COMPARISON OF CD46 EXPRESSION ON THE INNER ACROSOMAL MEMBRANE OF SPERMS FROM NORMOSPERMIC AND ASTHENOSPERMIC INDIVIDUALS

Introduction: CD46 is a membrane cofactor Pots protein (MCP) of complement system wich is present on the membrane of all somatic cells except RBC.It is also present on the inner acrosmal membrane of human sperm.Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the expression of this prote, in on the inner acrosmal membrane of sperms from normospermic and

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Hepatic lipid signatures of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) and big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) at early stages of white-nose syndrome

Abstract White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emergent wildlife fungal disease of cave-dwelling, hibernating bats that has led to unprecedented mortalities throughout North America.A primary factor in WNS-associated bat mortality includes increased arousals from torpor and premature fat depletion during winter months.Details of species and sex-specific

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The Legal and Normative Framework of International Activities of Subnational Parliaments: a Case of St. Petersburg Parliament

Purpose.The article engages in a comprehensive analysis of the legal and normative foundations of international activities of the Russian sub-state regions with an emphasis on regional parliaments.Methods.In order to compile the study, the author draws upon a case-oriented research design and engages in two approaches namely comparative and politic

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Emotion Based Automated Priority Prediction for Bug Reports

Issue tracking systems allow users to report bugs.Bug reports often contain product name, product component, description, and severity.Based on such information, triagers often manually prioritize the bug reports for investigation.However, manual prioritization is time consuming and cumbersome.DRONE is an automated state-of-the-art approach that re

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