The blueberry bud mite (BBM), Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) , is gaining importance as a pest of southern highbush blueberries. During a BBM population development study in a northcentral Florida location, an epizootic was observed, and the mesothermic acarine mycopathogen, Hirsutella thompsonii (Fisher), was identified as the causal organism. In order to better understand the progression of an ep...

Abstract The paper presents a numerical analysis of pressuremeter test in unsaturated cohesive soils. In practice, is commonly expanded up to 10–15% cavity strains. At these strains, limit pressure not usually reached, and its value estimated by extrapolation. Accordingly, authors suggest using at 10% strain ( P 10 ) for the interpretation rather than pressure. this strain, it also assured that...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase sulfate renal clearance and decrease the fractional reabsorption of sulfate by the kidneys. The mechanism of this alteration of inorganic sulfate homeostasis is unknown. The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate if sulfate renal transport is altered in isolated membrane vesicles after pretreatment of animals in vivo with ibuprofen...

This study presents a modified simplest equation method (MSEM) to investigate some real and exact solutions of conformable time fractional Benjamin-Bona-Mahony (BBM) Chan-Hilliard (CH) equation. We use traveling wave transformation obtain the results in form series solution. Some calculations are performed through Mathematica software analyze accuracy this approach. Graphical representations re...

Unsaturated soil mechanics is of keen relevance when dealing with above the water table orcompacted soils. Barcelona Basic Model (BBM) one most widely used constitutive models for describing unsaturated behaviour and available as a model in software like PLAXIS CODE_BRIGHT (developed by UPC). The present study demonstrates numerical framework to implement BBM within ABAQUS package user-defined ...

BACKGROUND The intestine is highly susceptible to free radical-induced damage and our earlier work has shown that surgical manipulation of the intestine results in generation of oxygen free radicals and mucosal damage along with alterations in the brush border membrane (BBM). Heat preconditioning is known to offer protection against various stresses including oxidative stress and this study loo...

We have previously described a cell surface channel complex that is highly selective for nucleic acid (6, 7). The channel complex was purified to homogeneity by solubilizing renal brush-border membranes (BBM) with CHAPS and separation by liquid chromatography. It was characterized by reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers. The channel consists of a pore-forming subunit that is blocked by hepar...

Nephrotoxicity in humans and experimental animals due to chronic exposure to cadmium (Cd) is manifested by defects in the reabsorptive and secretory functions of proximal tubules (PT). The main symptoms of Cd nephrotoxicity, including polyuria, phosphaturia, aminoaciduria, glucosuria, and proteinuria, suggest that various brush-border membrane (BBM) transporters are the main targets of Cd. Spec...

OBJECTIVES Bone replacement substitutes are almost unavoidable in augmentation procedures such as sinus grafting. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the osteoconductive capability of two different scaffold fillers in inducing newly formed bone in this procedure. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sinus floor augmentation and implant placement were carried out bilaterally in 12 patients. Bov...