Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) genomic fingerprinting assays were compared for their ability to differentiate Escherichia coli isolates obtained from various host sources, and with respect to their pathogenicity. One hundred and ten verotoxigenic, enterotoxigenic and non-pathogenic E. coli is...

We investigate the effect of pair creation on a shock structure. Actually, particles accelerated by a shock can be sufficiently energetic to boost, via Inverse Compton (IC) process for example, surrounding soft photons above the rest mass electron energy and thus to trigger the pair creation process. The increase of the associated pair pressure is thus able to disrupt the plasma flow and possib...

High risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs) are associated with increased risk of normal cervical cells developing to dysplasia and cervical carcinoma. Therefore, HR-HPV DNA testing can predict an endpoint of cervical carcinogenesis that is earlier than the development of cervical abnormalities. Not only the sensitivity of methods but also the amount of HPV DNA are very important and might be pa...

Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is known to play an important role in the genesis of cervical cancer. Since new screening and prevention strategies, namely improved HPV testing and HPV vaccination have been aggressively promoted recently, it is crucial to investigate the HPV distribution in Malaysia in order to maximize their cost-effectiveness. This study was therefor...

Ikan tuna secara nasional merupakan komoditas ekspor terbesar kedua setelah udang. Salah satu pengolahan ikan yang banyak dilakukan oleh kelompok masyarakat, baik industri rumah tangga maupun UMKM adalah abon. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui kelayakan dasar penerapan GMP dan SSOP unit abon mutunya pada Mamabon Kota Bukittinggi. Pengamatan proses langsung di menggunakan metode observasi w...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal failure (CRF) leads in the majority of instances to end stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy. Our interest was to evaluate the possible associations of HLA class I and class II antigens with ESRD independent of other factors, in Saudi Arabia population. METHODOLOGY A retrospective study to determine the HLA class I and class II polymorphisms ...

Exocytosis in yeast requires the assembly of the secretory vesicle soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (v-SNARE) Sncp and the plasma membrane t-SNAREs Ssop and Sec9p into a SNARE complex. High-level expression of mutant Snc1 or Sso2 proteins that have a COOH-terminal geranylgeranylation signal instead of a transmembrane domain inhibits exocytosis at a stage aft...

Despite recent technological progress in surgical guidance, current intraoperative assessment of tissue that should be removed (e.g., cancer) or avoided nerves) is still performed subjectively. Optical imaging a non-contact, non-invasive modality has the potential to provide feedback regarding condition living tissues by either an exogenously administered contrast agent endogenous constituents ...