In this work, we present a study of Aflatoxin M1 detection by photonic biosensors based on Si₃N₄ Asymmetric Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (aMZI) functionalized with antibodies fragments (Fab'). We measured a best volumetric sensitivity of 10⁴ rad/RIU, leading to a Limit of Detection below 5 × 10(-7) RIU. On sensors functionalized with Fab', we performed specific and non-specific sensing measureme...

Massively parallel sequencing has revolutionized many areas of biology but sequencing large amounts of DNA in many individuals is cost-prohibitive and unnecessary for many studies. Genomic complexity reduction techniques such as sequence capture and restriction enzymebased methods enable the analysis of many more individuals per unit cost. Despite their utility, current complexity reduction met...

Mammalian homologues of two important yeast genes involved in DNA double-strand break repair and recombination, RAD51 and RAD54, have been isolated. Knock-out mutations of the genes in mice reveal both reassuring similarities to, and surprising differences from, the analogous mutant phenotypes in yeast.

1 Cardiac Imaging, University Heart Center, Zurich, Switzerland 2 Heart Lung Centrum, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Service de Cardiologie, C.H.U. De La Timone, Bd Jean Moulin, Marseille, France 4 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland CITATION: Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(7):238–251. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10....

Let $\Bbb F_q$ be a finite field with $q$ elements and $n$ a positive integer. Mart\'inez, Vergara and Oliveira \cite{MVO} explicitly factorized $x^{n} - 1$ over $\Bbb F_q$ under the condition of $rad(n)|(q-1)$. In this paper, suppose that $rad(n)\nmid (q-1)$ and $rad(n)|(q^w-1)$, where $w$ is a prime, we explicitly factorize $x^{n}-1$ into irreducible factors in $\Bbb F_q[x]$ and count the num...

Data from 3 summer feedlot studies were utilized to determine the environmental factors that influence heat stress in cattle and also to determine wind speed (WSPD; m.s(-1)) and solar radiation (RAD; W.m(-2)) adjustments to the temperature-humidity index (THI). Visual assessments of heat stress, based on panting scores (0 = no panting to 4 = severe panting), were collected from 1400 to 1700. Me...