Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) uses UVC radiation produced by low pressure Hg vapor lamps to control biological air contaminants. Lamp UV output depends on multiple factors, including accumulated operating time (age) and the thermal effects of ambient air temperature and velocity. Additionally, the life of some lamp types depends on the frequency of on-off cycles. Models of lamp life...

1 Abstract A compact visual representation, called the 3D Layered, Adaptive-resolution and Multi-perspective Panorama (LAMP), is proposed for representing large-scale 3D scenes with large variations of depths and obvious occlusions. Two kinds of 3D LAMP representations are proposed: the relief-like LAMP and the image-based LAMP. Both types of LAMPs concisely represent almost all the information...

Lysosomal/phagosomal membranes of mammalian cells are coated by highly conserved glycoproteins (lamps) that are thought to protect the membranes from degradation. Interestingly, we identified an amino acid sequence in human lamp-1 characteristic of a cleavage site for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae IgA1 protease. Furthermore, gonococci are detected in h-lamp-1-positive vacuoles after their uptake by...

INTRODUCTION Danon disease is an extremely rare X-linked dominant disorder characterized by progressive cardiomyopathy, muscle weakness, and mild mental retardation. Most cases harbor nonsense, frameshift, or splice-site mutations in LAMP2 that result in lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 (LAMP-2) deficiency and lysosomal defects. The identification of LAMP2 mutations makes it possible to d...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a plasma arc lamp with a conventional tungsten quartz halogen lamp in orthodontic bonding. Twenty consecutive patients had their brackets bonded either with Transbond XT (n = 10) or Fuji Ortho LC (n = 10). In total, 352 teeth were bonded, 176 in each group. Using a randomized cross-mouth control study design, where diagonally opposit...

A compact visual representation, called the 3D layered, adaptive-resolution, and multiperspective panorama (LAMP), is proposed for representing large-scale 3D scenes with large variations of depths and obvious occlusions. Two kinds of 3D LAMP representations are proposed: the relief-like LAMP and the image-based LAMP. Both types of LAMPs concisely represent almost all the information from a lon...

We improved a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay permitting sensitive and rapid Mycoplasma bovis detection. A total of 55 bacterial strains were examined in this study, including 33 M. bovis strains, 14 non-M. bovis mycoplasmas and eight non-mycoplasma bacterial strains. M. bovis was successfully detected by the LAMP assay within 60 min without cross-reaction to any other bacte...

This paper presents a low-frequency square-wave drive, consisting of a single high voltage converter, an ac lamp ignition circuit, current control devices and a single backlight controller, capable of driving an arbitrary number of parallel cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) with independent accurate lamp current regulation. Key to the architecture is a proposed capacitive coupling approach...

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay allows rapid diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection. In the present study, the LAMP assay was evaluated using blood from both naturally and experimentally infected pigs. The sensitivity of the LAMP assay was compared with that of Q-PCR. Both assays detected T. gondii in the blood of experimentally infected pigs, with 100% agreement. In inf...