Hematopoietic protein-1 (Hem-1) is a hematopoietic cell specific member of the WAVE (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome verprolin-homologous protein) complex, which regulates filamentous actin (F-actin) polymerization in many cell types including immune cells. However, the roles of Hem-1 and the WAVE complex in erythrocyte biology are not known. In this study, we utilized mice lacking Hem-1 expression du...

We investigated the effects of Hericium erinaceus (HEM) on liver injury induced by acute alcohol administration in mice. Mice received ethanol (5 g/kg BW) by gavage every 12 hrs for a total of 3 doses. HEM (200 mg/kg BW) was gavage before ethanol administration. Subsequent serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level, aspartate aminotransaminase (AST) level, Maleic dialdehyde (MDA) level, hepatic...

Time-domain reflectometry applied for power cable diagnostics employs transmission line parameters to determine signal shape and delay. This paper proposes utilize pulse reflection measurement evaluate the symmetry of a three-core as part production quality assessment. For rotation-symmetric cable, can be obtained analytically, with modal analysis propagation channels decoupled. Asymmetry cause...

sensitivity of an electromagnetic type metal detector is directly related to stability, the higher the required sensitivity, the more frequently the rebalancing controls will have to be adjusted. thus, for maximum sensitivity in the head ,the use of automatic drift compensation network is necessary in order to cancel out the signal resulting from a slow drift in the coil system due to the tempe...

A numerical method for transient electromagnetic scattering by uniformly moving target is proposed. Two reference systems are adopted: one is attached on the radar platform while the other is fixed on the target. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is employed to analyze the scattering in the target system. Lorentz transform is exploited to transfer the electromagnetic fields between th...

This work presents research results on a novel analytical model of electromagnetic systems coupling through small size holes. The key problem regarding interactions of two cavities through an aperture in separating screen of finite thickness without making assumption on smallness of any parameters is considered. We are the first to calculate on the base of rigorous electromagnetic approach the ...

Scant attention has been paid to invasive species whose range and abundance has decreased after an initial range expansion. One such species is the browntail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea L, which was discovered in the eastern United States in 1897. Its range expanded until 1914; after 1915, however, its range contracted and now it persists in only two isolated coastal locations. Although a biolo...

In the developing vertebrate CNS, members of the Wnt gene family are characteristically expressed at signaling centers that pattern adjacent parts of the neural tube. To identify candidate signaling centers in the telencephalon, we isolated Wnt gene fragments from cDNA derived from embryonic mouse telencephalon. In situ hybridization experiments demonstrate that one of the isolated Wnt genes, W...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Qualitative measurement of regional cerebrovascular reactivity (rCVR) to acetazolamide with single-photon emission CT (SPECT) has been widely used to determine the severity of hemodynamic impairment. We attempted to validate the accuracy of qualitative assessment by using SPECT to detect reduced rCVR compared with rCVR determined quantitatively in patients with unilateral...

over the past three decades helicopter-borne electromagnetic (hem) measurements have been used to reveal the resistivity distribution of the earth's subsurface for a variety of applications. hem systems include a “bird” or sensor containing one or more pairs of transmitting and receiving coils. the separation between the rigidly mounted transmitting and receiving coils of a coil-pair typic...