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Communication Theory Lab
The CTL is looking at the modeling, design, and performance evaluation of emerging and future communication systems
IMPACT lab
The IMPACT lab is focused on CMOS RFICs; on-chip and MEMS antennas; LTCC, LCP and inkjet printing mediums based electronics
Sensors Lab
The Sensors Lab explores new devices, circuits, and systems for future generation low power high-density memory arrays.
Sensing, Magnetism and Microsystems Lab
An SEM image of magnetic nano wires made of CoNi for cancer treatment
Integrated Nanotechnology Group
Silicon nanotube FET – high performance, low leakage and area efficiency in one device for smart living
EMPIRe Lab
EMPIRe Lab focus on design, fabrication and characterization of both MEMS and Microfluidic devices
Photonics Lab
Exfoliation of threading-dislocation-free, gallium nitride ultra-thin, single-crystalline nanomembranes
Sensor Net. Event Detec. & Localization
Localize the events, sensors detect proximity to beacons, which are devices with known placement in the network
EMAN Group
EMAN Group is focused on modeling, identification and analysis of some complex physical and physiological systems.
Chaotic Cavity enhances energy storage
The Distributed Sensing Systems Lab
The DSS Lab develops new systems, sensing paradigms and computational methods to address important societal problems.
Computational Vision Lab
The computational vision lab constructs automated engineering systems that infer properties of a scene from images.
Image & Video Understanding Lab (IVUL)
Robust and Large-Scale Image and Video Understanding.
Computational Electromagnetics Lab
CML develops efficientand accurate numerical methods for electromagnetics and photonics.
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Wireless Multihop Networks: Finding the Best Way Home
Sunday, December, 21, 2014
In contrast to conventional cellular networks, devices in wireless multihop networks have dual roles: while each d...
Future Generation Computing Systems made possible at KAUST
Saturday, November, 15, 2014
At the sensors lab, studentsunder the supervision of Prof. K.N. Salama are exploring new computing technologies miming the way our brains process and store d...
Integrated Nanotechnology Lab at KAUST Demonstrates 1000% Stretching in Mono-Crystalline Silicon
Monday, October, 27, 2014
Prof. Muhammad Hussain's Integrated Nanotechnology Lab at KAUST has demonstrated record breaking stretching in mono-...
PhD candidate at the Networking LAB published a journal entitled "Buffer Sizing in Wireless Networks: Challenges, S...
Sunday, October, 19, 2014
Ahmad Showail, a PhD candidate at the Networking LAB led by Prof. Basem Shihada, has published a journal entitled "Buffer Sizing in Wireless Networks: Challe...
Integrated Nanotechnology Lab develops process to transform any fully processed IC into a flexible one and demonstr...
Wednesday, October, 15, 2014
The whole research work was carried out in KAUST (KAUST Advanced Nanofab – state of the art fabrication facility, Imaging and Characterization Lab and in the...
PhD student at the Sensing Magnetism and Microsystems laboratory published paper in Lab on a Chip
Tuesday, September, 30, 2014
Ahmed Alfadhel, a PhD student at the Sensing Magnetism and Microsystems labor...
Dr. Al-Naffouri's work on impulse noise in DSL systems is among IEEE TCOM's most downloaded papers for 2014
Wednesday, September, 24, 2014
Dr. Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri, published a paper entitled "Impulse Noise Estimation and Removal for OFDM systems" in IEEE Transactions on Communication (IEEE TCOM...
Dr. Arif, in the Computational Vision Lab, Creates Commercially Applicable Interactive Segmentation Software for Ca...
Wednesday, August, 20, 2014
mar Arif, a postdoctoral researcher in the Computational Vision Lab, headed by Prof. Ganesh Sundaramoorthi has created, along with collaborators, new...
Networking Lab explores Energy Efficiency and SINR Maximization Beamformers for Cognitive Radio
Saturday, April, 19, 2014
Abdulrahman Alabbasi, a PhD student at the Networking LAB led by Prof. Basem Shihada, has published a paper titled "Energy Efficiency and SINR Maximiz...
Eman group's work on hemodynamic characterization of small regions in the brain will be presented in the prestigio...
Friday, April, 18, 2014
Eman's group develops an algorithm for physiological characterization of small regions of the brain, based on functional Magnetic resonance Imaging ex...
Research Fellows
Communication Theory Lab (CTL)
Computational Electromagnetics Lab
Computational Vision Lab
Distributed Sensing Systems Lab (DSS)
EMPIRe Lab
Estimation Modeling and ANalysis Group (EMAN Group)
Image and Video Understanding Lab (IVUL)
IMPACT Lab
Integrated Nanotechnology Group
Networking Research Lab (NETLAB)
Photonics Lab
Sensing, Magnetism and Microsystems Lab
Sensors Lab
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KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems for A Sustainable Future 2015
Sunday, February, 01, 2015
KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems for a Sustainable Future will be held at the Engineering Science Hall on Feb 14th.
Poster session will take place everyday to showcase KAUST's exciting research work.
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) day will take place on Feb 15th.
Imran Shafique has been recognized for Exemplary Reviewer by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Wednesday, January, 14, 2015
Imran Shafique Ansari was recognized by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL) as an Exemplary Reviewer, less than 3% of all IEEE WCL Reviewers in 2014 got this recognition. Imran's name was also featured on the
IEEE WCL's Exemplary Reviewers Journals website.
