Protein-based smallpox vaccines have shown to be effective alternatives to live virus vaccines in animal model challenge studies. It is believed that subunit vaccine protection is mainly mediated through the generation of antibodies. We, and others, have shown that Th1-type antibody responses are important for protection against poxvirus infections. This finding suggests that antibody-mediated ...

Introduction: Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) enables measurement of extracellular vesicles (EVs) but lacks the ability to distinct between EVs and lipoproteins which are abundantly present in blood plasma. Limitations in ultracentrifugation and size exclusion chromatography applied for EV isolation may result in inadequate EV purification and preservation. In this proof of concept study, ...

The effects of extra virgin olive oil (EV-olive oil) on triglyceride metabolism were investigated by measuring the degree of thermogenesis in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) and the rates of noradrenaline and adrenaline secretions in rats, both in vivo and in situ. In Experiment 1 (in vivo), rats were given an isoenergetic high-fat diet (30% fat diet) containing corn oil, refined oliv...

Amorphous semiconductors are materials with a brilliant prospect for a wide range of optical applications like solar cells, optical sensors, optical devices, and memories. The purpose of the present research was to study the semiconducting optical properties of SiO2-Al2O3-CaF2 and SiO2-Al2O3-BaF2 oxyfluoride...

We study the effect of wave function orthogonality in the rela-tivistic treatment of the nucleon removal reactions (γ, p) and (e, e ′ p). The continuum wave function describing the outgoing nucleon is made orthogonal to the relevant bound states using the Gram-Schmidt procedure. This procedure has the advantage of preserving the asymp-totic character of the continuum wave function and hence the...

Cobalt-doping a NiTi layered double hydroxide affords CoNiTi-LDH with smaller plate sizes and higher degree of order, which allows the band gap to shrink from 2.7 eV 2.4 eV. is active for both water oxidation reduction.