Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) links together technologies that separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from fixed point source emissions and transport it by pipeline to geologic reservoirs into which it is injected underground for long-term containment. Previously, models have been developed to minimize the cost of a CCS infrastructure network that captures a given amount of CO2. The CCS proce...

Oocyte quality is a key limiting factor in female fertility, yet we have a poor understanding of what constitutes oocyte quality or the mechanisms governing it. The ovarian follicular microenvironment and maternal signals, mediated primarily through granulosa cells (GCs) and cumulus cells (CCs), are responsible for nurturing oocyte growth, development and the gradual acquisition of oocyte devel...

The generation and propagation of the cardiac impulse is the central function of the cardiac conduction system (CCS). Impulse initiation occurs in nodal tissues that have high levels of automaticity, but slow conduction properties. Rapid impulse propagation is a feature of the ventricular conduction system, which is essential for synchronized contraction of the ventricular chambers. When functi...

The paper considers the strong bisimilarity/similarity checking problems for CCS and CCS, two typical variants of CCS. The strong bisimilarity of the CCS/CCS processes is shown to be Π 1 -complete, even when the processes are restricted to the restriction prenex normal forms. The strong bisimilarity between a CCS/CCS process and a fixed regular process is also shown to be Π 1 -complete. The pap...

The rhythmic excitation of the mature heart depends upon the integrated function of the heterogeneous network of cells that together comprise the specialized cardiac conduction system (CCS). While substantial progress has been made in clarifying the molecular pathways regulating many aspects of cardiogenesis (reviewed in Srivastava and Olson, 2000), a detailed understanding of the specification...

Abstract Background Spontaneous ruptured aortic plaques (SRAPs) act as emboli for systemic organs because SRAPs might contain CCs which cause inflammation besides mechanical obstruction. The purpose of the study is to clarify difference characteristics representative SRAPs, puff rupture and puff-chandelier sampled by non-obstructive general angioscopy. (NOGA) Methods A total 177 ruptures blown ...

Copper,zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) in mammals is activated principally via a copper chaperone (CCS) and to a lesser degree by a CCS-independent pathway of unknown nature. In this study, we have characterized the requirement for CCS in activating SOD1 from Drosophila. A CCS-null mutant (Ccs(n)(29)(E)) of Drosophila was created and found to phenotypically resemble Drosophila SOD1-null mutant...

AIM OF THE STUDY This study aimed at integrating research discussing the role of perceived psychosocial barriers in cervical cancer screening (CCS) uptake. In particular, we analyzed the evidence for the associations between CCS uptake and perceived psychosocial barriers and frequency of psychosocial barriers identified by women. MATERIAL AND METHODS A systematic search of peer-reviewed paper...