Newcastle disease (ND) caused by virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a highly contagious viral disease of poultry. Virulent NDVs characteristically have a multibasic amino acid sequence (virulence motif) such as (112)RRQKRF(117) at the cleavage site of the precusor fusion (F0) protein. The antigenic and immunogenic characteristics of the virulence motif (112)RRQKRF(117) in the F0 protein ...

PURPOSE Multifetal pregnancy reduction is a widespread "therapy" to diminish the risk of prematurity and adverse outcome for the survivors in higher order multiple gestation. The aim of our study was to determine the maternal and neonatal outcome of multifetal pregnancies under a conservative pregnancy management. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review of 112 multifetal pregnancies is presented....

The red color pattern in some strains of tilapia has added commercial value in some markets. Although red tilapia may be more marketable, questions have arisen regarding its value as a culture fish. El Gamal (1987) reported that during growout from 130 to 262 g, a red strain of tilapia had significantly lower survival than Oreochromis aureus x Oreochromis aureus and Oreochromis niloticus x Oreo...

The next heaviest element which is to be studied chemically at the JINR, Dubna, [1] and GSI [2] is element 112. Its properties are expected to be unique: high volatility and inertness due to the very strong relativistic stabilization of the 7s electrons and the closed-shell configuration, 7s6d [3]. The surface of the chromatography column in the gas-phase chromatography experiments is to be mad...

Rights: © 2004 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Kiejna, A. & Nieminen, Risto M. 2004. Energetics of Sr adatom interactions on the Mo(112) surface. Physical Review B. Volume 69, Issue 23. 235424-1-7. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.69.235424, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10...

We investigate the possible existence of a high-redshift (z = 1) cluster of galaxies associated with the QSO lens system MG2016+112. From an ultra-deep R-and less deep V-and I-band Keck images and a K-band mosaic from UKIRT, we detect ten galaxies with colors consistent with the lensing galaxy within 225h −1 kpc of the z = 1.01 lensing galaxy. This represents an overdensity of more than ten tim...

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is associated with aggressive phenotypes and is an independent predictor of stage progression and mortality in bladder cancer. Gefitinib ('Iressa,' ZD1839) is an orally active EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo effects of gefitinib in the EGFR-expressing human bladder cancer cell lines ...

Virulent lactococcal prolate (or c2-like) phages are the second most common phage group that causes fermentation failure in the dairy industry. We have mapped two host range determinants in two lactococcal prolate phages, c2 and 923, for the host strains MG1363 and 112. Each phage replicates on only one of the two host strains: c2 on MG1363 and 923 on 112. Phage-phage recombinants that replicat...

A prospective study, including 112 patients, designed to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of slide-touch and pleural lavage cytology for diagnosis of pleural micrometastases in operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Histopathologically, excised tumors showed P0 in 22 patients (19%), P1 in 44 patients (39%), P2 in 32 patients (29%), P3 in 14 patients (13%). Cytological examination ...