Differential display with three time points revealed that thiram altered expression of numerous genes in the biocontrol fungus Fusarium oxysporum CS-20. Of the 101 bands purified from the differential display gel, 86 were successfully cloned, and 64 sequenced. Based on nucleic acid sequences, homology to known products was found using BLASTn for 26 sequences and homology to hypothetical protein...

BACKGROUND To determine whether there is a clinically significant reduction in visual acuity (VA) or contrast sensitivity (CS), with and without glare, following examination with pupil dilation in patients currently driving. METHODS From November 1, 2004, to February 28, 2005, 105 consecutive patients were assessed in our institution. The better eye was assessed pre- and post-dilation with an...

BACKGROUND Atrial tachycardias (AT) during or after ablation of atrial fibrillation frequently pose a diagnostic challenge. We hypothesized that both the patterns and the timing of coronary sinus (CS) activation could facilitate AT mapping. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 140 consecutive postpersistent atrial fibrillation ablation patients with sustained AT were investigated by conventional ma...

Acquisition of the suppressive properties of a conditioned stimulus (CS), terminating with shock, and of the attenuating properties of the conditioned inhibitor (CI), signaling that shock will not be given at the end of the CS, proceed at similar rates. The attenuation of suppression exerted by the CI and the decrement of the suppression due to extinction differed in both the time course and th...

This study sought to determine whether CA1 hippocampal neurons encode the duration of the trace interval during trace fear conditioning. Single neurons were recorded extracellularly in the CA1 of rabbits during and after a single trace fear classical conditioning session. Trace fear conditioning trials consisted of an auditory conditioned stimulus (CS; 3 sec) and a fear-producing shock uncondit...

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of the saturating cation on the adsorption of parathion, methyl parathion, fenitrothion, aminoparathion, and paraoxon by montmorillonite suspensions. In all cases the saturating cation distinctly influenced the Freundlich-type adsorption, with adsorption decreasing in the following sequence: Fe—> Ca— > Na-montmorillonite. Adsorption of parat...

OBJECTIVE In focal cartilage lesions, multipotent mesenchymal stem cells in bone marrow are aimed to be moved into the defect area using subchondral drilling or microfracture method. However, repaired tissue insufficiently fills the defect area or cannot meet natural hyaline tissue functions, due to fibrous structure. We investigated the effect of a combined solution of sodium hyaluronate + cho...

Women with Cushing's syndrome (CS) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) may present with similar symptoms. Subjects with mild CS lack clinical stigmata of classical CS and often have normal laboratory tests measuring hypercortisolism. Thus, distinguishing mild CS from PCOS may be difficult. We hypothesized that either total testosterone (TT) or bioavailable testosterone (BT) levels or the cal...

BACKGROUND Recently, an infant and child feeding index (ICFI) constructed on brief recalls of breastfeeding, feeding frequency and food diversification was assumed to provide long-term prediction about child feeding practices. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the cross-sectional ICFI (CS-ICFI) or longitudinal ICFI (L-ICFI) and child anthropometric indices in down...