Objectives: Elevated plasma glucagon is an early symptom of diabetes, occurring in subjects with impaired glucose regulation.Here, we explored alpha-cell function in female mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD).Methods: Female mice expressing the Ca2+ indicator GCaMP3 specifically in alpha-cells were fed a high-fat or control (CTL) diet.We then conducted
In this paper, we consider a problem with dynamical boundary conditions for a hyperbolic equation.The dynamical boundary condition is a convenient method to take into account the presence of certain damper when fixing the end of a string or a beam.Problems with dynamical boundary conditions containing first-order derivatives Multi-Purpose Cleaner w
Glutathione S-transferases Disposible Skewers (GSTs) are known to abolish or reduce the activities of intracellular enzymes that help detoxify environmental carcinogens, such as those found in tobacco smoke.It has been suggested that polymorphisms in the GST genes are risk factors for lung cancer, but a large number of studies have reported apparen
The question of how people change their opinions through social interactions has been on the agenda of social scientific research for many decades.Now that the Internet has led to an ever greater interconnectedness and new forms of exchange that seem to go hand in hand with increasing political polarization, it is once again gaining in relevance.Mo
This article applies a comparative design to test the explanatory power of formal quantitative models of civil war.It examines the grievance, horizontal inequalities, and institutional models of civil war through the case study Dolls House of the Yemeni civil war between 2004 and 2009.The aim is to highlight political processes that culminate in ci