Despite the existence of the slow-moving vehicle (SMV) emblem for almost 50 years, there continues to be a large number of preventable accidents between SMVs and other motorists. In this study, the current SMV emblem was tested against other common road signs as well as alternative slow-moving vehicle emblems to determine motorist comprehension of the signs. An open-ended test method was used t...

The biochemical function of the potyviral P3 protein is not known, although it is known to regulate virus replication, movement, and pathogenesis. We show that P3, the putative virulence determinant of soybean mosaic virus (SMV), targets a component of the translation elongation complex in soybean. Eukaryotic elongation factor 1A (eEF1A), a well-known host factor in viral pathogenesis, is essen...

MODEL IMPLEMENTION COMPONENT REFINEMENT MAPS Figure 1: Re nement maps interfaces and structures in the low-level design. This makes it possible to verify small parts of the low-level design in the context of the abstract model. Thus, the proof obligations can be reduced to a small enough scale to be veri ed by model checking. SMV supports this methodology by allowing one to specify many abstrac...

Pancreatic cancers frequently invade the portomesenteric veins. Venous resection during pancreaticoduodenectomy with curative intent is more common now than it was in the past. Most venous resections can be repaired primarily, but some require vascular grafts. Here, we describe the use of an autologous parietal peritoneum graft instead of vascular grafts for repairing a superior mesenteric vein...

Time and cost saving is an essential requirement in pharmacokinetics and bioequivalence studies. The aim of this study is to use a simple, fast, and nondestructive near-infrared transmission spectroscopic method to quantify simvastatin (SMV) concentrations in mice plasma and also to improve SMV bioavailability by using alpha-lipoic acid as a carrier. Calibration curve was built at a concentrati...

BACKGROUND The long-term antibody response to measles vaccine (MV) administered at age 6 months with or without subsequent doses is not well documented. METHODS Measles serum antibody responses were evaluated after a supplemental dose of measles vaccine (sMV) administered at a median age of 20 months among Malawian children who had previously received 2 doses of measles vaccine (MV) at ages 6...

The role of oxidative stress has been reported in various diabetic complications. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the possible protective effects of simvastatin (SMV), a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor against oxidative stress in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. Diabetes induced in rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of STZ (6o mg/Kg). A dose of 10 mg/kg of either SMV...

In this paper, we present a smart machine vision (SMV) system for printed circuit board (PCB) inspection. It has advantages over the traditional manual inspection by its higher efficiency and accuracy. This SMV system consists of two modules, LIF (Learning Inspection Features) and OLI (On-Line Inspection). The LIF module automatically learns inspection features from the CAD files of a PCB board...

PORTAL VEIN TlIROMBOSIS (PVT) or thrombosis of its tributaries has been a formidable surgical challenge in orthotopic hepatic transplantation (OHT). At one time, PVT was considered a relative contraindication for OHT. However, refinements of the technique to reconstruct the portal vein after thrombosis have included venous grafting procedures (1, 2). The technique of the venous "jump" graft fro...

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the possible protective effects of simvastatin (SMV) against oxidative stress in streptozotocin- (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced experimentally in rats by i.p. injection of STZ in a dose of 60 mg/kg bwt. After 5 weeks of STZ injection, there were apparent reductions in the animal body weight and significant increase in blood glucose...