The mean heart rate of patients was 57 ± 6 beats/min. For detecting >50% stenosis, the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of high-pitch CTCA were 89, 97, 87, and 97% on a per-segment basis; 91, 92, 92, and 91% on a per-vessel basis; and 99, 85, 96, and 94% on a per-patient basis. For detecti...

We propose that P. oleracea employs multiple strategies to enhance its adaptation to high-temperature and high-humidity conditions....

We found an association between HSD17B1 (A variant allele vs. G wild allele: odds ratio (OR)=1.42, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.10-1.84, P=0.007) and PR (P2 variant allele vs. P1 wild allele, OR=1.43, 95% CI=0.99-2.08, P=0.058) polymorphisms and endometriosis risk, while failing to detect links wi...

We found that RBP-J, the main nuclear transducer of signaling via Notch receptors, augmented Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-induced expression of key mediators of classically activated M1 macrophages and thus of innate immune responses to Listeria monocytogenes. Notch-RBP-J signaling controlled express...

We have studied the entire catalytic cycle of water oxidation for a single-site catalyst starting with [Ru(II)(tpy)(bpm)(OH(2))](2+) (i.e., [Ru(II)-OH(2)](2+); tpy is 2,2(')6('),2('')-terpyridine and bpm is 2,2'-bypyrimidine) as a representative example of a new class of single-site catalysts. The r...

We found that spinal administration of clonidine or lidocaine did not elicit conditioned place preference (CPP) in uninjured or sham-operated mice. However, these agents produced CPP in mice with chronic inflammation induced by complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) or following L5/L6 spinal nerve ligatio...

We investigated the effects of three major omega-3 PUFAs on C2C12 myoblast proliferation. Both docosahexaenoic (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic (EPA) acids decreased cell growth, whereas linolenic (ALA) acid did not, compared with the control. Cell cycle analysis showed that G(1) phase duration was increa...

We propose a rigorous approach wherein connectivity between co-activated regions is first modeled using exploratory Granger causality, and then confirmed using dynamic causal modeling or Bayesian modeling....

We conjugated transferrin onto the surface of biodegradable polymeric micelles constructed from amphiphilic block copolymers. The core of micelle was either labeled with a near-infrared dye (NIR) or conjugated with a chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel (PTX) to study the biodistribution or antitumor ef...

A new protocol using zincon-immobilized silica-coated magnetic Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles (Zincon-Si-MNPs) as solid-phase extraction (SPE) medium has been developed for the separation and preconcentration of trace lead in water. Various parameters such as pH, extraction time, concentrat...

Our DTI/MRI data analysis provides novel insights into the structural architecture of primate brains, a new viewpoint of the relationship between cortical morphology and connection, and a basis for future elucidation of the functional implication of coevolution of cortical folding and structural con...

The differences in serum lipid levels between the two ethnic groups might partially attribute to the differences in the SCARB1 rs5888 SNP and several environmental factors....

The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether long term low level autonomic activation can form electrophysiological substrate for atrial fibrillation (AF).

A simple and efficient route for quantum dot (QDs) patterning using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as templates is described. By means of a laser direct-writing (LDW) technique, SAMs of octadecylphosphonic acid formed by adsorption on native oxide layer of titanium film were patter...

All 22 volunteers (mean [SD] age, 22.2 [1.98] years; weight, 64.07 [5.93] kg; height, 173 [5] cm; and body mass index, 21.2 [1.67] kg/m(2)) that were enrolled completed the study. For RIS, the 90% CIs for the ratios of C(max), AUC(0-t), and AUC(0-∞) were 93.2% to 116.7%, 97.9% to 111.3%, and 98.0%...

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are a superfamily of antioxidant enzymes, which play crucial roles in detoxification and protection of tissues from oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, a sigma-class GST was identified from razor clam Solen grandis (designated as...

We present a quantitative predictive model of tissue fate that combines regional imaging features available after onset. A key component is the use of cuboids randomly sampled during the learning process. Models trained with time-to-maximum feature (Tmax) computed from perfusion weighted images (PWI...

Taken together, our data indicate that T cell-specific deficiency in CD98hc can contribute to cardiac allograft permanent acceptance correlating with the attenuation of lymphocyte migration and by increasing the generation of regulatory T cells. These findings are expected to make it possible to dev...

ABSTRACT: GaN-based light emitting diodes (LEDs) fabricated on sapphire substrates were successfully transferred onto silicon substrates using a double-transfer technique. As compared with the conventional LEDs on sapphire, the transferred LEDs showed a significant improvement in the...