Direct seeding (DS) of rice gained much attention due to labor scarcity and unavailability water. However, reduced emergence poor seedling establishment are the main problems DS which causes significant yield losses. Herein, DS-associated traits three major groups, i.e., Indica (Ind), Japonica (Jap), aus-type (Aus), were evaluated by using an improved mesocotyl elongation assay. The association...

Forty-one routine TSH assays were carried out by applying newly developed, highly sensitive TSH RIA (T. Mori, et al., Folia Endocrinol. Jap., 56: 1231, 1980). B/B0 percent of the least standard point (0.156 microU/ml) was consistently lower than B0 and higher than that of 0.31 microU/ml. The distributions of assayed TSH concentrations in 1394 sera revealed that 34.8% of the total were in an und...

A quantitative radioassay was used to study the adherence of group A Streptococcus to Madin-Darby canine kidney cells infected with influenza A virus (strains FM1, Jap 305, and NWS) and reacted with fibrinogen. Treatment of virus-infected cell cultures with human fibrinogen significantly enhanced streptococcal adherence (P less than 0.0005) compared with adherence to untreated, virus-infected c...

In vitro stimulation of mouse splenocytes with hemagglutinin (HA) 173-190, a peptide derived from influenza virus hemagglutinin (A/JAP/305/57, H2N2), induces CTLs that are directed to the MHC class Ib molecule, H2-M3. M3 preferably binds peptides bearing an N-terminal formylmethionine. In this study, we show that several related nonformylated peptides can induce anti-HA CTLs in vitro: MLIIW (th...

When SHR develop hypertension, accelerated vascular noncollagenous and collagenous protein synthesis (adaptive metabolic change, Yamori, 1974) results in the hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the media (adaptive structural change, Folkow, 1958) and in arteriosclerosis due to the increased collagen. As such a thickened arterial wall can be a suitable experimental model for sclerotic arteries in age...

Most CTL responses to epitopes from influenza virus are restricted by MHC class Ia molecules. However, a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 173 to 190 of influenza A/JAP/305/57 hemagglutinin (HA) can induce, in vitro, a CTL response to peptide presented by a mouse class Ib molecule encoded by a gene telomeric to H2-Q. Here, we identify the molecule as H2-M3 and show that the last five ...

Anonymization of the Internet traffic usually hides details about the request originator from the target server. Such a disguise might be required in some situations, especially in the case of web browsing. Although the web traffic anonymization is not a part of the http specification, it could be achieved using a certain extra tool. Significant deceleration of anonymized traffic compared to no...

Clinical myocardial imaging with nitrogen-13 ammonia. Radiology 108: 613, 1973 15. Bertho E, Gagnon G: A comparative study in three dimensions of the blood supply of the normal interventricular septum in human, canine, bovine, porcine, ovine, and equine heart. Dis Chest 46: 251, 1964 16. Domenech RJ, Hoffman JIE, Noble MIM, Saunders KB, Henson JR, Subijanto S: Total and regional coronary blood ...

The cerebrovascular response to decreases in hematocrit and viscosity depends on accompanying changes in arterial O2 content. This study examines whether: 1) the arteriolar dilation seen after exchange transfusion with a 5% albumin solution can be reduced by the KATP channel antagonist, glibenclamide (known to inhibit hypoxic dilation), and 2) the arteriolar constriction seen after exchange tra...