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The neuronal guidance protein netrin-1 reduces alveolar inflammation in a porcine model of acute lung injury
No full textIntroduction: Acute lung injury (ALI) is an inflammatory disorder of pulmonary or extrapulmonary origin. We have previously demonstrated that netrin-1 dampens murine ALI, and in an attempt to advance this finding into future clinical practice we evaluated whether netrin-1 would reduce alveolar inflammation during porcine ALI. Methods: This was a controlled in vivo experimental study in pigs. We induced ALI through lipoploysaccharide (LPS) infusion (50 micro g/kg) for 2 hours. Following this, we exposed animals to either vehicle, intravenous netrin-1 (netrin-1 i.v.) or inhaled netrin-1 (netrin-1 inh.). Serum samples and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were obtained to determine levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-1beta, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 at baseline and 6 hours following treatment. Myeloperoxidase activity (MPO) and protein levels were determined in the BAL, and tissue samples were obtained for histological evaluation. Finally, animals were scanned with spiral CT. Results: Following LPS infusion, animals developed acute pulmonary injury. Serum levels of TNF-alpha and IL-6 were significantly reduced in the netrin-1 i.v. group. BAL demonstrated significantly reduced cytokine levels 6 hours post-netrin-1 treatment (TNF-alpha: vehicle 633 ± 172 pg/ml, netrin-1 i.v. 84 ± 5 pg/ml, netrin-1 inh. 168 ± 74 pg/ml; both P < 0.05). MPO activity and protein content were significantly reduced in BAL samples from netrin-1-treated animals. Histological sections confirmed reduced inflammatory changes in the netrin-1-treated animals. Computed tomography corroborated reduced pulmonary damage in both netrin-1-treated groups. Conclusions: We conclude that treatment with the endogenous anti-inflammatory protein netrin-1 reduces pulmonary inflammation during the initial stages of ALI and should be pursued as a future therapeutic option
Trichouropoda turcicaovalis sp. nov., a new uropodine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trematuridae) from Turkey
No full textBal, Durmuş Ali, Özkan, Muhlis (2006): Trichouropoda turcicaovalis sp. nov., a new uropodine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trematuridae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 1132: 31-49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17190
The Complete Muhammad Ali
No full textIncluding material and photographs not included in most of the 100 other books about the champion, Ishmael Reed's The Complete Muhammad Ali is more than just a biography-it is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. An honest, balanced portrayal of Ali, the book includes voices that have been omitted from other books. It charts Ali's evolution from Black Nationalism to a universalism, but does not discount the Nation of Islam and Black Nationalism's important influence on his intellectual development. Filipino American author Emil Guillermo speaks about how "The Thrilla' In Manila" brought the Philippines into the 20th century. Fans of Muhammad Ali, boxing fans, and those interested in modern African American history and the Nation of Islam will be fascinated by this biography by an accomplished American author.Intro -- DEDICATION -- INTRODUCTION -- The Curious History of an Icon -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- Did the Secret Government Fear a U.S. Muslim/Overseas Muslim Alliance? -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- The Break Between the Prophet and his Disciple -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- CHAPTER 12 -- The GOAT (Greatest Of All Time): Ali or Louis? -- CHAPTER 13 -- The Nation of Islam, the Mob, Showdowns in Canada and Sonny Liston -- CHAPTER 14 -- CHAPTER 15 -- The Taunts: Marketing or Racism? -- CHAPTER 16 -- CHAPTER 17 -- CHAPTER 18 -- CHAPTER 19 -- Boxing and the Brain -- CHAPTER 20 -- Ali's Feet -- CHAPTER 21 -- Mr. Dick -- CHAPTER 22 -- CHAPTER 23 -- The Opening Ceremonies, November 2005 -- CHAPTER 24 -- December 2005, Las Vegas -- CHAPTER 25 -- CHAPTER 26 -- June 16, 2004 -- CHAPTER 27 -- CHAPTER 28 -- CHAPTER 29 -- Aix-en-Provence -- CHAPTER 30 -- Ali as a Black Nationalist -- San Francisco, January 2004 Black Liberation Book Fair -- CHAPTER 31 -- January 31, 2004 -- CHAPTER 