Manganese (Mn) is an essential metal that can exert toxic effects at high concentrations, eventually leading to Parkinsonism. A major transporter of Mn in mammals is the divalent-metal transporter (DMT1). We characterize here DMT1-like proteins in the nematode C. elegans, which regulate and are regulated by Mn and iron (Fe) content. We identified three new DMT1-like genes in C. elegans: smf-1, ...

The study investigated wastewater treatment in an aerobic reactor with activated sludge exposed to static magnetic field (SMF) with mean induction of 8.1 mT. The efficiency of chemical oxygen demand removal was about 90% in a control reactor and an SMF-exposed reactor. Although the nitrification efficiency was higher than 95% in both reactors, the activity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria was high...

BACKGROUND In the literature, various in vivo studies on animals have demonstrated that a static magnetic field (SMF) might maintain microvascular tone in the cutaneous microcirculatory system by its biphasic effects on vasomotion. Here, the effects of locally applied SMF on skin blood flowmotion within the stressed or unstressed skin in the trochanter area were evaluated using wavelet analysis...

The objective of this project was to use sucrose as a partial substitute for melamine in the synthesis of sucrose–melamine-formaldehyde (SMF) resin. The SMF was synthesized in a base condition. The wet bonding strength, shelf life, and formaldehyde emission of the SMF resin were determined. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and mass spectroscopy (MS) were employed to analyze the c...

Static magnetic field (SMF) therapy, applied via a permanent magnet attached to the skin, is used by people worldwide for self-care. Despite a lack of established SMF dosage and treatment regimens, multiple studies are conducted to evaluate SMF therapy effectiveness. Our objectives in conducting this review are to:(i) summarize SMF research conducted in humans; (ii) critically evaluate reportin...

Cellular stress response proteins like Hsp70 may be affected by exposure to static magnetic fields (SMF). We examined whether exposure to a 100 mT SMF and GSH-depleting diethymaleate (DEM) would affect the levels of Hsp70 mRNA in HL-60 cells. Cells were exposed to SMF, DEM, a combination of DEM and SMF as well as 42oC. We found that only exposure to 42oC significantly affected the levels of Hsp...

The interaction of static magnetic field (SMF) with living organisms is a rapidly growing field of investigation. Recently, exposure to moderate intensity SMFs (1 mT – 1 T) has attracted much attention for its various medical applications. This study was designed to show the microscopic effect of SMF on erythrocytes in vitro. For this purpose SMF system was constructed in my lab on basis of the...

This articles surveys inequalities involving systoles in Riemannian geometry. Résumé. Cet article présente l’ensemble des inégalités connues sur les systoles en géométrie riemannienne. M.S.C. Subject Classification Index (1991) : 53C22. c © Séminaires & Congrès 1, SMF 1996

Stochastic matrix factorization (SMF) has proposed and it can be understood as a restriction to non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). SMF is useful for inference of topic models, NMF for binary matrices data, and Bayesian Network. However, it needs some strong assumption to reach unique factorization in SMF and also theoretical prediction accuracy has not yet clarified. In this paper, we stu...

A novel optical coupling scheme that uses a lensed fiber integrated with a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) is proposed. Two experiments are performed to demonstrate the validity of such a scheme in single-mode-fiber-single-mode-fiber (SMF-to-SMF) and laser-diode-single-mode-fiber (LD-to-SMF) coupling setups. The measured results show that for an appropriate lens radius the addition of a LPFG w...