Recent studies show nitric oxide (NO) deficiency is both a cause and consequence of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Reduced renal neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) abundance and activity parallel development of CKD with different models in the Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, whereas Wistar Furth (WF) rats are protected against CKD and show preserved renal NO production. In this study, we compared renal NO in...

The substitution of purple fleshed sweet potato flour (PSPF) on wheat (WF) and the addition hemicellulose enzyme concentration have been studied for their effect physical properties bread. A factorial completely randomized design was used to perform research. first factor PSPF WF ratio consists 0:100; 25:75; 50:50; 100:0. second hemicellulase 0%; 0.025%; 0.05%. interaction between a produced br...

Establishing fundamental relationships between strain and work function (WF) in organic semiconductors is important not only for understanding electrical properties of organic thin films, which are subject to both intrinsic and extrinsic strains, but also for developing flexible electronic devices. Here we investigate tensile and compressive strain effects on the WF of rubrene single crystals. ...

The roles of most cytoskeletal proteins in platelet formation and function remain largely undefined. We earlier detected megakaryocyte membrane blebbing and a unique antigenic determinant associated with a missense mutation in the cytoskeletal protein, talin, in an animal model of hereditary macrothrombocytopenia, the Wistar Furth (WF) rat, which led us to examine the distribution of talin and ...

Proximate composition, pH and amylose content of ripe Cavendish banana flour (RBF) prepared in this study were compared with all-purpose wheat flour (WF). RBF was found to be significantly (P < 0.05) higher in total carbohydrates and minerals content, while significantly (P < 0.05) lower in protein and fat contents compared with those of WF. Wheat-ripe banana composite flours (W-RBF) prepared b...

PURPOSE To evaluate outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) guided by wavefront alone versus wavefront plus topographic data. SETTING NewVision Clinics, Cheltenham, Australia. METHODS Twenty-one eyes (14 patients) were distributed into 2 groups in a prospective double-masked study. One group was treated by wavefront parameters alone (WF, n = 11), and the other, by wavefront combine...

In response to our article on the blue and green water footprint (WF) of bioenergy (1), others propose to multiply each blue WF component by a water-stress index and neglect green WFs, because impacts would be nil (2). They propose to redefine the WF from a volumetric measure to an index resulting from multiplying volumes by impact factors. Framing their argument within the logic of life-cycle ...

A novel wood flour (WF)-filled composite based on the microfibrillar high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and Nylon-6 co-blend, in which both in situ formed Nylon-6 microfibrils and WF acted as reinforcing elements, was successfully developed using a two-step extrusion method. At the 30wt.% WF loading level, WF-filled composite based on the microfibrillized HDPE/Nylon-6 blend exhibited higher stren...

Early wound healing after periodontal surgery with or without enamel matrix derivative/biphasic calcium phosphate (EMD/BCP) was characterized in terms of soft tissue closure, changes of microcirculation, and expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in gingival crevicular fluid/wound fluid (GCF/WF). Periodontal surgery was carried out in 30 patients (18 patients: application of EMD/BCP...

ion of WF Workflows. To relate our model transformation process with realistic and complex examples, we use the WF platform, which belongs to the .NET Framework 3.5 and is supported by Visual Studio 2008. We have chosenWF because it makes the implementation of services easier thanks to its workflowbased graphical support and the automation of the code generation, and it is an useful and interes...