Two new species of Lesteva Latreille are described and illustrated from Longwangshan Mountain, East China, viz. Lesteva cala Ma & Li, sp. n. and Lesteva erythra Ma & Li, sp. n. The latest key to Chinese Lesteva is modified to include the species described from continental China since 2000.

By means of the heterotic/type IIB duality, we study properties of junctions on backgrounds with a positively charged orientifold seven-plane and D-branes, which are expected to give seven dimensional Sp(r) gauge theories. We give a modified BPS condition for the junctions and show that it reproduces the adjoint representation of the Sp(r) group. ∗[email protected]

The zinc finger transcription factor GATA-3 is of critical importance for early T cell development and commitment of Th2 cells. To study the role of GATA-3 in early T cell development, we analyzed and modified GATA-3 expression in vivo. In mice carrying a targeted insertion of a lacZ reporter on one allele, we found that GATA-3 transcription in CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive thymocytes correlated...

Out of the 30 actinobacterial cultures screened for antimicrobial activity, 28 cultures were found to produce active products against various pathogenic microorganisms such as Gram-negative, Gram-positive bacteria and yeast, using a modified cross streak method. The modified method helped in easy quantification of results and also in ruling out probable mutual antibiosis. The actinobacterial st...

Let Γn = (γij)n×n be a random matrix with the Haar probability measure on the orthogonal group O(n), the unitary group U(n) or the symplectic group Sp(n). Given 1 ≤ m < n, a probability inequality for a distance between (γij)n×m and some mn independent F -valued normal random variables is obtained, where F = R, C or H (the set of real quaternions). The result is universal for the three cases. I...

We study random assignment economies with expectedutility agents, each of them eventually obtaining a single object. The assignment should respect object-invariant priorities such as seniority rights in student residence assignment, grandfather rights in landing slot assignment... We introduce the new Sequential Pseudomarket (SP) mechanism, where the set of agents is partitioned into ordered pr...

Modified natural surfactant preparations, used for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants, contain phospholipids and the hydrophobic surfactant protein (SP)-B and SP-C. Herein, the individual and combined effects of SP-B and SP-C were evaluated in premature rabbit fetuses treated with airway instillation of surfactant and ventilated without positive end-expiratory press...