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Transglutaminases: a meeting point for wheat allergy, celiac disease, and food safety. (2005)

Wheat is the staple cereal in many countries and its uses in manufactured foods are ever growing due to the technological qualities of gluten proteins. Transglutaminases (TG) are ubiquitous enzymes with many functions. They are able to transform proteins by deamidation and/or transamidation. This last reaction can cross-link proteins together. Intestinal tissue TG has been shown to play an important role in two kinds of immune reactions to wheat: celiac disease and wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis. In addition, new epitopes have been suspected in cases of anaphylaxis to wheat isolates, a food ingredient consisting mainly of deamidated gluten proteins. As a microbial TG is included in many food technological processes, its safe use should be checked. This assessment must cover not only the safety of the TG itself but also that of the deamidated/cross-linked proteins generated by this enzyme. This article aims at discussing the possible consequences of using TG in food industry in the light of today knowledge about immune reactions to wheat.
The study on Canicularis group of the genus fannia in china (diptera:fanniidae) (2004)

The present paper deals with the characters and the Chinese species of the canicularis group in Fannia. Altogether 10 species are recorded in China, including the catalogue and distribution of 10 species.
Membrane Drying of Ionic Liquid (2012)

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Disruption of T-even Bacteriophages by Dimethyl Sulfoxide (1968)

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) disrupted T-even bacteriophages as well as lambda bacteriophage. The component substructures of T2L, T4B01, or T6, in particular heads, were readily isolated after treatment with 67% DMSO (v/v). In contrast, concentrations of DMSO above 50% not only separated heads from tails of bacteriophage lambda but led to degradation of the lambda heads. Examination of the isolated free heads of T-even bacteriophage indicated that a distinct neck substructure was attached to one apex of the head. On some free tails a similar neck substructure was also found at the proximal end of the sheath. The dimensions of this neck substructure were found to be about 130 by 180 A; by virtue of its size and morphological attachment to the free heads, it was concluded that this was a distinct substructure and not an extension of the tail tube.
Domestic Pigs and Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection, Australia (2008)

To determine whether relocating domestic pigs, the amplifying host of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), decreased the risk for JEV transmission to humans in northern Australia, we collected mosquitoes for virus detection. Detection of JEV in mosquitoes after pig relocation indicates that pig relocation did not eliminate JEV risk.
Curcumin induces c-jun N-terminal kinase-dependent apoptosis in HCT116 human colon cancer cells (2004)

Curcumin, the major pigment of the dietary spice turmeric has the potential for chemoprevention by promotion of apoptosis. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and NF-kappa B (NFkappaB) signalling cascades are thought to regulate apoptosis and cell survival. While curcumin inhibits NFkappaB, its effects upon the MAPK pathways are unclear. This study investigates curcumin effects upon MAPK signalling and apoptosis in HCT116 cells. Here we report that curcumin time- and dose-dependent induction of apoptosis were accompanied by sustained phosphorylation and activation of c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 MAPK as well as inhibition of constitutive NFkappaB transcriptional activity. Curcumin treatment also induced JNK-dependent sustained phosphorylation of c-jun and stimulation of AP-1 transcriptional activity. Curcumin-mediated c-jun phosphorylation and apoptosis were reduced by treatment with the JNK-specific inhibitor SP600125. Conversely, the p38-specific inhibitor SB203580 had no effect upon curcumin-induced apoptosis. Curcumin treatment had no effect on the activity of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK). Taken together, our data show for the first time that JNK, but not p38 or ERK signalling, plays an important role in curcumin-mediated apoptosis in human colon cancer cells that may underlie its chemopreventive effects.
Petroleum Waste Treatment and Pollution Control (2016)