32 -- October 2005, Chicago -- CHAPTER 33 -- Why Ali remained with Elijah instead of following Malcolm -- CHAPTER 34 -- CHAPTER 35 -- February 4, 2006, Oakland, California -- CHAPTER 36 -- Like Zeus Descending from Mount Olympus -- CHAPTER 37 -- CHAPTER 38 -- Tuesday, February 28, 2006, New York -- CHAPTER 39 -- Bigger Than Boxing -- CHAPTER 40 -- Tribes Gallery, New York, April 2006 -- CHAPTER 41 -- June 2006, Louisville, Kentucky -- CHAPTER 42 -- CHAPTER 43 -- CHAPTER 45 -- Bad Company -- CHAPTER 46 -- Coxson, A Very Charming Rogue -- CHAPTER 47 -- Ali and the largest embezzlement scheme in Wells Fargo history -- CHAPTER 48 -- CHAPTER 49 -- "Lonnie is a stabilizing force."-Harry Belafonte -- October 29, 2006 -- CHAPTER 50 -- Abdul Rahman -- CHAPTER 51 -- CHAPTER 52 -- CHAPTER 53How Will Ali Be Remembered? New York, January 8, 2005 -- CHAPTER 54 -- CONCLUSION -- AFTERWORD -- Boxers' Rights? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MUHAMMAD ALI -- ISLAM AND NATION OF ISLAM -- BOXING -- RELATED SUBJECTS -- ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BARAKA BOOKSIncluding material and photographs not included in most of the 100 other books about the champion, Ishmael Reed's The Complete Muhammad Ali is more than just a biography-it is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. An honest, balanced portrayal of Ali, the book includes voices that have been omitted from other books. It charts Ali's evolution from Black Nationalism to a universalism, but does not discount the Nation of Islam and Black Nationalism's important influence on his intellectual development. Filipino American author Emil Guillermo speaks about how "The Thrilla' In Manila" brought the Philippines into the 20th century. Fans of Muhammad Ali, boxing fans, and those interested in modern African American history and the Nation of Islam will be fascinated by this biography by an accomplished American author.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Maktabat Al Muthanna Baghdad Feb-May 1962
No full textOn the same date, Ali Al-Mansouri issued an official financial statement confirming that the Al-Khanji Foundation owed a total of 11.375.أصدر علي المنصوري بيانًا ماليًا رسميًا بتاريخ 25 نيسان 1962 يُفيد بأن مؤسسة الخانجي مدينة بمبلغ إجمالي قدره 11,375
FIGURE 9 in Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n., a new uropodid mite from Turkey (Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodidae)
No full textFIGURE 9. Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n. (protonymph): A dorsal, B ventral; (larva): C dorsal, D ventral.Published as part of Bal, Durmuş Ali, 2005, Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n., a new uropodid mite from Turkey (Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodidae), pp. 47-60 in Zootaxa 1069 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17026
FIGURE 4 in New species of mites in the genera Uropoda, Crinitodiscus and Uroobovella from Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodidae, Urodinychidae)
No full textFIGURE 4. Uropoda turcica sp. nov., female. A: leg I; B: leg II; C: leg III; D: leg IV; scale: 100 µm.Published as part of Bal, Durmuş Ali, 2006, New species of mites in the genera Uropoda, Crinitodiscus and Uroobovella from Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodidae, Urodinychidae), pp. 19-40 in Zootaxa 1368 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17484
Syriac-Arabic Glosses of Isho bar Ali. Volume 2
No full textThese two volumes constitute the second part (nun-taw) of the Syriac-Arabic dictionary of the 10th cent. physician Isho bar Ali (the first half of the dictionary had been published in 1874 by G. Hoffmann). Each Syriac word is defined in Arabic, often with more than one Arabic equivalent; in addition, the author deals not just with individual Syriac words, but in some cases with phrases. Gottheil used 21 manuscripts (from Oxford, London, Paris, Berlin, Leiden, and Rome) for this edition, and he has supplied a thorough critical apparatus; the manuscripts are described in the introduction. While some manuscripts give the Arabic glosses in Syriac characters (i.e. Garshuni), Gottheil has presented them here in Arabic script. These two volumes will be of great interest to Syriac lexicographers and those who study interactions between Syriac and Arabic.Contains an English introduction by Richard J.H. Gotthei
Crinitodiscus ayyildizi Bal, 2006, sp. nov.
