Five gram-positive bacterial strains were selected for absorption studies of human serum samples. Strain AR1 (group A, M-type 1) and G148 (group G), with strong immunoglobulin G (IgG) binding capacities, and strain AW43 (group A, M-type 60), binding both IgA1 and IgA2, were compared with Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I and with Staphylococcus epidermidis L603. Both AR1 and G148 were capable of co...

The effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (CEI) SQ14225 on infarct size and regional myocardial blood flow were studied in 21 anesthetized dogs subjected to 6 hours of coronary occlusion. An area of myocardium at risk of necrosis was determined in vivo after 15 minutes of coronary occlusion but before CEI treatment (AR1) using an autoradiographic technique and after treatment after...

The grating thickness limit lFP between the Raman–Nath and the Bragg diffraction regimes is calculated for an index grating placed in an asymmetric Fabry–Perot resonator with a totally reflecting back mirror and compared with that which was obtained for the same grating with no cavity lM . Owing to the increase of the effective interaction length inside the Fabry–Perot cavity, the stronger the ...

Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB); a renewable agricultural waste material’s potential was harnessed for adsorption of Acid Red 1 (AR1). Potassium hydroxide was impregnated on the precursor (OPEFB) for the production of activated carbon through chemical activation method under inert atmosphere of nitrogen. Activation temperature, chemical impregnation ratio (KOH:char) IR, and activation time w...

Accurate decadal climate predictions could be used to inform adaptation actions to a changing climate. The skill of such predictions from initialised dynamical global climate models (GCMs) may be assessed by comparing with predictions from statistical models which are based solely on historical observations. This paper presents two benchmark statistical models for predicting both the radiativel...

P2X receptors are ATP-gated ion channels involved in many physiological functions, and determination of ATP-recognition (AR) of P2X receptors will promote the development of new therapeutic agents for pain, inflammation, bladder dysfunction and osteoporosis. Recent crystal structures of the zebrafish P2X4 (zfP2X4) receptor reveal a large ATP-binding pocket (ABP) located at the subunit interface...

Tomato golden mosaic virus is a bipartite geminivirus whose genome is divided between two circular DNA molecules. DNA A encodes functions necessary for viral DNA replication and encapsidation, whereas DNA B provides functions needed for movement in the host. Previous studies have shown that the viral AL2 gene product transactivates expression of the coat protein gene (AR1). We have investigated...

Tomato golden mosaic virus is a bipartite geminivirus whose genome is divided between two circular DNA molecules. DNA A encodes functions necessary for viral DNA replication and encapsidation, whereas DNA B provides functions needed for movement in the host. Previous studies have shown that the viral AL2 gene product transactivates expression of the coat protein gene (AR1). We have investigated...

Paleoclimatic time series are often unevenly spaced in time, making it difficult to obtain an accurate estimate of their red-noise spectrum. A Fortran 90 program (REDFIT) is presented that overcomes this problem by fitting a first-order autoregressive (AR1) process, being characteristic for many climatic processes, directly to unevenly spaced time series. Hence, interpolation in the time domain...