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Fungi are extremly diverse and beneficial organisms both for environment industry; thus we obliged to secure it’s biodiversity. There several laboratory methods fungi longterm preservation. The main goal is their vitality biological properties. Some of them simple but the same time laborious, other demand specific equipment. Among most popular find: freez-drying, cryopreservation at –80°C in li...

The Leica motCORR™ objectives provide superior color correction and field flatness based on Leica's plan apochromatic (PL APO) optics for the best imaging results. Their motorized correction collar simplifies the workflow by quickly adjusting the optics to adapt to varying coverglass thickness, changing temperature , and specimen inhomogeneities. › The motorized correction collar improves the p...

We analyze the behavior of a monopolistic firm in general equilibrium when the firm’s decision are taken through shareholder voting. We show that, depending on the underlying distribution, rational voting may imply overproduction as well as underproduction, relative to the efficient level. Any initial distribution of shares is an equilibrium, if individuals do not recognize their influence on v...

Preview: Coma is the most severe form of unresponsiveness, in which a patient is totally unaware of self and surroundings. With the patient so disengaged during examination, management can be particularly challenging. What steps should the primary care physician take to ensure the most appropriate care for a comatose patient? In this article, Drs Malik and Hess describe an evaluation plan, labo...

OpenMath aims at providing a universal means of communicating mathematical information between applications. In this paper we present a global description of OpenMath as well as some exemplary scenarios involving its use. Through examination of these scenarios we nd a list of requirements leading to suggestions regarding structure and implementation of OpenMath.

Norway Qualitative information and misunderstandings in decision making An alphabet soup is a soup made with alphabet shaped noodles. It is commonly used as a metaphor for an abundance of abbreviations or acronyms. In this paper it is used to characterize project objectives that are nonsensical or misguiding and therefore of no use. Experience suggests that even though we might have a clear ide...

OBJECTIVE To examine the predictive significance of 2 pneumoproteins, surfactant protein D (SP-D) and CC-chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18), for the course of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related interstitial lung disease. METHODS The pneumoproteins were determined in the baseline plasma samples of 266 patients with early SSc enrolled in the GENISOS observational cohort. They also were measured in 83 fo...

It has been shown recently that longterm but not short term heavy drinking of alcohol frequently results in increased serum activities of pancreatic enzymes suggesting subclinical pancreatic injury. Serum pancreatitis associated protein (PAP) is a novel protein, whose synthesis in the acinar cells and release into serum is specifically induced by acute pancreatic damage. This study was performe...