An intracorpuscular parasite in the blood ofCottus bubalis andCottus scorpius

The Dpg Gene : An Intracorpuscular Modifer of Red Cell Metabolism

The genetic locus designated Dpg has two alleles in outbred Long-Evans rats. Genotype at this locus affects quantities of red cell 2.3diphosphoglycerate (DPG) and adenosine triphosphate, as well as activities of two important glycolytic enzymes: phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase. Intravascular red cell survival is shortened in low-DPG animals. In order to get closer to the specific action...

The Dpg gene: an intracorpuscular modifier of red cell metabolism.

The genetic locus designated Dpg has two alleles in outbred Long-Evans rats. Genotype at this locus affects quantities of red cell 2,3- diphosphoglycerate (DPG) and adenosine triphosphate, as well as activities of two important glycolytic enzymes: phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase. Intravascular red cell survival is shortened in low-DPG animals. In order to get closer to the specific acti...

Brown Dwarfs in Upper Scorpius

Malaria Parasite Detection in Peripheral Blood Images

This paper investigates the possibility of computerised diagnosis of malaria and describes a method to detect malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp) in images acquired from Giemsa-stained peripheral blood samples under conventional light microscopes. Prior to processing, the images are transformed to match a reference image colour characteristics. The parasite detector utilises a Bayesian pixel cla...

The Origin of Scorpius X-1

We have used multi-wavelength observations of high precision to derive the space velocity and compute the orbit around the Galactic Centre of the prototype X-ray binary Scorpius X-1. An origin in the local spiral arm of the Milky Way is ruled out. The galactocentric kinematics of Scorpius X-1 is similar to that of the most ancient stars and globular clusters of the inner Galactic halo. Most pro...