In 2003–2004, the lethal and sublethal effects of Beauveria bassiana strain GHA on emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) adults and larvae were evaluated using topical spray and fungal band treatments in the greenhouse and field. B. bassiana strain GHA was moderately effective against A. planipennis adults in greenhouse studies. However, efficacy was improved in the f...

A microsomal deacetylase that catalyses the deacetylation of the O-glucoside of N-hydroxyacetanilide (GHA) was purified from guinea-pig liver. The activity was located exclusively in the microsomes and not detected in the cytosol. The purified GHA deacetylase was a trimeric protein with a molecular mass of 160+/-10 (S.D.) kDa composed of subunits of 53+/-2 kDa; its pI was 4.7. The N-terminal am...

BACKGROUND There has been considerable debate as to whether different modalities of simulated hypoxia induce similar cardiac responses. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective observational study of 14 healthy subjects aged 22-35 years. Echocardiography was performed at rest and at 15 and 120 minutes following two hours exercise under normobaric normoxia (NN) and under similar PiO2 follo...

BACKGROUND Alexithymia has been a familiar conception of psychosomatic phenomenon. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were subtypes of alexithymia associating with different traits of emotional expression and regulation among a group of healthy college students. METHODS 1788 healthy college students were administered with the Chinese version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithy...

Elevated GH levels are frequently seen in poorly controlled type I diabetics and have been implicated in diabetic complications. Studies of GH and GH antagonist (GHA) transgenic mice with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes have revealed that GH has a permissive effect for diabetic nephropathy, and that expression of a GHA gene protected mice against diabetic kidney lesions. To investigate wh...

The neural network, using an unsupervised generalized Hebbian algorithm (GHA), is adopted to find the principal eigenvectors of a covariance matrix in different kinds of seismograms. We have shown that the extensive computer results of the principal components analysis (PCA) using the neural net of GHA can extract the information of seismic reflection layers and uniform neighboring traces. The ...

The kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (F.), is an urban nuisance and significant agricultural pest. The median lethal concentrations of three strains of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo), including the Mississippi Delta native strain (NI8) isolated from Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), the commercial strain BotaniGard(®) (GHA) (Victor, NY, USA), and the B. bassiana strain isolated from M. cribra...

BACKGROUND Growth hormone (GH)-resistant/deficient mice experience improved glucose homeostasis and substantially increased lifespan. Recent evidence suggests that long-lived GH-resistant/deficient mice are protected from white adipose tissue (WAT) dysfunction, including WAT cellular senescence, impaired adipogenesis and loss of subcutaneous WAT in old age. This preservation of WAT function has...

have generated two independent dwarf mouse lines with decreased GH action; however, only one has extended longevity. Why? Decreased signaling through the GH/IGF-1 axis in vertebrates, or comparable pathways in invertebrates, has repeatedly been shown to extend lifespan. A prominent example is mice with a disruption in the GH receptor gene (GHR-/-) generated in our laboratory two decades ago [1]...

PURPOSE To investigate the effectiveness of fibrin glue (laparoscopic via) into promote the hemostasis of a spleen injury on a heparinized porcine model. METHODS Eighteen Landrace porcine were submitted to laparoscopic spleen injury and randomly distributed: GHA (heparin plus adhesive), GH (heparin without adhesive) and GS (Sham - without heparin or adhesive). Ten minutes before the surgical ...