Understanding the consumption and production of various metabolites of fibroblast conditioned media is needed for its proper and optimized use in expansion of pluripotent stem cells. For this purpose, we have used the HPLC method to analyse the consumption of glucose and the production of lactate over time by mouse embryonic fibroblasts. The experimental data have also been compared with mathem...

We examine the conjecture that no polynomial can upper bound the increase in the number of states when a one-way nondeterministic finite automaton (1nfa) is converted into an equivalent two-way deterministic finite automaton (2dfa). We study the problem of liveness, which admits 1nfas of polynomial size and is known to defy 2dfas of polynomial size if and only if the conjecture is true. We focu...

Do you have moles on face? Are the moles good or bad? We could treat this problem from medical, cosmetic, or even fortune applications viewpoint. Here, image processing techniques are investigated to detect and verify the goodness of face mole from fortune telling point of view. The process includes Voronoi diagram setup for sample moles, face mole detection, and mole recognition. In the first ...

Fossils of a marsupial mole (Marsupialia, Notoryctemorphia, Notoryctidae) are described from early Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland, Australia. These represent the first unequivocal fossil record of the order Notoryctemorphia, the two living species of which are among the world's most specialized and bizarre mammals, but which are also convergent ...

OBJECTIVE To evacuate whether short-tandem-repeat (STR) DNA genotyping is effective for diagnostic measure to precisely classify hydatidiform moles. METHODS 150 cases were selected based on histologic features that were previously diagnosed or suspected molar pregnancy. All sections were stained with hematoxylin as a quality control method, and guided the microscopic dissection. DNA was extra...

The carbohydrate composition of an IgA (a, subtype) myeloma protein has been determined. The carbohydrate, present only on the heavy chain, was found to consist of 3 moles of sialic acid, 9 mole of galactose, 5.4 moles of mannose, 0.8 moles of fucose, 8.8 moles of N-acetylglucosamine, and 5 moles of N-acetylgalactosamine per mole of heavy chain. Four major glycopeptide-containing fractions were...

Four glycopeptides were isolated from desialized orosomucoid following digestion with Pronase and chromatography on sulfoethyl cellulose. The structure of the major glycopeptide was studied with sequential hydrolysis with /3galactosidase, /3-acetylglucosaminidase, and a-mannosidase, as well as by oxidation with periodate. Evidence for a glycosylamine type linkage between aspartic acid and acety...

The placenta is a homograft which is tolerated by the host for an unusually long time. The hydatidiform mole may be said to be even more successful in this respect for it can survive longer and penetrate further in the host even in the absence of a viable foetus. Recent observations that a large number of hydatidiform moles are chromatin positive are of much interest, but so far the reported se...

BACKGROUND For generations many families in and around Florida's Apalachicola National Forest have supported themselves by collecting the large endemic earthworms (Diplocardia mississippiensis). This is accomplished by vibrating a wooden stake driven into the soil, a practice called "worm grunting". In response to the vibrations, worms emerge to the surface where thousands can be gathered in a ...

The carbohydrate composition of an IgA (a, subtype) myeloma protein has been determined. The carbohydrate, present only on the heavy chain, was found to consist of 3 moles of sialic acid, 9 mole of galactose, 5.4 moles of mannose, 0.8 moles of fucose, 8.8 moles of N-acetylglucosamine, and 5 moles of N-acetylgalactosamine per mole of heavy chain. Four major glycopeptide-containing fractions were...