PPARgamma-Dependent Control of Renin Expression: Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Relevance by Vladimir T. Todorov

“…During the last years accumulating evidence demonstrated that the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) regulates the expression of renin gene and thus the overall renin production. …”
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Outage probability and capacity analysis of distributed MIMO systems over a composite fading channel by Wen-jie PENG, Yue-heng LI, Tuan-jie XUE, Mei-yan JU, Ping HUANG

“…The exact closed-form expressions about the outage probability and capacity of distributed MIMO systems over a composite fading channel are derived firstly by using Lognormal approximation to complicated Gamma-lognormal distribution when mobile station (MS) in the cell is fixed at some position and the so-called maximum ratio transmission/selected combining (MRT-SC) and selected transmission/maximum ratio combining (ST-MRC) schemes are adopted in uplink and downlink respectively.Then based on a newly proposed non-uniform MS cell distribution model,which is more consistent with the MS cell hotspot distribution in an actual communication environment,the average outage probability and capacity formulas synthesizing the MS cell position information are further derived.Finally,the accuracy of the approximation method and the rationality of the corresponding theoretical analysis about the system performance are proven and illustrated by computer simulations.…”
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COMPRESSION OF HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE OF SAR IMAGES by Yu. I. Golub

“…Tone-mapping transformations like gamma correction, Ashikhmin-operator, mu-transformation, as well as no-reference image quality assessment measures were tested. …”
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Testing the Validity of Spatial Beta Convergence for the Countries of Southern Europe by Dora Szendi

“…The methodology used is based on classical descriptive statistics, convergence analyses (sigma, beta, gamma) and spatial autocorrelation studies. The results show that the impact of the shocks of the 2000s varies across counties, with some areas being able to increase their gross value added even during the crisis period. …”
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Update on Ppar𝜸 and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Gene P. Ables

“…The frequent line of treatment to improve insulin sensitivity is the use of thiazolidinediones (TZD) which activate the nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (Pparγ). Although TZDs are proven to be very effective in promoting insulin sensitivity, its actions on Pparγ have been complicated, specifically on NAFLD. …”
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Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Inference for Survival Data Using Generalised Exponential Distribution by Chris Bambey Guure, Samuel Bosomprah

“…This distribution has been touted to be an alternative to the well-known 2-parameter Weibull and gamma distributions. We seek to determine the parameters and the survival function of this distribution. …”
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Final and peak epidemic sizes for SEIR models with quarantine and isolation by Z. Feng

“…Two $SEIR$ models with quarantine and isolation are considered, inwhich the latent and infectious periods are assumed to have anexponential and gamma distribution, respectively. Previous studieshave suggested (based on numerical observations) that a gammadistribution model (GDM) tends to predict a larger epidemic peakvalue and shorter duration than an exponential distribution model(EDM). …”
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Grizzled Mantid (suggested common name) Gonatista grisea (Fabricius) (Mantodea: Mantidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“… The grizzled mantid, Gonatista grisea (Fabricius) (Figure 1), is an arboreal (tree dwelling) mantid commonly found in Florida. It is a mottled gray-green in color and somewhat flattened, which allows it to mimic lichens while pressed against tree trunks (Krombein 1963). …”
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Grizzled Mantid (suggested common name) Gonatista grisea (Fabricius) (Mantodea: Mantidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“… The grizzled mantid, Gonatista grisea (Fabricius) (Figure 1), is an arboreal (tree dwelling) mantid commonly found in Florida. It is a mottled gray-green in color and somewhat flattened, which allows it to mimic lichens while pressed against tree trunks (Krombein 1963). …”
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Method for removing haze from images, captured under a wide range of lighting conditions by A.I. Filin, A.V. Kopylov, I.A. Gracheva

“…We propose here to use the degree of belonging of an image element to a localized light source, determined based on a one-class classifier, as a value that characterizes the confidence of the corresponding element of the estimated transmission map during its rectifi-cation based on the gamma-normal model, which makes it possible to increase the accuracy of dehazing when processing images, captured in low-light or nighttime conditions.…”
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Cerebellar Ataxia Followed by Stiff Person Syndrome in a Patient with Anti-GAD Antibodies by Sinali O. Seneviratne, Katherine A. Buzzard, Belinda Cruse, Mastura Monif

