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  • 1990-1994  (6)
  • Angiotensin II  (2)
  • Chemistry  (2)
  • learning flexible concepts  (2)
  • 1
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    Springer
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 347 (1993), S. 658-663 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Angiotensin II ; Myocardial contraction ; Pithed rat ; AT1 receptor
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The cardiovascular effects of angiotensin II were examined in aortic blood pressure-controlled and-uncontrolled pithed rats. Angiotensin II induced a dose-dependent increase in diastolic blood pressure, left ventricular pressure (LVP), dP/dt (the first derivative of LVP) and heart rate in pithed rats. The maximal responses for these parameters were similar to those to noradrenaline, except for the rise in diastolic blood pressure, where noradrenaline caused a greater increase than angiotensin II. After treatment with propranolol, the positive chronotropic effect of angiotensin II was abolished. Angiotensin II produced a dose-dependent increase in diastolic blood pressure, which was similar to that of vasopressin, and an increase in dP/dtmax, which proved much greater than that of vasopressin. When aortic blood pressure was controlled and the β-receptors were blocked by propranolol, angiotensin II caused a dose-dependent increase in dP/dtmax without affecting the left ventricular enddiastolic pressure. The same results were obtained after both β- and α-adrenoceptors were blocked by propranolol and phentolamine. Losartan but not PD 123177 caused parallel rightward shifts of the dose-response curve of angiotensin II for dP/dtmax in the aortic blood pressure controlled pithed rat without altering the maximal response. It is concluded that in the pithed rat angiotensin II produced an increase in myocardial contractile force which is not mediated by β- or α-adrenoceptors. The inotropic effect appears to be mediated by angiotensin receptors, of the AT1-subtype.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: AT1-receptors ; Angiotensin II ; Dithiothreitol ; Losartan ; Rat portal vein ; Rabbit aorta
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The disulfide-reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) has been shown to reduce angiotensin II (Ang II) subtype 1 receptor (AT,) binding sites in various tissues. Its effect on Ang II-induced contractions was studied in the rat portal vein and rabbit aorta. In the isolated rat portal vein, DTT shifted the concentration-response curve for Ang II to the right (DTT 0.5–3 mmol/l) and depressed the maximal response (DTT 1–3 mmol/l). DTT 5 mmol/l almost abolished the effect of Ang II. In the isolated rabbit aorta, the inhibitory effect of DTT was more pronounced and its pattern of effect was different,since DTT 0.3 and 0.5 mmol/l caused a progressive flattening of the concentration-response curve of Ang II. DTT (1 mmol/l) fully suppressed the effect of Ang II. A biphasic curve consisting of a high sensitivity component and a component of low sensitivity for Ang II was observed after pretreatment with DTT 1 mmol/l in the rat portal vein but not in the rabbit aorta. In the presence of DTT 1 mmol/l, the AT1-receptor antagonist losartan antagonized the high sensitivity response to Ang II in a competitive manner with a pA2 value very similar to that obtained in the absence of DTT, suggesting that this response to Ang II is mediated by those AT1-receptors which were not inactivated by DTT The biphasic curve may be explained by the occurrence of a single AT1-receptor subtype existing in two different states. Another possibility might be the involvement of two AT1-receptor subpopulations. It is concluded that disulfide bonds are critical for the functional role of AT1-receptors in Ang II-induced contractions in the rat portal vein and rabbit aorta.