A novel design of antenna array developed by KAUST scientists are granted a US patent with high expected impact on future Automotive Universal Medium Range Radar systems
Monday, October, 20, 2014
At the
sensors lab,
Prof. K.N. Salama and Prof. A. Shamim led a team of KAUST founding masters students Farhan Abdul Ghaffar and Muhammad Umair Khalid to develop an aperture coupled patch antenna array SoP realized in a mixed LTCC medium of low and high dielectric.
Dr Hossein Fariborzi joins the Electrical Engineering Program
Sunday, October, 12, 2014
Prof. Fariborzi received his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2013, his MSc from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2008 and his BSc. from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, in 2006. Before joining KAUST was a member of technical staff at Oracle/Sun Microsystems labs. He can be reached at
Prof. Hakan Bagci Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE
Wednesday, September, 24, 2014
Prof. Hakan Bagci has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered an important honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.
5 Year Anniversary Showcase
Thursday, September, 04, 2014
would like to take a moment to thank everyone from EE who helped make the Five-Year Open Houses for the CEMSE division a memorable occasion for over 300 children and the community that attended.
Prof. Jeff Shamma Joins the Electrical Engineering program
Monday, August, 18, 2014
he Electrical Engineering department is pleased to announce the hiring of Professor Jeff Shamma, an expert in feedback control and systems theory. He comes to KAUST from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
Professor Jr-Hau joins the Electrical Engineering department
Sunday, July, 20, 2014
The Electrical Engineering department is pleased to announce the hiring of Associate Professor Jr-Hau He, an expert in
photon management in solar cells, photodetectors and LEDs.
Prof. Khaled Salama's work on Fractional order element based impedance matching, granted US Patent US 8762114
Wednesday, July, 16, 2014
Prof. Khaled Salama in collaboration with Dr Ahmed Radwan and Prof. Atif Shamim obtained a US Patent
PhD student Juan Totero won the best presentation award at the "Frontiers of Modern Optics"
Thursday, July, 10, 2014
PhD student Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora won the best presentation award at the "Frontiers of Modern Optics", a summer event that brought together the most well known experts in the field.
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ABSTRACT: To examine the effects of eplerenone, a selective aldosterone blocker, on cardiac function after myocardial infarction (MI) and myocardial remodelling related transcriptional factors and mRNA expression in non-infarcted myocardium. MI was induced by ligation of the coronary artery in Wistar rats. Rats were randomly assigned to a vehicle treated group or an eplerenone treated group (100 mg/kg/day). At four weeks after MI, left ventricular (LV) end diastolic pressure, LV weight, and LV end diastolic dimension were increased in MI rats. Eplerenone significantly reduced the increase in LV end diastolic pressure, LV weight, and LV end diastolic dimension. In the MI rats the decreased ejection fraction indicated systolic dysfunction and the increased E wave to A wave ratio and E deceleration rate indicated diastolic dysfunction. Eplerenone significantly attenuated this systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Myocardial interstitial fibrosis, transcriptional activities of activator protein 1 and nuclear factor kappaB, and mRNA expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, and collagen types I and III were significantly increased at four weeks after MI. Eplerenone significantly attenuated interstitial fibrosis and suppressed transcriptional activity and mRNA expression of these genes. When administered after MI, eplerenone prevents cardiac remodelling accompanied by systolic and diastolic dysfunction and inhibits abnormal myocardial transcriptional activities and gene expression.Heart (British Cardiac Society) 01/2006; 91(12):1595-600. · 6.02 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Rapamycin-coated stents in coronary artery lesions have recently been shown to be effective in inhibiting neointimal formation. However, little is known about the effects of rapamycin on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), which is an important signal for neointimal formation. Therefore, we examined the effects of rapamycin on MAPK and transcriptional factors in cultured human coronary artery smooth muscle cells (CASMC) and in balloon-injured rat carotid arteries. Activation of ERK, JNK, p38MAPK, AP-1, and NF-kB in coronary artery smooth muscle cells was increased by 2% fetal bovine serum. Ten nmol/L of rapamycin prevented the activation of JNK, p38MAPK, AP-1, and NF-kB (65%, 65%, 67%, and 26% respectively, P<0.01). In an in vivo study, remarkable neointimal formation was observed 14 days after injury. Coating Pluronic gel with 20 and 50 mug rapamycin around the injured artery significantly decreased the intimal area/medial area ratio, compared with vehicle (0.75 vs. 1.2, P<0.01). Rapamycin prevented the increase in activation of JNK, p38MAPK, AP-1, and NF-kB in injured artery (42%, 70%, 75%, and 60% respectively, P<0.05). Neointimal formation after balloon injury is inhibited by rapamycin, which is partially mediated by inhibition of JNK and p38MAPK, followed by AP-1 and NF-kB.Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 11/2005; 46(4):519-25. · 2.11 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We first examined the role of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), one of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinases, in ischemia-induced angiogenesis. Unilateral hindlimb ischemia was induced surgically in C57BL/6J wild-type (WT) mice or mice deficient in ASK1 (ASK1(-/-)). ASK1 activity in WT mouse hindlimb was increased dramatically after ischemia. By laser Doppler analysis, well-developed collateral vessels and angiogenesis were observed in WT mice in response to hindlimb ischemia, whereas these responses were reduced in ASK1(-/-) mice. Immunostaining revealed that infiltration of macrophages and T lymphocytes was suppressed in the ischemic tissues of ASK1(-/-) mice compared with WT mice. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) proteins in ischemic tissues was weaker in ASK1(-/-) mice compared with WT mice. In vitro study on endothelial cells indicated that dominant-negative ASK1 significantly attenuated hydrogen peroxide-induced VEGF and MCP-1 production. Furthermore, in vivo blockade of MCP-1 by its neutralizing antibody suppressed the recovery of the blood flow and capillary formation after ischemia. ASK1 pathway promotes early angiogenesis by inducing inflammatory cell infiltration and VEGF and MCP-1 expression. ASK1 may provide the basis for the development of new therapeutic strategy for angiogenesis.Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 10/2005; 25(9):1877-83. · 6.34 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Because granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilizes bone marrow cells including endothelial progenitor cells, we examined whether G-CSF augments angiogenesis and collateral vessel formation induced by bone marrow-mononuclear cells transplantation (BMT). Unilateral hindlimb ischemia was surgically induced in Lewis rats. One week after surgery, administration of 100 mg/kg per day G-CSF significantly increased the laser Doppler blood perfusion index (LDBPI), number of angiographically detectable collateral vessels (angiographic score), and capillary density determined by alkaline phosphatase staining. In the BMT group (1 x 10(7) cells/rat) and the group with combined G-CSF treatment and BMT, LDBPI was significantly increased compared with that in the vehicle-treated group. In the BMT group, neovascularization was significantly increased as evidenced by the angiographic score and capillary density compared with the vehicle-treated group. Furthermore, the combination of G-CSF treatment and BMT augmented neovascularization compared with BMT alone, as evidenced by the angiographic score and capillary density. Moreover, G-CSF significantly increased vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA and fibroblast growth factor-2 mRNA in hindlimb muscle. In conclusion, G-CSF was found to augment neovascularization in rat hindlimb ischemia. Combined use of G-CSF treatment and BMT may be a useful strategy for therapeutic neovascularization in ischemic tissues.Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 10/2005; 99(1):45-51. · 2.11 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: It is well known that angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor blockers (ARBs) prevent left ventricular (LV) remodelling after myocardial infarction (MI). However, it is still not clear whether inhibition of the AT1 receptor is enough to prevent LV remodelling after MI. To elucidate the effects of ACE inhibitors that are not mediated by the AT1 receptor on LV remodelling, MI was experimentally induced in wild-type (WT-MI) mice and AT1 receptor knockout (KO-MI) mice. Mice were divided into six groups: WT-control, KO-control, WT-MI, KO-MI, WT-MI treated with an ACE inhibitor, and KO-MI treated with an ACE inhibitor. Four weeks after MI, cardiac function was assessed by Doppler echocardiography and non-infarcted myocardial mRNA expression by northern blot analysis. Cardiac function decreased significantly in the MI groups compared with the sham operated groups. Additionally, in the MI groups end diastolic dimension, E wave velocity, the ratio of peak velocity of E wave to A wave, deceleration rate of E wave, and mRNA expression of atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, and collagens I and III increased significantly compared with the sham groups. LV remodelling after MI was prevented in KO-MI mice compared with WT-MI mice. ACE inhibitor administration significantly attenuated progressive LV remodelling in both WT and KO-MI groups. ACE inhibitors can prevent the LV remodelling process that accompanies cardiac dysfunction after MI, even in AT1 KO mice. These findings suggest that ACE inhibitors prevent LV remodelling after MI by mechanisms other than inhibition of angiotensin AT1 receptor mediated effects.Heart (British Cardiac Society) 09/2005; 91(8):1080-5. · 6.02 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this study, we examined whether an angiotensin II type 1 (AT1)-receptor blocker improves diastolic heart failure (DHF) in Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats. DHF was prepared by feeding DS rats on 8% NaCl diet from 7 weeks of age. DHF was estimated with echocardiography by measuring E velocity / A velocity (E/A) of left ventricular inflow. DS rats with established DHF were orally given candesartan (1 mg/kg per day) or vehicle. After 13 days of treatment, candesartan significantly improved DHF, as shown by the reduction of E/A from 4.49 +/- 1.04 to 1.98 +/- 0.54 (P<0.05) and prolonged survival rate more than the vehicle. Cardiac fibrosis, apoptosis, and gene expression were estimated by Sirius Red-staining, TUNEL-staining, and Northern blot analysis, respectively. The improvement of DHF by candesartan was accompanied by the decrease in cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and apoptosis, and the reduction of gene expression of brain natriuretic peptide, collagen I, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1. Moreover, candesartan decreased cardiac inflammatory cells and reactive oxygen species, estimated by counting ED-1-positive cells and the measurement of 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal staining, respectively. These results indicate that candesartan can improve diastolic dysfunction and may slow the progression of cardiac remodelling in DS rats with established DHF.Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 09/2005; 98(4):372-9. · 2.11 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Osteopontin has been reported to have an important role in cardiac fibrosis. However, little is known about the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and angiotensin type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) on osteopontin expression in infarcted myocardium. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of an ACEI (perindpril) and an ARB (candesartan cilexitil) on cardiac function as assessed by Doppler echocardiography and cardiac osteopontin expression associated with cardiac remodeling in myocardial infarcted rats. ACEI or ARB was administered after myocardial infarction (MI). At 4 weeks after MI, cardiac function, and mRNAs in non-infarcted myocardium were analyzed. ACEI and ARB equally prevented left ventricular dilatation, reduction of ejection fraction, and the increase in E/A wave velocity ratio and the rate of E wave deceleration by MI. ACEI and ARB significantly suppressed increased mRNA expression of atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, osteopontin, and collagen I and III in the non-infarcted ventricle at 4 weeks. Immunohistochemically stained osteopontin was increased in interstitial fibrosis of non-infarcted myocardium. Both ACEI and ARB significantly prevented cardiac fibrosis and osteopontin expression. In conclusion, angiotensin blockade inhibits osteopontin expression in non-infarcted myocardium and prevents cardiac remodeling after MI.Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 08/2005; 98(3):283-9. · 2.11 Impact Factor - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 07/2005; · 5.34 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A timed non-invasive determination of cardiac function is potentially important for safety pharmacology and toxicity studies. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the accuracy of real-time three-dimensional (RT3D) echocardiography measurements of the left ventricular (LV) volume and LV function and to investigate the effects of some drugs on LV function in cynomolgus monkeys. RT3D echocardiography was performed (SONOS 7500, Philips Med Sys) under isoflurane inhalation. RT3D echocardiography measurements and reconstructions were obtained using Tom-Tec (4DLV analysis). We determined end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), ejection fraction (EF), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO) and heart rate as assessments of LV function. EDV, calculated from two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography and RT3D echocardiography, and the actual LV volume were evaluated and compared. Furthermore, each parameter was determined before and after intravenous infusion (5 or 10 min) of propranolol, verapamil and dobutamine. A strong correlation was found between the actual LV volume and that calculated from RT3D echocardiography (r=0.96, p<0.001). Propranolol (0.1 mg/kg/10 min, n=5) caused an increase in ESV, but not EDV, resulting in a decrease in EF and SV, while verapamil produced increases in both EDV and ESV. Dobutamine (0.01 mg/kg/5 min, n=5) produced decreases in both EDV and ESV and thereby the increased CO resulted from the increased SV. These results demonstrate that RT3D echocardiography provides a feasible and accurate estimation of LV volume and EF for safety pharmacology and toxicity studies.Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 07/2005; 52(1):182-7. · 2.15 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Aldosterone is known to play a role in the pathophysiology of some cardiovascular diseases. However, previous studies on aldosterone infusion have been mostly performed in animals receiving sodium loading and uninephrectomy, and thus the cardiac action of aldosterone alone remains to be fully clarified. The present study was undertaken to investigate the direct cardiac action of aldosterone infusion alone in rats not subjected to salt loading and uninephrectomy. Aldosterone (0.75 microg/h) was subcutaneously infused into rats via an osmotic minipump for 14 days. Aldosterone infusion, under a normal salt diet, induced only a slight increase in the blood pressure of normal rats throughout the infusion. However, aldosterone significantly induced cardiac hypertrophy, as shown by echocardiography and measurement of cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area. Furthermore, aldosterone caused not only cardiac interstitial macrophage infiltration but also cardiac focal inflammatory lesions, which were associated with an increase in cardiac monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and osteopontin mRNA. The slight elevation of blood pressure by aldosterone infusion was completely prevented by tempol, the superoxide dismutase mimetic. However, tempol failed to suppress cardiac hypertrophy, the formation of inflammatory lesions, and upregulation of cardiac MCP-1 and osteopontin by aldosterone, while N-acetylcysteine could inhibit all of them. Our data provide evidence that aldosterone alone can induce cardiac hypertrophy and severe inflammatory response in the heart, independently of blood pressure, even in the absence of salt loading or nephrectomy. Aldosterone seems to induce cardiac inflammation and gene expression via oxidative stress that is inhibited by N-acetylcysteine but not by tempol.Hypertension Research 06/2005; 28(5):447-55. · 2.94 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The detailed role of angiotensin II in salt-exacerbated stroke is unclear. We examined the role of angiotensin II in salt-accelerated stroke of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). Salt-loaded SHRSP were orally given the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor