Inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and cyclooxygenase-2 reduces albuminuria in models of chronic kidney disease marked by podocyte injury. Previously, we identified a feedback loop in podocytes whereby an ...

ABCB1 (MDR1/P-glycoprotein) is an ATP-dependant transmenbrane protein widely expressed in human organs, protecting them against xenobiotics. ABCB1 is involved in drug pharmacokinetics: at the blood-brain barrier level, due ...

Recent studies have demonstrated that aberrant methylation of p16 (tumor suppressor gene) and / or MGMT gene (DNA repair enzyme) is detected in DNA samples from sputum in 100% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma ...

In this work we present a system for the recognition of handwritten Arabic text using neural networks. This work builds upon previous work done by [Hamid 2001]. That part dealt with the vertical segmentation of the written ...

The Department of Social Sciences cordially invites you to the screening of the film About a War. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the actors and members of the organization Fighters for Peace.

Background:  The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect organ-specific iron overload is becoming increasingly common. Although hepatic iron overload has been recognized in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), ...

This study deals with the short story as a genre that has attracted a surprisingly large number of women writers since the 1960's. Even though women writers wrote without strong orientations and direction, the stories, on ...

Although the importance of the writing skill in university course work in comparison with the other skills is sometimes rated differently by students and faculty depending upon varying needs (Johns, 1981; Zughol, 1985; ...

With the proliferation of wireless devices, networks, and systems, the deployment of efficient embedded Java virtual machines is becoming a challenging and important research area. Accordingly, a plethora of acceleration ...