J. Diaz

Publication List Details

Period

1984 - 9999

Number

214

Co-Authors

Pulsed-Laser Evaporation of Carbon: Velocity, Mass, and Charge Distribution of the Ejected Ions. (9999)

Diaz, J., Ferrer, S., Comin, F.

Pulsed laser evaporation is an important method for growing diamond-like films from graphite targets because no hydrogen is required in the growing chamber as with other techniques. Previous results...

NEXT, a HPGXe TPC for neutrinoless double beta decay searches (2009)

Lux, T., Nova, F., Rico, J., Sanchez, F., Nygren, D. R., ...

We propose a novel detection concept for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches. This concept is based on a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with high-pressure gaseous xenon, and with...

Inclusive Dielectron Production in Ar+KCl Collisions at 1.76 AGeV studied with HADES (2009)

Agakishiev, G., Balanda, A., Bellia, G., Belver, D., Belyaev, A., ...

Results of the HADES measurement of inclusive dielectron production in Ar+KCl collisions at a kinetic beam energy of 1.76 AGeV are presented. For the first time, high mass resolution spectroscopy was...

Technical Design Report for the PANDA Solenoid and Dipole Spectrometer Magnets (2009)

Keshelashvili, I., Krusche, B., Steinacher, M., Heng, Y., Liu, Z., ...

This document is the Technical Design Report covering the two large spectrometer magnets of the PANDA detector set-up. It shows the conceptual design of the magnets and their anticipated performance....

Charged pion production in C+C and Ar+KCl collisions measured with HADES (2009)

Agakishiev, G., Balanda, A., Bellia, G., Belver, D., Belyaev, A., ...

Results of a study of charged pion production in 12C+12C collisions at incident beam energies of 1A GeV and 2A GeV, and 40Ar+natKCl at 1.76AGeV, using the spectrometer HADES at GSI, are presented. We...

Future perspectives at SIS-100 with HADES-at-FAIR (2009)

Agakishiev, G., Balanda, A., Bellia, G., Belver, D., Belyaev, A., ...

Currently, the HADES spectrometer undergoes un upgrade program to be prepared for measurements at the upcoming SIS-100 synchrotron at FAIR. We describe the current status of the HADES di-electron...

The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c (2009)

Abdullin, S., Abramov, V., Acharya, B., Adam, N., Adams, M., Adzic, P., ...

The response of the CMS barrel calorimeter (electromagnetic plus hadronic) to hadrons, electrons and muons over a wide momentum range from 2 to 350 GeV/c has been measured. To our knowledge, this is...

Physics Performance Report for PANDA: Strong Interaction Studies with Antiprotons (2009)

Erni, PANDA Collaboration: W., Keshelashvili, I., Krusche, B., Steinacher, M., Heng, Y., Liu, Z., ...

To study fundamental questions of hadron and nuclear physics in interactions of antiprotons with nucleons and nuclei, the universal PANDA detector will be built. Gluonic excitations, the physics of...

The High-Acceptance Dielectron Spectrometer HADES (2009)

Balanda, A., Bannier, B., Bassini, R., Belver, D., Belyaev, A. V., ...

HADES is a versatile magnetic spectrometer aimed at studying dielectron production in pion, proton and heavy-ion induced collisions. Its main features include a ring imaging gas Cherenkov detector...

Phi decay: a relevant source for K- production at SIS energies? (2009)

Balanda, A., Bannier, B., Bassini, R., Belver, D., Belyaev, A. V., ...

We present phase space distributions and multiplicities of K+, K- and phi mesons produced in Ar+KCl reactions at a kinetic beam energy of 1.756 AGeV and measured with the HADES spectrometer. The...

ABSTRACTS (2009)

Abdelwahab, A., Gardner, M., Parkash, R., Basta, M., Sapp, J., Veltmann, C., ...

Introduction: Scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) is often unmappable. Data regarding the outcomes of ablation for mappable vs unmappable VT are lacking. Methods: Catheter ablation of...

The structure of a-C: What NEXAFS and EXAFS see (2008)

Diaz, J.

Mechanically hard ha-C and soft sa-C amorphous carbon films of 2.9 and 2.2 g cm-3 approximate densities were prepared by filtered cathodic arc deposition and analyzed by near-edge x-ray absorption...

A new upper bound for 3-SAT (2008)

Diaz, J., Kirousis, L., Mitsche, D., Perez-Gimenez, X.

