G11 rotaviruses are believed to be of porcine origin. However, a limited number of G11 rotaviruses have been recently isolated from humans in combination with P[25], P[8], P[6], and P[4]. To investigate the evolutionary relationships of these strains, we analyzed the complete genomes of 2 human G11P[25] strains, 2 human G11P[8] strains, and 3 porcine reference strains. Most of the 11 gene segme...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential use of fatty acids, triacylglycerols, and cholesterol in the detection of adulterated milk fat. The fatty acid, triacylglycerol, and cholesterol profiles of the mixtures of milk and non-milk fat (adulteration ratios of 10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 90%) were analyzed by gas chromatography. The results showed that concentrations of the fatty acids wi...

Our study examines whether price momentum strategy (cross section momentum effect on longshort portfolios) can be profitable on Russian stock market. We testing the statistical significance of zero cost portfolio excess returns. Our sample covers the period from 2004 to 2013 capturing different states of Russian economy. We implement relative strength strategy with 10% quantile to construct equ...

BACKGROUND Triglyceride-rich low-density lipoproteins (TG-rich LDLs) in the plasma of patients with severe liver disease are reported to change macrophages into foam cells in vitro. METHODS Male BALB/c mice were immunized with TG-rich LDLs isolated from the plasma of a patient with severe liver disease. The resulting monoclonal antibody (G11-6) was used in a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbe...

We study the link between social interaction and portfolio choice. We concentrate on a form of interaction that is rooted back in the past: college-based interaction — defined as the one that relates the portfolio choice of an investor to that of the other investors who went to the same college. We explain it in terms of a common cultural imprinting and the development of long-term friendship a...

In this paper, we examine the pro…tability from a convergence trading strategy called pairs trading which bets that a pair of stocks with price paths that have historically moved together will eventually converge if they ever diverge. We …nd that the pro…tability from pairs trading is greatest soon after the pairs diverge and that the pro…tability is strongly related to events around the date o...

We exploit a novel natural experiment to establish a causal relation between media attention and consumer investment behavior, independent of the conveyed information. Our findings indicate a 31 percent local average increase in quarterly capital flows into mutual funds mentioned in a prominent Wall Street Journal “Category Kings” ranking list, compared to those funds which just missed making t...

Hemoglobin Indianapolis is an abnormal human hemoglobin whose structure could not be deduced by standard techniques because of its extreme lability. This variant hemoglobin was found in two patients with the phenotype of severe jl-thalassemia. An unstable variant hemoglobin could not be demonstrated by any of the standard techniques of hemoglobin identification. Biosynthetic studies revealed an...

In most tissues and cells the opioid receptor-like (ORL1) receptor regulates effectors primarily through the pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins) Gi/Go. Many Gi-coupled receptors possess additional capability to interact with one or more PTX-insensitive G proteins. Using the bg-induced stimulation of type 2 adenylyl cyclase as a readout, we...

The 14-3-3s are small acidic cytosolic proteins that interact with multiple clients and participate in essential cellular functions in all eukaryotes. Available structural and functional information about 14-3-3s is largely derived from higher eukaryotes, which contain multiple members of this protein family suggesting functional specialization. The exceptional sequence conservation among 14-3-...