BACKGROUND Due to the impending depletion of fossil fuels, it has become important to identify alternative energy sources. The biofuel industry has proven to be a promising alternative. However, owing to the complex nature of plant biomass, hence the degradation, biofuel production remains a challenge. The copper-dependent Auxiliary Activity family 9 (AA9) proteins have been found to act synerg...

OBJECTIVES Emerging evidence implicates the SNAIL family of transcriptional repressors in cancer development; however, the role of SNAIL in colorectal cancer has not been established. To investigate the importance of SNAIL in colorectal carcinogenesis, we examined the phenotypic and cellular consequences of SNAIL down-regulation in the MIN mouse. METHODS Twenty-eight male MIN mice were random...

Tuberkulosis (TB) merupakan penyakit infeksi yang masih menjadi permasalahan global. Kasus TB di provinsi Bengkulu sebanyak 17.419 jiwa dan 334 Kota Bengkulu. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, maka keluarga perlu diberdayakan sebagai pengawas menelan obat (PMO). Tujuannya adalah terbangunnya model pemberdayaan PMO berpengaruh terhadap kemandirian salam merawat pasien TB. Desain penelitian observasi ...

Pulsed Magneto-Oscillation (PMO) is a newly developed and effective homogenization technique, has been successfully applied in rectangular continuous casting, but its processing parameters stability round billet casting have not investigated. In this paper, the effects of PMO on solidification structure macrosegregation Φ 178 mm billets for low carbon alloy steel were studied by industrial expe...

The application of a novel palladium containing ionic liquid based periodic mesoporous organosilica (Pd@PMO-IL) catalyst in the aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols under molecular oxygen and air atmospheres is investigated. It was found that the catalyst is quite effective for the selective oxidation of several activated and non-activated alcoholic substrates. The catalyst syste...

BACKGROUND Sub optimal levels of compliance and persistence with bisphosphonates are potentially compromising the reduction of post menopausal osteoporotic (PMO) fracture risk. METHODS A structured literature search (1990-2006) was performed to identify primary research studies evaluating the relationship between compliance and persistence with bisphosphonates and post menopausal osteoporotic...

Application of e-business concepts and models can be successful, but anecdotal evidence has indicated numerous failures. In this paper we use a framework (the I-Frame) to analyze a bestpractice implementation of a buyer-owned electronic trading exchange at Komatsu America Corp. – Peoria Manufacturing Operations (KAC-PMO). The I-Frame is derived from five existing models in the literature and de...

BACKGROUND Middle-aged women experience various health-related problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impacts of menopause status and hormone intervention on women's health. METHODS In an ongoing, population-based study, 4943 women, born 1935 to 1945 and living in the Lund area of Southern Sweden, were included in this analysis. They completed a generic questionnaire pertaining t...

Sequence-specific interference with the nuclear pre-mRNA splicing machinery has received increased attention as an analytical tool and for development of therapeutics. It requires sequence-specific and high affinity binding of RNaseH-incompetent DNA mimics to pre-mRNA. Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) or phosphoramidate morpholino oligonucleotides (PMO) are particularly suited as steric block oligon...