We show that a randomly chosen 3-CNF formula over n variables with clauses-to-variables ratio at least 4.4898 is, as n grows large, asymptotically almost surely unsatisfiable. The previous best such...

On the Probability of the Existence of Fixed-Size Components in Random Geometric Graphs (2008)

Diaz, J., Mitsche, D., Perez, X.

In this work we give precise asymptotic expressions on the probability of the existence of fixed-size components at the threshold of connectivity for random geometric graphs.

Identification of photon-tagged jets in the ALICE experiment (2008)

Conesa, G., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., Kharlov, Y.V., Schutz, Y.

The ALICE experiment at LHC will detect and identify prompt photons and light neutral-mesons with the PHOS detector and the additional EMCal electromagnetic calorimeter. Charged particles will be...

Identification of photon-tagged jets in the ALICE experiment (2008)

Conesa, G., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., Kharlov, Y.V., Schutz, Y.

The ALICE experiment at LHC will detect and identify prompt photons and light neutral-mesons with the PHOS detector and the additional EMCal electromagnetic calorimeter. Charged particles will be...

GCxGC-ECD: a promising method for the determination of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in food and feed (2008)

Haglund, P., Korytar, P., Danielsson, C., Diaz, J., Wiberg, K., Leonards, P.E.G., ...

There is a need for cost-efficient alternatives to gas chromatography (GC)¿high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) for the analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs)...

Identification of photon-tagged jets in the ALICE experiment (2008)

Conesa, G., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., Kharlov, Y.V., Schutz, Y.

The ALICE experiment at LHC will detect and identify prompt photons and light neutral-mesons with the PHOS detector and the additional EMCal electromagnetic calorimeter. Charged particles will be...

A clinical prediction rule for pulmonary tuberculosis in emergency departments (2008)

Solari, L., Acuna-Villaorduna, C., Soto, A., Agapito, J., Perez, F., Samalvides, F., ...

SETTING: University-affiliated hospital located in an area with a high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). OBJECTIVE: To develop a clinical prediction rule (CPR) based on information...

Study of dielectron production in C+C collisions at 1 AGeV (2007)

Agakishiev, HADES Collaboration: G., Agodi, C., Pol, H. Alvarez, Balanda, A., Bassini, R., Bellia, G., ...

The emission of e+e- pairs from C+C collisions at an incident energy of 1 GeV per nucleon has been investigated. The measured production probabilities, spanning from the pi0-Dalitz to the rho/omega!...

A Parallel Algorithm for Sampling Matchings From an Almost Uniform Distribution (2007)

J. Diaz, J. Petit, P. Psycharis, M. Serna

. In this paper we present a randomized parallel algorithm to sample matchings from an almost uniform distribution on the set of matchings of all sizes in a graph. First we prove that the direct NC...

Sampling Matchings in Parallel (2007)

Diaz Serna, J. Diaz, M. Serna, P. Spirakis

We give a RNC algorithm to sample matchings from an almost uniform distribution on the set of matchings of all sizes in a graph. The technique used is based on the definition of a genetic system that...

A Note on the Random Generation and Counting of Matchings in Dense Graphs. (2007)

J. Diaz, M. Serna, P. Spirakis

In this work we present a fully randomized approximation scheme for counting the number of perfect matchings in a dense bipartite graphs, that is equivalent to get a fully randomized approximation...

Linear and Non-Linear Systems: A Survey (2007)

J. Diaz, M. Serna, P. Spirakis

. In this paper we present the research that has been done with Linear Dynamical Systems to generate almost uniformly elements from a given set, and thus approximate some hard counting problems. We...

Approximating the permanent is in RNC (Extended Abstract) (2007)

J. Diaz

) J.Diaz y M.Serna y P.Spirakis z Abstract In this work we look into the parallelization (in the NC sense) of the Markov Chain approach to almost random generation (as described in [Sin93]). We give...

almost (2007)

J. Diaz, J. Petit, P. Psycharis, M. Serna

parallel algorithm for sampling matchings from an

Computation of the Bisection Width for Random d-Regular Graphs (2007)

J. Diaz, M. J. Serna, N.C. Wormald

In this paper we provide an explicit way to compute asymptotically almost sure upper bounds on the bisection width of random d- regular graphs, for any value of d. We provide the bounds for 5 d 12.

Identification of photon-tagged jets in the ALICE experiment (2007)

Conesa, G., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., Kharlov, Y. V., Schutz, Y.

