Nocturnal Asthma: Mechanisms and Therapy
Abstract. Nocturnal worsening of symptoms affects a large number of patients suffering from asthma. Recent studies show that airway inflammation underlies nocturnal awakenings and increased airway...
View ArticleCalcium and magnesium transport in the cortical thick ascending limb of...
Abstract Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that Ca2+ and Mg2+ absorption in the mouse cortical thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop (cTAL) is a passive, paracellular process driven by the...
View ArticleThe Ca2+-sensing receptor in the rabbit cortical thick ascending limb (CTAL)...
Abstract The recently cloned rabbit kidney Ca2+-sensing receptor (RabCaR) was functionally characterized in microperfused rabbit cortical thick ascending limb (CTAL) segments. Reverse transcriptase...
View ArticleFive-beam magneto-optical trap and optical molasses
Abstract. We have operated a magneto-optical trap and optical molasses for the laser cooling of cesium atoms on the basis of a five-beam laser configuration. For the magneto-optical trap two laser...
View ArticleCellular adaptation of the mouse cortical thick ascending limb of Henle's...
AbstractMice aged 4 or 8 weeks were fed with a low-Mg2+ diet for 1, 2, 3 or 4 days. After 1 day of diet, the urinary excretion of Mg2+ and Ca2+ was strongly reduced in both animal groups (4 and 8...
View ArticleLaparoscopic resection of an abdominal wall desmoid using a modified suture...
AbstractDesmoids are rare mesenchimal tumors that may originate also inside the abdomen or in the abdominal wall. These tumors are biologically characterized by a tendency to local growth, and only...
View ArticleDeterministic instabilities in the magneto-optical trap
Abstract.The cloud of cold atoms obtained from a magneto-optical trap is known to exhibit two types of instabilities in the regime of high atomic densities: stochastic instabilities and deterministic...
View ArticleCoordinating Multi-Agent Assistants with an Application by Means of...
AbstractAssistant agents are employed to provide users working with an application with various help services aimed at, e.g., organising user data, performing useful actions on the application on...
View ArticleBenzimidazole, Benzoxazole and Benzothiazole Derivatives as 5HT2B Receptor...
2-Phenethylbenzimidazole, 2-phenethylbenzoxazole and 2-phenethylbenzothiazole derivatives were synthesized to explore the structural features of the serotonin 5-HT2B receptor antagonists. Those...
View ArticlePotent isozyme-selective inhibition of human glutathione S-transferase A1-1...
Summary.Elevated levels of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are among the factors associated with an increased resistance of tumors to a variety of antineoplastic drugs. Hence a major advancement to...
View ArticleMolecular Markers of Gliomas
AbstractIn parallel to the increasing amount of information on the molecular biology of gliomas, novel markers of clinical interest have become available. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) studies were the...
View ArticleVitamin D and bone mineral density changes in postmenopausal women treated...
AbstractObjectiveVitamin D deficiency is widespread and often reported in subjects treated for osteoporosis. Optimal vitamin D repletion was previously shown to maximize the efficacy of anti-resorptive...
View ArticleSeismic site effects observed on sediments and basaltic lavas outcropping in...
AbstractAmbient noise measurements and a set of 44 moderate magnitude earthquakes were used to study the role of local geology and morphology on the site response of a small hill in the northern part...
View ArticleTb3+/Yb3+ Activated Silica-Hafnia Glass and Glass Ceramics to Improve the...
AbstractA down-conversion layer placed on the front side of silicon solar cells waveguides has the potential to cute one high-energy photon into two low energy photons. This paper examines the...
View ArticleEnergy-Aware Routing in A4SDN
AbstractThe concept of Green Computing and, more specifically, energy-aware solutions have gained attention in the last years in many fields of ICT: network management is one of those. Today, power...
View ArticleNerve ablation after bronchial thermoplasty and sustained improvement in...
AbstractBackgroundBronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a non-pharmacological intervention for severe asthma whose mechanism of action is not completely explained by a reduction of airway smooth muscle (ASM)....
View ArticleIntegrated Quantitative Calcareous Plankton Bio-Magnetostratigraphy of the...
AbstractHigh-resolution quantitative analyses of the planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil content have been carried out on IODP Leg 342, Hole U1406A (Northwest Atlantic Ocean) in the core...
View ArticleThe mid-Langhian flooding in the eastern Central Paratethys: integrated...
AbstractThe mid-Langhian (“Badenian”) flooding fully reconnected the semi-isolated Central Paratethys realm with the Mediterranean and, thereby, drastically changed the middle Miocene paleogeography of...
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