Purpose: To compare non-cycloplegic refraction measurements of two photoscreeners and the hand-held autorefractometer with cycloplegic in patients attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
 Meterials methods: This cross-sectional, comparative study consisted 53 children who were newly diagnosed ADHD. We compared spherical, cylindrical, cylindrical axis spherical equivalent (SE) Plus...

Let A = ( A11 A12 A21 A22 ) ∈ Mn, where A11 ∈ Mm with m ≤ n/2, be such that the numerical range of A lies in the set {eiφz ∈ C : |=z| ≤ (<z) tanα}, for some φ ∈ [0, 2π) and α ∈ [0, π/2). We obtain the optimal containment region for the generalized eigenvalue λ satisfying λ ( A11 0 0 A22 ) x = ( 0 A12 A21 0 ) x for some nonzero x ∈ C, and the optimal eigenvalue containment region of the matrix I...

A filamentous phage library displaying a vast repertoire of synthetic single chain fragment variable (scFv) antibody fragments was subjected to affinity selection on purified bluetongue virus (BTV) particles. After four rounds of selection and amplification, 73 out of a total of 90 fusion phage clones tested were found to bind to purified BTV in ELISA. One of these, the clone producing the high...

We report here the complete genome sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis strain A12, a strain isolated from sourdough. The circular chromosome and the four plasmids reveal genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism that are potentially required for the persistence of this strain in such a complex ecosystem.

We redevelop and extend Dams’s results on overand underapproximation with higher-order Galois connections: (1) We show how Galois connections are generated from U-GLB-L-LUBclosed binary relations, and we apply them to lower and upper powerset constructions, which are weaker forms of powerdomains appropriate for abstraction studies. (2) We use the powerset types within a family of logical relati...

PURPOSE: Inhibition of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling using the human IGF-I receptor monoclonal antibody A12 is most effective at inducing apoptosis in prostate cancer xenografts in the presence of androgen. We undertook this study to determine mechanisms for increased apoptosis by A12 in the presence of androgens. Experimental Methods: The castrate-resistant human xenograft LuCaP 3...

The permeability transition in human mitochondria refers to the opening of a nonspecific channel, known as the permeability transition pore (PTP), in the inner membrane. Opening can be triggered by calcium ions, leading to swelling of the organelle, disruption of the inner membrane, and ATP synthesis, followed by cell death. Recent proposals suggest that the pore is associated with the ATP synt...