Methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) catalyzes the thioredoxin-dependent reduction and repair of methionine sulfoxide (MetO). Although Msr genes are not present in most hyperthermophile genomes, an Msr homolog encoding an MsrA-MsrB fusion protein (MsrAB(Tk)) was present on the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis. Recombinant proteins corresponding to MsrAB(Tk) an...

As magnetic fields generated by the human brain and heart are extremely weak, a magnetically shielded room (MSR) must be installed to reduce magnetic noises. Especially in the case of biomagnetic measurements such as the MEG (magneto encephalogram) and the MCG (magnetocardiogram), of which the signals always exist in the frequency range less than several ten Hz, the following magnetic noises mu...

The purpose of this study was to determine if quipazine, a serotonergic agonist, differentially modulates flexor and extensor motor output. This was achieved by examining the monosynaptic reflex (MSR) of the tibial (extensor) and peroneal (flexor) nerves, by determining the basic and rhythmic properties of extensor and flexor motoneurons, and by recording extracellular Ia field potentials of th...

During atherogenesis, a pathological accumulation of lipids occurs within aortic intimal macrophages through uptake of oxidised low-density lipoprotein (LDL) via scavenger receptors. Here we investigate whether some of the anti-atherosclerotic effects ascribed to dietary fish oil are mediated through effects on macrophage intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and scavenger receptor express...

Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense strain MSR-1 has the unique capability of taking up large amounts of iron and synthesizing magnetosomes (intracellular magnetic particles composed of Fe(3)O(4)). The unusual high iron content of MSR-1 makes it a useful model for studying biological mechanisms of iron uptake and homeostasis. The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein plays a key role in maintainin...

The often-used success rate (SR) in measuring cell-based landslide model efficiency is based on the ratio of successfully predicted unstable cells over total actual landslide sites without considering the performance in predicting stable cells. We proposed a modified SR (MSR), in which we include the performance of stable cell prediction. The 5 goal and virtue of MSR is to avoid over-prediction...

A methanol–steam reformer (MSR) can safely provide hydrogen-rich fuel for a cell system. Since the operating temperature of an MSR is relatively low, convective heat transfer typically used to thermal energy endothermic reactions in MSR. In this study, use phase change was investigated, which enhanced uniformity longitudinally along ANSYS Fluent® software investigate performance reforming react...

The GREC-MSR Task at Generation Challenges 2009 required participating systems to select coreference chains to the main subject of short encyclopaedic texts collected from Wikipedia. Three teams submitted one system each, and we additionally created four baseline systems. Systems were tested automatically using existing intrinsic metrics. We also evaluated systems extrinsically by applying core...

1 Introduction There have been extensive studies on high-T c SQUIDs that are fabricated from high temperature superconductor YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ (YBCO) films and utilize grain boundary junctions formed on a bicrystal-boundary or a step-edge of substrate. Single-chip magnetometers of high-T c SQUID coupled with thin-film pickup loop(s) have been developed to have low field noises below 100 fT/Hz 1/...