BACKGROUND Gastroenteritis is a common, transient disorder usually caused by infection and characterised by the acute onset of diarrhoea. Multiplex gastrointestinal pathogen panel (GPP) tests simultaneously identify common bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens using molecular testing. By providing test results more rapidly than conventional testing methods, GPP tests might positively influen...

Similarities exist between the properties of adenylate cyclase after stimulation by cholera toxin and after stimulation by guanylylimidodiphosphate (Gpp-(NH)p). Thus a strong stimulation is achieved by both agents, the stimulation is essentially irreversible, the action of certain hormones is enhanced and the enzyme can be solublized with Lubrol PX in the activated state. Because of these simil...

Past changes in gross primary productivity (GPP) were assessed using historical satellite observations based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite series and four terrestrial biosphere models to identify the trends and driving mechanisms related t...

Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase (UPPS) is a critical enzyme required for the biosynthesis of polysaccharides essential for bacterial survival. In this report, we have tested the substrate selectivity of UPPS derived from the mammalian symbiont Bacteroides fragilis, the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus, and the typically benign but opportunistic pathogen Escherichia coli. An anthranilamide-c...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous pustular disorders include generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP). OBJECTIVE To identify differences between GPP and AGEP, here we immunohistochemically evaluated interleukin (IL)-36 and the IL-23/Th17 axis. METHODS This retrospective comparative immunohistochemical study was completed using 11 biopsies of 11 cases of ...

During spermiogenesis, haploid spermatids undergo extensive chromatin remodeling events in which histones are successively replaced by more basic protamines to generate highly compacted chromatin. Here we show for the first time that H3K79 methylation is a conserved feature preceding the histone-to-protamine transition in Drosophila melanogaster and rat. During Drosophila spermatogenesis, the D...

According to [1] Sect 8.1.1, the encryption key CK ESP shall be obtained from the key CK IM established as a result of the AKA procedure, using a suitable key expansion function, the latter to be specified in Annex I. Below, we study two alternatives for key expansion functions meeting the above length requirements and their security properties. We first note that the key CK IM is 128 bits in l...

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The proposed threshold planktonic gross primary production (GPP) value for O2 of 2.05 mmol m23 d21 separating net heterotrophic from net autotrophic communities in the Southern Ocean was tested experimentally using large mesocosms (20 m3). A set of eight mesocosms was moored in Johnson’s Dock (62839.5769S, 60822.4089W, Livingston Island, Antarctica) and a gradient of GPP was experimentally gene...