Renuka, T R; Ani Das, V; Paulose, C S(Department of Biotechnology, March 2, 2004)
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Muscarinic M1 and M3 receptor changes in the brain stem during pancreatic regeneration were investigated.
Brain stem acetylcholine esterase activity decreased at the time of regeneration . Sympathetic activity also
decreased as indicated by the norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (EPI) content of adrenals and also in the
plasma. Muscarinic Ml and M3 receptors showed reciprocal changes in the brain stem during regeneration.
Muscairnic M1 receptor number decreased at time of regeneration without any change in the affinity. High affinity
M3 receptors showed an increase in the number. The affinity did not show any change . The number of low affinity
receptors decreased with decreased Kd at 72 hours after partial pancreatectomy. The Kd reversed to control value
with a reversal of the number of receptors to near control value . Gene expression studies also showed a similar
change in the mRNA level of Ml and M3 receptors . These alterations in the muscarinic receptors regulate
sympathetic activity and maintain glucose level during pancreatic regeneration. Central muscarinic M1 and M3
receptor subtypes functional balance is suggested to regulate sympathetic and parasympathetic activity, which in
turn control the islet cell proliferation and glucose homeostasis.
Mridula,S; Sreedevi,Menon K; Mohanan,K; Bijumon,P V(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, February 20, 2004)
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The radiation characteristics of a microstrip-line-excited rectangular dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) are studied experimentally.The radiation charactristics and excitation of different modes are highly influenced by the orientation of the DR,feed line parameters ,and finite size of the ground plane
Lethakumari,B; Sreedevi,Menon K; Aanandan,C K; Vasudevan,K; Mohanan,P(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, July 20, 2004)
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This paper presents the outcome of the experimental studies
performed on L-strip fed compact rectangular microstrip antenna.
The effect of the feed parameters upon the characteristics of the antenna
is studied in detail. The antenna offers an impedance bandwidth of
nearly 20% and is suitable for broadband applications
Monz, Cabrera J; Diaz, Morcillo A; Pedreno, Molina L; Sanchez, Hermandez D(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, February 4, 2004)
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Usage of a dielectric multilayer around a dielectric Sample
is studied as a means for improving the efficiency in multimode microwave-
heating cavities. The results show that by using additional dielectric
constant layers the appearance of undesired reflections at the
sample-air interface is avoided and higher power -absorption rates
within the sample and high -efficiency designs are obtained
Shavit,R; Taig,I(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, July 20, 2004)
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In this paper, a comparison study among three neuralnetwork
algorithms for the synthesis of array patterns is presented. The
neural networks are used to estimate the array elements' excitations for
an arbitrary pattern. The architecture of the neural networks is discussed
and simulation results are presented. Two new neural networks,
based on radial basis functions (RBFs) and wavelet neural networks
(WNNs), are introduced. The proposed networks offer a more efficient
synthesis procedure, as compared to other available techniques
Sreedevi,Menon K; Lethakumary,B; Mohanan,P; Bijumon,P V; Sebastian,M T(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, August 20, 2004)
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A broadband cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna
(DRA) energized with an L-strip feed is presented The novel exciting
technique achieves a 2:1 VSWR bandwidth of 18%. The variation of
bandwidth for different feed parameters is also studied
Chandran,A R; Mathew,T; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan,P; Vasudevan,K(Department of Electronics, September , 2004)
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Electromagnetic scattering behaviour of a superstrate loaded metallo–
dielectric structure based on Sierpinski carpet fractal geometry is
reported. The results indicate that the frequency at which backscattering
is minimum can be tuned by varying the thickness of the superstrate.
A reduction in backscattered power of 44 dB is obtained
simultaneously for both TE and TM polarisations of the incident field.
Mohanan,Valiyaveettil; Balarama Kaimal,S; Paulose,Cheramadathikudyil S(Department of Bio Technology, August 30, 2004)
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The present study was to investigate the rote of central 5-11T and 5-HT,:v receptor Lindin4o
and acne expression in it 'at mo(lel of pancreatic regeneration using 60" -, pancreatcutumy.
The pancreatic regeneration was evaluated by 5-HT content and 5-HT,,receptor gene
expression in the cerebral cortex (CC) and brain stem MS) of Alain opcrate,t, 7 It utd
7 (.lays panereatectomised rats. 5-11T content significantly increased in the CC' (I' 1.1)11
and 13S (P 0.05) of 72 Ii p.ntcreateetomiscd rats. Sympathetic activity was decreased as
indicated by the significantly decreased norcpiuephrine (NIi) and epinephrine (FTI) Icvcl
(1' < 0.001 and P < 0.05) in the plasma of 72 h panereateetomised rats. 5-111 ,^, receptor
density and affinity was decreased in the CC (P < 0.01) and BS (P < 0.01). These rh:)nge;
correlated with a diminished 5-IITIA receptor mRNA expression in the brain region. studied.
Our resuils suggest that the brain 5-11T through 5-HTin receptor has it funcuon:0 rule
iii 11w pi+ncreatic regcner:ttion through the sympathetic regulation.
Joseph,M; Paul,B; Raj,R K; Mohanan,P(IEE Electronics letters,UK, November 11, 2004)
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A novel compact wideband antenna for wireless local area network
(WLAN) applications in the 2.4 GHz band are presented. The proposed
low profile antenna of dimensions 15 x 14.5 x 1.6 mm offers 18.6%
bandwidth and an average gain of~5 dBi. The antenna can be excited
directly using a 50 coaxial probe
Girijavallabhan, C P; Radhakrishnan, P; V P N Nampoori; Geetha, K; Rajesh, M(Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, Institute of Physics Publishing, February 24, 2004)
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We report the position dependent tuning of fluorescence emission from
rhodamine 6G doped polymethylmethacrylate film waveguide using a side
illumination technique. The transmitted fluorescence as a function of the
distance from the point of illumination is measured by translating the
waveguide horizontally across a monochromatic light source. This technique
has been utilized to characterize the optical loss in dye doped waveguides.
We observe that the optical loss coefficients for shorter and longer distances
of propagation through the dye doped waveguide are different. At longer
distance of propagation a decrease in optical loss coefficient is observed