Interaction among and between mushroom / white rot and brown rot fungi or soft rot fungi, studied by the dual culture plate assays showed that the outcome of a specific interaction was strongly dependent on the two organisms concerned. Phanerochate chrysosporium as one of the partner in dual cultures, invariably scored grade 2 for colony interaction as it overgrew and covered the colony of othe...

To examine the lifetime of a micro-channel plate photo-multiplier tube, we measured its basic performance, gain, quantum efficiency (QE), transit time spread and dark counts as a function of the integrated amount of irradiated photons up to 2:8 10 photons=cm, corresponding to a 14-year time duration under supposed super-KEKB experimental conditions. The effect of the ion-feedback protection lay...

Developmental stages of Meloidogyne javanica were successfully released from roots by treatment with commercially available cellulase and pectinase. The average percentage recovery of nematode developmental stages from Dolichos lablab, Elymus glaucus, and Lycopersicon esculentum were as follows: eggs = 526%, J2 = 272%, J3 = 783%, J4 = 549%, adult females = 285%, and total = 425%, expressed as p...

T he infratemporal fossa (ITF) is a rare anatomic site for abscess formation. Infections in this space have been found following maxillary sinusitis, maxillary sinus fracture, temporomandibular arthroscopy, dental infection, and tooth extraction. The ITF is bounded superiorly by the sphenoid bone, medially by the lateral pterygoid plate, anteriorly by the maxilla, posteriorly by the deep paroti...

A diffractive zone plate provides a highly linear wavelength-to-depth coding, allowing for nonmechanical depth scanning in a confocal microscope. This chromatic confocal microscope, constructed with 40x and 60x objectives, achieves axial position changes of 55 and 25 mum, respectively, for a wavelength tuning range of 100 nm. The corresponding longitudinal point-spread functions are measured an...

An extended depth of field (EDF) microscope that allows for quantitative axial positioning has been constructed. Past work has shown that EDF microscopy allows for features in varying planes to appear sharply focused simultaneously, however an inherent consequence of this is that depth information is lost. Here, a specifically engineered phase plate is used to create a point spread function (PS...

A 58-year-old man presented with whitish patches on both great toenails for four weeks prior to visiting our hospital; the patches spread rapidly to other finger- and toe-nails. Prior to presentation, the patient had been diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura two months ago and Kaposi's sarcoma three weeks ago. The patient was treated with human immunoglobulin for five days, and th...

The behaviour of a turbulent, axisymmetric, Boussinesq, vertical fountain that impinges on a horizontal plate a distance H from the fountain source is investigated. Images from Light Induced Fluorescence visualisation of the flow provide a clear picture of the internal structure of the impinging flow. The interaction between the impinging fountain and the plate results in a buoyant radial wall ...