Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide. The most important diagnostic and screening marker for HBV infection is Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and the most widely used HBsAg screening test is Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). In this study, an ELISA assay has been developed for detection of HBsAg using two novel monoclonal antibodies (mAb) ...

The rat tyrosine aminotransferase(TAT) gene promoter (nucleotides -350 to +1; TAT0.35) was able to sustain liver-specific expression both ex vivo in transient transfection (TAT-expressing H411EC3 hepatoma cells vs. TAT non-expressing CCL1.2 fibroblasts) and in in vitro transcription (rat liver vs. spleen crude nuclear extracts). In either case, the index of tissue specificity (6.2 and 6.7 in ex...

INTRODUCTION AND AIM Urothelial bladder carcinoma (UBC) is a very rare condition in patients aged below 50 years. The aim of the study was to answer the question whether the characteristics of cancer in this group of patients differ from general UBC features. MATERIAL AND METHODS Altogether 2160 patients treated with primary transurethral resection due to a bladder tumor were included in the ...

Aiming at demonstrating the potential of unidirectional natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites in structural applications, textile flax yarn/thermoplastic polyester composites with variable fiber volume fractions have been manufactured by a filament-winding process followed by a vacuum-assisted compression molding process. The microstructure of the composites shows that the flax fibe...

The ANCA consensus prescribes screening by indirect immunofluorescence on neutrophils. We evaluated the first automated ANCA-pattern recognition system. C-ANCA (n = 39) and P-ANCA (n = 40) samples were selected from patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Non-AAV controls included sera from healthy controls (n = 40), sera with possible interfering antibodies (n = 46), or miscellaneous A...

Obsessive-compulsive and sleep disorders are among the most common disorders in general population and therefore aim of present study was to determine role of personality traits in predicting obsessive-compulsive disorder and sleep quality among dormitory students. The participants included 277 university students that were selected randomly. Goldberg big five personality inventory-short form, ...

We study online shop impulse buying behaviour of college students in some private universities at Sungai Penuh city and formulate problems as follows: (1) how could price discount affect their behaviour? (2) How bonus packs (3) hedonic value (4) discount, pack, altogether behavior? spread questionners among 60 use descriptive quantitative techniques for data analysis. Results the shows that the...

We analyze a quantum observer who falls geodesically toward the Cauchy horizon of (1 + 1)-dimensional eternal black hole spacetime with global structure non-extremal Reissner–Nordström solution. The interacts massless scalar field, using an Unruh–DeWitt detector coupled linearly to proper time derivative and by measuring local energy density field. Taking field be initially prepared in Hartle–H...

The diffusion of new socio-technical systems is essential for tackling contemporary sustainability challenges. Against the backdrop literature on societal embedding this paper explores as a process co-constructing innovations and their environments. This uses comparative research design to analyze biogas across four Brazilian states. In doing so, makes two contributions. First, it contributes w...