The ALICE experiment at LHC will detect and identify prompt photons and light neutral-mesons with the PHOS detector and the additional EMCal electromagnetic calorimeter. Charged particles will be...

Dilepton production in pp and CC collisions with HADES (2007)

Fröhlich, I., Agakishiev, G., Agodi, C., Balanda, A., Bellia, G., Belver, D., ...

Dilepton production has been measured with HADES, the "High Acceptance DiElectron Spectrometer". In pp collisions at 2.2GeV kinetic beam energy, exclusive eta production and the Dalitz decay eta ->...

Consideraciones a tener en cuenta en el cálculo estructural mediante la teoría del funcional densidad (2007)

Rodríguez Martínez, Jairo Arbey, Diaz, J., Fajardo, F.

Mostramos cómo la aplicación del método basado en la Teoría del Funcional Densidad (DFT) puede predecir diversos resultados, dependiendo de la estructura cristalina que se elija para el estudio....

Radiative proton capture on $^6$He (2006)

Sauvan, E., Marqués, F. M., Wilschut, H. W., Orr, N. A., Angélique, J.C., Borcea, C., ...

Radiative capture of protons is investigated as a probe of clustering in nuclei far from stability. The first such measurement on a halo nucleus is reported here for the reaction $^6$He(p,$\gamma$)...

Constraints on the time-scale of nuclear breakup from thermal hard-photon emission (2006)

Ortega, R., D'Enterria, D., Martinez, G., Baiborodin, D., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., ...

Measured hard photon multiplicities from second-chance nucleon-nucleon collisions are used in combination with a kinetic thermal model, to estimate the break-up times of excited nuclear systems...

Sharp threshold for hamiltonicity of random geometric graphs (2006)

Diaz, J., Mitsche, D., Perez, X.

We show for an arbitrary $\ell_p$ norm that the property that a random geometric graph $\mathcal G(n,r)$ contains a Hamiltonian cycle exhibits a sharp threshold at $r=r(n)=\sqrt{\frac{\log...

Suppression of soft nuclear Bremsstrahlung in proton-nucleus collisions (2006)

Van Goethem, M.J., Aphecetche, L., Bacelar, J.C.S., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., D'Enterria, D., ...

Photon energy spectra up to the kinematic limit have been measured in 190 MeV proton reactions with light and heavy nuclei to investigate the influence of the multiple-scattering process on the...

Measuring and modelling the soil shrinkage characteristic curve (2006)

Cornelis, W, Corluy, J, Medina, H, Diaz, J, Hartmann, R, Van Meirvenne, M, ...

The macroporosity, and to a lesser extent the microporosity, of swelling and shrinking soils is affected by their shrinkage behaviour. The magnitude of the changes in bulk volume in response to...

Constraints on the time-scale of nuclear breakup from thermal hard-photon emission (2006)

Ortega, R., D'Enterria, D., Martinez, G., Baiborodin, D., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., ...

Measured hard photon multiplicities from second-chance nucleon-nucleon collisions are used in combination with a kinetic thermal model, to estimate the break-up times of excited nuclear systems...

European health telematics networks for positron emission tomography (2006)

Kontaxakis, G., Pozo, M.A., Ohl, R., Visvikis, D., Sachpazidis, I., Ortega, F., ...

A pilot network of positron emission tomography centers across Europe has been setup employing telemedicine services. The primary aim is to bring all PET centers in Europe (and beyond) closer, by...

Integrated telemedicine applications and services for oncological positron emission tomography (2006)

Kontaxakis, G., Visvikis, D., Ohl, R., Sachpazidis, I., Suarez, J., Selby, P., ...

TENPET (Trans European Network for Positron Emission Tomography) aims to evaluate the provision of integrated teleconsultation and intelligent computer supported cooperative work services for...

Constraints on the time-scale of nuclear breakup from thermal hard-photon emission (2005)

Ortega, R., D'Enterria, D., Martinez, G., Baiborodin, D., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., ...

Measured hard photon multiplicities from second-chance nucleon-nucleon collisions are used in combination with a kinetic thermal model, to estimate the break-up times of excited nuclear systems...

In vitro and in vivo biological responses to a novel radiopacifying agent for bone cement (2005)

Wang, J.S., Diaz, J., Sabokbar, A., Athanasou, N., Kjellson, F., Tanner, K.E., ...

