Canine influenza virus (CIV) is a newly identified, highly contagious respiratory pathogen in dogs. Recent studies indicate that avian-origin H3N2 CIV are circulating in Chinese dogs. To investigate the effects of a two-amino acid (2-aa) insertion naturally occurring at the distal end of the neuraminidase (NA) stalk found in Chinese isolates since 2010 on virus replication and virulence, we res...

do not persist for more than three weeks.4 Likewise, there was no evidence of haemosiderin deposition in the stalk which might be expected after haemorrhage. Stalk enlargement could have been an effect of untreated diabetes insipidus, in which the first case might have expected resolution of the abnormality with treatment. However, the swelling persisted for three months despite adequate treatm...

The millisecond stalk contraction of the sessile ciliate Vorticella convallaria is powered by energy from Ca2þ binding to generate contractile forces of ~10 nN. Its contractile organelle, the spasmoneme, generates higher contractile force under increased stall resistances. By applying viscous drag force to contracting V. convallaria in a microfluidic channel, we observed that the mechanical for...

This study aims to determine and complete the database related productivity level of male palm flower stalks in producing sap wild populations natural habitats South Tapanuli Regency. The research was conducted 2 villages 4 districts with a total sample 40 plants. stages this were carried out three stages. first stage is survey sampling by purposive sampling, namely technique be used as based o...

To examine the mechanism by which fish oil protects against fat-induced insulin resistance, we studied the effects of control, fish oil, and safflower oil diets on peroxisomal content, fatty acyl-CoA, diacylglycerol, and ceramide content in rat liver and muscle. We found that, in contrast to control and safflower oil-fed rats, fish oil feeding induced a 150% increase in the abundance of peroxis...

Effects of dietary fats consisting of different fatty acids on lipoprotein lipase activities in the interscapular brown adipose tissue, heart, and soleus muscle, and on body fat accumulation were studied in rats. Sprague-Dawley male rats were meal-fed an isoenergetic diet based on either beef tallow or safflower oil for 8 weeks. Lipoprotein lipase activities in the interscapular brown adipose t...

Accurate assembly of complete genomes is facilitated by very high density genetic maps. We performed low-coverage, whole-genome shotgun sequencing on 96 F6 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of a cross between safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) and its wild progenitor (C. palaestinus Eig). We also produced a draft genome assembly of C. tinctorius covering 866 million bp (∼two-thirds) of the expec...

Background: Recently, several human monoclonal antibodies that target conserved epitopes on the stalk region of influenza hemagglutinin (HA) have shown broad reactivity to influenza A subtypes. Also, vaccination with recombinant chimeric HA or stem fragments from H3 influenza viruses induce broad immune protection in mice and humans. However, it is unclear whether stalk-binding antibodies can b...

Using TURBO technique, we accurately evaluated horizontal extension of non-muscle invasive bladder tumors in relation to clinical and pathological parameters. Non-muscle invasive bladder tumors sized less than 20 mm were resected with an approximately 5-mm margin from the stalk using the TURBO technique. Specimens from 52 cases were pathologically examined to determine the amount of horizontal ...