blocker candesartan (0.3 to 3 mg/kg per day) and calcium channel blocker amlodipine (1 mg/kg per day), and the effects on stroke (n=61) and brain superoxide were compared between them. We also examined the effect of angiotensin II infusion (200 ng/kg per min) on brain superoxide production and blood-brain barrier. Despite the comparable hypotensive effect between candesartan and amlodipine, candesartan prolonged survival of salt-loaded SHRSP much more than amlodipine (P<0.01), being associated with more improvement of cerebral arteriolar thickening, cerebral arteriolar cell proliferation, and hippocampal CA1 neuronal cell reduction (1024.9+/-20.6 versus 724.9+/-22.8 cells/mm2; P<0.01; n=7 to 10 in each group) in SHRSP by candesartan (P<0.05) than amlodipine. Salt loading increased superoxide and NADPH oxidase activity in brain cortex and hippocampus of SHRSP, and this increase was prevented by candesartan (P<0.01) but not amlodipine. Angiotensin II infusion, via AT1 receptor, directly increased brain superoxide by 1.8-fold (P<0.05; n=6 to 7 in each group) and impaired blood-brain barrier in salt-loaded SHRSP by 1.7-fold (P<0.05), and this increase in brain superoxide and blood-brain barrier impairment was prevented by tempol as well as candesartan. Excess salt, via oxidative stress, accelerates stroke, and angiotensin II, via AT1 receptor, plays a pivotal role in brain superoxide production of SHRSP by excess salt.Stroke 05/2005; 36(5):1083-8. · 6.02 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) play complementary roles in the process of vascular remodeling. Therefore, this study was designed to examine an interaction between VEGF and Ang-2 in asthmatic airways. VEGF, Ang-2, and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) levels in induced sputum obtained from 17 asthmatic patients and 10 normal control subjects were examined. Eight weeks of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) therapy (800 microg/day) was administered to all asthmatic patients, and sputum induction was repeated. VEGF, Ang-2, and HGF levels in induced sputum were significantly higher in asthmatic patients than in control subjects. Ang-2 levels were significantly correlated with VEGF levels but not with HGF levels. We also found that there was a significant correlation between airway vascular permeability index and VEGF levels but not HGF levels. In addition, VEGF/Ang-2 ratio in asthmatic patients was significantly higher than that in control subjects, and it was significantly correlated with airway vascular permeability index. After inhaled BDP therapy, VEGF levels were significantly decreased, but Ang-2 levels did not change. Therefore, VEGF/Ang-2 ratio after BDP therapy was markedly decreased to the same level as in the control subjects. Our findings suggest that interaction between VEGF and Ang-2 in asthmatic airways may exist and that high VEGF/Ang-2 ratio may be responsible for increased airway microvascular permeability. In addition, inhaled glucocorticoids therapy may reduce airway vascular permeability and remodeling via VEGF/Ang-2-dependent mechanism.Journal of Asthma 04/2005; 42(2):141-6. · 1.83 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has been implicated as a contributing risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about molecular mechanisms of cardiac PAI-1 gene expression. To elucidate these mechanisms, dominant negative mutants of c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), p38MAPK, apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 (ASK-1) and c-Jun were overexpressed in rat neonatal ventricular cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts by adenovirus vector to abrogate the activation of the corresponding endogenous proteins. One hundred nmol/l of angiotensin II significantly enhanced the JNK and p38MAPK activities of cardiomyocytes (2.3-fold and 1.9-fold, P < 0.05) and fibroblasts (3.2-fold and 2.5-fold, P < 0.05). At 3 h after stimulation, angiotensin II was found to have significantly increased PAI-1 mRNA, by 5.2-fold in cardiomyocytes and by 9.7-fold in fibroblasts. Dominant negative mutants of JNK, ASK-1 and c-Jun significantly inhibited PAI-1 mRNA expression and protein synthesis in both cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts, whereas a dominant negative mutant of p38MAPK did not change this expression. Moreover, a dominant negative mutant of JNK also significantly prevented the induction of PAI-1 mRNA expression by 100 nmol/l endothelin-1 and 10 micromol/l phenylephrine. In conclusion, G-protein-coupled receptor agonist-induced PAI-1 expression is partially mediated through JNK activation.Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 04/2005; 38(4):583-92. · 5.22 Impact Factor - Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 04/2005; 63 Suppl 3:17-21.
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ABSTRACT: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported to be associated with cardiomyopathy. However, the mechanism of cardiomyopathy in chronic HCV infection is still unclear. Therefore, we investigate the development of cardiomyopathy in mice transgenic for the HCV-core gene. After the age of 12 months, mice developed cardiomyopathy that appeared as left ventricular dilatation, and systolic and diastolic dysfunction assessed by Doppler echocardiography. Histologically, hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes, cardiac fibrosis, disarray and scarcity of myofibrils, vacuolization and deformity of nuclei, myofibrillar lysis, streaming of Z-bands, and an increased number of bizarre-shaped mitochondria were found in HCV-core transgenic mice. These histological changes are just consistent with cardiomyopathy. In conclusion, the HCV-core protein directly plays an important role in the development of cardiomyopathy.Circulation Research 03/2005; 96(2):148-50. · 11.09 Impact Factor -
Article: AP-1 and colorectal cancer.
