We describe the evolution of galaxies in a chemically consistent way accounting for the increasing initial metallicity of successive generations of stars. The enrichment of various types of model galaxies is compared with Damped Lyα (= DLA) abundances over the redshift range from z ∼ 0 through z > 4.4. We discuss properties and composition of the galaxy population giving rise to DLA absorption....

Obesity and its related metabolic disorders are closely correlated with gut dysbiosis. Montmorillonite is a common medicine used to treat diarrhea. We have previously found that dietary lipid adsorbent-montmorillonite (DLA-M) has an unexpected role in preventing obesity. The aim of this study was to further investigate whether DLA-M regulates intestinal absorption and gut microbiota to prevent ...

Beagles are commonly used in vaccine trials as part of the regulatory approval process. Genetic restriction within this breed and the impact this might have on vaccine responses are rarely considered. This study was designed to characterise diversity of dog leucocyte antigen (DLA) class II genes in a breeding colony of laboratory Beagles, whose offspring are used in vaccine studies. DLA haploty...

Several models based on the diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) model were proposed and their scaling properties explored by computational and theoretical approaches. In this paper, we consider a new extension of the on-lattice DLA model in which the unitary random steps are replaced by random flights of fixed length. This procedure reduces the screening for particle penetration present in the ...

T-cell depletion from marrow has been used to reduce the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing allogeneic marrow transplantation; however, this was accomplished at the price of an increased incidence of graft failure.' L-leucyl-L-leucine methyl ester (Leu-Leu-OMe), a lysosomotropic compound, has been shown to selectively deplete cytolytic T cells and their precursors, ...

Moments of the measure defined by products of random deviates are considered with the aim of reproducing the multifractal spectrum of the DiffusionLimited Aggregation (DLA) . appeared in: Journal of Technical Physics 37 (1996), pp.441-444 In 1981 Witten and Sander have proposed the Diffusion-Limited Aggregation (DLA) model [1] leading to the formation of fractal patterns. The growth process of ...

Genetically modified donor T cells with an inducible "suicide" gene have the potential to improve the safety and availability of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by enhancing engraftment and permitting control of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). However, several clinical studies of gene-modified T cells have shown limited to no in vivo function of the ex vivo expanded T cells...

We report the detection, both in line and continuum emission, of a galaxy responsible for a damped Ly absorption (DLA) system at z = 3:15 projected 2:3 00 from QSO 2233+131. The star formation rate implied by both the Ly and restframe far-UV continuum is 7 M yr ?1. The galaxy also shows no sign of an active nucleus and has blue colors, both consistent with it being observed early in its star fo...

We have studied graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after transplantation of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) mobilized by either recombinant canine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rcG-CSF) alone or combined with stem cell factor (rcSCF). These studies were prompted by the observation of extremely rapid and sustained engraftment of growth factor-mobilized PBSC in the autologous...