The detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to cytomegalovirus-induced late antigens by an indirect immunofluorescence assay was improved by the use of monoclonal antibodies to human IgM. Nonspecific background fluorescence was absent, facilitating the reading of the slides and the detection of a specific fluorescence reaction in sera with low levels of specific IgM. Moreover, the indire...

Background and Objectives: Mindfulness-based therapies have demonstrated effectiveness in many clinical contexts. Various therapies that train mindfulness skills have proliferated in recent years. There is increasing interest in mindfulness-based therapies and in incorporating instruments that measure mindfulness in order to understand its role in clinical and basic research. The Five Facets of...

Department of Molecular Biology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine 3-9, Fuku-ura, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, 1The Institute of Life Science and 3The Center for Innovative Cancer Research, Kurume University, 2432-3 Aikawa, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0861, 5Department of Cell Biology, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Honkomagome 3-18-22, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8613, 2Fac...

macrophage colony stimulating factor (m-csf) has previously been shown to affect the differentiation of cells of the mono-nuclear phagocytic line. more recent studies indicate that m-csf may have a role in pregnancy. in the present study, the expression of m-csf in the human placenta was demonstrated. placental mrna was isolated and used as template for synthesis of complementary dna (cdna). th...

Gamification of marketing is a fast-growing phenomenon and an innovation for mobile marketing. strategy increasing the attractiveness consumers to encourage increased shopping behavior, loyalty, engagement, product advocacy. Understanding factors behind use gamification services in m-commerce very interesting, no one has done any research. This study investigates theory self-determination (comp...

cultivation of annual medics is a way to increase producing of forage with a better quality, to increase the quantity of producing forage in low yield drylands, and to assisst establishing pasture. this study was conducted in order to investigate the adaptation and determination of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of three species of annual medics. the experimnet was conducted in a ...

Mating pheromone signaling is essential for conjugation between haploid cells of P-type (P-cells) and haploid cells of M-type (M-cells) in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. A peptide pheromone, M-factor, produced by M-cells is recognized by the receptor of P-cells. An M-factor-less mutant, in which the M-factor-encoding genes are deleted, is completely sterile. In liquid culture, sexual agglutination ...