Petroleum Waste Treatment and Pollution Control combines state-of-the-art and traditional treatment and control methods for removing, controlling, and treating problems, such as groundwater contamination, aromatics, oil, grease, organic removal, and VOCs. The book is divided into seven chapters, with the first briefly introducing readers to the petroleum industry. The second and third chapters explain wastes in the petroleum industry and focus on its environmental impact, its regulations, and protection options. Chapters four, five, and six discuss the treatment of air emissions, oily wastewater, solid wastes, and disposal methods. The final chapter provides remediation processes
Weight-Based Bus-Invert Coding for Low-Power Applications (2002)

We carry out a comprehensive study on the weight-based, in contrast to the Hamming-distance-based, bus-invert method for reducing I/O power consumption. The closed-form formulas derived from the Markov chains depicting the transient and limiting behaviors of the bus-invert method are employed to compute the weight and switching activity, to explain the deminishing returns on the weight with increasing bus width, to show the non-viability of partitioning a bus into smaller busses with odd number bits, etc. Neither the Hamming-distance nor the weight-based approach can simultaneously reduce the weight and switching activity, but the latter outperforms the former in reducing the sum of weight and switching activity.
Micro- and nanobiosensors—state of the art and trends (2008)

Recent progress in microsystem technologies for creating small, integrated and reliable microelectronic devices and microtransducers in combination with biological sensing elements has raised the expectation to get a comprehensive insight into dynamic cellular metabolic events and subsequently a complete understanding of the metabolism of human biology. Such micro- and nanobiosensor tools in combination with appropriate microfluidics enable the simultaneous description and moreover monitoring of gene, protein expression and metabolic states in a biosystem. This knowledge will lead to new future therapies and pharmaceutical treatments. Furthermore, with such methods and microdevices a new direct combination of diagnostics and immediately starting therapy can be established which is called theranostic. There are a lot of challenging problems to be overcome to reach this goal: microsystems monitoring of physical parameters in biological systems is well established, whereas chemo- and biosensors are available for only a few parameters and mainly as in vitro devices. Gene arrays entered the research market but are up to now not in clinical practice. Protein arrays are in a developmental state with promising results, but far from a mature reproducible state. For getting insights into metabolic events intra- and extracellularly, some new and promising technologies are under research and will undoubtedly revolutionize systems biology but only in the longer run. As a conclusion, it can be stated that new methods stemming from microelectronics and biological technologies are now entering the world of chemical and biological analytics as well as clinics to offer clinicians new theranostic tools in the future.
Techniques for utilization of hexagonal ferrites in radar absorbers. Part 1: Broadband planar coatings (1981)

The lack of suitable materials having permeabilities (μr) greater than unity at microwave frequencies has previously made it difficult to design thin coatings of broadband radar absorbersat this frequency range. A possible solution is to utilize the hexagonal ferrites that exhibit significant μrvalues (̃5) over narrow frequency bands and this paper investigates methods of deploying this material to design thin broadband microwave absorbers. Several techniques are evolved involving layering of the materials and staggering of the material electrical parametersand dimensions to achieve a good match ofthe incident waves. The computed results are substantiated by measurements of the manufacturedmaterials; measurement techniques and details of the materials used are given in appendices. It is established that a planar absorbent sheet having a reflection loss > 10 dB over 5–20 GHz is realizable within a practically acceptable thickness.
Selecting a diagnostic study's cutoff value by using its receiver operating characteristic curve. (1983)

Journal Article Selecting a diagnostic study's cutoff value by using its receiver operating characteristic curve. Get access D A Noe D A Noe Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Clinical Chemistry, Volume 29, Issue 3, 1 March 1983, Pages 571–572, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/29.3.571 Published: 01 March 1983
Impairment of glutathione biosynthetic pathway in uraemia and dialysis (2005)

The activity of the rate-limiting enzyme in GSH biosynthesis, gamma-GCS, was significantly decreased in uraemic and dialysis patients, which explains, at least in part, frequent reports of reduced GSH levels in these patients. The decrease in gamma-GCS activity may have been secondary to inhibitory effects from uraemic factors that are not removed by standard dialysis. However, this assumption does not exclude the possibility of down-regulation of gamma-GCS protein expression and further studies in this context are recommended.
Effects of Smoked Marijuana in Healthy and HIV+ Marijuana Smokers (2002)

