BACKGROUND Currently we observe a growing interest in human saliva as a non-invasive material for diagnosis and monitoring of general and oral diseases. METHODS The aim of our study was adaptation of the Marciniak et al. (Marciniak J, Zalewska A, Popko J, Zwierz K, 2006, Clin Chem Lab Med 44: 933-937) method for determination of HEX and GLU activity in synovial fluid, and for determination of...

In this issue of JEM, Marciniak et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20161731) identify a putative novel function of tau protein as a regulator of insulin signaling in the brain. They find that tau deletion impairs hippocampal response to insulin through IRS-1 and PTEN dysregulation and suggest that, in Alzheimer's disease, impairment of brain insulin signaling might occur via tau loss of function.

In this issue of JEM, Marciniak et al. (https ://doi .org /10 .1084 /jem .20161731) identify a putative novel function of tau protein as a regulator of insulin signaling in the brain. They find that tau deletion impairs hippocampal response to insulin through IRS-1 and PTEN dysregulation and suggest that, in Alzheimer’s disease, impairment of brain insulin signaling might occur via tau loss of ...

M. Klinkowski, D. Careglio, M. Marciniak and J. Solé-Pareta 1 Advanced Broadband Communication Centre, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain Tel: +34 93 4017182, Fax: +34 93 4017055, E-mail: {mklinkow, careglio, pareta}@ac.upc.edu, 2 Department of Transmission and Fibre Technology, National Institute of Telecommunications, 1 Szachowa Street, 04-894 Warsa...

Abstract The use of press-hardening steels (PHSs) in automotive bodies creates the opportunity producing thinner, higher-strength components. PHS1800, an Al-Si coated PHS grade with ultimate tensile strength around 1.8 GPa after hot stamping, is a candidate material for vehicle anti-intrusion applications. current study aims to investigate formability this steel during hot-stamping process. A c...

Hirota’s bilinear technique is applied to some integrable lattice systems related to the Bäcklund transformations of the 2DToda, Lotka-Volterra and relativistic LotkaVolterra lattice systems, which include the modified Lotka-Volterra lattice system, the modified relativistic Lotka-Volterra lattice system, and the generalized BlaszakMarciniak lattice systems. Determinant solutions are constructe...

Weight minimization triggered the automotive industry to introduce new advanced high strength steels that show ductile fracture by microvoid evolution under deformation, resulting in unexpected failure without significant necking. Therefore, an extensive study was initiated to gain insight on the formation and development of microstructural damage in dual phase (DP) steel from a mechanical poin...