Vi polysaccharide and iron-regulated outer-membrane proteins (IROMPs) were extracted and purified from the standard strain of Salmonella typhi, Ty2. These were then conjugated by chemical coupling using the carbodimide method. Vi-IROMP conjugate was tested for its ability to protect against colonization by S. typhi in different organs. Mice immunized with 2.5 microg Vi-IROMP conjugate showed th...

Polystyrene surfaces obtained by spin-coating a solution of polystyrene in toluene on a gold layer were functionalized with carboxylic acid groups by preadsorption of the sodium salt of undecylenic acid, followed by an argon plasma treatment. A conjugate of albumin and heparin (alb-hep) was covalently immobilized onto the functionalized surface via preactivation of carboxylic acid groups with a...

There is a familiar conjugate for integer partitions: transpose the Ferrers diagram, and an analogous conjugate for integer compositions. Here we propose a conjugate for set partitions and exhibit statistics interchanged by the conjugate, both for compositions and set partitions. 0 The Conjugate of an Integer Partition A partition of n is a weakly decreasing list of positive integers, called it...

There is a familiar conjugate for integer partitions: transpose the Ferrers diagram, and a conjugate for integer compositions: transpose a Ferrers-like diagram. Here we propose a conjugate for set partitions and exhibit analogous pairs of statistics interchanged by the conjugate on set partitions and integer compositions respectively. 0 The Conjugate of an Integer Partition A partition of n is ...

New accelerated nonlinear conjugate gradient algorithms which are mainly modifications of the Dai and Yuan’s for unconstrained optimization are proposed. Using the exact line search, the algorithm reduces to the Dai and Yuan conjugate gradient computational scheme. For inexact line search the algorithm satisfies the sufficient descent condition. Since the step lengths in conjugate gradient algo...

In this paper a theory of conjugate approximations is developed which provides a fundamental basis for most methods of continuous piecewise approximation. It is shown that for a given finite set of base functions used in an approximation there corresponds another set of conjugate functions which play a significant role in approximate methods of analysis. In the case of finite-element approximat...

New hybrid conjugate gradient algorithms are proposed and analyzed. In these hybrid algorithms the famous parameter k β is computed as a convex combination of the Polak-Ribière-Polyak and Dai-Yuan conjugate gradient algorithms. In one hybrid algorithm the parameter in convex combination is computed in such a way that the conjugacy condition is satisfied, independent of the line search. In the o...

Conjugate gradient methods are an important class of methods for solving unconstrained optimization problems, especially for large-scale problems. Recently, they have been studied in depth. In this paper, we further study the conjugate gradient method for unconstrained optimization. We focus our attention to the descent conjugate gradient method. This paper presents a modified conjugate gradien...

background: gonadotropin releasing hormone conjugate (gnrh-bsa) raises antibodies against biologically active gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh) which affects body weight, gonadosomatic indices (gsi) and sperm quality in male mice. objective: the objective of this experimental investigation is to develop an effective and reliable hormonal immunocontraceptive vaccine to suppress spermatogenes...

Dendritic nanostructures can play a key role in drug delivery, due to the high density and variety of surface functional groups that can facilitate and modulate the delivery process. We have investigated the effect of dendrimer end-functionality on the activity of polyamido amine (PAMAM) dendrimer-methotrexate (MTX) conjugates in MTX-sensitive and MTX-resistant human acute lymphoblastoid leukem...