A new rapid method for titrating baculovirus stocks has been developed using a novel cell line Sf-9 Easy Titer (Sf-9ET). The Sf-9ET cell line has been transfected with plasmid DNA containing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene under the control of the baculovirus polyhedrin promoter. When used in the titration assay, the Sf-9ET cells turn green when they are infected with baculov...

Psychophysical studies suggest that different colors have different perceptual status: red and blue for example are thought of as elementary sensations whereas yellowish green is not. The dominant account for such perceptual asymmetries attributes them to specificities of the neuronal representation of colors. Alternative accounts involve cultural or linguistic arguments. What these accounts ha...

BACKGROUND Delayed gastric emptying and bile reflux are common concerns in long-term survivors after Whipple surgery. The study was designed to assess modified retro colic retro gastric gastrojejunostomy in reducing macro and microscopic bile reflux and impact on dyspepsia related quality of life in long-term survivors. METHODS Out of 43 patients operated, 23 long-term survivors were included...

BACKGROUND Adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy is characterized by a solitary, oval, slightly elevated, yellowish subretinal lesion of the fovea. We examined a patient with adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy with stellate retinal folds by optical coherence tomography and scanning laser ophthalomoscopy. CASE A 58-year-old Japanese woman with a complaint of decreased visi...

Carbon dots (Cdots) are synthesizable nanoparticles. One of them is taking advantage binahong leaves (Anredera scandes L.). In this research, the synthesis Cdots fresh and dried has been carried out. Using buttom up method UV-Vis characterization. Microwave heating for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, physical properties resulting color Binahong showing a yellowish green color, while dry show brownish co...

A green mold species that has not previously been reported in Korea was isolated from oak log beds used for shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivation that were infested by mushroom flies. In this study, we identify the mold species as Gliocladium viride (an anamorph of Hypocrea lutea) and describe its mycological properties. The fungus was cottony on both potato dextrose agar (PDA) and Czapek yea...

Phase-pure (La0.97RE0.01Yb0.02)2O2S upconversion (UC) nanophosphors (average crystallite size ~ 45 nm; RE=Ho, Er) were annealed from their hydrothermally crystallized layered hydroxyl sulfate precursors in flowing hydrogen at 1200 °C for 1 h, with water vapor as the only exhaust. Under 978-nm laser excitation (up to 2.0 W), the Ho3+-doped phosphor exhibited green (medium), red (weak), and near-...

In this work, we report a new mechanoresponsive luminescent Cd(ii) coordination polymer that exhibits a sensitivity to mechanical stimulation. The luminescence colour changed gradually from weak yellowish-green to bright cyan in response to different grinding sizes, thereby showing interesting mechanochromic properties, namely a grinding-enhanced luminescence and good crystalline maintenance ab...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of intravitreal injections of new vital dyes on the retina, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the choroid in an in vivo rat model. METHODS Rats were injected intravitreally with four dyes: light-green SF yellowish (LGSF), copper(II)phthalocyanine-tetrasulfonic acid (E68), bromphenol blue (BPB), and Chicago blue (CB) dissolved in physiologic saline solu...

Penicillium griseoroseum, a deuteromycete fungus producer of pectinolytic enzymes, was transformed with a gene encoding for green fluorescent protein (GFP). The selection of transformants was based on the homologous nitrate reductase gene (niaD). Protoplasts of a P. griseoroseum Nia mutant (PG63) were co-transformed with the plasmids pNPG1 and pAN52-1-GFP. The plasmid pNPG-1 carries the homolog...