To understand the molecular properties of matrilin-3, a newly discovered member of the novel extracellular matrix protein family, we cloned a MAT-3 cDNA from developing chicken sterna. Real time quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction indicates that MAT-3 mRNA is mainly expressed in the proliferation zone of a growth plate. It is also expressed in the maturation zone, overl...

The nature of the price setting process directly a¤ects the form of the derived Phillips curve. This handout covers 2 models which have been quite in‡uential in the monetary policy literature. The …rst is the Rotemberg (1982, then 1996) model of price-setting subject to quadratic adjustment costs. The second model is the recent contribution of Mankiw and Reis (2002) which replaces sticky prices...

Toxoplasma gondii infects all species of warm-blooded animals, including humans, and domestic cats and other felidae are its definitive hosts. The aim of the present survey was to compare serological and molecular tests in accurate diagnosis of T. gondii infection among stray cats in Ahvaz, Iran. A total of 100 cats were examined for the detection of serum antibodies against T. gondii (chronic ...

background: neospora caninum , an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite, is recognized as a major cause of abortion in cattle, while limited information is presently available on the seropreva­lence of neospora antibodies in horses' worldwide .the aim of the present study was to de­termine serologic prevalence of neospora infection in horses in iran. methods: sera from 150 horses from mashh...

leptospirosis in cattle is a worldwide problem associated with abortion, agalactia, still birth and infertility resulting in major economic losses to dairy industry. there is lack of data regarding seroprevalence of bovine leptospirosis in eastern india. so, with the aim to investigate the prevalence of the disease in odisha and west bengal state of eastern india, a total of 350 cattle serum sa...

In most fungal ascomycetes, mating is controlled by a single locus (MAT). Fungi requiring a partner to mate are heterothallic (self-sterile); those not requiring a partner are homothallic (self-fertile). Structural analyses of MAT sequences from homothallic and heterothallic Cochliobolus species support the hypothesis that heterothallism is ancestral. Homothallic species carry both MAT genes in...

The design and implementation of systems that combine both the utilities of the digital world as well as intrinsic affordances of traditional artifacts are challenging. In this paper, we present „Quickies‟, an attempt to bring one of the most useful inventions of the 20 century into the digital age: the ubiquitous sticky notes. „Quickies‟ enriches the experience of using stickynotes by linking ...

Non-sticky latex beads and sticky diatoms were used as models to describe mutual coagulation between sticky and non-sticky particles. In mixed suspensions of beads and Thalassiosira nordenskjoeldii, both types of particles coagulated into mixed aggregates at specific rates, from which the interspecific coagulation effic~ency could be calculated. Stickiness between beads and T nordenskjoeldii wa...

This paper estimates and compares four versions of the sticky price New Keynesian model for the Euro area, using a Bayesian approach as described in Rabanal and Rubio-Ramírez (2003). We find that the average duration of price contracts is between four and eight quarters, similar to the one estimated in the United States, while price indexation is found to be smaller. On the other hand, average ...