Embryonic stem (ES) cells are used in cell therapy and tissue engineering due to their ability to produce different cells types. However, studies of ES cells that are derived from fertilized embryos have raised concerns about the limitations imposed by ethical and political considerations. Therefore, many studies of stem cells use the stem cells t...

The purpose of this study is to understand how the Digital Textbook interface developed in the leading researches affects learner’s motivation. As a result, four out of seven interest factor of Digital textbook interface affect learning motivation. These interest factors are emphatic factor, esthetic factor, explorative factor, and cognitive factor. Experimental factor also is proven to be a po...

Despite the promises of e-textbooks, the wide-spread adoption by college students has yet to materialize. The customization of e-textbook support will facilitate the process, but it requires a better understanding of the differences among individual users in their adoption of e-textbooks. The main focus of this study is to examine the role of technology savvy in terms of ITrelated experiences, ...

This paper describes a novel and interactive tool for teaching and learning (the Time Evolution Learning Tool: TimeBook) that allows teachers and students to generate the e-Textbook or e-book. Recently, there is an increase in the usage of e-books in the pedagogical context, however not many attempts have been made to embed temporal related information into the content generation in e-books. Th...

ESP-1 virus provides a helper function to defective Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV). This helper activity is demonstrable only in B-type mice (Fv-lbb) under conditions in which the N-tropic lymphatic leukemia-inducing virus contained in the Friend virus complex is inhibited. ESP-1 virus therefore expresses a B-tropic host range in vivo with respect to its ability to provide a helper fu...

Background: Quality of education plays a key role in the development of education. Having this perspective in mind the researchers explored the quality of ESP courses from ESP instructors point of views and investigated the role of quality of education of ESP courses in information-seeking behavior of the students. They also probed the possible relationship between EFL instructors reflective pr...

This paper comes out of concern about instructional principles of developing English for Specific Purposes (ESP) materials in China. It points out the major problems of ESP material development in China: incapability to write ESP materials; selection of materials; imbalance between carrier content and real content; imbalance in language skills development. To solve these problems, it is suggest...

The prevalence of esp, a gene associated with infection-derived and outbreak strains, in enterococcal blood isolates from 2002 was determined. Fifty-five of 137 (40.1%) Enterococcus faecalis isolates, 30 of 58 (51.7%) E. faecium isolates, 1 of 1 E. raffinosus isolate, 0 of 4 E. gallinarum isolates, and 0 of 1 E. casseliflavus isolate were positive. esp wasn't associated with vancomycin resistan...

Excretory/secretory proteins (ESP) from Toxoplasma gondii were analyzed to define the function in the penetration process into host cells. Whole ESP obtained at 37 degrees C were composed of 15 bands with molecular mass of 110, 97, 86, 80, 70, 60, 54, 42, 40, 36, 30, 28, 26, 22, and 19 kDa. Five ESP of 86, 80, 42, 36, and 28 kDa were reacted with monoclonal antibodies (mAb), named as Tg386 (mic...