There is limited data regarding the effects of melatonin on the
activity of neuronal acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) themselves. This study
analyzes the effects of low concentrations of melatonin on nicotine-evoked
currents from cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs) in culture. Using
electrophysiological…

The electrochemical behaviour of glycine on well-defined Pt(100) and Pt(110) electrodes has been studied in an acid medium by means of cyclic voltammetry and in situ FTIR spectroscopy. The results presented in this paper and those reported previously for the…

Voltammetry and FTIR–ATR techniques have been employed to investigate polyphenol films formed on platinum surfaces by electrochemical oxidation of phenol. The media used in the electropolymerization were aqueous carbonate solutions, with and without Na2S. The polymeric films created are not…

Having Systemic Functional Linguistics as a framework, I will pay attention to the different rhetorical devices (repetitions, exclamations, enumerations, etc.) in the speech 'I have a dream', of the great pacifist, Martin Luther King. This analysis will show how these…

This paper uses dynamic general equilibrium and computational methods, inspired by the multi-sector growth model structure in Stephen Turnovsky's work, to develop a theory that unifies two of the traditional explanations of structural change: sector-biased technical change and non-homothetic preferences.…

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat has a retinal pigment epithelial cell defect that causes progressive loss of photoreceptors. Although it is extensively used in retinal degeneration and repair studies, how photoreceptor degeneration affects retinal circuitry has not been…

Doped tin dioxide electrodes have been prepared by a standard spray pyrolysis technique. The electrochemical behaviour of these electrodes has been investigated by cyclic voltammetry in sulphuric acid using the Fe2+/Fe3+ redox couple system as test reaction. Oxygen evolution has…

Shoe lasts are the moulds used in the footwear industries in order to mount the shoe. Most of the machines used in the sector to make lasts are simply mechanical copiers. CAD/CAM systems have just arrived to the shoe last…

This paper analyzes how public administration may improve the service it offers to citizens through a suitable organizational culture; for this purpose, it starts by studying the specific features of the culture of public administration. In this respect, it analyzes…

An approximation scheme to obtain the period for large amplitude oscillations of a simple pendulum is analysed and discussed. The analytical approximate formula for the period is the same as that suggested by Hite (2005 Phys. Teach. 43 290), but…