Vasopressin-immunoreactive (AVP-ir) cells in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) and medial amygdaloid nucleus (MA) and their AVP-ir projections to the lateral septum were studied in monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and promiscuous meadow voles (M. pennsylvanicus). A sexually dimorphic AVP-ir pathway was found in both species; males had more AVP-ir cells in the BST and ...

Bst EII identifies, a bi-allelic polymorphism in the human LDL receptor gene (l). The 33kb allelc cannot readily be distinguished from the 24kb fragment in the heterozygote using a 0.6 agarose gel. Lower percentage gels often cause handling problems. We suggest co-digestion of DNA with non-polymorphic enzymes such as Eco RI (or Bam HI). Figure 1 shows an autoradiograph of a Southern blot where ...

Orthobunyaviruses include several recently emerging viruses of significant medical and veterinary importance. There is currently very limited understanding on what determines the host species range of these pathogens. In this study we discovered that BST-2/tetherin restricts orthobunyavirus replication in a host-specific manner. We show that viruses with human tropism (Oropouche virus and La Cr...

INTRODUCTION Studies of exercise in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) are sparse. Balance strategy training (BST) multimodal exercise has proven efficacy in adults for enhancing balance and functional mobility. This prospective study aims to determine if BST improves functional ability and balance in people with MG. METHODS Seven individuals with MG participated in a 16-session workstation...

Although child abduction is a low-rate event, it presents a serious threat to the safety of children. The victims of child abduction face the threat of physical and emotional injury, sexual abuse, and death. Previous research has shown that behavioral skills training (BST) is effective in teaching children abduction-prevention skills, although not all children learn the skills. This study compa...

This experiment compared growth, body composition, plasma IGF-I and leptin, and reproductive development of beef heifers receiving or not recombinant bovine ST (BST) beginning after weaning until the first breeding season. Fifty Angus × Hereford heifers (initial BW = 219 ± 2 kg; initial age = 208 ± 2 d), weaned at approximately 6 mo of age, were assigned to the experiment (d 0 to 210). On d 0, ...

Drastic cost reduction of phased-arrays will require a shift in design strategy. The emphasis must be on removing expensive active components, not developing more highly integrated components or exotic packaging techniques. The phase shifter circuit—an essential active component—is the primary obstacle in decreasing the cost and number of active components in a phased-array. The problem is mult...

The role of anisotropic misfit strains on the spontaneous polarization, dielectric properties, and pyroelectric response of 110 oriented Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 BST 60/40 thin films on 100 orthorhombic substrates is analyzed theoretically. The anisotropic in-plane strain state and the rotation of the elastic and the electrostrictive constants of the BST 60/40 films result in strongly directional and uni...

Atypical femoral fractures – comorbidities and association with bone-specific therapies. Introduction: Although atypical femoral fractures (AFF) are generally rare events, several studies have indicated a potential link between AFF and long-term bone specific therapies (BST). The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of AFF and potential associations with prior or ongoing BST. Methods:...

The large fragment of DNA polymerase I from Geobacillus stearothermophilus GIM1.543 (Bst DNA polymerase) with 5'-3' DNA polymerase activity while in absence of 5'-3' exonuclease activity possesses high thermal stability and polymerase activity. Bst DNA polymerase was employed in isothermal multiple self-matching initiated amplification (IMSA) which amplified the interest sequence with high sele...