This article presents data from two avenues of marijuana research. First, the author shows that daily marijuana smoking in healthy individuals produces dependence, as demonstrated by withdrawal symptoms such as increased irritability and depression and decreased food intake. In addition, two antidepressant medications were evaluated to assess their potential effectiveness in the treatment of marijuana withdrawal symptoms: (1) sustained-release bupropion (0, 300 mg/day) and (2) nefazodone (0, 450 mg/day). Research participants were regular marijuana smokers who lived in a residential laboratory in groups of two to four. While inpatients, participants smoked active marijuana (2.8%-3.1% THC) repeatedly for 4 days, followed by 8 to 12 days of placebo marijuana (0.0% THC). Results show that during marijuana abstinence, (1) bupropion increased ratings of irritability, depression, and stomach pain and decreased food intake and sleep quality compared to placebo maintenance, and (2) nefazodone decreased anxiety during marijuana withdrawal but did not alter ratings of irritability and misery. Thus, neither medication showed promise as potential treatments for symptoms of marijuana withdrawal. The second avenue of research focused on the effect of cannabinoids in individuals with muscle mass loss, an indicator of wasting in HIV illness. Given that there are little scientific data contributing to the debates concerning medical marijuana, this study directly compared the effects of oral delta9-THC (0, 10, 20, 30 mg PO) to smoked marijuana (0.0%, 1.8%, 2.8%, 3.9% THC) in HIV + marijuana smokers with muscle mass loss (< 90% body cell mass/height). Multiple dimensions of human behavior were measured, including food intake, mood, and cognitive performance. Drugs were administered using a within-subject, double-blind, staggered, double-dummy design. Participants were free to self-select from a variety of foods throughout most of the session. Preliminary data (n = 9) suggest that oral THC was more effective at increasing food intake, but the volunteers "liked" the effects of smoked marijuana more than the effects of oral THC.
Why Do We Bump into Things while Walking (1978)

People have a certain likelihood of bumping into objects projecting into their walking route. Two experiments, using simulated bumping accidents with a flexible rod, attempted to test an hypothesis that the likelihood of bumping into an object is a positive function of the distance between that object and the axis of the effective visual field of the walking person. The data, described as anthropometric bumping likelihood profiles, supported this hypothesis as well as additional predictions based on it. These data have implications for the design of walking environments such as preferred heights for placing projecting objects which are differentially visible, the effects of floor conditions on these preferred heights, and the importance of determining the walking habits of people for that purpose.
PSTN services migration to IMS are SPs finally reaching the tipping point for large scale migrations? (2010)

Over the past decade, wireline Service Providers (SP) have been looking for ways to evolve the existing PSTN network to Next Generation Network (NGN). The economics of the PSTN migration to NGN could not result in a positive business case for SPs. However, new market conditions are squeezing SPs' margins for traditional voice services in the PSTN. Meanwhile, recently standardized IP Multimedia Services (IMS) based solutions coupled with sensible migration approaches offer new opportunities for SPs to cost-effectively migrate the PSTN. This paper examines the SP's needs, the services architectures and platforms, the access technology alternatives, the inherent PSTN interworking requirements that need to be supported during the transition, and pending implementation challenges. It further leverages learnings from recent engagements with SPs globally to propose solutions that will help accelerate the migration of PSTN services to IMS. Finally, it concludes that maintaining the status quo has increasingly become cost-prohibitive for SPs, and that the industry has reached the tipping point for large scale migrations of the existing PSTN services to IMS.
The financing and management of higher education : a status report on worldwide reforms (1998)

