In this paper chipless RFID tag, capable of carrying 9-bit data is presented. The tag is optimized for several flexible substrates. With growing information and communication technology, sensor integration with data transmission has gained significant attention. Therefore, the tag with the same dimension is then optimized using paper substrate. For different values of permittivity, the relative...

Affinity tag systems, possessing high affinity and specificity, are useful for protein detection and purification. The most suitable tag for a particular purpose should be selected from many available affinity tag systems. In this study, we developed a novel affinity tag called the "RAP tag" system, which comprises a mouse antirat podoplanin monoclonal antibody (clone PMab-2) and the RAP tag (D...

conclusions expression levels of 1,426 genes were significantly up-regulated in the mutant compared to wt. furthermore, 301 genes were down-regulated with false discovery rates (fdr) of < 0.001 and absolute value of log2 ratio of ≥ 1. results a total of 4,182,944 and 4,182,021 clean tags were obtained from the wt and a nonpathogenic mutant stain (bct89), respectively, and 10,410 differentially ...

Soybean seeds are an important source of vegetable oil and biomaterials. The content of individual triacylglycerol species (TAG) in soybean seeds is difficult to quantify in an accurate and rapid way. The present study establishes an approach to quantify TAG species in soybean seeds utilizing an electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry with multiple neutral loss scans. Ten neutral loss ...

The aim was to determine whether fed VLDL and chylomicron (CM) triacylglycerol (TAG) production rates are elevated in metabolic syndrome (MetS). Eight men with MetS (BMI 29.7 ± 1.1) and eight lean age-matched healthy men (BMI 23.1 ± 0.4) were studied using a frequent feeding protocol. After 4 h of feeding, an intravenous bolus of (2)H5-glycerol was administered to label VLDL1, VLDL2, and TAG. (...

In harmonic radar (HR), the radio frequency transmitter illuminates a nonlinear target (the tag), causing return signal to consist of harmonics at multiples transmitted carrier frequency. Of them, second is usually strongest and one which receiver tuned. This difference distinguishes tag reflection from environmental clutter, remains uplink (transmitter tag) However, passive nature HR tags seve...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has become one of the emerging technologies for a wide area of applications such as automated manufacturing, inventory tracking, and supply chain management. RF technologies make it possible to identify individual items in realtime by means of automatic and fast identification. Besides the real-time identification, RF technologies give additional advantages...

This paper presents the SIG-Blocks system developed for automated cognitive assessment via tangible geometric games (TAG-Games). Computerized game administration and real-time cognitive and behavior assessments were realized by wireless self-synchronization in communication, decentralized hybrid-sensing, assembly and motion detection, and graphical visualization. The measurable performance data...

BK virus (BKV) causes persistent and asymptomatic infections in most humans and is the etiologic agent of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN) and other pathologies. Unfortunately, there are no animal models with which to study activation of BKV replication in the human kidney and the accompanying PVAN. Here we report studies of the restriction of BKV replication in murine cells and extra...

Pancreatic amyloid is found in patients with insulinomas and type 2 diabetes. To study mechanisms of islet amyloidogenesis, we produced transgenic mice expressing the unique component of human islet amyloid, human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP). These mice develop islet amyloid after 12 mo of high-fat feeding. To determine whether we could accelerate the rate of islet amyloid formation, we c...