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ABSTRACT: Activator protein-1 (AP-1) is a transcription factor that consists of either a Jun-Jun homodimer or a Jun-Fos heterodimer. AP-1 regulates the expression of multiple genes essential for cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Numerous reports suggest that AP-1 plays an important role in various human diseases. Among them, the roles relating to human cancers have been strongly suggested for a long time. In human cancers, colorectal cancer is still a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Since there are some reports about the role of AP-1 in colorectal cancer response to a number of stimuli, such as cytokines and growth factors, and oncogenictransformation, therapeutic inhibition of AP-1 activity has attracted considerable interest. Here, we demonstrate the biological properties of AP-1 and its role in colorectal cancer, and discuss a possibility of an AP-1 inhibitor, an adenovirus dominant-negative mutant of c-Jun, as a therapeutic agent for gene therapy.Inflammopharmacology 02/2005; 13(1-3):113-25. - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We analyzed gene expression in rat anti-Thy1 antibody-induced glomerulonephritis by using the cDNA microarray method. Ninety-seven genes that differed by more than 1.5-fold intensity in comparison with the controls were selected. Cluster analysis showed that the expression of genes associated with inflammation reached maximum levels at 24 h, while genes involved in the development of fibrosis increased at 7 days after injection. Microarray analysis of animal disease models may be a powerful approach for understanding the gene expression programs that underlie these disorders.Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 10/2004; 96(1):91-4. · 2.11 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The present study was undertaken to examine the effects of a calcium channel blocker, azelnidipine (1 mg/kg/day), an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, temocapril (10 mg/kg/day), an angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor blocker (ARB), olmesartan (5 mg/kg/day), and their combination on Dahl salt-sensitive rats (DS rats) developing heart failure with preserved systolic function. DS rats were fed a high-salt diet (8% NaCl) from 7 weeks of age and progressively developed hypertension. Although monotherapy with azelnidipine lowered the blood pressure of DS rats to a greater extent than monotherapy with temocapril or olmesartan, the three drugs had similar effects on cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis, the expressions of brain natriuretic peptide, transforming growth factor-beta1, collagen I, collagen III and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mRNA (as estimated by Northern blot analysis), and cardiac diastolic dysfunction (as estimated by echocardiography). These results show that ACE and AT1 receptor, as well as hypertension, are involved in the development of heart failure with preserved systolic function in DS rats. The combination of azelnidipine with olmesartan or temocapril produced no additive hypotensive effect in DS rats and no additive effect on cardiac hypertrophy or gene expressions. However, the combination therapy prolonged the survival rate of DS rats more than azelnidipine (p <0.01) or temocapril alone (p <0.05), and this additive beneficial effect by the combination therapy was associated with a greater reduction of cardiac fibrosis, urinary albumin excretion and serum creatinine. Our results thus showed that the combination of a calcium channel blocker with an ARB or an ACE inhibitor had additive preventive effects on a rat model of hypertensive heart failure with preserved systolic function. Thus, combination therapy with these agents seems to be a useful therapeutic strategy for the prevention of hypertensive heart failure.Hypertension Research 10/2004; 27(10):771-9. · 2.94 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK),c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNK) and p38 MAP kinase (p38 MAPK) are important intermediates of the signal-transduction pathway from the cell surface to the nucleus. Expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, associated with proliferation, apoptosis or both of gastrointestinal cancer cells, is mediated through MAP kinase families. However, the correlation between respective MAP kinase signals and COX-2 in the proliferation of gastric and colon cancer cells has not been well elucidated. We examined the effect of selective inhibitors of MAP kinases and COX-2 on serum-induced proliferation of gastric (MKN45) and colon (HT29) cancer cells. After 24-h serum starvation, cancer cells were stimulated with 2% serum and COX-2 inhibitors (NS398 10 micromol/L, or etodolac 100 micromol/L) or 1 h after preincubation with inhibitors for ERK (PD98059 20 micromol/L) or p38 MAPK (SB203580 10 micromol/L). Phosphorylated MAP kinases and COX-2 protein were evaluated by Western blotting, and the proliferation of cancer cells was estimated by 3H-thymidine incorporation. Transcription factors nuclear factor-kappaB and CREB were assayed by an electorophoretic mobility shift assay. Serum increased the proliferation of MKN45 and HT29 cells by 280% and 200%, respectively, compared with the control levels (100%). In both cancer cells, phosphorylated MAP kinases were increased within 30 min after stimulation. PD98059 and SB203580 inhibited the serum-induced proliferation of MKN45 by 21% and 51% and of HT29 by 81% and 69%, respectively. NS398 and etodolac inhibited the proliferation of HT29 by 21% and 41%, respectively, but not that of MKN45. PD98059 and SB203580 also suppressed serum-induced expression of COX-2 protein in HT29 cells. In addition to the activation of MAP kinases and COX-2, activities of nuclear factor-kappaB and CREB were also increased during HT29 cell proliferation. These results suggest that the correlation of MAP kinases with COX-2 induction for cell proliferation differs between MKN45 and HT29 cells.Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 08/2004; 20 Suppl 1:143-50. · 5.48 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this study, we investigated whether the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) inhibitor SEA0400 (2-[4-[(2,5-difluorophenyl)methoxy]phenoxy-5-ethoxyaniline) might have a protective effect against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. In particular, we focused on cardiac function using Doppler echocardiography and cardiac gene expression. We intravenously administered either SEA0400 and delivery vehicle or only the vehicle (as a control) to Wistar rats 5 min before ischemia was induced. Reperfusion was performed after 30 min of ischemia. At 1 week after ischemia-reperfusion injury, we assessed hemodynamics by inserting a polyethylene-tubing catheter, cardiac function by Doppler echocardiography, and myocardial mRNA expression was determined by Northern blot analysis. Left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic dimensions (LVDd) and LV end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) were significantly increased in the ischemia-reperfusion rat model group compared to the control group. The SEA0400-treated group had a significantly attenuated LVDd (P<0.05) and LVEDV (P<0.01) increase, compared to the vehicle-treated group. A decrease in the LV ejection fraction (P<0.05) was significantly prevented in the SEA0400-treated group compared to the vehicle-treated group. Moreover, mRNA expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in the non-infarcted LV of the SEA0400-treated group was significantly lower than in the vehicle-treated group (P<0.05). This study demonstrates that the NCX is an important mechanism for cell death in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion in rats. SEA0400 may prove to be a promising new drug in the clinical treatment of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion.Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 06/2004; 95(2):196-202. · 2.11 Impact Factor
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The current expansion at the Dubai International Airport will make it the worlds busiest airport by the year 2014, said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Chairman of Emirates Airline.
