We have used antibodies to human thrombomodulin isolated from placenta to investigate the distribution of this cofactor for protein C activation in human tissues. Thrombomodulin was found on endothelial cells of arteries, veins, capillaries, and lymphatics by immunocytochemical staining using an avidin-biotin peroxidase method. Thrombomodulin was not detected on sinusoidal lining cells of liver...

The paper presents first results of a research aiming at a more refined definition of the so-called speaking styles. A speaker is recorded in 6 situations and the formants of his lil, /a/ and Iul vowels are studied. New categorizations of the speaking styles are proposed, on the basis of the similarities and dissimilarities in formant frequencies values drawn from the various communication situ...

Heterokaryon (vegetative) incompatibility, governing the fusion of somatic hyphal filaments to form stable heterokaryons, is of interest because of its widespread occurrence in fungi and its bearing on cellular recognition. Conventional investigations of the genetic basis of heterokaryon incompatibility in N . crassa are difficult because in commonly used stocks differences are present a t seve...

The size and extent of four Neurospora crassa duplications, Dp(AR17), Dp(IBj5), Dp(OY329) and Dp(B362i) was determined by testing the coverage of RFLP markers. The first three duplications were all > ~350 kb and have been shown in earlier studies to act as dominant suppressors of repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) in gene-sized duplications, possibly via titration of the RIP machinery. Dp(B362...

The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of North America produces about half of the continent's duck population. Predation on hens, young, and eggs severely impacts duck production In the region decreasing fall flights. Recent studies conducted in the region suggest that management efforts to increase duck production need to consider both habitat and predator effects. Research indicates that managing ...

Testing should never become a mindless exercise in which operations personnel blindly follow proceMany papers have been published extending the dures written by others. The people who are theoretical understanding of pressure transient implementing the test should be actively trying to analysis. Most of these papers have concentrated on achieve the test objectives. It is often difficult or anal...

Spontaneous rupture of the renal pelcis occurred in 4 cases following renul trunsplantation. The diagnosis ILUS difficult, and all 4 patients were septic clt the time of trmtnzent. Three ptients sumid, lmt presermtion of the transplant ~L’US pssihle in only 1 cast. The cause is uncertuin lmt inq Iw relntecl to functionul ot!utruction or wsculur insufficiency. Urinart extravasation occurred in 3...

Barrier energies and I-V curves of several contact metals on n-type GaS are studied. Thedependenee of harrier energy on the work function of the metal can be interpreled by means ofchemica! interaction with the GaS. INTRODUCTIONTHE INVESTIGATION of eJectrical transportproperties of the high ohmic (108-lOSfl cm)semiconductors GaS and GaSe is hamperedbecause of difficultie...

This paper describes the syntactic rules which are applied in the Japanese speech recognition module of a speech-to-speech translation system. Japanese is considered to be a free word/phrase order language. Since syntactic rules are applied as constraints to reduce the search space in speech recognition, applying rules which take into account all possible phrase orders can have almost the same ...

Micro-ciiclectric nnnlysis (pIIEA) and diKerentia1 scanning caloririictry (DSC) were used to monitor cure of polymel-ic ciiplicnylmethane cliisocyanate (pMDl) resin with wood strands in a snturittcd steam environment. A first-order autocatalyzed kinetic model was employed to tieternline kinetic ~?ar:ln~ete~-s. The kinetics were found to follo~v an Arrhenius relation. A single ramp DSC tccliniy ...