Insulitis is a hallmark feature of autoimmune diabetes that ultimately results in islet beta-cell destruction. We examined integrin requirements and specific inhibition of integrin structure in T cell and monocyte adhesion to pancreatic islet endothelium. Examination of cell surface integrin expression on WEHI 7.1 T cells revealed prominent expression of beta-, beta(1)-, alpha(L)-integrins, and...

Background: A study on the migration characteristics of 238U, 210Po, 232Th and 40K within the soil to the wild plants in the Western Ghats were carried out. Materials and Methods: Concentrations of these radionuclides were measured in different depths of soil and from different species by employing gamma ray spectrometer and alpha counter. Results: The activity concentration of these r...

Background: Investigation on the natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th, 40K and natural fallout radionuclide 210Po in the prominent plants species of Western Ghats tropical forest near Kotagiri have been carried out as a part of baseline background radiation studies in the forest environment. Materials and Methods: The prominent plants species of the region Evodia roxburghiana and Eleaoca...

Background: A field study on the transfer of primordial radionuclides 238U, 232Th, 40K and fallout radionuclides 210Po in different plant species in tropical forest of western Ghats environment is presented. Material and Methods: The Top storey, Second storey, Shrubs and epiphytic plant species were chosen and concentration of these radionuclides in plant and soil were measured by employing gam...

Introduction: Investigation on the natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th, 40K and natural fallout radionuclide 210Po in the prominent plants species of Western Ghats tropical forest near Kotagiri have been carried out as a part of baseline background radiation studies in the forest environment. Materials and Methods: The prominent plants species of the region Evodia roxburghiana and Eleaocarpus obl...

INTRODUCTION Exogenous surfactant has been explored as a potential therapy for acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In the present study, a nebuliser driven by oxygen lines found in the hospital was developed to deliver aerosolised porcine pulmonary surfactant (PPS). We hypothesised that aerosolised surfactant inhaled through spontaneous breathing may effectiv...

<div><p class="Els-history-head">National defense is an effort to maintain territorial integrity, national safety, and state sovereignty, from disturbances threats the nation. Threats have evolved, not only military non-military but also hybrids. Terrorism a threat in area of as well security. By using qualitative research methods, this article tries answer question, what role Indon...

BACKGROUND Health care educators need valid and reliable tools to assess evidence based practice (EBP) knowledge and skills. Such instruments have yet to be developed for use among physical therapists. The Fresno Test (FT) has been validated only among general practitioners and occupational therapists and does not assess integration of research evidence with patient perspectives and clinical ex...

The performance of several Standard ML (SML) programs on the DEC Alpha 3000/600 is accounted for using the built-in hardware performance counters. The counters provide detailed information of the processor state during execution such as: total instructions, multiple-issue, stalls, cache behavior, and classiication of instructions executed. The purpose of this paper is to determine how well the ...