The traffic at the Dubai International Airport has crossed 57.7 million in 2012, and the airline plans to accommodate all A380s, as Emirates currently has nearly 90 double-decker A380s on order, al Maktoum said.
Dubai had opened a dedicated facility for aircraft early this year. The annual traffic report by Dubai International showed that 57.6mn passengers passed through the hub last year, marking 13.2 percent increase in comparison to 2011. The statistics revealed that this made Dubai the worlds third busiest airport, surpassing Hong Kong International Airport.
The officials at the Dubai International Airport earlier said that it was ready to overtake London Heathrow, the worlds busiest airport by 2014. Heathrow is nearing its capacity of 68mn passengers a year, while Dubai International is likely to accommodate 90million people a year by the year 2018, due to expansion work.
Dubai has grown at a rapid pace, rising from 99th largest international airport only 11 years ago.
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Watch the Throne features the following things: absurdly expensive samples, a pair of choruses from Odd Future R&B singer Frank Ocean at the exact moment where he's turning the corner and becoming a Thing, another chorus from long-been-a-Thing Beyoncé, a buddy-buddy shoutout to the President of the United States, multiple namechecks of brands so expensive that you've probably never heard of half of them, a murderers' row of producers working on almost every track, and a fleeting moment where Bon Iver's Justin Vernon sounds like the funkiest man alive. And yet for Jay-Z and Kanye West, this could actually be viewed as a relatively minor album. Amazing.
The album comes hot on the heels of career-landmark albums from both artists, but the few months they spent recording it on multiple continents were practically vacations compared to the way they usually work. Kanye's opus My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, still less than a year old, won across-the-board critical raves for its lush, prog-rap expansiveness; to create it, Kanye sequestered himself in Hawaii and flew in an endless stream of creative-peak collaborators. Jay, meanwhile, is still cruising on the momentum of The Blueprint 3, an artistically flat but commercially massive grab for continued relevance that did everything he wanted it to do. Watch the Throne brings little of Twisted Fantasy's boundary-melting ambition or The Blueprint 3's commercial acumen. It's just two of rap's biggest figures and best friends getting together to make some of the swollen, epic music that comes so naturally to them. Listening to it is sort of like watching George Clooney get all his movie-star friends together for a party at his Italian villa, and, along the way, maybe dream up Ocean's Twelve. (I liked Ocean's Twelve.)
In the past week, Internet sleuths have pointed out that the release of many Jay-Z albums have coincided with some national or international calamity, 9/11 not excluded. Watch the Throne is no exception: its release on the same day as yet another catastrophic stock market downturn has led some critics to conclude that the pair's boasts of obscene wealth is out of step with the times. That's a fair case to make. But one of the striking things about Watch the Throne is how often Jay and Kanye address matters beyond their bank accounts. On "Why I Love You", it's Jay's dismay at past crewmates' betrayals. On "Murder to Excellence", it's black-on-black crime and the scarcity of people of color at society's highest seats. On "Made in America", it's the hardships of youth and coming of age. "New Day" is framed as a letter to the pair's imagined sons, a device that mostly gives them a chance to soul-search and self-criticize. On "Welcome to the Jungle", Jay, never a tortured pop star, actually says, "I'm fuckin' depressed." Despite all the triumphant bravado these two bring to practically everything they do, they work overtime here to bring a sense of empathy to this enterprise. Once in a while, they even sound vaguely humble.
These subtler moments are admirable, but they don't always work. Consider, for example, the song "That's My Bitch", on which Kanye and his collaborators flip the classic "Apache" break into a devastating dance-rap monster with synths zooming off in every direction and Justin Vernon making the aforementioned sweaty soul moves. It's a vicious song, catchy as fuck, but it turns out to be weirdly awkward. Despite the title, Jay's verse is all devotional-prophet; it mostly concerns the way American beauty standards so often work against women of color. The sentiment deserves respect, but his laidback delivery, on a track with production and structure that call for ferocity, drains his ideas of force.
Watch the Throne works best when Jay and Kanye are just talking about how great they are. The single "Otis" is dizzy fun, with Jay and Kanye rapping hard and swapping mics like hungry kids. "Niggas in Paris" rides an impossibly propulsive synth riff and gigantic drums and gives Jay a chance to display the technical rap wizardry he still has in him. (It also features this great Kanye moment, "Doctors say I'm the illest because I'm suffering from realness/ Got my niggas in Paris, and they going gorillas," followed by a sample of Will Ferrell in Blades of Glory talking about how awesome shit doesn't have to mean anything.) "Gotta Have It" unites Kanye and the Neptunes to crazily chop up James Brown vocal samples and Eastern flute melodies. And "Who Gon Stop Me" finds Kanye cussing in Pig Latin while turning dubstep-rap into a viable subgenre.
