When were they discovered? As early as the 1960s, there was evidence that under certain conditions protein molecules might have properties intermediate between the rigid native and fully unfolded states. The concept of such a protein as an intermediate in protein folding was suggested by the late Oleg Ptitsyn in the 1970s. A compact, partly folded protein was first observed experimentally in th...

The aim of this review article is to summarize the information available related to milk fat globules (MFGs) in order to highlight their contribution to the nutritional and technological characteristics of milk and dairy products. The macrostructure of milk lipids is composed of globules made up of triglycerides with different melting points, enveloped by a biological membrane from the mammary ...

X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy at the sulfur K-edge was applied to probe the speciation of sulfur of metabolically different sulfur-accumulating bacteria in situ. Fitting the spectra using a least-square fitting routine XANES reveals at least three different forms of sulfur in bacterial sulfur globules. Cyclooctasulfur dominates in the sulfur globules of Beggiatoa alb...

We present the results of a 1.3mm continuum study of 59 Bok globules located north of−30◦ declination. The catalogue of Clemens & Barvainis (1988) served as a search list for the target objects investigated here. Based on the analysis of the IRAS point source colour-colour diagram, four distinct groups of globules are distinguished. It is shown that indeed each of these groups has distinctive p...

Introduction: Recent work has shown that sub-micron car-bonaceous spheres (" nanoglobules ") constitute a microstructur-ally distinct, ubiquitous form of extraterrestrial organic carbon. Nanoglobules have been reported to occur in the insoluble organic matter (IOM) of carbonaceous chondrites, in the matrices of primitive chondrites, in interplanetary dust particles and in Wild-2 samples [1-4]. ...

Various viewpoints were proposed to explain the causes of recent years’ severe drought occurred in Yunnan and Guizhou, China. In general there are two parties of viewpoints, the Eucalyptus cause and climate change cause. I think Yunnan-Guizhou drought has been mainly caused by abnormal climate change. Eucalyptus was not significant in the formation of Yunnan-Guizhou drought. However, the forest...

The propagation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria has pushed population searching alternative therapies as preventives and treatment selections. use medicinal plants is a promising solution to strengthen immunity chase COVID-19. aim this study was carry out an ethnobotanical survey Bejaia department (Algeria) identify used during current pandemic. conducted from February May 2021. interviews ...

Using the Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), we obtained submillimeter polarization maps of the Bok globules B 335, CB 230, and CB 244 at 850 μm. We find strongly aligned polarization vectors in the case of B 335 and CB 230, indicating a strong coupling of the magnetic field to the dust grains. Based on the distribution of the orientat...

the leaves of four cultivated eucalyptus species, eucalyptus microtheca var. microtheca f. muell., eucalyptus spathulata, eucalyptus largiflorens and eucalyptus torquata were collected in spring from kashan and isfahan provinces (central region of iran). after drying the plant materials in shade, their essential oils were obtained by hydro-distillation. the oils were analyzed by capillary gas c...

A set of over 8000 Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) markers was tested for its utility in high-resolution population and phylogenetic studies across a range of Eucalyptus taxa. Small-scale population studies of Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus nitens, Eucalyptus pilularis and Eucalyptus urophylla demonstrated the potential of...