Rod-cone based color vision in seals under photopic conditions.

Marine mammals have lost the ability to express S-cone opsin, and possess only one type of M/L-cone in addition to numerous rods. As they are cone monochromats they should be color blind. However, early behavioral experiments with fur seals and sea lions indicated discrimination ability between many shades of grey and blue or green.

Increased collagen deposition and diastolic dysfunction but preserved myocardial hypertrophy after pressure overload in mice lacking PKCepsilon.

Overexpression and activation of protein kinase C-epsilon (PKCepsilon) results in myocardial hypertrophy. However, these observations do not establish that PKCepsilon is required for the development of myocardial hypertrophy. Thus, we subjected PKCepsilon-knockout (KO) mice to a hypertrophic stimulus by transverse aortic constriction (TAC).

The effects of different rack systems on the breeding performance of DBA/2 mice.

Housing systems for laboratory animals have been developed over a long time. Micro-environmental systems such as positive, individually ventilated caging systems and forced-air-ventilated systems are increasingly used by many researchers to reduce cross contamination between cages. There have been many investigations of the impact of these systems on the health of animals, the light intensity, the relative humidity and temperature of cages, the concentration of ammonia and CO(2), and other factors in the cages.

Non-destructive 3D-characterization of Zn 2-2x Cu x In x S 2-thin films with ion beam analysis.

Thin layers of ZnS-CuInS(2) mixed crystals (called ZCIS) are promising absorber materials for thin film solar cell applications. The ZCIS-films investigated in this study were grown on (001)GaP, SiO(2) and CeO(2)/Al(2)O(3) with different elemental compositions by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). In order to optimize the sample preparation process a quantitative three-dimensional (i.

In vitro stability predictions for the bone/hydroxyapatite composite system.

Electroacoustic measurements of the zeta (zeta) potential as a function of pH were collected and used to probe the nature of the ionic contributions to the bond formed between synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) and bone. HA powder and wet bone powder were dispersed into an electrolyte solution comprised of physiologic saline (0.154M NaCl), electroacoustic measurements collected, and the zeta potential calculated as a function of pH.