Through systematic density functional calculations using the full potential linearized augmented plane-wave method, extraordinary large magnetostrictions are found in Fe-based alloys with appropriate mixing of metalloid and 5d element. For instance, tetragonal magnetostrictive coefficients of Fe87.5Pt6.25Ga6.25 and Fe75Pt6.25Ge18.75 in their model structures can reach to +943 ppm and −3553 ppm,...

Ca-Dependent Conformational Changes in a C-terminal Cytosolic Domain of Polycystin-2 Frank Schumann, Helen Hoffmeister, Reto Bader, Maren Schmidt, Ralph Witzgall & Hans Robert Kalbitzer Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Institute of Anatomy, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany Running Title: Conformational changes in the C-terminal domain of polycystin-2 + The f...

There is a lack of information about the seroepidemiology of T. gondii infection in the general population of Durango City, Mexico. Anti- Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM antibodies were sought in 974 inhabitants in Durango City, Mexico with the use of enzyme-linked immunoassays. in total, 59 (6.1%) of 974 participants (mean age 37 ± 16.1 yr) had IgG anti- T. gondii antibodies. Twenty (2.1%) of th...

The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of fascioliasis in yaks, Bos grunniens, from 3 counties of Gansu Province in China. A total of 1,584 serum samples, including 974 samples from white yaks from Tianzhu, 464 from black yaks from Maqu, and 146 from black yaks from Luqu County, were collected and analyzed using ELISA to detect IgG antibodies against Fasciola...

3 Running title: Inhibitory anti-DBP monoclonal antibodies 4 5 Francis B. Ntumngia, Jesse Schloegel, Samantha J. Barnes, Amy M. McHenry, Sanjay Singh 6 Christopher L. King , and John H. Adams 7 8 9 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States 10 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States 11 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States 12 Gennova Biop...

Comment on A. Zhitkovich et al. :Utilization of DNA-protein cross-links as a biomarker of chromium exposure. Environ Health Perspect 106(suppl 4):969-974 (1998).