The activity concentration of gross alpha and gross beta particles in four samples of borehole drinking water consumed in Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger State-Nigeria was measured, using a portable single channel gas free proportional counter (MPC2000B-DP) detector. This study focused on cancer related problems and the bio-data of the environment was discussed as wel...

Concentrations of human choriogonadotropin (hCG) and its free beta subunit (beta hCG) were measured in serum by highly sensitive and specific time-resolved immunofluorometric assays (IFMAS). The results were confirmed by completely separating beta hCG and hCG by a novel method based on hydrophobic-interaction chromatography. We used three monoclonal antibodies in two different combinations. In ...

Beta-hydroxy fatty acids are a major component of lipid A moiety of lipopolysaccharide. We aimed to investigate the role of free beta-hydroxy fatty acids on inflammation, as well as to evaluate their effects on cytokine release from human blood cells, and whether they exist in plasma of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases with/without insulin resistance. Peripheral venous blood was incu...

Currently, the occurrence of diseases in digestive system swine has increased. Environmental stress and gastric bacteria were associated with body imbalance ulcer, which are related to pathological changes stomach. This study aimed investigate stomach histological characteristics beta-agonist free, hygienic, natural different farming methods. Three types swine’s stomachs bought from three farms...

The human class I MHC molecules are known to generally exist on the cell surface either as peptide-containing complexes of H chain (alpha-chain) and beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m) or as beta(2)m-free H chains incapable of binding peptides. In this study, a uniquely conformed peptide-containing beta(2)m-free HLA-B2705 H chain has been isolated using the recently described highly efficient perf...

We study the isotropization and thermalization of heavy quarks in a non-Markovian medium high-energy nuclear collisions. In particular, we analyze case nonstationary with noise whose time correlator decays as power law (heavy-tailed noise). assume correlations decay an exponent $\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{-}1$, $0\ensuremath{\le}\ensuremath{\beta}<1$; treat $\ensuremath{\beta}$ free param...

Today the syntax of many languages is defined by using context-free grammars. These syntax definitions suffer from a major drawback: grammars do not allow the definition of abstract, reusable concept definitions. Especially in families of related languages, where multiple languages often share the same concepts, this limitation leads to unnecessary reproduction of concept definitions and a miss...

To investigate the relationship between thyroid function and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in a relatively large general population with euthyroid status we initially enrolled 1772 Japanese adults (421 men and 1351 women) who participated in a medical screening program for the general population over 40 years old. To evaluate only euthyroid subjects without vascular diseases and/or its ...

The acid-catalyzed alkylation of isobutane with butenes is an important contributor to the production high-quality gasoline. Recent advances in this field focus on development solid acid catalysts substitute current liquid-based alternatives. La-exchanged faujasite (La-HY) has been implemented industrially due its excellent activity and selectivity, but remains prone deactivation. In work, Beta...

The proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans synthesized by embryonic mouse salivary glands during normal morphogenesis and in the presence of beta-xyloside, an inhibitor of branching morphogenesis, have been partially characterized. Control and rho-nitrophenyl-beta-D-xyloside-treated salivary rudiments synthesize proteoglycans that are qualitatively similar, based on mobility on Sepharose CL-4B un...