Orogenic gold de pos its are char ac ter ized by struc tur ally con trolled, low-sul phide quartz veins that formed prox i mal to deep-crustal faults in greenschist-fa cies meta mor phic ter ranes. These de pos its, pre vi ously re ferred to as mesothermal, greenstone-hosted, shear-hosted and turbidite-hosted de pos its, have a wide range of as so ci ated min er al iza tion styles and as so ci ...

We describe several experiments to better understand the usefulness of statistical post-edition (SPE) to improve phrasebased statistical MT (PBMT) systems raw outputs. Whatever the size of the training corpus, we show that SPE systems trained on general domain data offers no breakthrough to our baseline general domain PBMT system. However, using manually post-edited system outputs to train the ...

This paper describes a fabrication protocol for a dipole-assisted solid phase extraction (SPE) microchip available for trace metal analysis in water samples. A brief overview of the evolution of chip-based SPE techniques is provided. This is followed by an introduction to specific polymeric materials and their role in SPE. To develop an innovative dipole-assisted SPE technique, a chlorine (Cl)-...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPEs) are produced by Streptococcus pyogenes and belong to the family of bacterial superantigens, a group of highly mitogenic proteins. The aim of this study was to search unfinished streptococcal genomes for novel superantigens, to generate recombinant proteins from potential open reading frames (ORFs) and to analyse them for super...

An automated synthesis system using a solid-phase extraction (SPE) system and column packed with octadecylsilica (ODS), which was coated with phospholipid and loaded with dog liver microsomes, was developed for synthesis of glucuronides. Preparation of the microsome-immobilized SPE column, glucuronidation of drugs to synthesize the glucuronides and elution of the products were performed by an a...

T cell receptor (TCR)-recognizing regulatory cells, induced after vaccination with self-reactive T cells or TC1K peptides, have been shown to prevent autoimmunity. We have asked whether this regulation is involved in the maintenance o f peripheral tolerance to myelin basic protein (MBP) in an autoimmune disease model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Antigen-induced EAE in (SJL ...

Prostate cancer typically develops later in life. Hence, identi‐ fying the botanical compounds that can prevent or delay disease progression may have a positive effect on the quality of life and reduce the healthcare costs of the aging population.[1] Supporting the statement, it could be accepted that the burden of increasing morbidity and mortality due to prostate cancer imposes a need for new...

A liquid chromatographic method with comfirmation by capillary electrophoresis was used to determine 12 sulfonylurea herbicides in agricultural water. Analysis of 3 different water matrixes fortified at 2 levels gave good recoveries with adequate sensitivity at the 0.1 ppb level. A portion of the water was acidified with acetic acid and loaded onto an RP-102 solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartrid...

It has been shown that streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B (SPE B) can induce cells to undergo apoptosis. The present study is to dissect the role of SPE B protease and SPE B protein in the apoptotic process of A549 cells and to elucidate the SPE B-induced apoptotic pathway. Recombinant SPE B (rSPE B) and C192S, a mutant of SPE B without protease activity, were expressed in Escherichia coli and ...

Material and methods Clinically characterized soy allergic patients (n=15) with specific IgE against Gly m 5 and 6 were selected for the study. Here we show the complete data obtained for seven patients. Five chemically characterized soy protein extracts (SPE) were tested: raw SPE, SPE heated (121C) for 10 or 30 minutes with glucose and SPE heated (121C) for 10 or 30 minutes without sugar as a ...