The potential energy surfaces (PESs) of Xe–NO(X ) and Xe–NO(A ) complexes have been obtained using highly accurate ab initio calculations. Analytical representations of these PESs were obtained using a Legendre polynomial interpolation. In the ground state, the surfaces A and A show two linear wells at short distances (4.0–4.5 Å) with energies between –67 and –135 cm. The surface A , unlike tha...

Background: Triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor, c1arithromycin and amoxicillin and quadruple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor, bismuth citrate, met­ ronidazole and amoxicillin have been proposed in Maastricht 2000 as the optimal treat­ ment of Helicobacter pylori infection. We aimed to compare these two regimens in Iranian pediatric patients. Methods: A randomized clinical trial in...

For any 1-error-correcting binary code C of length m we will construct a 1-perfect binary code P (C) of length n = 2 − 1 such that fixing the last n − m coordinates by zeroes in P (C) gives C. In particular, any complete or partial Steiner triple system (or any other system that forms a 1-code) can always be embedded in a 1-perfect code of some length (compare with [13]). Since the weight-3 wor...

I found a ‘quadruple image’ of ‘Hot and Cold Spots’ in the CMB-image, published by the gathered data of the Planck-satellite in 2013, and analyzed by me in the context of the (new) Double Torus cosmology. The ‘quadruple image’ proves the Universe rotates!! The ‘quadruple image’ follows the logic of a ‘dark flow’ in the Double Torus. This ‘dark flow’ is expressed in my (new) dark energy force-fo...

Random mutagenesis and screening for enzymatic activity has been used to engineer horse heart myoglobin to enhance its intrinsic peroxidase activity. A chemically synthesized gene encoding horse heart myoglobin was subjected to successive cycles of PCR random mutagenesis. The mutated myoglobin gene was expressed in Escherichia coli LE392, and the variants were screened for peroxidase activity w...

A retrospective analysis of the Taiwanese National Birth Defect Registration and Notification System was conducted in order to determine the live birth- and stillbirth rates in infants with Down syndrome, trisomy 18, trisomy 13 and Turner syndrome between 2001 and 2010. The objective was to investigate the impact of Down syndrome screening on the Taiwanese Down syndrome live birth rate. In addi...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with either three inactivated genes (triple disruptants) or four inactivated genes (quadruple disruptants) encoding the four acidic ribosomal phosphoproteins, YP1 alpha, YP1 beta, YP2 alpha, and YP2 beta, present in this species have been obtained. Ribosomes from the triple disruptants and, obviously, those from the quadruple strain do not have bound P proteins....

BACKGROUND AND AIM Metronidazole and tetracycline-based second-line quadruple therapy, widely used for Helicobacter pylori infection, often ends up in failure due to antibiotic resistance and poor compliance in Korea. Our aim is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of moxifloxacin-based triple therapy as an alternative second-line treatment for H. pylori infection. METHODS The subjects c...

BACKGROUND Microscopy-based identification of eggs in stool offers simple, reliable and economical options for assessing the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infections, and for monitoring the success of helminth control programs. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the diagnostic parameters of the Kato-Katz (KK) and simple sodium nitrate flotation technique (SNF) in terms of d...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of triple- and quadruple-resistant Helicobacter pylori isolated in Germany, to characterize those isolates molecular genetically and to identify risk factors for the development of multiresistance. METHODS Antimicrobial susceptibility to metronidazole, clarithromycin, amoxicillin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin/levofloxacin and rifam...