Seven treatments (activated charcoal, bentonite, PVPP, yeast cell walls, potassium caseinate, zeolite and grape seed oil) were evaluated for their efficacy in decreasing the concentration of geosmin, responsible for earthy off-flavour in wine. In the red wine the potassium caseinate and grape seed oil treatments decreased the concentration of geosmin by 14% and 83%, respectively, while in the w...

Although the DNA of the red crab Geryon quinquedens has no patent satellites, a large fraction (approximately 40%) is highly repetitive. Treatment of total DNA by Hind III produces fragments comprising 5-6% of the genome. While the sizes of some of these fragments form an arithmetic series based on an 81 bp repeating unit, the amounts of the multimers differ significantly from distributions obs...

Balancing stem cell self-renewal and initiation of lineage specification programs is essential for the development and homeostasis of the hematopoietic system. We have specifically ablated geminin in the developing murine hematopoietic system and observed profound defects in the generation of mature blood cells, leading to embryonic lethality. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) accumulated in the ...

In 1998, Ericsson acquired ACC as part of its plan to reshape the company to meet the communication challenges of the next millennium. ACC has had a long history in the early pioneering development of the Arpanet—the prolog to the Internet. Santa Barbara (ACC’s headquarters) was the site of one of the first of four nodes to be knitted together, in 1969, to provide the world’s first packet-switc...

First consider pure science. Science is the body of knowledge about the world we live in which has been found by the activity we call research. Note that in considering the nature of science or research we are in no way concerned with the formalisms or techniques we have discussed. These are merely means to an end a set of man-made tools from which we each make our own selections when we do res...

part of the body to the innominate bones. The sacrum also conducts the sacral nerve roots to the pelvic organs. Each innominate bone is a fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubic bones. The intersection of the fusion forms the acetabulum, which articulates with the femur. Posteriorly, the innominate bones are anchored to the sacrum by the anterior and posterior iliac ligaments, two of the body’s...

cept can serve as a basis for identifying subgroups that are in need of programmatic action. Unmet need rises as more women would like to control their fertility but for various reasons are unable to do so, and it falls as more start practicing contraception. However, high levels of unmet need in a country do not necessarily reflect program failure, nor do low levels always indicate program suc...