A series of glycan-coated quantum dots were prepared to probe the effect of glycan presentation in intracellular localization in HeLa and SV40 epithelial cells. We show that glycan density mostly impacts on cell toxicity, whereas glycan type affects the cell uptake and intracellular localization. Moreover, we show that lactose can act as a "Trojan horse" on bi-functionalized QDs to help intrace...

Three bunches of unripe ‘Williams’ banana fruit of different maturity, 173, 156 and 71 days from bunch emergence, were harvested. Fruit from the top, bottom and middle hands from each bunch were fumigated for 24 h with 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) at 0, 5, 50 or 500 nl l at 20C. All fruit were then stored at 20C in air containing 0.1 ml l ethylene and the time taken for each fruit to ripen (gre...

We examined the impact on adolescent socioemotional functioning of maternal postnatal depression (PND) and attachment style. We also investigated the role of earlier aspects of the child's development-attachment in infancy, and 5-year representations of family relationships. Ninety-one mother-child pairs, recruited in the postnatal period, were followed up at 13 years. Adolescents were intervie...

This study provides some empirical insight into managerial roles of chief information officer (CIO) based on Mintzberg's classic managerial role model and CSC's information systems (IS) leadership roles. A survey was conducted in Norway to investigate potential predictors of leadership roles. Statistical results indicate that CIOs find the role of entrepreneur most important, and this role has ...

Project execution in the construction industry faces major challenges, e.g. difficulty in coordination and cooperation. Operational procurement during project execution is no exception. In this paper we construct a maturity model, based on earlier work, consisting of six dimensions (goal, control, process, organization, information, technology) and five maturity stages (transactional-oriented, ...

Seventy genotypes of rice (Oryza sativa L.) were evaluated during Kharif 2012 to study the nature and extent of correlation among yield and yield attributing characters, days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity, number of effective tillers per plant, plant height, panicle length, number of grains per panicle, 1000-grain weight, grain yield per plant, kernel length, kernel breadth and L/B...

Abstract This paper presents the findings of a study on digital maturity in higher education institutions Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Empirical research was conducted 2020. Teachers from eight public were included sample. The revealed that transformation has been ongoing these for some time, results have achieved, but not yet attained. also barriers must be overcome order to accelerate digita...

The parabolic obstacle problem within financial mathematics is the main object of discussion in this paper. We overview various aspects of the problem, ranging from the fully nonlinear case to the specific equations in applications. The focus will be on the free boundary and its behavior close to initial state, and the fixed boundary. In financial terms these can be translated as the behavior o...