Self-rewetting fluids: beneficial aqueous solutions.

abstract：:The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of bone deformities in osteogenesis imperfecta, based upon 45 operations in 13 severely affected patients. Three different procedures were used. Fragmentation and temporary fixation by means of a wire does not guarantee a sufficient protection of the bone a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brunelli PC,Frediani P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a phenotype resulting from a series of causative factors with a variable risk of complications. Etiologic diversity requires personalized prevention and treatment. Imaging procedures offer the potential to investigate the interplay between organs and pathways underlying energy intake and consumption in an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iozzo P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluten sensitivity is an autoimmune disease that usually causes intestinal atrophy resulting in a malabsorption syndrome known as celiac disease. However, gluten sensitivity may involve several organs and is often associated with extraintestinal manifestations. Typically, patients with celiac disease have circulating ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Boscolo S,Sarich A,Lorenzon A,Passoni M,Rui V,Stebel M,Sblattero D,Marzari R,Hadjivassiliou M,Tongiorgi E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric restriction (CR) remains the only nongenetic intervention that reproducibly extends mean and maximal life span in short-lived mammalian species. This nutritional intervention also delays the onset, or slows the progression, of many age-related disease processes. The diverse effects of CR have been demonstrated...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lane MA,Black A,Handy A,Tilmont EM,Ingram DK,Roth GS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the study of nationalism has received much attention throughout the social sciences and humanities, the experimental investigation of it lags behind. In this paper we review recent advances in the examination of implicit nationalism. In the first set of experiments we survey, the Palestinian, Israeli, Italian, a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hassin RR,Ferguson MJ,Kardosh R,Porter SC,Carter TJ,Dudareva V

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorine (Cl2 ) and bromine (Br2 ) are produced in large quantities throughout the world and used in the industry and the sanitation of water. These halogens can pose a significant threat to public health when released into the atmosphere during transportation and industrial accidents, or as acts of terrorism. In this...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lazrak A,Song W,Zhou T,Aggarwal S,Jilling T,Garantziotis S,Matalon S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has suggested that the superoxide and nitric oxide-derived reactive oxygen species peroxynitrite (ONOO-) may play a significant role in the acute pathophysiology of brain injury. One pharmacological mechanism by which ONOO(-)-mediated damage might be interrupted is by the administration of scavenging c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hall ED,Kupina NC,Althaus JS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction has been suggested as a causal factor for insulin resistance and diabetes. Previously we have shown a decrease of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content in tissues of diabetic patients. The mitochondrial proteins, which regulate the mitochondrial biogensis, including transcription and replication ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Choi YS,Ryu BK,Min HK,Lee SW,Pak YK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available evidence suggests that plasma leakage in dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by the action of circulating mediators on the vascular endothelium, and that the host immune response is a critical determinant of this response. We have been exploring the role of dengue virus-specific T lymphocytes in the immun...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothman AL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gypsy/Ty3 retrotransposons, a group of long terminal repeat retrotransposons related to vertebrate retroviruses, are found in the genome of many fungi, plants, and animals. Although multiple families of such retroelements are present in fish, active Gypsy/Ty3 retrotransposons have all been eliminated from the lineage ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volff JN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thalassemia, iron overload is the joint outcome of excessive iron absorption and transfusional siderosis. While iron absorption is limited by a physiologic ceiling of about 3 mg/d, plasma iron turnover in thalassemia may be 10 to 15 times normal, caused by the wasteful, ineffective erythropoiesis of an enormously e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hershko C,Link G,Cabantchik I

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural tetrapeptide acetyl-ser-asp-lys-pro (AcSDKP) is formed in vivo by enzymatic cleavage of the N terminus of thymosin beta4 by prolyl oligopeptidase (POP). Recently, AcSDKP was shown to promote angiogenesis. Because of the critical role of neovascularization in cancer development, the levels of AcSDKP and POP...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liu JM,Garcia-Alvarez MC,Bignon J,Kusinski M,Kuzdak K,Riches A,Wdzieczak-Bakala J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural systems harbor complex interactions that are fundamental parts of ecology and evolution. These interactions challenge our inclinations and training to seek the simplest explanations of patterns in nature. Not least is the likelihood that some complex processes might be missed when their patterns look similar t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kinnison MT,Hairston NG Jr,Hendry AP

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to different host taxa is a key driver of insect diversification. Herbivorous insects are classic models for ecological and evolutionary research, but it is recent advances in sequencing, statistics, and molecular technologies that have cleared the way for investigations into the proximate genetic mechanism...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vertacnik KL,Linnen CR

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To minimize technical problems relating to excessive size (600-800 mu in diameter) of standard alginate microcapsules (CSM) for pancreatic islet graft immunoisolation, we have developed two novel minimal volume, chemically identical, capsule prototypes (MVC): 1) coherent microcapsules (CM), and 2) medium-size microcap...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Calafiore R,Basta G,Luca G,Boselli C,Bufalari A,Bufalari A,Cassarani MP,Giustozzi GM,Brunetti P

