The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nerve growth factor (NGF) administration on retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in experimentally induced glaucoma (GL) and diabetic retinopathy (DR).GL was induced in adult rats by injection of hypertonic saline into the episcleral vein of the eye and diabetes (DT) was induced by administration of s
Historical version backup PROSTATE-PRO + LIBIDO SUPPORT data query efficiency was dependent on the version chain length in a multi-version backup data storage system.A novel block-level backup data multi-version consolidation method was presented for this problem.Any version of a historical full system snapshot could be generated within the increme
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset fatal neurodegenerative disease reflecting degeneration of upper and lower motoneurons (MNs).The cause of ALS and the mechanisms of neuronal death are still largely obscure, thus impairing the establishment of efficacious therapies.Glutamate (Glu)-mediated excitotoxicity plays a major role in MN d
Bacterial pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance are of concern for environmental safety and public health.Accumulating evidence suggests that wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are as an important sink and source of pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs).Virulence genes (encoding virulence factors) are good indicators for bacterial pat
Abstract As a main functional component of rock sheds in rockfall protection projects, traditional sand cushions have shortcomings such as heavy weight and weak buffering capacity.EPS bead-sand cushion can effectively solve these problems, but its buffering mechanism has not been fully revealed.In this study, a series of impact tests were carried H