The role of the Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands (SPIs) in pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium infection in the chicken is poorly studied, while many studies have been completed in murine models. The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) is a recently described protein secretion system in Gram-negative bacteria. The genus Salmonella contains five phylogenetically distinct T6SS encoded in ...

PURPOSE To assess the electromechanical properties of human knee articular cartilage with compression-induced streaming potentials for reliability among users and correlation with macroscopic and histological evaluation tools and sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) content. METHODS Streaming potentials are induced in cartilage in response to loading when mobile positive ions in the interstitial...

Abstract This study investigates rainfall and drought characteristics in southeastern Australia (New South Wales Victoria) using data from 45 stations. Four homogeneity tests are adopted to determine inhomogeneities the annual total (ATR) monthly data, namely The Pettitt test, SNHT, Buishand range test Von Neumann ratio at significance levels of 1%, 5%, 10%. Temporal trends (ATR, monthly, seaso...

Quartz powder (QP) is an inorganic filler that expected to significantly enhance the dielectric and mechanical properties of epoxy (EP)-based composites applied in copper clad laminates molding compounds for 5G applications. As well-known, performance QP–EP directly correlated with dispersion effect compatibility QP EP matrix. Herein, we propose surface modification method by mixing SCAs differ...

Sustainable production is becoming an important slant through which business enterprises prepare for achieving sustainable development goals. The concept of manufacturing deals with the various items that may utilize minimum resources and are safer society at a reasonable price. present research problem explores evaluates indicators pertaining to achievement sustainability in textile supply cha...

We examined the relationship between satellite measurements of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and several meteorological drought indices, including the multi-time-scale standard precipitation index (SPI) and the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), to evaluate the potential of using SIF to monitor and assess drought. We found significant positive relationships between SIF and dro...

Abstract: This research proposes a hierarchical aggregation approach using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for indicators. The core logic of the proposed approach is to reflect the hierarchical structures of indicators and their relative priorities in constructing composite indicators (CIs), simultaneously. Under hierarchical structures, the indicators of si...

O estado da Paraíba situada na região Nordeste do Brasil, apresenta uma variabilidade climática com períodos que variam desde altos índices de precipitação até temporadas secas, devido a influência direta elementos e mecanismos climáticos ditam o regime chuvas Região. Este artigo objetivou elaborar as análises das precipitações pluviais médias mensais anuais dos chuvoso seco. Foram utilizadas s...

Snake venom proteins belong to various families which differ in their primary and secondary structures. Recently, we found a novel transcript in the venom gland of Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii which was named “Ku-wapfusin” because it encodes Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitors (Kunitz SPIs) and whey acidic protein (WAP) domains in tandem. We have now determined the gene structure of this un...

Abstract The use of artificial neural networks as a tool to forecast droughts in Sri Lanka is presented. Predictions were made using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) as the drought monitoring index. Monthly rainfall recorded at 13 climatological stations covering both the wet and dry zones over a long time period have been used as the input to train and test the neural networks. The a...