A pepsin antibody fragmentation procedure was trialed and optimised. The procedure used was a modified version of that described in Current Protocols in Immunology. Pilot digestions using a range of pepsin concentrations and incubation times were completed at pH 4.0 and pH 4.5. The digestion products were examined by Phastgel electrophoresis, and the combination of pepsin concentration, incubat...

STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE There are two species of pilot whales in the western Atlantic—the Atlantic or long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas, and the short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhynchus. These species are difficult to differentiate at sea; therefore, some of the descriptive material below refers to Globicephala sp., and is identified as such. The species is considered ...

Composites in 25 kg batches were compounded of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and thermomechanical pulp (TMP) shaped into caps at industrial facilities on a pilot-plant scale. Some the material was also injection molded plaques to compare effect laboratory-scale pilot-scale compounding poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (EAA7) poly(caprolactone) composites reinforced with 10 wt% CNC TMP. The material...