No full textCrinitodiscus ayyildizi sp. nov. Material examined. Holotype Ψ, Giresun province, Tirebolu district (41 °06’ N, 39 ° 14 ’ 25 ” E), in soil around chestnut tree-stump (Castanea sativa), 10 June 2006, 110 m a.s.l. Paratypes, 8 Ψ, 17 ɗ, same data as holotype; 1 Ψ, 1 ɗ, Dere village, (40 ° 72 ’ N, 38 ° 46 ’ E), soil and litter, 21 April 2001. Soil samples were extremely wet. Female (holotype). Idiosoma 475 µm long, 375 µm wide. Body oval, well sclerotised. Dorsum (Figs 8, 9). Dorsal plate not heavily sculptured, brown in colour, without ornamentation. Four pair of post-dorsal setae finely pilose lateraly. Posterior bulge triangular, with fine spines, pilose anteriorly. Dorsal plate with about 15 pairs of dorsal setae, smooth and thorn-like. Marginal plate with fine spines. All marginal plate setae dagger-like with sawtooth denticles on one side, each arising on a chitinous tubercle. Submarginal setae finely denticulate laterally. Ven te r (Fig. 10). Opisthogastric setae very long, needle-like, bearing a medial keel throughout their length. A pair of short, thorn-like ventri-anal setae inserted on smooth cuticle in front of anus. Genital operculum tongue- or helmet-shaped; length 130 µm and width 100 µm. Surface of operculum without ornamentation. Sternal seta st 1 at level of coxae II, st 2 close to anterior margin of epigynial plate, st 3 -st 5 located lateral to plate. Pre- and para-anal setae short and simple. Post-anal seta resembles pre- and post-anal setae. A pair of additional sternal setae occurs just behind epigynium. Scabellum clear and well developed, with four pairs of pilose capitular setae. Peritremes simple, short, located at level of coxae II–III; anterior prolongation directed externally; posteriorly with stigmata located in pedofossae III. Pedofossal grooves deep and well marked; pedofossae IV directed internally accomodating distal part of legs IV. Two pairs of short pilose setae behind anal region near posterior margin of idiosoma. Gnathosoma (Fig. 11). Chelicera without nodus; movable digit with one tooth; fixed digit 33 µm long, with anterior sensory angular point and a sensillar setae near distal part, movable digit 22 µm long, middle section 135 µm long (Fig. 11 A). Epistome lancet-like, bifurcate and pilose distally, basally denticulate, witha row of median denticles (Fig. 11 B). Base of tritosternum vase- or glass-shaped, its laciniae branched, internal branches denticulate and paraxial branches shorter and smooth (Fig. 11 C). Laciniae of hypostome finely denticulate (Fig. 11 D). Hypostome with four pairs of setae; hypostomal setae h 1 long and forked distally, setae h 2 -h 4 denticulate. Hypostomal setae h 4 shorter than the others, serrated, not reaching the base of h 3; h 3 long, exceeding base of h 2; h 2 half length of h 1. Hypostome articulated between h 3 -h 4. Corniculi horn-like; deutosternum with fine superficial denticulations up to h 4 (Fig. 11 D). Male. Idiosoma 475 µm long and 375 µm wide. Ven te r (Fig. 12). Ventral surfaces of idiosoma smooth and without ornamentation. Sternal area smooth, without ornamentation, sternal setae simple, short and thorn-like. Genital aperture located between coxae IV, its opening 30 µm in diameter. Sternal setae st 1 at level of coxae II, st 2 behind coxae II–III, st 3 between coxae III–IV, st 4 close to anterior margin of genital plate, st 5 near posterior level of genital plate. Pre- and post-anal setae short and simple. Genital plate circular and 50 µm diameter. Posterior opisthosomal leaflike setae 105–130 µm, and column length 25–35 µm at base. Legs, chelicerae, epistome, tritosternum, setal arrangement, idiosoma shape and pattern, and other morphological characters resemble those of female. Deutonymph. Idiosoma 460 µm long, 360 µm wide. Dorsum (Fig. 13). Dorsal plate without ornamentation, light brown in colour, weakly sclerotised, anterior and posterior margins slightly indented. All dorsal, marginal and lateral setae simple and hair-like, dorsal setae shorter than marginal setae. Dorsal plate with about 20 pairs of setae, I 5 shortest, marginal series with 30 pairs. Ven te r (Fig. 14). Sternal plate 135–150 µm long and 50–55 µm wide, anal plate 105–125 µm long and 150–155 µm wide. Sternal and anal plates with web-like ornamentation. Endo- and exopodal plates with punctate ornamentation. Sternal plate pitcher-shaped, extending from coxae I to behind coxae IV, bearing five pairs of short setae st 1 –st 5. Interscutal membrane around ventral plates striated; ventri-anal plate setae short and thorn-like, except a pair of long ventri-anal