Meeting the goal of providing point of care (POC) tests for molecular detection of pathogens in low resource settings places stringent demands on all aspects of the technology. OmniAmp DNA polymerase (Pol) is a thermostable viral enzyme that enables true POC use in clinics or in the field by overcoming important barriers to isothermal amplification. In this paper, we describe the multiple advan...

Al2O3 doped Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 ~BST! thin films, with different Al2O3 contents, were deposited on ~100! LaAlO3 substrates by the pulsed laser deposition technique to develop agile thin films for tunable microwave device applications. The dielectric properties of Al2O3 doped BST films were determined with a nondestructive dual resonator near 7.7 GHz. We demonstrated that the Al2O3 doping plays a sig...

Ceramic-polymer nanocomposites, consisting of surface hydroxylated cube-shaped Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 nanoparticles (BST–NPs) as fillers and poly(vinylidenefluoride) (PVDF) as matrix, have been fabricated by using a solution casting method. The nanocomposites exhibited increased dielectric constant and improved breakdown strength. Dielectric constants of the nanocomposite with surface hydroxylated BST–...

The objective was to evaluate the effects of pregnancy and bovine somatotropin (bST) on endometrial gene and protein expression related to maintenance of pregnancy in nonlactating dairy cows at d 17. In endometrial tissues, treatment with bST increased the steady state concentration of oxytocin receptor (OTR) mRNA; bST-treated cyclic (bST-C) cows had greater OTR mRNA than bST-treated pregnant (...

This study investigated the correlation between the body surface temperature (BST) and core body temperature of ewes and changes in BST during the prepartum stage in pregnant ewes. Four non-pregnant adult ewes were used in the first experiment. The BST of the upper neck, vaginal temperature (VT), and ambient temperature (AT) were measured every 10 min for seven days and analyzed for correlation...

Magnetic stimulation with a double-cone-coil over the back of the head activates the motor tracts at the level of pyramidal decussation (brain stem stimulation [BST]). However, single-pulse BST (single BST) sometimes cannot elicit motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) in patients with corticospinal tract involvement. We developed a technique using double-pulse BST (double BST) to elicit MEPs even in p...

Bovine somatotropin (bST) enhances ovarian follicular and embryonic development in sheep and cattle. In the present study, the objective was to assess whether bST given 5 days before the end of progestin-based estrous synchronization improves prolificacy and lambing rate in sheep. Pelibuey ewes (n=92) exhibiting estrous cycles at regular intervals received an intravaginal sponge containing 45mg...

Introduction: The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) is a limbic structure which is involved in cardiovascular regulation and baroreflex modulation. The presence of cholinergic synaptic terminalis with high level of muscarinic receptors in the BST has been demonstrated. This study was performed to find the role of the cholinergic muscarinic receptor in cardiovascular response and baro...

HIV-1 Vpu enhances the release of virions from infected cells. Recent work identified Bst-2/CD317/tetherin as a host factor whose inhibitory activity on viral release is counteracted by Vpu. A current working model proposes that Bst-2 inhibits virus release by tethering viral particles to the cell surface. Here, we analyzed endogenous Bst-2 with respect to its effect on virus release from HeLa ...