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A diverse array of organisms live longer under dietary restriction. Here, a hypothesis is proposed as a framework for interpreting this phenomenon. Dietary restriction is explained in terms of evolution and antagonistic pleiotropy. Focusing on the decline in reproductive capacity seen in dietary restriction, it is sub...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koochmeshgi J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice infected with Rowson-Parr virus, a lymphatic leukemia virus isolated from the Friend complex, undergo a rapid depression of antibody response. Spleen cells from these mice in culture show a similar deficit in the response to stimulation with sheep red cells and inhibit the reactivity of normal splenocytes....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bendinelli M,Toniolo A

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABA and glutamate play a major role in central integration of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) stress responses. Recent work in our group has focused on mechanisms whereby GABAergic and glutamatergic circuits interact with parvocellular paraventricular nucleus (PVN) neurons controlling the HPA axis. GABAerg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Herman JP,Mueller NK,Figueiredo H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin proteins, originally isolated from fractionation of thymus tissue, represent a class of compounds that we now know are present in numerous other tissues, are unrelated to each other in a genetic sense, and appear to have different functions within the cell. Thymosin α1 (generic drug name thymalfasin; trade na...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volk DE,Tuthill CW,Elizondo-Riojas MA,Gorenstein DG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation of Coxiella Burnetii in the standard laboratory setting is hazardous; therefore most diagnoses are based on retrospective detection of a rising antibody titer to C. burnetti. As a result, this disease is usually undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Methods for the rapid detection of C. burnetti have now been develop...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Frazier ME,Mallavia LP,Samuel JE,Baca OG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid complexes (poly A:U) at the 1-5 mu g level, were mitogenic for spleen cells when given intravenously to normal Balb or cortisone-treated mice. Similarly, mitogenicity was evident when poly A:U was added to tissue culture fluids containing spleen cells from normal or cortisone-treated mic...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Han IH,Johnson AG

更新日期：1975-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumers of marijuana typically feel a strong, compulsive desire to consume food. Although past research revealed that the CB1 cannabinoid receptor is a potent regulator of food intake, the functional presence of neuronal CB2 cannabinoid receptors in the brain has been controversial. The role of CB2 receptors in food...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Onaivi ES,Carpio O,Ishiguro H,Schanz N,Uhl GR,Benno R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral vasculature is central to the maintenance of the neuronal microenvironment. We have previously demonstrated that brain microvessels in Alzheimer's disease produce high, potentially toxic, levels of nitric oxide. It is our hypothesis that neuronal injury in Alzheimer's disease occurs because an abnormal en...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grammas P,Botchlet TR,Moore P,Weigel PH

更新日期：1997-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to immunochemically identify a coronin-like protein in Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, B. divergens, and B. canis. A 2-kbp cDNA insert of B. bovis carried by plasmid BvN9 was sequenced by the dideoxichain-termination method on both strands. The cDNA insert contained a 1719-bp long open readi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Figueroa JV,Precigout E,Carcy B,Gorenflot A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with better jobs enjoy better health: job title was, in fact, the social gradient metric first used to study the relationship between social class and chronic disease etiology, a core finding now replicated in most developed countries. What has been less well proved is whether this correlation is causal, and if...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Clougherty JE,Souza K,Cullen MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic and intermittent ischemic vascular disorders represent a burgeoning clinical challenge. Previous studies have focused on the idea that therapeutic angiogenesis strategies could alleviate tissue ischemia; however, it is now appreciated that vascular disease is not simply limited to vascular wall cells but also ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pattillo CB,Fang K,Terracciano J,Kevil CG

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin is widely distributed in enteric nerves and nerve terminals throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Within the GI tract galanin is best known for its ability to alter smooth muscle contractility and regulate intestinal motility. However, recent studies also indicate that galanin can modulate epithelial ion...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Benya RV,Matkowskyj KA,Danilkovich A,Hecht G

更新日期：1998-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderated by Lisa Miller from Newsweek, evolutionary biologist Kenneth Miller (Brown University) and theologians John Haught (Georgetown University) and Nancey Murphy (Fuller Theological Seminary) discuss the questions Are we immortal? Do our souls exist beyond our bodies? and What scientific evidence is there for mys...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Miller L,Miller K,Haught J,Murphy N

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stabilization of images on the fovea during either fore/aft translation of a subject or fore/aft movement of a visual target in front of a stationary observer imposes complex geometrical requirements that depend upon the eccentricity of the object of interest with respect to the eyes. Each eye needs to be rotated inde...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ramat S,Zee DS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense stress can be detrimental for tissue homeostasis and accelerates aging. On the other hand, repeated mild stresses can have beneficial and even life-prolonging effects. Hypersecretion of glucocorticoids (GCs) represents the major hormonal response to stress. However, besides its life-sustaining role, GC excess ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kletsas D,Pratsinis H,Gioni V,Pilichos K,Yiacoumettis AM,Tsagarakis S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00