We have recently derived infinite-series expressions for performance measures of multiple-input multipleoutput (MIMO) spatial multiplexing with zero-forcing detection (ZF) for Rician–Rayleigh fading, which is relevant in heterogeneous networks. These expressions ensue from a well-known infinite-series expansion around σ = 0 of the confluent hypergeometric function 1F1(·, ·, σ). Theoretically, t...

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a pleiotropic cytokine, sharing a common beta subunit (CDw131) with interleukins 3 and 5. GM-CSF is important for its direct and indirect involvement in host defense. In veterinary medicine, human (h) GM-CSF has been used as a substitute for canine GM-CSF to stimulate canine granulocytes and macrophages. In this study, we compared the...

We generated a neonatal pig model with human infant gut microbiota (HGM) to study the effect of a probiotic on the composition of the transplanted microbiota following rotavirus vaccination and challenge. All the HGM-transplanted pigs received two doses of an oral attenuated rotavirus vaccine. The gut microbiota of vaccinated pigs were investigated for effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG...

A self-regulated high-copy number plasmid containing chloramphenicol resistant gene, for the production of recombinant proteins under the regulation of bacteriophage λpL promoter, was constructed. The designed 5024 base pair expression plasmid contained a heat sensitive repressor cI857 coding gene to regulate the function of λpL promoter under heat shock induction. Using the constructed vector,...

A porous-wall hollow glass microsphere (PW-HGM) was investigated as an optical resonator for chemical vapor sensing. A single mode optical fiber taper was used to interrogate the microresonator. Adsorption of chemical molecules into the nanosized pores induced a refractive index change of the thin wall and thus a shift in its resonance spectrum. The PW-HGM resonator had shown higher vapor detec...

with the aim of the secretion of human granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (hgm-csf) in escherichia coli, hgm-csf cdna was fused in-frame next to the signal sequence of st toxin (st-i) of exteroxigenic e. coli, containing 53 or 19 amino acids of signal peptide. the fused stsig::hgm-csf coding fragments were inserted into a t7-based expression plasmid. the recombinant plasmids were ...

Surgical borders of extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) are difficult to be identified via its clinical appearance. In this study, we propose a new diagnostic technique which combines nonlinear harmonic generation microscopy (HGM) with the deep learning method instantaneously determine whether imaged 3D stack is malignant EMPD or surrounding normal skin digitally. To demonstrate our proposal, i...

Diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common skin cancer, is made by histologic examination traditionally. Yet the process is invasive and timeconsuming. In vivo imaging modalities such as harmonic generation microscopy (HGM) was therefore developed for noninvasive diagnosis of BCC. However the images acquired by HGM are too many for physicians to interpret manually. Thus, in this p...

Today, the human gastrointestinal microbiota (HGM) is seen as an organ that orchestrates activity of all other organs and systems (namely brain) one plays a major role in maintaining homeostasis host organism. A remarkable ability HGM key player development normal immune system its to recognize stress signals environment, e.g., triggers by viruses pathogenic microorganisms, react accordingly. S...

The human gut microbiota (HGM) plays a pivotal role in health and disease. Consequently, nutritional medical research focusing on HGM modulation strategies as means of improving host is steadily increasing. In vitro fermentation models offer valid complement to animal studies when it comes the mechanistic exploration novel approaches their direct effects composition activity, while excluding in...