The decade of the 90's has seen a remarkably consistent worldwide reform agenda for the finance and management of universities and other institutions of higher education. What is remarkable about the consistency is that there are very similar patterns in countries with dissimilar political-economic systems and higher educational traditions, and at extremely dissimilar stages of industrial and technological development. Thus, there seem to be similarities among countries greatly disparate in wealth and in political-economic systems. And there are similarities in the reform agendas of countries whose higher education systems are elite and universal, predominantly public or private, or relatively wealthy or staggering under austerity. This review is an attempt to assess the status of this worldwide reform agenda in the late 1990s, in anticipation of the first years of the next millennium. This financial and management reform agenda can be viewed in five themes: a) expansion and diversification; b) fiscal pressure; c) orientation to the market; d) accountability; and e) quality and efficiency.
Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans biofilm accumulation and polysaccharide production by apigenin and tt-farnesol (2003)

Apigenin and tt-farnesol affected the accumulation and polysaccharide content of S. mutans biofilms without major impact on the bacterial viability.
Flexural strength of pure Ti, Ni-Cr and Co-Cr alloys submitted to Nd:YAG laser or TIG welding (2006)

Welding of metals and alloys is important to Dentistry for fabrication of dental prostheses. Several methods of soldering metals and alloys are currently used. The purpose of this study was to assess, using the flexural strength testing, the efficacy of two processes Nd:YAG laser and TIG (tungsten inert gas) for welding of pure Ti, Co-Cr and Ni-Cr alloys. Sixty cylindrical specimens were prepared (20 of each material), bisected and welded using different techniques. Four groups were formed (n=15). I: Nd:YAG laser welding; II- Nd:YAG laser welding using a filling material; III- TIG welding and IV (control): no welding (intact specimens). The specimens were tested in flexural strength and the results were analyzed statistically by one-way ANOVA. There was significant differences (p<0.001) among the non-welded materials, the Co-Cr alloy being the most resistant to deflection. Comparing the welding processes, significant differences (p<0.001) where found between TIG and laser welding and also between laser alone and laser plus filling material. In conclusion, TIG welding yielded higher flexural strength means than Nd:YAG laser welding for the tested Ti, Co-Cr and Ni-Cr alloys.
[Does CAPD have a future?]. (1987)

Five decades were between the first clinical use of the peritoneal dialysis and the introduction of the continuous ambulant peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)-five decades with many problems and little acceptance of this technique by patients and physicians. Greater week clearances in the CAPD led to a significant increase of the effectiveness in comparison to intermittent therapeutic forms, so that the popularity of this method of treatment rapidly increased. A simple technical handling and the patient's independence of the machine essentially contribute to the popularity of the CAPD. Significant results in the combat against peritonitis, the main problem of the CAPD, made the CAPD a recognized method of treatment for the terminal renal insufficiency. Should not unforeseeable innovations decisively improve the technique of haemodialysis, the CAPD will maintain its position beside the haemodialysis also in the following decade.
Synthetic analogues of netropsin and distamycin. III. Synthesis of a pyridine analogue of the pyrrolecarboxamide antitumour antibiotics. (1996)

The synthesis of a new pyridine analogue of netropsin, N,N'-bis[6-(N-3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbamoylpyridin-2-yl] pyridine-2,5-dicarboxamide (VII) is described. The potential for use of VII as a carrier to place chemical functionalities into the minor groove of DNA which are capable of modifying DNA is discussed.
Ab Initio Study of Structure and Spectra of MnH<sub>2</sub>, MnH<sub>2</sub><sup>-</sup>, and MnH<sub>3</sub> (2002)

Molecules of manganese hydrides MnH2, MnH2-, and MnH3 were studied using large basis sets up to spdfg quality and the coupled cluster technique for the treatment of electron correlation. Both MnH2 and MnH2- have linear equilibrium structures in their high spin ground electronic state, the MnH2- molecule having a rather flat bending potential. The MnH3 molecule is Y-shaped with valence angle α(H−Mn−H) = 44.6° in the 5B2 ground electronic state due to the strong Jahn−Teller distortion of the trigonal planar structure. The harmonic vibrational frequencies, IR intensities, and the relative energies of excited states were calculated. Fundamental vibrational wavenumbers and electron affinity were also found for MnH2. The results are compared with available spectroscopic data.
Virtual machine re-assignment considering migration overhead (2012)

