The membrane lipid fluidity of normal human erythrocytes was modified by enrichment and depletion in cholesterol, and the expression of I and SP1 antigens was assayed by quantitative hemagglutination from 4 degrees to 24 degrees C by use of a continuous flow system. Below 16 degrees--18 degrees C, cholesterol enrichment increased and cholesterol depletion decreased percent agglutination. As tem...

Epidemic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (EMRSA) emerged in the early 1980s with EMRSA-15 and -16 being the most prevalent strains within the UK. MRSA transmission between patients is largely via the hands of healthcare workers, and contamination of the hospital environment may occur. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of copper and brass to reduce the viab...

Differences in rooting ability of birch (Betula pubescens J.F. Ehrh.) cuttings were observed as a result of differences in genotype and physiology of the stock plants. The uniformity in response among cuttings from micropropagated plants compared with cuttings from seed plants confirmed the advantage of using micropropagated plants to study environmental effects. Shoot morphology of the seed st...

Feature search performance was measured in visually impaired (VI) and age-matched controls with normal vision (NV). All VI subjects were legally blind. The task was to search for a 2 degrees x 2 degrees square target among smaller 1 degrees x1 degrees distracters. Targets and distracters were white and presented on a dark background that subtended 69 degrees by 58 degrees . Three field-sizes (1...

‎‎for a finite group $g$ and a subgroup $h$ of $g$‎, ‎the relative commutativity degree of $h$ in $g$‎, ‎denoted by $d(h,g)$‎, ‎is the probability that an element of $h$ commutes with an element of $g$‎. ‎let $mathcal{d}(g)={d(h,g):hleq g}$ be the set of all relative commutativity degrees of subgroups of $g$‎. ‎it is shown that a finite group $g$ admits three relative commutativity degrees if a...

One of the main goals of the metal-mechanical industries is the reduction of the production costs through the productivity increase. In the attempt to reach this goals, many researchers have been used the hot machining method. This method consists, basically, in the heating of the work piece hundreds of degrees Celsius above room temperature with aid of an external source of heat. Thus, the red...

The timing of phenological events is highly responsive to global environmental change, and shifts in a phenological phase can affect terrestrial ecosystems, agriculture and economics. We analyzed changes in phenology for the spring season in China that occurred between the 1960's and the 2000's using four methods: species-level observations, meta-analysis, satellite measurements and phenology m...

Several features of subfitness are analyzed. Isbell’s Spatiality Theorem leads to the concept of T1-spatiality which is compared with the TD-spatiality. Subfitness is put into relation with other weak separation axioms (and with the existence of nearness), both in spaces and locales, and seeming discrepancies are explained. A new characteristic of subfitness by means of codensity is presented.

The intensity of the "steady-state" fluorescence of "aerobic" Anacystis nidulans is variable under prolonged illumination with orange (590 mmu) or blue (440 mmu) light for both normally photosynthesizing and DCMU-poisoned cells. In general, orange light illumination causes an increase of the fluorescence intensity followed by a decrease, while blue light causes an increase until a steady level ...

A recursive design technique for forming holographic elements which can be incorporated into helmet displays has been developed. To ensure that the holographic elements have low aberrations and high diffraction efficiency they must be recorded with complex wavefronts. These wavefronts are derived from relatively simple intermediate holograms whose readout geometry and wavelength differ from tho...