Iodixanol (IDX) and iohexol (IHX) have been investigated as possible radiopacification agents for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement, to replace the currently used barium sulphate and...

A high resolution electromagnetic calorimeter based on lead-tungstate crystals (2005)

Aleksandrov, D.V., Burachas, S.F., Ippolitov, M.S., Lebedev, V.A., Manko, V.I., Nikulin, S.A., ...

A large-scale prototype of the PHOS electromagnetic spectrometer, which is part of the ALICE detector, has been built and tested. This prototype has 256 detector channels and is operated at −25...

Redes Telemáticas Transeuropeas para la Tomografía por Emisión de Positrones: el Proyecto TENPET (2005)

Kontaxakis, G., Guerra, P., Ohl, R., Sachpazidis, I., Strauss, L., Ortega, F., ...

El proyecto TENPET (Trans European Networks for Positron Emission Tomography) tiene como objetivo evaluar el impacto en la practica clínica de servicios integrados de teleconsulta y trabajo...

Extreme summer temperatures in Iberia: health impacts and associated synoptic conditions (2005)

Garcia-Herrera, R., Diaz, J., Trigo, R. M., Hernández, E.

This paper examines the effect of extreme summer temperatures on daily mortality in two large cities of Iberia: Lisbon (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain). Daily mortality and meteorological variables are...

Extreme summer temperatures in Iberia: health impacts and associated synoptic conditions (2005)

Garcia-Herrera, R., Diaz, J., Trigo, R. M., Hernández, E.

This paper examines the effect of extreme summer temperatures on daily mortality in two large cities of Iberia: Lisbon (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain). Daily mortality and meteorological variables are...

Evaluation of private sector roles in space resource development (2004)

Lamassoure, E., Blair, B., Diaz, J., Oberman, M., Duke, M., Vaucher, M., ...

An integrated engineering and financial modeling approach has been developed and used to evaluate the potential for private sector investment in space resource development, and to assess possible...

CIGR E-Journal Volume 6 (2004)

Abu-Khalaf, N., Agus, F., Alkan, S., Alvarez, C., Ampratwum, D., Atiku, A., ...

(1.) P. Kumar and K. Dewangan. Deflection and Contact Characteristics of a Power Tiller Tyre. (January 2004). ...(2.) S. Li and Y. Lin. Modeling a Single-stage Hydrocyclone for Potato Starch...

CIGR E-Journal Volume 6 (2004)

Abu-Khalaf, N., Agus, F., Alkan, S., Alvarez, C., Ampratwum, D., Atiku, A., ...

(1.) P. Kumar and K. Dewangan. Deflection and Contact Characteristics of a Power Tiller Tyre. (January 2004). ...(2.) S. Li and Y. Lin. Modeling a Single-stage Hydrocyclone for Potato Starch...

Reactivity of 2-methyl thioisomunchnone with acid chlorides (2003)

Avalos, M., Babiano, R., Cintas, P., Diaz, J., Hursthouse, M. B., Jimenez, J. L., ...

This work describes the reactivity of 2-alkyl thioisomunchnones, exemplified here by the 2-methyl derivative, which behaves as nucleophile in the presence of both aliphatic and aromatic acid...

Understanding the magnetic anisotropy in Fe-Si amorphous alloys (2002)

Diaz, J., Hamdan, N.M., Jalil, P., Hussain, Z., Valvidares, S.M., Alameda, J.M.

The origin of the magnetic anisotropy in a very disordered Fe-Si alloy has been investigated. The alloy containing 40 percent at. Si was prepared in the form of a thin film in a DC magnetron...

Suppression of soft nuclear Bremsstrahlung in proton-nucleus collisions (2002)

Van Goethem, M.J., Aphecetche, L., Bacelar, J.C.S., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., D'Enterria, D., ...

Photon energy spectra up to the kinematic limit have been measured in 190 MeV proton reactions with light and heavy nuclei to investigate the influence of the multiple-scattering process on the...

NAO influence on extreme winter temperatures in Madrid (Spain) (2002)

Prieto, L., Garcia, R., Diaz, J., Hernandez, E., Del Teso, T.

Extremely cold days (ECDs), with minimum temperatures lower than -4.6°C, have been analysed for Madrid. This threshold corresponds to the 5th percentile of the period 1963?1999. Adopting a case...

Synoptic conditions leading to extremely high temperatures in Madrid (2002)

Garcia, R., Prieto, L., Diaz, J., Hernández, E., Del Teso, T.