setae at posterior margin. Other ventral setae in soft skin long and needle-like. Coxae I large, close together; pedofossae distinct, well developed. Anterior extension of peritreme long, medially elbowed, stigmata at level of coxae III (Fig. 14). Remarks. Adults of the new species differ from their congeners by the presence of leaf-like setae on posterior idiosoma. These setae are very similar to grass leaves, which bear a median keel and a few basal denticles. Each seta arise from a large chitinous based limited by wide flaps. In the other known species of Crinitodiscus, setae like this are absent (Athias-Binche & Błoszyk, 1985; Kontschán, 2003; Bal, 2005). The new species can also be distinguished from other species by the following combination of characters: dorsal and ventral plates without ornamentation, a series of asymmetrical anterior setae on the dorsal shield; marginal setae leaf-like, with denticles laterally and medially and a median keel; sublateral setae bearing a few minute denticles; four pairs of widened and denticulate posterior dorsal setae in front of the postdorsal hump; this hump is high and conspicuous, its lateral sides with web-like ornamentation and superficial spines; epigynium without ornamentation and not bearing a hyaline lobate process or a prolongation. Also, there is a pair of very long ventral setae behind the epigynium; two pairs of short pilose ventral setae behind the anus; and two pairs of very short ventral setae between the epigynium and anus. In C. beieri Sellnick 1931, C. rafalskii Athias-Binche & Błoszyk 1985, C. pawlowskii Athias-Binche & Błoszyk 1985, and C. ozkani Bal 2005, the epigynial plate bears an anterior prolongation or lobate hyaline process, which do not exist in C. mahunkai Kontschán 2003 and the new species. C. ozkani, C. rafalskii and C. pawlowskii share the characteristics of two pairs of sparsely serrated setae on platelets between the marginal and pygidial plates, but these setae are absent in the new species and exist only as a pair of setae in C. mahunkai. Both hyaline lobate processes recorded in C. ozkani, C. pawlowskii and C. rafalskii, and the prolongation recored in C. beieri, are absent in the new species. Deutonymphs of C. ayyildizi sp. nov. are also easily differentiated from those of C. ozkani by the dorsal plate lacking ornamentation, and from C. rafalskii by the presence of web-like ornamentation on the sternal and anal plates. However, C. rafalskii has three pairs of serrate setae in the anterior dorsal and posterior dorsal regions of the dorsum. In the deutonymph of C. rafalskii, the dorsal and anal plates lack ornamentation, while the new species has circular markings on the sternal plate. In deutonymphs of the new species, the idiosoma is larger than that of all other known Crinitodiscus species. C. rafalskii measures 320 x 140 µm and C. ozkani 390 x 270 µm, compared with 460 x 360 µm for deutonymphs of the new species.Published as part of Bal, Durmuş Ali, 2006, New species of mites in the genera Uropoda, Crinitodiscus and Uroobovella from Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodidae, Urodinychidae), pp. 19-40 in Zootaxa 1368 on pages 26-31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17484
Three new species of the genus Nothrholaspis (Acari: Macrochelidae) from the Kelkit Valley, Turkey
No full textÖzbek, Hasan Hüseyin, Bal, Durmuş Ali (2013): Three new species of the genus Nothrholaspis (Acari: Macrochelidae) from the Kelkit Valley, Turkey. Zootaxa 3635 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.
Syriac-Arabic Glosses of Isho bar Ali. Volume 1
No full textThese two volumes constitute the second part (nun-taw) of the Syriac-Arabic dictionary of the 10th cent. physician Isho bar Ali (the first half of the dictionary had been published in 1874 by G. Hoffmann). Each Syriac word is defined in Arabic, often with more than one Arabic equivalent; in addition, the author deals not just with individual Syriac words, but in some cases with phrases. Gottheil used 21 manuscripts (from Oxford, London, Paris, Berlin, Leiden, and Rome) for this edition, and he has supplied a thorough critical apparatus; the manuscripts are described in the introduction. While some manuscripts give the Arabic glosses in Syriac characters (i.e. Garshuni), Gottheil has presented them here in Arabic script. These two volumes will be of great interest to Syriac lexicographers and those who study interactions between Syriac and Arabic.Contains an English introduction by Richard J.H. Gotthei
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