High performance polymers possessing superior mechanical properties may replace metal components and improve machine efficiency. Successful replacement, however, relies on the compatibility of these with current engineering systems, including lubricants their additives. This study examines two high polymers, polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polyamide-imide (PAI), glycerol monooleate (GMO), an organi...

Lipid-based liquid crystalline nanoparticles (LCNPs) are interesting candidates for drug delivery applications, for instance as solubilizing or encapsulating carriers for intravenous (i.v.) drugs. Here it is important that the carriers are safe and tolerable and do not have, e.g. hemolytic activity. In the present study we have studied LCNP particles of different compositions with respect to th...

The modern intensive and highly-efficient agricultural technologies impose strong demands on the crop protection against pests and weeds. Among others, there are two main ways, of‐ ten controversial, to achieve an efficient crop protection: to use the pesticides and herbicides and/or to modify the crop genome so that it can become immune or less susceptible to the in‐ vaders' attacks. This appr...

Abstract In this paper, we report on a novel, environmentally superior tribomaterial with superlow friction of 100% cellulose nanofiber (CNF) molding. Based our experimental results, the CNF molding exhibited coefficient approximately 0.01 under lubrication fatty acid: glycerin monooleate (GMO) diluted poly-alfa-olefine. Attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and hi...

BACKGROUND Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is frequently accompanied by motor problems (MPs). We investigated a possible shared etiology between the two traits in the Dutch sample of the International Multicenter ADHD Genetics study comprising 275 children with ADHD and their affected or unaffected sibling and 146 unrelated control children. METHOD Exploratory data analysis an...

Digital PCR in droplets (ddPCR) is an emerging method for more and more applications in DNA (and RNA) analysis. Special requirements when establishing ddPCR for analysis of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in a laboratory include the choice between validated official qPCR methods and the optimization of these assays for a ddPCR format. Differentiation between droplets with positive reaction...

We present novel multiplex PCR methods for rapid and reliable screening of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). New designed PCR primers targeting four frequently used GMO specific sequences permitted identification of new DNA markers, in particular 141 bp fragment of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter, 224 bp fragment of Agrobacterium tumefaciens nopaline synthase (NOS) terminator,...

Digital PCR (dPCR), as a new technology in the field of genetically modified (GM) organism (GMO) testing, enables determination of absolute target copy numbers. The purpose of our study was to test the transferability of methods designed for quantitative PCR (qPCR) to dPCR and to carry out an inter-laboratory comparison of the performance of two different dPCR platforms when determining the abs...

The requirement to monitor the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in a variety of marked products has generated an increasing demand for reliable, rapid, and time and cost-effective analytical methods. Here we report an on-site method for rapid detection of cauliflower mosaic virus promoter (CaMV 35S), a common element present in most GMO, using cross-priming amplification (CPA) t...