Microcystins are a group of highly liver-specific toxins, although their exact mechanisms of action remain unclear. We examined the effects of microcystic cyanobacteria extract (MCE) collected from a contaminated water source on the organization of cellular microtubules (MTs) and microfilaments (MFs) in hepatocytes. We also investigated the effects on lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage and int...

We developed and optimized a system coupling microchip capillary electrophoresis (MCE) and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection for the analysis of microorganisms. The MCE-LIF system successfully separated pure cultures of lactic acid bacteria and Saccharomyces cerevisiae within 200 s. The results indicate that the MCE system can be conveniently used for the rapid and highly sensitive det...

12 (52%) had perfusion defects on MCE. Significant CAD was revealed on angiography in 10 (43.5%) patients: in 4 (17.4%) single-vessel and in 6 (26.1%) multi-vessel disease. To investigate diagnostic performance of MCE in detection of significant coronary lesion, we performed a vessel-based head to head comparison with coronary angiography for three different regions supplied by LAD, Cx and RCA ...

The manuscript presents so far unpublished high-quality aircraft measurements of CO2, CO and CH4 from three large wildfires and one prescribed fire in mixed conifer forests of the northwestern United States. From these measurements, the author calculates emission factors (EF) for these species and analyses the relationship between observed modified combustion efficiency (MCE) and EFCH4. The aut...

Understanding of species interactions within mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; ~ 30-150 m) lags well behind that for shallow coral reefs. MCEs are often sites of fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) for a variety of species, including many groupers. Such reproductive fish aggregations represent temporal concentrations of potential prey that may be drivers of habitat use by predatory species, incl...

A rapid, high-sensitivity, chemiluminescence (CL) enzyme assay for the determination of organophosphate (OP) residues in milk is presented. The assay for quantification of OP residues in milk is based on the inhibition of enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). BuChE was stabilized and preloaded in 384 well plates at 30 °C. The assay permits rapid determination of OPs in milk within 12 min includ...