The present worldwide scenario is one of land-based livelihoods that are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While being committed to environmental goals, India’s National Action Plan on Climate ...

China used to impress the outside world as a country that was focused on its own development with few links to the rest of the globe. However, things have changed and now China is an increasingly important global player. ...

Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) refers to the relaxation of vascular smooth muscle and the subsequent dilation of the vessel in response to increases in shear stress on the endothelial lining accompanying increases in blood ...

In developing a method of quantifying stability in the lumbar spine Cholewicki and McGill (1996) have also broached the notion of sufficient stability, where too much stiffness (and stability) would hinder motion. Thus ...

Continuous perfusion cell culture chips offer the biomedical researcher unprecedented control over the microenvironment surrounding the cell which is not feasible with conventional static cell culture procedures. Applying ...

Steroid sulfatase (STS) catalyzes the desulfation of sulfated steroids such as estrone sulfate to the corresponding steroid such as estrone. Inhibitors of STS are believed to have potential for treating estrogen-dependent ...

Introduction Retinal vascular reactivity is impaired in patients with diabetes and is thought to be involved in the onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Previous studies that have utilized hyperoxia to ...

External post-tensioning is an attractive technique for strengthening reinforced concrete structures because of its ability to actively control stresses and deflections, speed of installation, minimum interruption for the ...

Hisactophilin is a histidine rich, actin binding protein from Dictyostelium discoideum. The structure of Hisactophilin, an all-beta protein, is typical of the beta-trefoil superfamily of proteins. In addition, hisactophilin ...

To date, an estimated 70% of energy consumed comes from fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas. The major source of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions comes from combustion of these fossil fuels. Sulfur dioxide is a ...