Objective: Bioactive glass 45S5 is a surface reactive glass-ceramic biomaterial, developed in 1969. BAG 45S5 with particle size of 20-60 nm has the ability of bone regeneration, broad spectrum antibacterial effect, repairs and replaces diseased or damaged bone. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity and determine MIC and MBC values of nano-BAG45S5 on Streptococcus mu...

This paper reexamines policies and outcomes concerning the NY Bight Restoration Plan, and the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program (NYNJHEP) precipitated by washups of marine debris and medical wastes in the New York Bight some 25-years ago. Findings indicate progress has been made but further work is necessary. Extensive beach closures have not occurred since 1987-88, although localized closings occur...

Neurohormones are often secreted in large amounts from neuroendocrine cells during episodes of synchronous, repetitive spike activity. We report evidence that this pattern of activity in the neuroendocrine bag cells of Aplysia involves positive feedback by autoexcitatory transmitters. Intracellular stimulation of individual bag cells caused slow depolarizing afterpotentials and synchronous afte...

in a comparative study, 460 serum samples were tested for the serological determination of human immunodeficiency vrius (hiv) using an elisa kit and a rapid test kit. results indicated that the rapid test is reliable for screening unkonwn samples when there is no special equipment for screening with immunoblotting and/or elisa.

In response to recommendations for cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening of the American College of Medical Genetics/American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACMG/ACOG), we evaluated a commercial kit for mutation panel testing (Roche CF Gold Linear Array Panel). This kit tests for 25 CF mutations and 4 polymorphisms; it comprises an analyte specific reagent for single tube multiplex poly...

Bag context is a device for regulated rewriting in tree and string grammars. It represents context that is not part of the developing tree or string, but evolves on its own during a derivation. Motivation for investigating bag context tree languages is provided by showing that the class of bag context tree languages is the closure of the class of random context tree languages under linear top-d...

The bag cells (BC) of Aplysia are a group of peptidergic neurons that respond to brief electrical stimulation by producing a prolonged afterdischarge of synchronous action potentials. We have demonstrated previously that the cyclic nucleotide, cyclic 3’:5’-adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP), plays a role in the genesis of the bag cell afterdischarge and that the microinjection of the catalyti...

Deaths due to plastic bag suffocation or plastic bag asphyxia are not reported in Malaysia. In the West many suicides by plastic bag asphyxia, particularly in the elderly and those who are chronically and terminally ill, have been reported. Accidental deaths too are not uncommon in the West, both among small children who play with shopping bags and adolescents who are solvent abusers. Another w...