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Cultured pear (Pyrus communis L. cv Passe Crassane) cells were subjected to temperatures of 39, 42, and 45[deg]C. Heat-shock protein (hsp) synthesis was greater at 30[deg]C than at temperatures above 40[deg]C and continued for up to 8 h. Both cellular uptake of radiolabeled methionine and total protein synthesis were progressively lower as the temperature was increased. Polysome levels decrease...

The swimming kinematics of prey capture was studied in short-horned sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius L.) acclimated for 6­8 weeks to either 5 °C or 15 °C (12 h:12 h light:dark) using 15 °C-acclimated shrimps as prey. Fish acclimated to 5 °C remained interested in feeding following an acute rise in temperature to 15 °C over 12 h. Prey capture was a stereotyped behaviour co...

Live fibre bundles were isolated from the fast myotomal muscle of short-horned sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius L.) and isometric contractile properties and the force­velocity (P­V) relationship determined at 5, 10 and 15 °C. Experiments were carried out on winter- and summer-caught sculpins and on individuals acclimated for 6­8 weeks to either 5 or 15 °C (12 h:12 h light:dar...

Our ability of controlling the growth and interfaces of thin dielectric films on III–V semiconductors by ultrahigh vacuum deposition has led to investigations of gate stacks containing rare earth oxides of Gd2O3 and Y2O3 as alternative high k gate dielectrics for Si. The abrupt interfaces achieved in these gate stacks have enabled the electrical, chemical, and structural studies to elucidate th...

Protein nanoparticles as nanocarriers are of particular interest in the field of cancer therapy. Nevertheless, so far a facile fabrication of theranostic protein nanoparticles have been explored with limited success for cancer imaging and therapy. In this work, we demonstrate the controllable synthesis of size-tunable Gd2O3@albumin conjugating photosensitizer (PS) (GA-NPs) using hollow albumin ...

Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of feature similarity and discrimination category in a flanker task. Gabor patches were used as target and distractor stimuli for each experiment. In the first experiment, the target turned to minus or plus 45 deg from the vertical, whereas the orientation of the distractors changed between minus and plus 45 deg by 15 deg. For the seco...

Single fibres were isolated from the fast myotomal muscle of the short-horned sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius L.). Fish were acclimated to either 5 °C (10 h:14 h light:dark) or 15 °C (12 h:12 h light:dark) for 1­2 months. Isometric tension (Fmax) and unloaded contraction velocity (Vslack) were determined in maximally activated skinned fibres over the range 0 to 20 °C. Fibres iso...