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  • 3
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    Springer
    Machine learning 8 (1992), S. 5-43 
    ISSN: 0885-6125
    Keywords: Concept learning ; learning imprecise concepts ; inductive learning ; learning flexible concepts ; two-tiered concept representation ; flexible matching
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Computer Science
    Notes: Abstract This paper describes a method for learning flexible concepts, by which are meant concepts that lack precise definition and are context-dependent. To describe such concepts, the method employs a two-tiered representation, in which the first tier captures explicitly basic concept properties, and the second tier characterizes allowable concept's modifications and context dependency. In the proposed method, the first tier, called Base Concept Representation (BCR), is created in two phases. In phase 1, the AQ-15 rule learning program is applied to induce a complete and consistent concept description from supplied examples. In phase 2, this description is optimized according to a domain-dependent quality criterion. The second tier, called the inferential concept interpretation (ICI), consists of a procedure for flexible matching, and a set of inference rules. The proposed method has been implemented in the POSEIDON system, and experimentally tested on two real-world problems: learning the concept of an acceptable union contract, and learning voting patterns of Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress. For comparison, a few other learning methods were also applied to the same problems. These methods included simple variants of exemplar-based learning, and an ID-3-type decision tree learning, implemented in the ASSISTANT program. In the experiments, POSEIDON generated concept descriptions that were both, more accurate and also substantially simpler than those produced by the other methods.
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  • 4
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    Springer
    Machine learning 8 (1992), S. 5-43 
    ISSN: 0885-6125
    Keywords: Concept learning ; learning imprecise concepts ; inductive learning ; learning flexible concepts ; two-tiered concept representation ; flexible matching
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Computer Science
    Notes: Abstract This paper describes a method for learningflexible concepts, by which are meant concepts that lack precise definition and are context-dependent. To describe such concepts, the method employs atwo-tiered representation, in which the first tier captures explicitly basic concept properties, and the second tier characterizes allowable concept's modifications and context dependency. In the proposed method, the first tier, calledBase Concept Representation (BCR), is created in two phases. In phase 1, the AQ-15 rule learning program is applied to induce a complete and consistent concept description from supplied examples. In phase 2, this description is optimized according to a domain-dependent quality criterion. The second tier, called theinferential concept interpretation (ICI), consists of a procedure forflexible matching, and a set of inference rules. The proposed method has been implemented in the POSEIDON system, and experimentally tested on two real-world problems: learning the concept of an acceptable union contract, and learning voting patterns of Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress. For comparison, a few other learning methods were also applied to the same problems. These methods included simple variants of exemplar-based learning, and an ID-3-type decision tree learning, implemented in the ASSISTANT program. In the experiments, POSEIDON generated concept descriptions that were both, more accurate and also substantially simpler than those produced by the other methods.
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  • 5
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    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 7 (1993), S. 235-240 
    ISSN: 0951-4198
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Negative-ion fast-atom bombardment mass spectra of free and conjugated bile acids are dominated by [M — H]- pseudomolecularions. Collision-induced dissociations of these pseudomolecular ions give charge-remote fragmentation patterns which are useful for structural identification. Taurine (2-aminoethanesulrtionic acid)-conjugated bile acids have a high cross-section for charge-remote fragmentation, and give the most informative and intense spectra among the naturally occurring bile acids. In the present study, collision-induced dissociation spectra of bile acids derivatized with different aliphatic and aromatic aminosulphonates, and with 2-amlnoethyl hydrogen sulphate have been compared. All show charge-remote fragmentation patterns. Determination of the intensities of the fragment ions shows that the highest sensitivity is usually obtained with aromatic aininosulpho-nate derivatives.
    Additional Material: 9 Ill.
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  • 6
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Fire and Materials 18 (1994), S. 307-312 
    ISSN: 0308-0501
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Ammonium polyphosphate is shown to be an effective flame retardant for homopolymeric and selected fibre-forming copolymers of acrylonitrile. Compared with other phosphates and phosphorus-containing species, it significantly increases both limiting oxygen index and char levels. The mechanism of retardancy is shown to be both physical and chemical in character. When heated to 300°C, the polyphosphate melts and converts to polyphosphoric acid which acts as a physical barrier to surface polymer oxidation and promotes nucleophilic oligomerization of pendant, adjacent nitrile groups. A reduction in the activation energy of this first stage of acrylic polymer degradation suggests that the favoured decomposition route gives rise via oligomerization to char-promoting precursors. Char analyses indicate an empirical formula of C30H13N7P2, which compares favourably with that of a proposed phosphorylated, polynuclear, aromatic heterocyclic structure.
    Additional Material: 3 Ill.
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