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Open AccessThe role of exercise and hypoxia on glucose transport and regulation
Muscle glucose transport activity increases with an acute bout of exercise, a process that is accomplished by the translocation of glucose transporters to the plasma membrane. This process remains intact in th...
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Open AccessApplication of Tribological Artificial Neural Networks in Machine Elements
Traditionally, analytical equations used in tribo-dynamic modelling, such as those used for predicting central film thickness within elastohydrodynamic lubricated contacts, have led to timely computations, but...
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Extension MRI is clinically useful in cervical myelopathy
Cervical spine MRI with the neck in extension has been well described over the last 10 years, but its clinical value remains unknown.
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Autonomic cardiovascular response to acute hypoxia and passive head-up tilting in humans
Acute hypoxia may alter autonomic cardiovascular reflexes during orthostasis. Heart rate variability (HRV), arterial blood pressure (MAP), and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were recorded during supine (SU...
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An improved silicon PIN diode based portable radon monitor
A low budget radon monitor has been developed using silicon PIN diode. Sensitivity factor of this monitor is observed to be relatively high over the other similar monitors. This is achieved by incorporation of...
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Antioxidative capacity of phenolic compounds extracted from Lolium perenne and Lolium arundinaceum infected with Neotyphodium (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae)
Members of Neotyphodium endophytic fungi infecting Lolium perenne L. and Lolium arundinaceum Darb. alter the synthesis of several metabolites. In this study we determined the antioxidative capacity of phenolic co...
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Map** nanomechanical properties of live cells using multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy
The nanomechanical properties of living cells, such as their surface elastic response and adhesion, have important roles in cellular processes such as morphogenesis1, mechano-transduction2, focal adhesion3, motil...
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Cantilever Dynamics and Nonlinear Effects in Atomic Force Microscopy
With increasing efforts to improve resolution and material contrast in dynamic atomic force microscopy (dAFM), it has become important to precisely understand and exploit the mechanical dynamics of the AFM pro...
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Oncogenic role of DDX3 in breast cancer biogenesis
Benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE), the active metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene present in tobacco smoke, is a major cancer-causing compound. To evaluate the effects of BPDE on human breast epithelial cells, we ex...
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Activation energy for growth in single size distribution and the dissolution features of γ′ precipitates in the superalloy IN738LC
Activation energy for the growth of γ′ precipitates in single size unimodal distribution has been determined by annealing the solution-treated and quenched alloy with fine 70 nm size cooling precipitates at 1,...
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Induced-defense responses in the leaves of Chromolaena odorata consequent to infestation by Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
An aster, Chromolaena odorata (Linn.) R.M. King et H.E. Robinson (Siam weed), a native of the neotropics, has presently spread on to vast tracts of land in humid tropics of Africa, Asia and some of the Pacific is...
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Precipitate growth activation energy requirements in the duplex size γ′ distribution in the superalloy IN738LC
The precipitate growth features in the duplex size (fine and coarse) precipitate distribution, obtained by quenching the alloy from the holding temperature of 1140°C, was studied by treating the alloy for vari...
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Effects of Gall Induction by Epiblema Strenuana on Gas Exchange, Nutrients, and Energetics in Parthenium Hysterophorus
Gall induction by arthropods results in a range of morphological and physiological changes in their host plants. We examined changes in gas exchange, nutrients, and energetics related to the presence of stem g...
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Impulse excitation study of elasticity of different precipitated microstructures in IN738LC at high temperatures
The elastic modulus of the cast superalloy IN738LC in various heat-treated conditions was determined with multiple specimens for each microstructure using the impulse excitation technique and the resonant freq...
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Hypoglycemic potentials of methanolic extracts of selected plant foods in alloxanized mice
Crude methanolic extracts of five selected edible plant foods were tested for hypoglycemic activity in alloxanized mice. Fasting blood sugar levels were reduced significantly at differing rates. The order of t...
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In contrast to the large number of studies on the trophic significance of mangrove primary production to the aquatic foodweb, there have been few attempts to provide an overview of the relative importance of d...
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Simulation of the flow strength and microstructure of titanium aluminide in hot forging
The main purpose of this investigation is to develop a mathematical relationship for the flow strength based on microstructure evolution during the hot forming of titanium aluminide. For engineering applicatio...
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Characteristics of the γ′ precipitates at high temperatures in Ni-base polycrystalline superalloy IN738LC
IN738LC is a Ni-base cast superalloy used in land-base gas turbinesand aerospace applications. As in other superalloys γ′ precipitates contribute to strengthening of this alloy at hightemperatures. In this stu...
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Tensile strengthening in the nickel-base superalloy IN738LC
The tensile properties of superalloy IN738LC with different precipitate microstructures are evaluated at room temperature, 650 °C, 750 °C, and 85 °C at two different strain rates. The properties can be present...
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Microstructure and texture effect on the thermal expansion of a variously aged polycrystalline superalloy IN738LC
Thermal-expansion measurements of a suitably heat-treated and aged polycrystalline superalloy, IN738LC, with various γ′ (Ni3(A1, Ti, Nb)) precipitate microstructures and annealing textures, were carried out using...
