In an experiment at the SISSI/LISE3 facility of GANIL, the most proton-rich zinc isotopes 55,56 Zn have been observed for the first time. The experiment was performed using a high-intensity 58 Ni beam at 74.5 MeV/nucleon impinging on a nickel target. The identification of 55,56 Zn opens the way to 54 Zn, a good candidate for two-proton radioactivity according to theoretical predictions. Nuclear...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of sources of dietary zinc on gain, feed conversion and blood and bone traits of swine. In the first experiment 96 pigs were used in a 28-d study. The pigs were fed diets with no supplemental Zn or with either 9 or 12 ppm supplemental Zn from zinc sulfate (ZnSO4), zinc methionine (ZnMet) or zinc methionine with picolinic acid (ZnMet w/PA), ...

Accurate sex assignment of ancient human remains usually relies on the availability of coxal bones or well-preserved DNA. Iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) stable isotope compositions ((56)Fe/(54)Fe and (65)Cu/(63)Cu, respectively) were recently measured in modern human blood, and an unexpected result was the discovery of a (56)Fe-depletion and a (65)Cu-enrichment in men's blood compared to women's blo...

The effect of a Mg-deficient diet (200 mg Mg/kg feed) on the bioavailability of dietary Zn and the concentration of this cation in plasma, whole blood, skeletal muscle, kidney, heart and brain of Wistar rats was studied after 7, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63 and 70 d. Mg deficiency significantly decreased Zn in whole blood on day 42 of the experiment, but there was no significant change in plasma Zn throu...

Indian Dermatology Online Journal | January-February 2017 | Vol 8 | Issue 1 56 Peripheral blood mononuclear cell Zn and urinary Zn were also found to be low in such patients.[2] On the other hand, Zn was noticed to help recover appropriate activities of metalloenzymes, hedgehog signaling, and immunomodulation, all of which are required for the normal control of hair growth cycle.[3] Apart from ...

Zheng has proposed a seller-optimal auction for (asymmetric) independent-privatevalue environments where inter-bidder resale is possible. Zheng’s construction requires novel conditions—Resale Monotonicity, Transitivity, and Invariance—on the bidders’ value distribution profile. The only known examples of distribution profiles satisfying these conditions in environments with three or more bidder...

Materials and Methods: The silver (Ag), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), mercury (Hg), rubidium (Rb), antimony (Sb), selenium (Se), and zinc (Zn) content and Co/Ag, Cr/Ag, Fe/Ag, Hg/Ag, Sb/Ag, Se/Ag, Co/Rb, Cr/Rb, Fe/Rb, Hg/Rb, Sb/ Rb, Se/Rb, Co/Zn, Cr/Zn, Fe/Zn, Hg/Zn, Sb/Zn, and Se/Zn ratios were estimated in normal bone samples from 27 patients with intact bone (12 females and 15 males...

In experiment 1, 6 pregnant mares received a concentrate that contained a trace mineral premix that provided 14.3 mg Cu, 40 mg Zn, 28 mg Fe, 28 mg Mn, 0.08 mg Co, 0.16 mg I, and 0.16 mg Se/kg concentrate (group A). Seven mares received the same concentrate plus 502 mg Zn and 127 mg Cu once daily (group B). No differences (P .05) in foal growth data, or Cu, Zn, and Fe concentrations of mare milk...

Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a prominent cause of heart failure in patients with diabetes mellitus. Currently, there is no specific treatment for diabetic cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to investigate the effect and underlying mechanisms of Zinc (Zn) supplementation in the protection against diabetic cardiomyopathy in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). T2DM-like lesions in male Wis...