Newcastle disease virus (NDV) neuraminidase (NA) inhibition with elution-inhibition (EI) antibodies was estimated with the EI reaction using strain 575 isolated from a mute swan (Cygnus olor). The NA inhibition was assessed by persistent red blood cell (RBC) agglutination patterns, rather than by the standard test involving the reduction in the cleavage of added artificial substrates. The more ...

Aims. The DQ white dwarfs are stars whose atmosphere is enriched with carbon, which for cool stars (Teff < 8000 K) is indicated by the Swan bands of C2 in the optical part of their spectra. With decreasing effective temperature these molecular bands undergo a significant blueshift (∼100–300 Å). The origin of this phenomenon has been disputed over the last two decades and has remained unknown. W...

In recent years, several studies have shed light into the processes that regulate epidermal specification and homeostasis. We previously showed that a broad-spectrum γ-secretase inhibitor DAPT promoted early keratinocyte specification in human embryonic stem cells triggered to undergo ectoderm specification. Here, we show that DAPT accelerates human embryonic stem cell differentiation and induc...

Purpose This study aimed to explore the effect of Financial Innovation (FI) on economic growth in Ghana, with a dataset spanning 1960–2019, adopting broader conceptualization FI as ratio broad money narrow money. Design/methodology/approach The employs non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) time series econometric model estimate data from World Bank (1960–2019). Findings There is no e...