“…Anti-GAD antibody syndrome is a result of the production of antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the main enzyme responsible for the production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Several neurological manifestations including cerebellar ataxia and stiff person syndrome have been reported in association with anti-GAD antibodies. …”
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Role of Ionizing Radiation Techniques in Polymeric Hydrogel Synthesis for Tissue Engineering Applications by Ion Călina, Maria Demeter, Anca Scărișoreanu, Awn Abbas, Muhammad Asim Raza

“…In alignment with the current requirements for cleaner technologies, developing hydrogels using gamma and electron beam irradiation technologies represents a promising and innovative approach for their biomedical applications. …”
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Targeting Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Acute Myocardial Infarction by Clara Di Filippo, Francesco Rossi, Michele D'Amico

“…This review, indeed, presents and discusses new data on one of the lipid kinase, the phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma (PI3Kγ), and its role in neutrophil recruitment during AMI.…”
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Importance of Distribution Type on Bearing Capacity of an Embedded Foundation in Spatially Varying Soils by Jiwei Han, Xiaoming Liu, Yongxin Wu, Xuhui Zhou

“…Then, the influence of the distribution type on the failure probability of nonstationary random soil is also investigated, with the failure probability for the Beta distribution being demonstrated to be always larger than that for the Lognormal and Gamma distribution.…”
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Low-Light Image Enhancement Based on Guided Image Filtering in Gradient Domain by Xiankun Sun, Huijie Liu, Shiqian Wu, Zhijun Fang, Chengfan Li, Jingyuan Yin

“…Afterwards, we obtain the reflection component and enhance it by nonlinear functions, sigmoid and gamma, respectively. We use the first-order edge-aware constraint in the gradient domain to achieve good edge preserving features of enhanced images and to eliminate halo artefact effectively. …”
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Producciones narrativas en el Programa Todos a Aprender (PTA) de estudiantes de básica: tratamiento experimental by Inés Marina Sáenz

“…La metodología cuantitativa incluyó un test para valorar el currículo, una secuencia didáctica, dos instrumentos para evaluar las producciones narrativas escritas de 308 estudiantes en los componentes: semántico, sintáctico, gramatical, puntuación y seguimiento a la consigna, y un test sociodemográfico para describir a los participantes. …”
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Analyzing elements of text coherence in Khāvarān Nāma based on Halliday and Hassan's theory by Rowshan Rahmani, Shahrbanoo Haghshenas

“…The present study analyzed the elements of the text coherence in Ibn Hussām Khosfi's Khāvarān Nāma, using Halliday and Hassan’s text coherence theory (1976 AD), in the two categories of "grammatical and lexical". One finding of this research is that lexical and semantic elements, especially the element of repetition, are the first and foremost factor of coherence and cohesion of the text. …”
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Discourse Prominence and Antecedent Mis-Retrieval during Native and Non-Native Pronoun Resolution by Cecilia Puebla, Claudia Felser

“…Here we examine whether and how a grammatically inappropriate antecedent’s discourse status affects the likelihood of it being considered during L1 and L2 pronoun resolution. …”
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Investigating Strategies for Mitigating and Avoiding Expert Blind Spot Development in Teaching English Attributive Adjectives by Farisani Thomas Nephawe

“…Sometimes teachers overlook the difficulties experienced by novices when they approach a new English grammatical domain. Psychological expert blind spot sporadically and intuitively develops due to teachers’ ignorance. …”
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The role of text in teaching foreign languages by T. A. Baranovskaya

“…Peculiarity of language consciousness is revealed both when comparing lexical and grammatical categories in several languages, in which the forms of the same category have different meanings, and when comparing a limited set of such linguistic meanings with an unlimited number of linguistic features and relations between the objects.…”
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