A carbazole-utilizing bacterium was isolated by enrichment from petroleum-contaminated soil. The isolate, designated Sphingomonas sp. strain XLDN2-5, could utilize carbazole (CA) as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. Washed cells of strain XLDN2-5 were shown to be capable of degrading dibenzofuran (DBF) and dibenzothiophene (DBT). Examination of metabolites suggested that XLDN2-5 ...

Protein phosphorylation plays an essential role in the generation of circadian rhythms, regulating the stability, activity, and subcellular localization of certain proteins that constitute the biological clock. This study examines the role of the protein kinase Doubletime (DBT), a Drosophila ortholog of human casein kinase I (CKI)epsilon/delta. An enzymatically active DBT protein is shown to di...

This paper describes a new reconstruction method for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). The new method incorporates detector blur into the forward model. The detector blur introduces correlation in the measurement noise. We formulate it as a regularized quadratic optimization problem with data-fit term that accounts for the non-diagonal noise covariance matrix. By making a few assumptions base...

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported treatment that was originally developed for chronically suicidal adults. Since the publication of the original treatment manual, DBT has been reconceptualized as a treatment that is broadly applicable for individuals who have difficulties regulating emotion. As such, the treatment can be applied transdiagnostically. Based on the fle...

The production of 1,2-propanediol is a significant challenge for the chemical industry due to increasing demand this versatile product and pro-ecological regulatory actions. traditional method producing compound through hydrolysis petroleum-derived 1,2-epoxypropane (propylene oxide) energy intensive, sustainable routes based on renewable raw materials are becoming more attractive. This perspect...

The purpose of the present study was to explore facets of the clientand therapist-rated therapeutic alliance as predictors of suicide attempts, nonsuicidal self-injury, depression, and introject during the course of 2 psychosocial treatments for borderline personality disorder. A total of 101 women meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV DSM-IV criteria for borderline p...

Dibenzothiophene (DBT) and their derivatives, accounting for the major part of the sulfur components in crude oil, make one of the most significant pollution sources. The DBT sulfone monooxygenase BdsA, one of the key enzymes in the "4S" desulfurization pathway, catalyzes the oxidation of DBT sulfone to 2'-hydroxybiphenyl 2-sulfonic acid (HBPSi). Here, we determined the crystal structure of Bds...

Serious postoperative psycho-neurological dysfunction is at least partially attributed to the occurrence of gaseous microbubbles in the arterial line of extracorporeal circulation (ECC). Therefore, we investigated in a prospective randomized double blind study whether the usage of dynamic bubble trap (DBT) will reduce microbubble load of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. Patients (n...

Studies have demonstrated a relationship between mammographic texture and breast cancer risk. To date, texture analysis has been limited by tissue superimposition in mammography. Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a novel x-ray imaging modality in which 3D images of the breast are reconstructed from a limited number of source projections. Tomosynthesis alleviates the effect of tissue superim...

Considerable attention in the literature has been devoted to individual therapy and group skills training in dialectical behavior therapy. However, there is a relative dearth of information on telephone coaching in DBT. While several authors have addressed important issues in DBT, including studies on efficacy and therapeutic considerations, what is glaringly absent from the literature is a bas...