in recent years, based on the growing importance of clean energy in comparison with conventional energy production from fossil fuels, dg systems are gradually becoming more popular all over the world. these resources solve many problem of system. however, these resources create some other problems too. one of the most problem of dgs is unwanted islanding. this paper addresses reliable passive i...

wireless sensor networks (wsns) arebecoming increasingly popular, and very useful in militaryapplications and environmental monitoring. however,security is a major challenge for wsns because they areusually setup in unprotected environments. our goal in thisstudy is to simulate an intrusion detection system (ids)that monitors the wsn and report intrusions accurately andeffectively. we have thus...

Biochemical and pharmacological studies have established that crustacean nervous system contains fairly large amounts of cholinesterase and acetylcholine or acetylcholine-like compounds (Nachmansohn and Rothenburg, '45; Schallek, '45; Augustinsson, '48; Walop, '50, '51; Walop and Boot, '50). The ability of lobster central ganglia to hydrolyze acetylcholine, and the effectiveness of extracts of ...

To characterize the structural requirements for ligand orientation compatible with activation of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), we used Cys mutagenesis in conjunction with sulfhydryl-reactive reagents to tether primary or quaternary amines at defined positions within the agonist binding site of nAChRs containing mutant alpha- or gamma-subunits expressed in Xenopus oocytes...

AIMS To comprehensively study the gross anatomy of human corneal innervation. METHODS Twenty-one specimens, including 12 normal human corneas from seven deceased patients, two eye-bank corneo-scleral buttons, two eye-bank corneo-scleral rims and five post-surgical specimens from three patients with keratoconus were studied. Corneal whole mounts were stained for cholinesterase enzyme using the...

h.pylori infection stimulates immune responses. these responses at the mucosal level are predominantly of iga types, while circulating antibodies against this microorganism are predominantly igg classes. igm antibodies are rarely found and seem to be non-specific for this bacterium. in this research, water extract antigen, from three strains of h.pylori (isolated from patients with gastritis, d...

a label-free electrochemical nucleic acid aptasensor for the detection of methamphetamine (ma) by the immobilization of thiolated self-assembled dna sequences on a gold nanoparticles-chitosan modified electrode is constructed. when ma was complexed specifically to the aptamer, the configuration of the nucleic acid aptamer switched to a locked structure and the interface of the biosensor changed...