Extremely hot days (EHD) in Madrid have been analysed to determine the synoptic patterns that produce EHDs during the period of 1955?1998. An EHD is defined as a day with maximum temperature higher...

NAO influence on extreme winter temperatures in Madrid (Spain) (2002)

Prieto, L., Garcia, R., Diaz, J., Hernandez, E., Del Teso, T.

Extremely cold days (ECDs), with minimum temperatures lower than -4.6°C, have been analysed for Madrid. This threshold corresponds to the 5th percentile of the period 1963?1999. Adopting a case...

Synoptic conditions leading to extremely high temperatures in Madrid (2002)

Garcia, R., Prieto, L., Diaz, J., Hernández, E., Del Teso, T.

Extremely hot days (EHD) in Madrid have been analysed to determine the synoptic patterns that produce EHDs during the period of 1955?1998. An EHD is defined as a day with maximum temperature higher...

Suppression of soft nuclear bremsstrahlung in proton-nucleus collisions (2001)

Van Goethem, M. J., Aphecetche, L., Bacelar, J. C. S., Delagrange, H., Diaz, J., D'Enterria, D., ...

Photon energy spectra up to the kinematic limit have been measured in 190 MeV proton reactions with light and heavy nuclei to investigate the influence of the multiple-scattering process on the...

A Guide to Concentration Bounds (2001)

J. Diaz, J. Petit, M. Serna

Introduction Worst case analysis of an algorithm gives information on hard instances that may not be representative of its real behavior on the data of interest. In such situations, the analysis of...

Photon production in heavy-ion collisions close to the pion threshold (1999)

Martinez, G., Aphecetche, L., Charbonnier, Y., Delagrange, H., D'Enterria, D., Matulewicz, T., ...

We report on a measurement of hard photons (Eg>30 MeV) in the reaction Ar+Ca at 180A MeV at an energy in which photons from the decay of pi0 mesons are dominating. Simultaneous measurement with the...

Elliptic flow of $\eta$ and $\pi^{0}$ Mesons in Heavy-Ion Collisions at 2 AGeV (1999)

Taranenko, A., Kugler, A., Pleskac, R., Tlusty, P., Wagner, V., Lohner, H., ...

Azimuthal distributions of $\eta$ and $\pi^{0}$ mesons emitted at midrapidity in collisions of 1.9 AGeV $^{58}$Ni+$^{58}$Ni and 2 AGeV $^{40}$Ca+$^{nat}$Ca are studied as a function of the number of...

Azimuthal Anisotropy of $\eta$ and $\pi^{0}$ Mesons in Heavy-Ion Collisions at 2 AGeV (1999)

Taranenko, A., Kugler, A., Pleskac, R., Tlusty, P., Wagner, V., Lohner, H., ...

Azimuthal distributions of $\eta$ and $\pi^{0}$ mesons emitted at midrapidity in collisions of 1.9 AGeV $^{58}$Ni+$^{58}$Ni and 2 AGeV $^{40}$Ca+$^{nat}$Ca are studied as a function of the number of...

Polarized expression of Ca2+ pumps in pancreatic and salivary gland cells. Role in initiation and propagation of [Ca2+]i waves (1997)

Zeng, W, Diaz, J, Kuo, T H, ...

The present study was aimed at localization of plasma membrane (PMCA) and intracellular (SERCA) Ca2+ pumps and characterizing their role in initiation and propagation of Ca2+ waves. Specific and...

Polarized expression of Ca2+ channels in pancreatic and salivary gland cells. Correlation with initiation and propagation of [Ca2+]i waves (1997)

Zeng, W, Diaz, J, Wojcikiewicz, R J, Kuo, T H, ...

In polarized epithelial cells [Ca2+]i waves are initiated in discrete regions and propagate through the cytosol. The structural basis for these compartmentalized and coordinated events are not well...

A Genetic Approach for the Parallel Almost-Uniform Generation and Approximate Counting of Matchings (1997)

J. Diaz, S. Nikoletseas, M. Serna, P. Spirakis

We give a RNC algorithm to sample matchings from a distribution on the set of matchings in a graph. The technique used is the parallel simulation of a genetic system associated to a Markov chain on...

A Genetic Approach for the Parallel Almost-Uniform Generation and Approximate Counting of Matchings (1996)

J. Diaz, S. Nikoletseas, M. Serna, P. Spirakis

In the first part of this work, we present an RNC uniform generator of matchings of any size in a graph. We achieve this by using a genetic system approach to parallelize the sequential random walk....

