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AIM |
The aim of this study was to study whether or not 10 consecutive days i.p. administration of a blend of olive (Olea europaea L.) polyphenols (10 mg/kg) containing mostly hydroxytyrosol could have an effect on cytokines playing important roles in inflammatory processes as TNF-α and IL-10. |
MATERIALS AND METHODS |
Inflammation was induced in the mouse paw by 2 carrageenan injections (50 µl vol, 5 mg/kg each). TNF-α and IL-10 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. |
RESULTS |
Carrageenan decreased IL-10 in the paws, however, this reduction appeared to be less evident in mice treated with carrageenan but administered with polyphenols. As for TNF-α, our findings did not reveal differences between groups but an increase in the polyphenol and carrageenan group if compared to the carrageenan onl... |
CONCLUSIONS |
Altogether, this investigation shows that olive polyphenols in the mouse may modulate the levels of cytokines having a role in the process of inflammation as TNF-α and IL-10.Nanopillar Photovoltaics: Photon Management and Junction Engineering for Next-Generation Solar Cells |
The sun delivers an amount of energy equivalent to ninety billion hydrogen bombs detonating each second. Despite the fact that only one billionth of that energy falls onto the surface of the Earth, one day of sunlight would be sufficient to power the whole human race energy needs for over half a century. Solar electric... |
Thin-film lithium niobate (LN) has been proved to be an excellent platform for building compact active and nonlinear photonic components on a chip. The coupling of a sub-micron sized LN waveguide and a single-mode fiber remains as one challenging issue. An efficient grating coupler made of Au stripes on an LN ridge wav... |
Abstr act − Two new gener alizations of tenso r conce pts for signa l proce ssing are prese nted. These gener ali-zatio ns are typic ally relev ant for appli cations where one tenso r consi sts of valua ble measu red data or signa ls, that shoul d be retai ned, while the secon d tenso r conta ins data or information th... |
Objective: SARS-CoV-2 is a pandemic virus characterized by upper respiratory tract infection and can range from mild symptoms to severe complications. In this case, drug repurposing and computer-aided studies have become very important to find emergency solutions. In this study, drug-target interactions on three nonstr... |
Abstract Using particle swarm optimization with density functional theory, we identify the positions of hydrogen in a hypothetical Mg-end-member of phase egg (MgSiO4H2) and predict the most stable crystal structures with MgSiO4H2 stoichiometry at pressures between 0 and 300 GPa. The particle swarm optimization method c... |
Aim: Higher elevation habitats contribute substantially to global biodiversity. Nevertheless, we know comparatively little about how diversity patterns differ among alpine and montane communities across different mountain ranges. Here, we characterized the realized niche space of American seed plants to ask whether or ... |
These optical and hermeticity tests prove that nPP's novel design and packaging processes can provide a multi-mode, hermetic uniferrule for optical fiber subassemblies. Other reliability tests such as mechanical vibration and fiber pull-tests are underway, and nPP is fabricating a new punch that should enable more accu... |
Two Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections were resistant to streptomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, tetracycline and sulphonamides. The strains also produced colicins B and M. The resistance to streptomycin, kanamycin and neomycin and the ability to produce colicins B and M could be transferred to ... |
© 2019 Indian Journal of Dental Research | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow It is a pleasure to address the Indian dental fraternity through this guest editorial. The dental curriculum in India follows clinic‐centric approach, where the undergraduate (UG) students are not exposed to research. This makes it difficult... |
We shall discuss the magnetic behaviors associated with the boundary effects for type-II superconductors in general orientations. Using previous results, we speculate that the relation among the lower critical field , the thermodynamic critical field and the upper critical field , namely , is still approximately valid ... |
Abstract. In a non‐parametric regression, the heteroscedasticity (dependence of the variance of the regression error on the predictor) can be a serious complication in estimation or visualization of an underlying regression function. If a controlled sampling is permitted, then the statistician can choose the design of... |
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the most wide-spread and threatening infectious diseases in human history. Experts in the field of medicine and biology are working to develop methods to treat and prevent COVID-19. Currently, COVID-19 is predominantly treated with symptomatic therapy and t... |
For Michael Polanyi, ‘polycentricity’ was a method of decision making—of which he saw the common law as a prime exemplar—where numerous decision makers mutually adjust their decisions to their expectations of what will pass muster with the community of decision makers, without the use of any common blueprint. This art... |
A performance of roto-dynamic wind driven pump under normal operating conditions were estimated based on the mathematical model proposed by Mathew and Pandey for the integrated out put of wind-driven roto-dynamic pumps. Specifications of roto-dynamic and piston pumps are considered for the performance simulation under ... |
Précis: A modification to the surgical technique of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation without plate sutures or surgical glue products has a similar safety and efficacy profile than the standard procedure, in the short and mid-term follow-up. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy... |
From 1990 to 1996 two hundred and sixteen patients with abdominal trauma were treated in our Department. In 170 cases there were blunt, and in 46-penetrating injuries (stab and gunshot wounds). Injuries of the other regions of the body coexisted in 117 patients (multiple trauma). In 42 cases (19.4%) abdominal trauma ca... |
Using effective field theory (EFT) techniques, we calculate the next-to-leading-order (NLO) spin–orbit contributions to the gravitational potential of inspiralling compact binaries. We use the covariant spin supplementarity condition (SSC), and explicitly prove the equivalence with previous results by Faye et al (2006 ... |
