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Open AccessUBAT of UFFO/Lomonosov: The X-Ray Space Telescope to Observe Early Photons from Gamma-Ray Bursts
The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) Burst Alert and Trigger Telescope (UBAT) has been designed and built for the localization of transient X-ray sources such as Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). As one of main inst...
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Open AccessUFFO/Lomonosov: The Payload for the Observation of Early Photons from Gamma Ray Bursts
The payload of the UFFO (Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory)-pathfinder now onboard the Lomonosov spacecraft (hereafter UFFO/Lomonosov) is a dedicated instrument for the observation of GRBs. Its primary aim is to captu...
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Open AccessTemporal and spatial expression of genes involved in DNA methylation during reproductive development of sexual and apomictic Eragrostis curvula
Recent reports in model plant species have highlighted a role for DNA methylation pathways in the regulation of the somatic-to-reproductive transition in the ovule, suggesting that apomixis (asexual reproducti...
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Altered Modulation of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase by Nitric Oxide in Patients with Liver Disease
The glutamate–nitric oxide–cGMP pathway is impaired in brain in vivo in animal models of chronic moderate hyperammonemia either with or without liver failure. The impairment occurs at the level of activation of s...
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Maximal biliary transport of sulfobromophthalein in patients with a T-tube placed in the common bile duct
In 19 adult patients with choledocholithiasis who were operated on, excretion of free and conjugated sulfobromophthalein (BSP) in the bile collected through a T-tube inserted in the common bile duct was determ...
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Prevalence of liver disease and infection by hepatitis B, Delta virus, and human immunodeficiency virus in two Spanish penitentiaries
We studied the prevalence of liver disease and the carrier state for hepatitis B (HBV), delta virus (HDV) and HIV-1 infection in two Valencian penitentiaries, one for males and the other for females. Serologic...
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Effect of L-Carnitine Upon Ammonia Tolerance Test in Cirrhotic Patients
In a group of liver cirrhosis (LC) patients subjected to a rectal ammonium overload test, the effect of L-carnitine on ammoniemia and on the type A numerical connection and star clock psychomotor tests has bee...
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Effects of Isoflurane on Liver Function
The possible hepatotoxic effects of halogenated anesthetics has been the subject of many papers in recent years. The findings must be interpreted cautiously because a whole constellation of factors may contrib...