If you buy Watch the Throne from iTunes-- the only place you can buy it at the moment-- you'll notice that it's credited to "JAY Z & Kanye West" (capital letters and missing hyphen unexplained). But while Jay might be billed first for seniority's sake, Kanye is this album's obvious guiding force. Throughout, he displays levels of unequaled audacity. On "Otis" and "Gotta Have It", he reduces Otis Redding and James Brown to simple grunts, then builds rhythm tracks out of them. On "New Day", over a beat co-produced by RZA, he actually runs Nina Simone through Auto-Tune. On "No Church in the Wild", he authoritatively vows, "You will not control the threesome." The musical scope of Watch the Throne is a tribute to his distinctive taste and sense of style. The whole thing sounds huge, and even the sillier moments ("Made in America", especially, reminds me of the inspirational ballads of late-period Michael Jackson) succeed on pure orchestral excess. Jay and Kanye debuted the album in a private listening session at a New York planetarium, a setting which made perfect sense: even if it never approaches the grandeur or character-study complexity of Twisted Fantasy, this is still exploding-star music.
So: two long-reigning titans make a relatively quick album which, despite their best efforts, still winds up being a monument to their own grandiosity. Should we care? Well, yeah. Kanye doesn't have a cruise-control switch, and when he's around, neither does Jay. On Watch the Throne, they push each other and have fun doing it, and the result is a stadium-sized event-rap spectacle that still sounds like two insanely talented guys' idiosyncratic vision. That's worth celebrating.
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FQ210 Earnings Call
January 28, 2010 11:00 AM ET
Dan Swenson - VP, Investor Relations
Clayton Jones - Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Allen - SVP and Chief Financial Officer
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Dan Swenson
Thank you and good morning everyone. With me on the line this morning are Rockwell Collins' Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Clay Jones; and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Patrick Allen.
Today's call is being webcast, and you can view the slides we will be presenting today on our website at www.rockwellcollins.com under the Investor Relations tab. Please note today's presentation and webcast will include certain projections and statements that are forward-looking as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed on the slide two of this webcast presentation and from time-to-time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
With that, I'll now turn the call over to Clay.
Clayton Jones
Thanks Dan and good morning everybody.
Well our first quarter played out just about as we predicted which after last year should give us all some comfort. Specifically total revenues were down 3% from the year ago to $1.03 billion, and EPS declined 20% to $0.76. The overall sales reduction was primarily due to the lingering effects of the global recession, which resulted in a 15% decline in Commercial Systems revenues.
Government Systems revenues increased 7%, thanks to incremental sales from the DataPath and SEOS acquisitions as organic revenues declined 4% due to lower DAGR and F22 related revenues and a delay in new program growth associated with order timing and a late passage of the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill.
But there were encouraging results in Q1 as well. Although combined segment operating margins of 19.7% did decline on a year-over-year basis, they were up on a sequential basis despite lower revenues, higher pension expense, and the diluted impact of two new acquisitions.
These margins were realized through careful cost control and were helped by the hard work of our DataPath integration team, which has been very quick to realize some of their cost synergies generating a better than expected margins from that business.
Finally we realized strong operating cash flow in our first quarter of $84 million, a $63 million increase from last year despite the fact that we put $98 million into a discretionary pension contribution in October and the build up of inventory occurring as part of our efforts to relocate the manufacturing we were doing in San Jose to other facilities.
With this first quarter completed, I really do feel that the worst of the recession impact maybe behind it and I remain cautiously optimistic about improvements to the balance of the year. Now to support that statement let me give you a sense of the market conditions as we see them.
In our commercial markets we're seeing clear signs of stabilization. Looking first at our after market business, indicators continue to support our view of a low single-digit revenue growth for the entire year. In the business jet environment there has been steady improvement in aircraft utilization and with the December data just released, we now have our first positive year-over-year comparison in over 24 months.
Utilization statistics were still down for the quarter as our maintenance and repair service were, as was our maintenance and repair service were. But these stabilizing trends support the potential for growth in the second half.
Additionally, our avionic dealer network has noted an increase in the number of calls for quotes in information on avionics and cabin upgrades. While these calls have not yet translated to sales, they are indicative of operators getting informations to set their budgets in place and present potential future retrofit opportunity.
Within the air transport sector, airline passenger traffic continues to improve, supporting our view of a 2 to 3% growth for calendar year 2010. This passenger traffic growth is currently being absorbed through higher load factors and greater utilization of in-warranty aircraft.
But we expect to see greater overall flight hours of out-of-warranty aircraft and an associated increase in our maintenance and repair business in the second half of the year. However the airlines are still struggling with yields as ticket prices are down approximately 20% year-over-year and of course oil continues as a concern.
These factors will limit the FY10 potential for growth in our retrofit hardware business but remain inline with our guidance. Passenger traffic trends also present the OEM side of Commercial Systems with some good news.
We believe it is providing airlines increasing confidence in their future capacity needs, which could serve to reduce some of the risk that Boeing and Airbus will reduce narrow body production rates at least in our fiscal year.
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