LL-37 is the only antimicrobial peptide (AMP) of the human cathelicidin family. In addition to potent antimicrobial activity, LL-37 is known to have the potential to inhibit lipolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endotoxic effects. To provide the stability to proteolytic digestion and increase prokaryotic selectivity and/or antiendotoxic activity of two Lys/Trp-substituted 19-meric antimicrobial peptid...

This paper introduces a G space theory and a weakened weak form (W2) using the generalized gradient smoothing technique for a unified formulation of a wide class of compatible and incompatible methods. The W2 formulation works for both finite element method settings and mesh-free settings, and W2 models can have special properties including softened behavior, upper bounds and ultra accuracy. Pa...

Two liquid membrane oscillators composed of aqueous solutions containing cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTACl) and alcohol, W1 and W1', a nitrobenzene solution containing picric acid, O, and pure water phase, W2, were connected through O and W2 as common phases. Two glass tubes including W1 and W1' were inserted into the O/W2 interface. Both membrane potential differences between W1 and W2 ...

Root colonizing bacteria that exert beneficial effects on plant growth have been defined as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). The present study aimed to the production of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and siderophore in WR-W2 and MR-AI strains under in vitro condition. Synthesis of IAA and siderophore was checked in presence of different carbon sources in JNFb medium amended with L-tryp...

LetΓ2 be the six dimensional linear algebraic k-group SL2(W2), where W2 is the ring of Witt vectors of length two over the algebraically closed field k of characteristic p > 2. Then the minimal dimension of a faithful rational krepresentation of Γ2 is p + 3.

INTRODUCTION To define the optimal time point for the integration of hypoxia (18)F-FAZA-PET/CT information into radiotherapy treatment planning to benefit from hypoxia modification or dose escalation treatment. Therefore, we performed a prospective cohort study, using serial hypoxic imaging ((18)F-FAZA-PET/CT) prior to and at several time-points during (chemo)radiotherapy (CHRT) in six head and...

LetG be the six dimensional linear algebraic k-group SL2(W2), where W2 is the ring of Witt vectors of length two over the algebraically closed field k of characteristic p > 0. Then the minimal dimension of a faithful rational krepresentation of G is p + 3.

Let A be à transcendental entire function of order < 1. If w, and w2 are two linearly independent solutions of the differential equation y" + A y — 0, then at least one of wl, w2 has the property that the exponent of convergence of its zeros is > 1.

We show that the method of counting closed walks in strongly regular graphs rules out no parameter sets other than those ruled out by the method of counting eigenvalue multiplicities. Following Bose [2], a strongly regular graph with parameters n, k, λ, μ means an undirected graph G such that • G has n vertices, • G is regular of degree k, • every two adjacent vertices of G have precisely λ com...