In previous studies the effect of endogenous opioid peptides (EOP) on LH secretion was mainly considered at the hypothalamic level, while opioid involvement in the modulation of LH secretion at the pituitary level remains insufficiently elucidated. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine the expression of genes encoding opioid precursors--proopiomelanocortin (POMC), proenkephal...

Antisense RNA complementary to a putative helicase gene (hel3.1) of a cos-type Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophage was used to impede the proliferation of a number of cos-type S. thermophilus bacteriophages and one pac-type bacteriophage. The putative helicase gene is a component of the Sfi21-type DNA replication module, which is found in a majority of the S. thermophilus bacteriophages of...

of performance (EPs) for “Emergency Management” (EM) Standard EM.03.01.03, which addresses emergency management exercises for the home care program. Revised EP 1 and new EPs 18 and 19 become effective January 1, 2013. The EM standards have always required organizations to align the scope of their emergency management exercises with the scope of their emergency operations plan (EOP) and response...

The main intention of the present work is to design and evaluate a new Elementary Osmotic Pump (EOP) for efficient delivery of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs (PWSDs). Drug release from the new system called Expandable EOP (EEOP), is through a porous semipermeable membrane in the form of a suspension ready for dissolution and absorption. EEOP tablets were prepared by compressing the mixture of drug ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate neutrophil function in patients suffering from the generalized form of early onset periodontitis (EOP). We investigated neutrophil migration in vivo and neutrophil superoxide production and adhesion in response to a variety of compounds; neutrophils were isolated both from blood and a skin experimental exudate of 15 patients with EOP and of 15 sex- and age-...

The experimental research, process design principles, and engineering practice of a bagasse pulp production line that could run both totally chlorine-free (OP)Q(PO) and elemental chlorine-free (OP)D(EOP) bleaching sequences are discussed in this paper. Under specified process conditions, the oxygen delignification rate was up to 50% and the brightness of unbleached pulp increased. The (OP)Q(PO)...

The effects of pressure and temperature on the energy (Eop) of the metal-to-metal charge transfer (MMCT, FeII-->CoIII) transition of the cyano-bridged complexes trans-[L14CoNCFe(CN)5]- and cis-[L14CoNCFe(CN)5]- (where L14=6-methyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecan-6-amine) were examined. The changes in the redox potentials of the cobalt and iron metal centres with pressure and temperature were a...

Background/Aims: Adsorption and kinetic parameters, latent period, burst size and burst time, are characteristics of phage/host systems and can be affected by several environmental factors. As only few studies have focused on temperate dairy phages, we characterized these parameters on temperate Lactobacillus paracasei phages Φ i Lp 84 and Φ i Lp 1308, infective for probiotic strains. Methods: ...

Universal time (UT1-UTC) is a key component of Earth orientation parameters (EOP), which important for the study monitoring changes in Earth’s rotation rate, climatic variation, and characteristics Earth. Many existing UT1-UTC prediction models are based on combination least squares (LS) stochastic such as Autoregressive (AR) model. However, due to complex periodic series, LS fitting produces l...

Objectives: The use of bacteriophages (phages) as an alternative treatment for multidrug-resistant bacteria has recently gained popularity. Phage cocktails have been proposed broad-spectrum therapeutic effects against such resistant bacteria. However, the effectiveness non-locally formulated phage therapy on Kenyan isolates yet to be evaluated and is a subject investigation. This study aimed de...