Long-term bacterial endosymbionts typically exhibit reduced genomes, lack genes encoding recombination functions and transposable elements, such as insertion sequences (ISs). In sharp contrast, I found that ISs constitute 2.4% of the genome of the obligate mutualistic endosymbiont Wolbachia wBm. Although no IS copy is transpositionally functional, I show that ISs persist in wBm because of frequ...

Recent studies suggest that whole bone marrow (WBM) derived stem cells may facilitate recovery following myocardial infarction. However, the sub-population of WBM responsible for recovery remains uncertain. By adjusting the abundance of CD34Lin cells in human bone marrow we examined the relative significance of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in the recovery of cardiac function in a murine model...

Weighted bipartite b-matching (WBM) is one of the fundamental and widely studied problems in combinatorial optimization. Given a weighted bipartite graph G = (U, V,E) with weights W : E → R, where U , V and E represent left vertices, right vertices and edges, respectively, the weighted bipartite b-matching problem (WBM) is to find a subgraph H ⊆ G with maximum total weight w(H) = ∑ e∈H w(e), su...

We previously showed that dietary white button mushrooms (WBMs) enhanced natural killer cell activity and that in vitro WBM supplementation promotes maturation and function of dendritic cells (DCs). The current study investigated whether WBM consumption would enhance pathogen-specific immune response using a Salmonella vaccination and infection animal model. C57BL/6 mice were fed diets containi...

Analysis of gene expression in developing wheat seeds was used to identify a gene, wheat bread making (wbm), with highly differential expression (~1000 fold) in the starchy endosperm of genotypes varying in bread making quality. Several alleles differing in the 5'-upstream region (promoter) of this gene were identified, with one present only in genotypes with high levels of wbm expression. RNA-...

The paper discusses the application of the Wave Based Method (WBM) for the steady-state acoustic response prediction of a car cavity up towards the mid-frequency range. After explaining the need for new prediction tools, the mathematical background of the WBM is given. The prediction results are compared with the results obtained by the Finite Element Method (FEM). For validation purposes, both...

This study addresses the preparation and characterization of hybrid films prepared from Titanium dioxide (TiO2) Pickering stabilized acrylic polymeric dispersion as well as their bacterial inactivation efficiency under sunlight irradiation. Complete bacterial inactivation under low intensity simulated solar light irradiation (55 mW/cm(2)) was observed within 240 min for the films containing 10 ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes various hepatic pathologies ranging from hepatic steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and cirrhosis. Estrogen provides a protective effect on the development of NAFLD in women. Therefore, postmenopausal women have a higher risk of developing NAFLD. Hepatic steatosis is an early stage of fatty liver disease. Steatosis can d...

This paper discusses the use of wave based prediction methods for the analysis of steady-state interior acoustic problems. Conventional element based prediction methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM), are commonly used, but are restricted to low-frequency applications. The Wave Based Method (WBM) is an alternative deterministic technique which is based on the indirect Trefftz approach...

The Wave Based Method (WBM) is a deterministic prediction method. Due to its enhanced computational efficiency as compared to other deterministic prediction techniques for steady-state dynamic analysis such as the Finite Element Method (FEM), the WBM is applicable for problem analysis in the lowand midfrequency range. It has been shown already that the WBM is superior to the FEM for the predict...