Acinetobacter baumannii is clustered with other phenotypically similar species into what has commonly become known as the ACB complex: A. calcoaceticus, A. pittii and, A. nosocomialis. The ecology and pathology of most of these species are not well understood, mainly because current specific phenotypic techniques have, to date, been insufficient. This has inhibited both the precise identificati...

PURPOSE Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome is an autoimmune disease. The monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of certain autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to examine whether a MCP-1 polymorphism was associated with VKH syndrome. METHODS A case-control analysis was performed using genomic DNA samples from 307 VKH patients and 319...

– Although the pattern formation on polymer gels has been considered as a result of the mechanical instability due to the volume phase transition, we found a macroscopic surface pattern formation not caused by the mechanical instability. It develops on gelation surfaces, and we consider the reaction-diffusion dynamics mainly induces a surface instability during polymerization. Random and straig...

as a case study, the genotypic polymorphism of the iranian material of diploid triticum was screened based on internal transcribed spacer 2 (its2) of the ribosomal dna (rdna) using single strand conformation polymorphism (sscp) analysis. this is a simple and cost effective technique for genotyping and investigating the allelic polymorphism among plant populations. performing sscp analysis among...

in this work, we analyse a pair of two-dimensional coupled reaction-diusion equations known as the gray-scott model, in which spot patterns have been observed. we focus on stationary patterns, and begin by deriving the asymptotic scaling of the parameters and variables necessary for the analysis of these patterns. a complete bifurcation study of these solutions is presented. the main mathematic...