The feasibility of using 60Co gamma irradiation to inactivate total coliforms, fecal coliforms, Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, and F-coliphage in hard-shelled clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, was investigated. The results of three trials indicated average D10 values of 1.32 kGy for total coliforms, 1.39 kGy for fecal coliforms, 1.54 kGy for E. coli, 2.71 kGy for C. perfringens, and 13....

A blood sample from a 39-year-old female patient with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes was assayed for hemoglobin (Hb) A1c on a Bio-Rad D10 HPLC platform. No peak for A1c was seen on the chromatogram (Fig. 1A), and the result was reported as 0%. A complete blood count was clinically significant for an Hb concentration of 10.9 g/dL (reference interval 12–15 g/dL) and a mean corpuscular volume of ...

We attempted to breed phage-insensitive strains of Tetragenococcus halophila D10. Phage contact during selection initially caused the occurrence of lysogeny. Subsequently, we screened phage-insensitive mutants by replica plating so that mutant cells did not touch the phage during selection. Two strains were selected from about 150,000 strains. They grew normally in soy sauce mash (moromi) in th...

The conventional approach to calculation of the radion effective potential in the string theory inspired models with magnetic fluxbrane throat-like space-time compactified on a sphere gives the analytical expressions hopefully capable to describe early inflation. Potential is rather flat inside the throat, possesses steep slope for reheating in vicinity of the top of the throat, and zero minimu...