We introduce a mathematical model formulation for scheduling virtual machine (VM) migrations in data centers. The model is aimed at minimizing the number of active physical host servers over time. Our goal is not only to avoid overload situations resulting from aggressive consolidation mechanisms but also overload situations caused by overhead-intenisve VM migrations. Although various VM scheduling approaches have been proposed in the literature, so far predictable resource demands caused by VM migrations are not directly considered in mathematical scheduling models, which can easily entail unplanned overload situations and resulting performance degradation. We propose a new model formulation, which explicitly takes the migration overheads into account while recalculating and executing VM allocations over time. Experimental results based on VM resource demand time series from a data center show that the model allows for significant server savings compared to a static assignment of VMs to physical hosts, while avoiding overload situations.
Overview of Josephson Technology Logic and Memory (1980)

This paper serves as an introduction to the other logic and memory papers in this issue. Basic concepts of superconductivity and electron tunneling underlying the operation of Josephson devices are outlined and an overview of the literature on the subject is presented, with emphasis on work performed at the IBM research laboratories since the beginnings of the Josephson computer technology program in 1965.
[Lyme borreliosis: therapeutic aspects]. (1998)

For contagious conditions or erythema migrans, amoxicillin and doxycycline are the first intention antibiotics and should be given for 14 to 21 days. Other antibiotic classes (macrolides, oral cephalosporins) have not been found be more effective and should be reserved for second line treatment. Early neurological involvement requires penicillin, a third generation cephalosporin or doxycycline for one month. Oral antibiotics are preferred in case of joint involvement using amoxicillin or doxycycline as first line therapy. A second regimen could be proposed in case of failure. Parenteral administration should be reserved for second line treatment. There is little data available on chronic atrophic acrodermatitis and protocols are based on ceftriaxone, doxycycline or penicillin.
An Adaptive Motion-Based Unequal Error Protection Approach for Real-Time Video Transport Over Wireless IP Networks (2006)

In this work, we consider the delivery of digital video over future 3G wireless IP networks and we propose a low-complexity adaptive motion-based unequal error protection (UEP) video coding and transmission system which efficiently combines three existing error-resilience techniques by exploiting knowledge of the source material as well as the channel operating conditions. Given this information, the proposed system can adaptively adjust the operating parameters of the video source encoder and the forward error correction (FEC) channel encoder to maximize the delivered video quality based upon both application-layer video motion estimates and link-layer channel estimates. We demonstrate the efficacy of this approach using the ITU-T H.264 video source coder. The results indicate that a significant performance improvement can be achieved with enhanced resilience to inaccurate channel feedback information and with substantially reduced computational complexity compared to competing approaches
The damping of sound by frothy liquids (1910)

Abstract The fact that a tumbler containing a frothy liquid gives a dull sound when struck is familiar to every one, but I cannot find that any explanation of the rapid damping of the vibrations, which is indicated by the character of the sound, has been published. The converse case, namely, that of waves propagated through a gas in which small solid or liquid spheres are disseminated, has received considerable attention, and the results deduced, which agree with observation, are to the effect that although the presence of small obstacles does cause some damping, it is very small in amount.
Temperature-dependent gyration tensor of LiIO<sub>3</sub>single crystal using the high-accuracy universal polarimeter (2002)

The gyration tensor of LiIO 3 has been measured in the temperature range between 293 and 493 K at a wavelength of 632.8 nm. Optical activity and birefringence for the (010) plane were determined by using a high-accuracy universal polarimeter (HAUP). Likewise, optical activity for the (001) plane was studied by using a conventional polarimeter in the same temperature range at 632.8 nm wavelength. In the latter case, a modulation of the optical activity was observed. This effect can be explained by multiple reflections within the slab with a high degree of plane parallelism.