In order to evaluate the influence of rearing system (free-ranging (FR) v. confinement (C)) on buffalo heifer efficiency to reach age of puberty and on behavioural and immune functions, two experiments were conducted from September 2010 to October 2011. In Experiment I, 32 subjects aged 8 to 9 months at the start of experiment were used. A total of 16 animals (group C) were group housed in an i...

We review two existing interpretations of fuzzy random variables. In the first one, the fuzzy random variable is viewed as a linguistic random variable. In the second case, it represents some incomplete knowledge about an otherwise standard random variable. For each interpretation, the information provided by the frv is described by a specific model, namely a standard probability model and a se...

FR-900520 and FR-900523, novel neutral macrolide immunosuppressants, were isolated from the cultured broth of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. yakushimaensis No. 7238. Their molecular formulae were determined as C43H69NO12 and C42H67NO12, respectively. The compounds suppressed immune response in vitro. IC50 values of FR-900520 and FR-900523 for mouse mixed lymphocyte reaction were 0.55 nM and ...

Escherichia coli cells carrying fosfomycin resistance plasmids were able to take up fosfomycin from the medium to the same extent as plasmid-free bacteria. The antibiotic entered the plasmid-harboring cells by means of the glpT and uhp transport systems, as is the case with susceptible bacteria. Active fosfomycin could be detected in soluble extracts of cells which had previously been incubated...

To assess potential physical interactions of type I phyA with the type II phyB-phyE phytochromes in vivo, transgenes expressing fusion gene forms of phyA were introduced into the Arabidopsis phyA mutant background. When a single c-Myc (myc) epitope is added to either the N- or C-terminus of phyA, the constructs completely complement phyA mutant phenotypes. However, addition of larger tags, such...

Extragalactic radio sources appear under different morphologies, the most frequent ones are classified as Fanaroff-Riley type I (FR I), typically with lower luminosities, and II, II), more luminous. This simple classification, however, has many exceptions that we intend to investigate. Following previous analyses in three-dimensional Hydrodynamic Magneto-Hydrodynamic limits, extend numerical in...

objective: the present study was aimed to correlate the clinical tests with the laboratory measures under dual task conditions in parkinson's disease (pd). materials and methods: eleven people with idiopathic pd (modified hoehn and yahr scores 1-3) were selected by simple non-probability sampling. center of pressure (cop) data obtained by force platform was used to calculate mean total velocity...

Zanarini MC, Frankenburg FR, Vujanovic AA, et al. Axis II comorbidity of borderline personality disorder: description of 6-year course and prediction to time-to-remission. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2004;110:416–20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

PURPOSE A phase I study was conducted to assess the safety of adoptive immunotherapy using gene-modified autologous T cells for the treatment of metastatic ovarian cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN T cells with reactivity against the ovarian cancer-associated antigen alpha-folate receptor (FR) were generated by genetic modification of autologous T cells with a chimeric gene incorporating an anti-FR...

We study the structures of ultra-relativistic jets injected into intracluster medium and associated flow dynamics, such as shocks, velocity shear, turbulence, through three-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic (RHD) simulations. To that end, we have developed a high-order accurate RHD code, equipped with weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme realistic equation state. Using explore set je...