A Genetic Approach for the Parallel Almost-Uniform Generation and Approximate Counting of Matchings (1996)

J. Diaz, S. Nikoletseas, M. Serna, P. Spirakis

We give a RNC algorithm to sample matchings from a distribution on the set of matchings in a graph. The technique used is the parallel simulation of a genetic system associated to a Markov chain on...

A paradoxical regulation of the dopamine D3 receptor expression suggests the involvement of an anterograde factor from dopamine neurons.

Lévesque, D, Martres, M P, Diaz, J, Griffon, N, Lammers, C H, Sokoloff, P, ...

The effects of interruption of dopaminergic transmission or sustained blockade of dopamine receptors by neuroleptics on the dopamine D3 receptor in the shell of the nucleus accumbens were...

Evolutionary conservation of the AU-rich 3' untranslated region of messenger RNA.

Asson-Batres, M A, Spurgeon, S L, Diaz, J, DeLoughery, T G, Bagby, G C

AU-rich sequence motifs (specifically sequences containing reiterations of AUUUA) are found in the 3' untranslated region of mammalian mRNAs encoding cytokines, adhesion molecules, and...

Molecular cloning, characterization, and localization of a high-affinity serotonin receptor (5-HT7) activating cAMP formation.

Ruat, M, Traiffort, E, Leurs, R, Tardivel-Lacombe, J, Diaz, J, Arrang, J M, ...

By using a strategy based on nucleotide sequence homology, we have cloned a cDNA encoding a functional serotonin (5-HT) receptor. The deduced amino acid sequence of the 5-HT7 receptor displays...

Identification, characterization, and localization of the dopamine D3 receptor in rat brain using 7-[3H]hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin.

Lévesque, D, Diaz, J, Pilon, C, Martres, M P, Giros, B, Souil, E, ...

We have identified 7-[3H]hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin ([3H]7-OH-DPAT) as a selective probe for the recently cloned dopamine D3 receptor and used it to assess the presence of this receptor...

Comparison of five plating media for isolation of Salmonella species from human stools.

Ruiz, J, Nunez, M L, Diaz, J, Lorente, I, Perez, J, Gomez, J

A comparative study was carried out to evaluate the performances of different culture media for the recovery of Salmonella spp. from 1,000 routine samples of human stools. By direct plating we tested...

Structural responsiveness of filamentous bacteriophage Pf1: comparison of virion structure in fibers and solution. The effect of temperature and ionic strength.

Specthrie, L, Greenberg, J, Glucksman, M J, Diaz, J, Makowski, L

X-ray diffraction from fibers and magnetically oriented solutions has been used to study the effect of changes in environment on the helical symmetry and radial structure of the Pf1 virus particle....

Characterization, localization and axial distribution of Ca2+ signalling receptors in the rat submandibular salivary gland ducts.

Xu, X, Diaz, J, Zhao, H, Muallem, S

1. To characterize [Ca2+]i signalling in salivary duct cells a procedure was developed for the rapid preparation and isolation of intralobular ducts, some of which had attached intercalated ducts....

Nerve sprouting induced by a piece of peripheral nerve placed over a normally innervated frog muscle.

Diaz, J, Pécot-Dechavassine, M

1. The effects of a segment of peripheral nerve on the innervation of a skeletal muscle were investigated in the cutaneous pectoris muscle of the frog Rana esculenta. An explant of the sciatic nerve...

A paradoxical regulation of the dopamine D3 receptor expression suggests the involvement of an anterograde factor from dopamine neurons.

Lévesque, D, Martres, M P, Diaz, J, Griffon, N, Lammers, C H, Sokoloff, P, ...

The effects of interruption of dopaminergic transmission or sustained blockade of dopamine receptors by neuroleptics on the dopamine D3 receptor in the shell of the nucleus accumbens were...

Evolutionary conservation of the AU-rich 3' untranslated region of messenger RNA.

Asson-Batres, M A, Spurgeon, S L, Diaz, J, DeLoughery, T G, Bagby, G C

AU-rich sequence motifs (specifically sequences containing reiterations of AUUUA) are found in the 3' untranslated region of mammalian mRNAs encoding cytokines, adhesion molecules, and...

Molecular cloning, characterization, and localization of a high-affinity serotonin receptor (5-HT7) activating cAMP formation.

