Abstract C. trachomatis infections in women may cause pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pain, and infertility. In the mouse model, genital Chlamydia disseminates systemically to infect spleen. Removal of spleen (splenectomy) abrogates hydrosalpinx pathology female reproductive tract (FRT), although it does not affect FRT clearance. Ascension upper (uteri, ovaries, oviducts) is critical for d...

Oil-in-water nanoemulsions were prepared by emulsification and solvent evaporation using whey protein isolate (WPI), lactoferrin and Tween 20 as emulsifiers. Protein-stabilised nanoemulsions showed a decrease in particle size with increasing protein concentration from 0.25% to 1% (w/w) level with Z-average diameter between 70 and 90 nm. However, larger droplets were produced by Tween 20 (120-45...

This paper develops a conceptual framework resulting in an alternative method for selecting principal variables for computing a Water Poverty Index (WPI) at the national scale. To this end, a principal components variable selection strategy is applied to the 2002 data obtained for 147 countries on five key components resource, access, capacity, use, and environment compiled by Keele University....

1 WPI, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and Biomedical Engineering Department, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, [email protected]. 2 WPI, Center for Education, Development, Technology, and Assessment (CEDTA), 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, [email protected]. 3 WPI, Biology and Biotechnology Department, and CEDTA, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, jmiller@...

Whey protein (WP) from cow's milk is a rich source of essential and branched chain amino acids. Whey protein isolates (WPI) has been demonstrated to support muscle accretion, antioxidant activity, and immune modulation. However, whey is not readily digestible due to its tight conformational structure. Treatment of WPI with hyperbaric pressure results in protein unfolding. This enhances protein ...

In developing the PLAN, WPI sought to address concerns inherent to its then traditional curriculum that was rigid, unresponsive to differences among students, and was compartmentalized by independent departments so that intellectual growth was fragmented. The PLAN was an entirely new and different educational program responsive to the needs of students and society while nurruring sensitivity to...

where 0 ≤ s ≤ t ≤ 1 and ⊗ denotes a tensor product. Lyons [17] proved that solutions of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are continuous functions of the Brownian rough path w(s, t) = ( w(s, t)1, w(s, t)2). We give a precise definition of the Brownian rough path in the next section; see also [18] and [15]. The discontinuity of solutions of SDEs in the uniform convergence topology of w ca...

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of the AVACEN Treatment Method (ATM) at improving pain symptoms in fibromyalgia patients. Methods: Twenty female and two male participants (26 to 76 years; M=48 years) diagnosed with fibromyalgia, were randomized into two groups. Group A (n=5) underwent one 10 min therapeutic warming session daily, and Group B (n=17 started, n=14 completed) underwent two 15 ...

Whey protein concentrates (WPC) and isolates (WPI), comprised mainly of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG), α-lactalbumin (α-LA) and casein glycomacropeptide (GMP), are added to foods to boost nutritional and functional properties. Supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO₂) has been shown to effectively fractionate WPC and WPI to obtain enriched fractions of α-LA and β-LG, thus creating new whey ingredients that ...

The role of enzyme crosslinking in mediating formation of hydrophobic association in chemically denatured whey protein isolates (WPI) is examined. WPI samples denatured with dithiothreitol (DTT) and incubated at 50 8C with and without transglutaminase enzyme show dramatic differences in viscosity, with the viscosity of the sample exposed to enzyme being lower by several orders of magnitude than...