Electron-impact and field desorption mass spectrometry, together with NMR and circular dichroism spectroscopy, were used to confirm that cascarosides A and B are C-10 isomers of 8-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)barbaloin. Several batches of cascarosides A and B were prepared and oxidatively hydrolyzed to aloe-emodin. The res... |
ABSTRACT Ethnography is widely accepted to be an embodied and experiential form of knowledge production. Gender, in particular, shapes fieldwork, influencing relationships between participants and researchers, access, and observation, and intersecting with race, class, nationality, sexuality, and other identity categor... |
Shell Research Ltd has been using an IR differential absorption LIDAR (DIAL) facility for about two years to measure the emission rates (fluxes) of VOCs from petroleum industry process units. This paper describes the measurement, flux calculation and data display procedures used. Careful system setup and tuning plus th... |
When interacting with others, individuals are often known to adjust their behavior based on the gender characteristics of the other person. Information about another person’s gender tends to influence both behavior towards that individual, as well as expectations about that individual’s behavior in return. However, as ... |
Blood coagulation occurs efficiently on cell surfaces such as activated platelets and monocytes, and fibroblasts. It is initiated by limited amounts of tissue factor (TF) exposed at the sites of vascular injury that complexes with trace amounts of circulating factor VIIa (FVIIa). Additional FVIIa-TF complexes are forme... |
THE CDC, it is said, is one of the few federal government centers that rarely issues a press release. In fact, the CDC has something better—its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , a 21.5 × 15.0-cm bulletin of a dozen or more pages that each Friday informs an expectant audience of physicians, other medical scientist... |
To study the effects of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on uterine contractility in different parts of the uterus and on the direction and velocity of propagation of the activity. intra‐uterine pressure (IUP) was measured simultaneously in 10 dysmenorrheic and 5 eumenorrheic patients with two microtransd... |
We investigate genuine multiqubit nonlocality in families of entangled 3- and 4-qubit pure states by analyzing a Bell-type inequality that is violated only if all qubits are nonlocally correlated. We present detailed numerical studies of the relationship between entanglement and violation of the Svetlichny Bell-type in... |
BACKGROUND |
The risks of a public exposure to a sudden decompression, until now, have been related to civil aviation and, at a lesser extent, to diving activities. However, engineers are currently planning the use of low pressure environments for underground transportation. This method has been proposed for the future Swissmetro, ... |
HYPOTHESIS |
The use of a low pressure environment in an underground public transportation system must be considered carefully regarding the decompression risks. Indeed, due to the enclosed environment, both decompression kinetics and safety measures may differ from aviation decompression cases. |
METHOD |
A theoretical study of decompression risks has been conducted at an early stage of the Swissmetro project. A three-compartment theoretical model, based on the physics of fluids, has been implemented with flow processing software (Ithink 5.0). Simulations have been conducted in order to analyze "decompression scenarios"... |
RESULTS |
Simulation results cover a wide range from slow to explosive decompression, depending on the simulation parameters. Not surprisingly, the leaking orifice area has a tremendous impact on barotraumatic effects, while the tunnel pressure may significantly affect both hypoxic and barotraumatic effects. Calculations have al... |
CONCLUSION |
Numeric simulations are relevant to assess decompression risks in the future Swissmetro system. The decompression model has proven to be useful in assisting both design choices and safety management.Control of light propagation in one-dimensional quasi-periodic nonlinear photonic lattices |
We investigate light localization in quasi-periodic nonlinear photonic lattices (PLs) composed of two periodic component lattices of equal lattice potential strength and incommensurate spatial periods. By including the system parameters from the experimentally realizable setup, we confirm that the light localization is... |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cranial nerve symptoms, including visual impairment and ophthalmoplegia, are one of the most common presentations of very large and giant (≥15 mm) ICA aneurysms. In this study, we evaluated the treatment outcomes of flow diversion and conventional coiling in terms of recovery from cranial nerve ... |
Recent work in high-performance computing has shifted attention to PC cluster. For PC-clusters, member nodes are independent computers connected by general-purpose networks. The latency of data communications is long and load balancing among the nodes becomes a critical issue. We introduce a new model for program devel... |
One of the most controversial topics within the African food-water-energy nexus is the development of dams and large-scale irrigation schemes. Colonial authorities began constructing these schemes in the early 20 th century, with construction accelerating in the 1960s helped by support from the World Bank and multi-lat... |
Within the frame of the R&D activities carried out in Europe for the toroidal field coils of the nuclear fusion device DEMO, a fundamental milestone was considered to be the demonstration of Nb3Sn cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) performance in the demanding range of interest for DEMO. Among the different technologic... |
This paper examines the patterns of time use of adults age 55 to 64 years old in six countries: Austria, Canada, Finland, Italy, Sweden, and the United States. It examines the discontinuity in daily activities by employment status and gender.The paper uses nationally representative samples from time use surveys carried... |
THE 2006 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society’s (GRS-S) Awards were presented at IGARSS 2006, with the Major Awards presented at the Plenary Session in the Colorado Convention Center on July 31 and the Publication Awards presented at the Awards Banquet on August 3 in Denver, CO. GRS-S President A. Gasiewski, who ... |
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