Somatostatin analogs in the gastroentestinal tract

in The handbook of Biologically Active Peptides (2006)

Peptides play a crucial role in many physiological processes including actions as neurotransmitters, hormones, and antibiotics. Research has shown their importance in such fields as neuroscience ... [more ▼]

Peptides play a crucial role in many physiological processes including actions as neurotransmitters, hormones, and antibiotics. Research has shown their importance in such fields as neuroscience, immunology, pharmacology, and cell biology. The Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides presents, for the first time, this tremendous body of knowledge in the field of biologically active peptides in one single reference. The section editors and contributors represent some of the most sophisticated and distinguished scientists working in basic sciences and clinical medicine. The Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides is a definitive, all-encompassing reference that will be indispensable for individuals ranging from peptide researchers, to biochemists, cell and molecular biologists, neuroscientists, pharmacologists, and to endocrinologists. Chapters are designed to be a source for workers in the field and will enable researchers working in a specific area to examine other related areas with which they would not ordinarily be familiar. [less ▲]

Somatostatini SSTR2 and dopamine D2 receptors gene expression in Growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas

in 78th Endocrine Society Annual Meeting - Abstract book (1997)

Somatotropic axis in farm animal, Proceedings

Book published by Base (1998)

Somatotropinomas : The role of ligan activated transcription factor AIP

Scientific conference (2008, April)

Some advice for migrating to IFC

in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (2012)

Nowadays, the BIM (Building Information Modeling) paradigm is a central topic in the CAAD community. Next to the commercial solutions, the IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) have emerged as the best open ... [more ▼]

Nowadays, the BIM (Building Information Modeling) paradigm is a central topic in the CAAD community. Next to the commercial solutions, the IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) have emerged as the best open standard candidate for BIM interoperability. Despite the efforts of the community for promoting IFC over the last 15 years, it seems that its practical adoption in real-life projects has been very limited. The goal of this article is to explore how useful IFC can be today and to provide the reader with some advice for an effective adoption of IFC. Over the last year, we have conducted a project aiming at acquiring a sound understanding of IFC. It was made of two complementary investigations. On one hand, we have focused on the commercial modeling tools and the IFC support they were offering. On the other hand, we have focused on the IFC-based software developments. We have developed a tool converting IFC files into a dedicated thermal assessment based model. We will summarize the experience we have acquired in this project into some advice for users migrating to IFC. Our goal is to confront the practical aspects of the IFC developments, with both the theoretical ambitions and the commercial support currently available. [less ▲]

Some Analytical Aspects of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional GC (GCxGC) MS

Scientific conference (2010, February)

Some Applications of Mathematical Morphology to Range Imagery

Conference (1987, April)

Some Applications of Mathematical Statistics in Management

Scientific conference (2012, March)

Some aspects of electrical conduction in granular systems of various dimensions

in European Physical Journal E -- Soft Matter (2007), 23(3), 255-264

We report on measurements of the electrical conductivity in both a 2D triangular lattice of metallic beads and in a chain of beads. The voltage/current characteristics are qualitatively similar in both ... [more ▼]

We report on measurements of the electrical conductivity in both a 2D triangular lattice of metallic beads and in a chain of beads. The voltage/current characteristics are qualitatively similar in both experiments. At low applied current, the voltage is found to increase logarithmically in good agreement with a model of widely distributed resistances in series. At high enough current, the voltage saturates due to the local welding of microcontacts between beads. The frequency dependence of the saturation voltage gives an estimate of the size of these welded microcontacts. The DC value of the saturation voltage ( similar or equal to 0.4 V per contact) gives an indirect measure of the number of welded contact carrying the current within the 2D lattice. Also, a new measurement technique provides a map of the current paths within the 2D lattice of beads. For an isotropic compression of the 2D granular medium, the current paths are localized in few discrete linear paths. This quasi-onedimensional nature of the electrical conductivity thus explains the similarity between the characteristics in the 1D and 2D systems. [less ▲]

Some aspects of the Liguro-Provençal frontal ecohydrodynamics

in Nihoul, Jacques (Ed.) Marine Interfaces Ecohydrodynamics (1986)