin (LV) or oxaliplatin (L-OH...

We have reported that splenic macrophages play a role in the regulation of progestin secretion in rats. In this study, splenic macrophages were obtained from cycling rats at different estrous cycle stages and co-cultured with luteal cells from mid-pseudopregnant rats in the absence/presence of prolactin (PRL) or luteinizing hormone (LH). The effect of macrophages on the luteotropic action of PR...