Center line slope (CLS) analysis in 2D infrared spectroscopy has been extensively used to extract frequency-frequency correlation functions of vibrational transitions. We apply this concept to 2D electronic spectroscopy, where CLS is a measure of electronic gap fluctuations. The two domains, infrared and electronic, possess differences: In the infrared, the frequency fluctuations are classical,...

Pollen-mediated transgene flow is a major concern for the production of genetically modified (GM) rice. Cleistogamy is a useful tool for preventing this form of gene flow. We previously identified the cleistogamous rice mutant superwoman1-cleistogamy (spw1-cls) and determined its molecular genetic mechanism. In the present study, we cultivated spw1-cls over five years to examine effects of clei...

This study was carried out during 2013, from ophthalmic private clinics, Taif, KSA. All patients understudy were complained from using contact lenses (CLs). Incidence of ocular inflammation due to duration of CLs use, that showed the predominate of ocular inflammation were at 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th days as 37.3, 26.7, 18, 10.7 and 7.3% respectively. Incidence of contact lenses typ...

A multi-category psychometric function (MCPF) is introduced for modeling the stimulus-level dependence of perceptual categorical probability distributions. The MCPF is described in the context of individual-listener categorical loudness scaling (CLS) data. During a CLS task, listeners select the loudness category that best corresponds to their perception of the presented stimulus. In this study...

Centrosomes have recently emerged as key regulators of the cell cycle. The G1/S transition requires a functional centrosome, and centrosomal localization of numerous proteins, including cyclin/Cdk complexes, is important for the G2/M transition. Here we identify a modular centrosomal localization signal (CLS) localizing cyclin A to centrosomes independently of Cdk binding. The cyclin A CLS is l...

Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and cardiolipin (CL) are two essential classes of phospholipid in plants and algae. Phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase (PGPS) and cardiolipin synthase (CLS) involved in the biosynthesis of PG and CL belong to CDP-alcohol phosphotransferase and share overall amino acid sequence homology. However, it remains elusive whether PGPS and CLS are functionally distinct in vi...

Blood smears stained with Wright-Giemsa were obtained from 1 24 patients with pathologically confirmed cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL). 70 patients with various other cutaneous disorders, and ten healthy adult volunteers. These were examined in a blinded fashion for atypical lymphocytes with cerebriform nuclei (CLs). which were characterized further according to cell diameter. CLs. compricing ...

Blood smears stained with Wright-Giemsa were obtained from 124 patients with pathologically confirmed cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL), 70 patients with various other cutaneous disorders, and ten healthy adult volunteers. These were examined in a blinded fashion for atypical lymphocytes with cerebriform nuclei (CLs), which were characterized further according to cell diameter. CLs, comprising u...

PURPOSE To assess the effect of overnight wear of a contact lens-based sensor (CLS) for monitoring of 24-hr intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuations on central corneal thickness (CCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS  Changes in the CCT, mid-peripheral corneal thickness and central corneal radius (CCR) during overnight CLS wear in 20 eligible patients with ocular hypertension or established glaucoma wer...