Ruat, M, Traiffort, E, Leurs, R, Tardivel-Lacombe, J, Diaz, J, Arrang, J M, ...

By using a strategy based on nucleotide sequence homology, we have cloned a cDNA encoding a functional serotonin (5-HT) receptor. The deduced amino acid sequence of the 5-HT7 receptor displays...

Identification, characterization, and localization of the dopamine D3 receptor in rat brain using 7-[3H]hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin.

Lévesque, D, Diaz, J, Pilon, C, Martres, M P, Giros, B, Souil, E, ...

We have identified 7-[3H]hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin ([3H]7-OH-DPAT) as a selective probe for the recently cloned dopamine D3 receptor and used it to assess the presence of this receptor...

Comparison of five plating media for isolation of Salmonella species from human stools.

Ruiz, J, Nunez, M L, Diaz, J, Lorente, I, Perez, J, Gomez, J

A comparative study was carried out to evaluate the performances of different culture media for the recovery of Salmonella spp. from 1,000 routine samples of human stools. By direct plating we tested...

Characterization, localization and axial distribution of Ca2+ signalling receptors in the rat submandibular salivary gland ducts.

Xu, X, Diaz, J, Zhao, H, Muallem, S

1. To characterize [Ca2+]i signalling in salivary duct cells a procedure was developed for the rapid preparation and isolation of intralobular ducts, some of which had attached intercalated ducts....

Nerve sprouting induced by a piece of peripheral nerve placed over a normally innervated frog muscle.

Diaz, J, Pécot-Dechavassine, M

1. The effects of a segment of peripheral nerve on the innervation of a skeletal muscle were investigated in the cutaneous pectoris muscle of the frog Rana esculenta. An explant of the sciatic nerve...

Structural responsiveness of filamentous bacteriophage Pf1: comparison of virion structure in fibers and solution. The effect of temperature and ionic strength.

Specthrie, L, Greenberg, J, Glucksman, M J, Diaz, J, Makowski, L

X-ray diffraction from fibers and magnetically oriented solutions has been used to study the effect of changes in environment on the helical symmetry and radial structure of the Pf1 virus particle....

In vitro and in vivo biological responses to a novel radiopacifying agent for bone cement

Wang, J.S., Diaz, J., Sabokbar, A., Athanasou, N., Kjellson, F., Tanner, K.E., ...

Iodixanol (IDX) and iohexol (IHX) have been investigated as possible radiopacification agents for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement, to replace the currently used barium sulphate and...

In vitro and in vivo biological responses to a novel radiopacifying agent for bone cement

Wang, J.S, Diaz, J, Sabokbar, A, Athanasou, N, Kjellson, F, Tanner, K.E, ...

Iodixanol (IDX) and iohexol (IHX) have been investigated as possible radiopacification agents for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement, to replace the currently used barium sulphate and...

In vitro and in vivo biological responses to a novel radiopacifying agent for bone cement

Wang, J.S., Diaz, J., Sabokbar, A., Athanasou, N., Kjellson, F., Tanner, K.E., ...

Iodixanol (IDX) and iohexol (IHX) have been investigated as possible radiopacification agents for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement, to replace the currently used barium sulphate and...

Self reported physical activity, public health, and perceived environment: results from a comparative European study

Rutten, A, Abel, T, Kannas, L, Von Lengerke, T, Luschen, G, Diaz, J, ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE—The focus of physical activity promotion is moving from methods for increasing health enhancing physical activity on the individual level to higher level strategies including...

Neutral meson production in p-Be and p-Au collisions at 450 GeV beam energy

Agakichiev Appenheimer, Z. Phys, C Manuscript-nr, G. Agakichiev, R. Averbeck, F. Ballester, ...

. In a joint experiment the TAPS and CERES collaborations have studied the production of the neutral mesons ß ffi ; j and ! in 450GeV p-Be and p-Au collisions at the CERN SPS. The mesons were...

Systematic study of low-mass electron pair production in p--Be and p--Au collisions at 450

Gev Agakichiev, Z. Phys, C Manuscript-nr, G. Agakichiev, R. Averbeck, F. Ballester, ...

. In a joint effort the CERES/NA45 and TAPS collaborations have measured low-mass electron pairs in p--Be and p--Au collisions at 450 GeV/c at the CERN SPS. In the range covered up to ß 1.5 GeV/c 2...