013 Introduction Need for accurate psychological assessment in the field of mental health has been important and well recognized for various reasons and one of them is be t te r conceptualization of the patients for correct diagnosis and their management. In the evolution of psychological tests, there are many which have been proving them effective for this purpose. One of such tests is Rorscha...

Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles were studied as drug delivery vehicles for calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D3. In vitro effects of calcitriol encapsulated in PLGA nanoparticles were evaluated with respect to free calcitriol on human pancreatic cell lines, S2-013 and hTERT-HPNE, and the lung cancer cell line A549. Encapsulated calcitriol retained its biological activity...

To gain competitive advantage, firms involve suppliers in New Product Development (NPD). However, uncertainty affects selection of suppliers and associated technologies, and selection outcomes in terms of commitment to one supplier or maintaining flexibility. We report on a case study of collaborative NPD with the aim to develop an energy storage unit. The case involved selection of both techno...

Psoriasis (PsO) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease without cure. The major risk-associated PsO susceptibility gene encodes for the human leukocyte antigen C*06:02 (HLA-Cw6). Half of patients carry this allele encoding HLA-I molecule which presents short peptides (together known as immunopeptidome) to CD8 cells, thereby initiating immune responses. It unclear presented by HLA-Cw6 are preval...