Lack of high-density algal photobioreactors (PBR) has been a limitation in exploiting the biotechnological potential of algae. Recent developments of highly efficient light-emitting diodes (LED using gallium aluminum arsenide chips) have made the development of a small LED-based PBR possible. We have calculated theoretical values of gas mass transfer requirements and light-intensity requirement...

1. Background The DH, along with a number of other government departments and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, are developing a number of pilots to test new approaches to commissioning and delivery of drugs recovery systems that reward achievement of outcomes, or payment by results (PbR). The aim is to incentivise and reward providers that support individuals to recover from ...

A lead-specific binding protein, PbrR, and promoter pbr from the lead resistance operon, pbr, of Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 was incorporated into E. coli in conjunction with an engineered downstream RFP (red fluorescence protein), which allowed for highly sensitive and selective whole-cell detection of lead ions. The subsequent display of PbrR on the E. coli cell surface permitted selective...

The Rho family of small GTPases are membrane-associated molecular switches involved in the control of a wide range of cellular activities, including cell migration, adhesion, and proliferation. Cdc42 GTPaseactivating protein (CdGAP) is a phosphoprotein showing GAP activity towards Rac1 and Cdc42. CdGAP activity is regulated in an adhesion-dependent manner and more recently, we have identified C...

mathematical object containing statistical information about the outcome of measurements as interpreted by Born? Although these questions sound philosophical and pointless, they can be made precise in the framework of what we call classical theories of quantum processes, which are a reword of quantum phenomena in the language of classical probability theory. In 2012, Pusey, Barrett and Rudolph ...

Perspective Based Reading (PBR) provides Engineers with concise statements directing their review of documents related to a project. While research shows the benefit of using techniques such as PROPER,Little effort has been directed to the application of PBR during Requirements Elicitation. This paper discusses the benefit of bringing these same techniques to the beginning of projects where the...

BACKGROUND Protoporphyrin IX (PP IX), the immediate precursor to heme, combines with ferrous iron to make this product. The effects of exogenous PP IX on iron metabolism remain to be elucidated. Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) is implicated in the transport of coproporphyrinogen into the mitochondria for conversion to PP IX. We have demonstrated that PBR-Associated Protein 7 (PAP7...

No previous population study assessed sublingual capillary density (CD) or perfused boundary region (PBR). Lower PBR indicates greater glycocalyx width. In 252 Han and 220 She Chinese and 254 Flemish people (mean age, 51.1 years; 54.7% women), representing random population samples, we measured total and perfused CD and PBR in the sublingual capillary bed, using oblique profiled epi-illuminatio...

The basic premise of software inspections is that they detect and remove defects before they propagate to subsequent development phases where their detection and correction cost escalates. To exploit their full potential, software inspections must call for a close and strict examination of the inspected artefact. For this, reading techniques for defect detection may be helpful since these techn...

Benzodiazepines are the most preferred anxiolytics. Their activity as anxiolytics is mediated through central – type benzodiazepine receptor (CBR), which is associated with GABAA receptors and enhances the inhibitory effect of GABA. Another type of benzodiazepine receptors called peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors (PBR) expressed exclusively on the outer membrane of mitochondria and funct...