The aim of this study was to investigate a new allergen of Salsola kali, Sal k 4, and to investigate the predictive value of the conserved conformational regions in cross-reactivity with other plant-derived profilins. The Sal k 4-coding sequence was cloned, expressed, and purified by one-step Ni2+ affinity chromatography to recover high-purity target protein. We assessed cross-reactivity and pr...

We compared the phenotypic plasticity of two early successional forbs of nutrient-poor mobile dunes (Agriophyllum squarrosum and Corispermum macrocarpum) and two later successional forbs (weeds) of stabilized, higher nutrient dunes and cropland (Chenopodium acuminatum and Salsola collina) to variations in environmental factors. A controlled (including soil nutrients, water, and population densi...

We used 199 Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated from 1995 to 1997 in Russia to evaluate the ability of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to identify the unique clonal group that emerged there in 1990. Our data show that RAPD can reliably, reproducibly, and rapidly screen a large number of strains to identify the epidemic clonal group.

The First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety was hosted by President Medvedev and the Russian Government in November 2009. This is a major public health issue in Russia, but also in many other developing countries. While the current economic crisis has focused the policy attention on important macroeconomic and unemployment and poverty issues, it is important to recall other major soc...

1 Neurophysics Group, Department of Neurology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité ± Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 12203, Germany 2 5HVHDUFK *URXS 30XOWLVHQVRU\ ,QWHJUDWLRQ ́ 'epartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, St. Hedwig Hospital, Charité ± Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 10115, Germany 3 Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig...

The infinite mass effective theory, when a heavy quark mass tends to infinity, and Chiral perturbation theory at the quark level, based on the extended Nambu – Jona – Lasinio model with linear realization of chiral U(3)× U(3) symmetry, are applied to the calculation of current s – quark mass corrections to the form factors of the D → K̄ e νe and D → K̄ e νe decays. These corrections turn out to b...

We discuss the renormalizability of the massless Thirring model in terms of the causal fermion Green functions and correlation functions of left—right fermion densities. We obtain the most general solution of the massless Thirring model with dynamical dimensions of fermion fields, parameterized by two arbitrary parameters. We show that in the massless Thirring model there are no solutions which...

The article discusses the aspects of establishment of food sovereignty from the regional point of view. Herewith, it is mentioned that the established food sovereignty of a state should be based on food sovereignty of regions as separate administrative and territorial units. The most prioritized field of development of agro-industrial complex is rational distribution and efficient specializatio...