Cottonseed storage protein (CSP) and several other proteins (bovine serum albumin [BSA], collagen and zein) stimulated aflatoxin production when incorporated into a defined medium containing sucrose and nitrate. With protein as the sole carbon and nitrogen source, collagen, but not BSA, CSP or zein, produced aflatoxin levels comparable to defined medium controls. A dose response study using CSP...

The rapidly declining cost of persistent RAM technologies prompts the question of when, not whether, such memory will become the preferred storage medium for many computers. Conquest is a file system that provides a transition from disk to persistent RAM as the primary storage medium. Conquest provides two specialized and simplified data paths to in-core and on-disk storage, and Conquest realiz...

We present a universal physical picture for describing storage and retrieval of photon wave packets in a Lambda-type atomic medium. This physical picture encompasses a variety of different approaches to pulse storage ranging from adiabatic reduction of the photon group velocity and pulse-propagation control via off-resonant Raman fields to photon-echo-based techniques. Furthermore, we derive an...

Current digital data storage systems are able to store huge amounts of data. Even though the data density of digital information storage has increased tremendously over the last few decades, the data longevity is limited to only a few decades. If we want to preserve anything about the human race which can outlast the human race itself, we require a data storage medium designed to last for 1 mil...

In this study, milk was evaluated as a potential storage medium for avu]sed teeth. In various experiments, storage in milk was compared to storage in saliva, in water, and to air drying. The results demonstrate that milk is significantly superior to saliva, water, and air in preserving periodontal ligament fibroblast viability. Based on these results, it is recommended that when an avulsed toot...

Throughout the ages humanity has stored data in order to preserve important information for generations to come. As the years have progressed the amount of data that can be stored efficiently has increased tremendously, the lifespan of this type of data storage however is severely limited. Within this paper we investigate the possibility to store data by encapsulating W in a SiN matrix. We show...

AIM The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of egg white in maintaining the viability of human periodontal ligament (PDL) cells on avulsed teeth. METHODS AND MATERIALS The experimental media were: egg white, milk, Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) as the positive control, and tap water as the negative control. The storage times were 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 hours. Extracted premol...

The viability of transplanted articular cartilage is one of the determinants of outcome following the transplantation of osteochondral allografts. Disappointing results from cryopreservation have led to the practice of fresh transplantation of articular segments, especially for posttraumatic defects. To date, no studies have demonstrated in vitro viability rates for refrigerated human cartilage...

To date, frozen storage of YAC libraries have relied on the administration of glycerol to the medium subsequent to cell growth. By adding Hogness Freezing Medium prior to inoculation, cultures can be frozen directly after cell growth, with no adverse effect on the stability of the YAC DNA or on the viability of the cells even after repeated freezing and defrosting. Although a relatively simple ...

The recent discovery of borospherene B40 marks the onset of a new kind of boron-based nanostructures akin to the C60 buckyball, offering opportunities to explore materials applications of nanoboron. Here we report on the feasibility of Li-decorated B40 for hydrogen storage using the DFT calculations. The B40 cluster has an overall shape of cube-like cage with six hexagonal and heptagonal holes ...