Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), commonly known as koi herpesvirus (KHV), is a member of the Alloherpesviridae and is a deadly pathogen for koi and common carp, Cyprinus carpio. It causes severe gill necrosis and nephritis, dermal ulceration and hemorrhage, and mass mortality of up to 100% of affected fish. Fish...
Melatonin is an neurohormone secreted by the pineal gland.
Several therapeutic possibilities for melatonin administration have
been suggested. However, clinical studies with melatonin have been
limited by lack of a delivery system capable of mimicking the
physiological release pattern of melatonin. There is an increasing
recognition that the skin can...
Polyclonal antisera were raised against isolates of bean
common mosaic virus (BCMV) and bean common mosaic necrosis
virus (BCMNV) using conventional serological methods.
Infected tissues containing, respectively, 22 recognized BCMV
and BCMNV isolates were tested against the two antisera by
antigen-coated plate (ACP) ELISA and double antibody sandwich
(DAS) ELISA....
This thesis introduces a technique for approximating to a desired
degree of accuracy a linear parabolic equation of two spatial
dimensions with given initial data and prescribed boundary conditions.
The technique is generalized to non-linear parabolic equations.
It is stable for all mesh ratios, and it is second order accurate...
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a leading cause of bronchopneumonia in infants and elderly. Knowledge of viral and host protein interactions is important for better understanding of the viral pathogenesis and may lead to development of novel therapeutic drugs. Here, we show that RSV Matrix (M) protein interacts with cellular...
The phenolic profile of pineapple juice was analyzed by reverse-phase HPLC/Diode Array Detector, and 9 major peaks accounting for 70% of total peak area were characterized. None of these peaks are represented by the pineapple phenolics reported to be present by previous workers. Most of the major peaks are not...
Grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV) is a single-stranded DNA virus that causes grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD). Symptoms of GRBD include red discoloring of leaf margins and red veins on the underside of the leaves. GRBD affects the plant's metabolism and photosynthetic pathways, and disrupts carbon translocation and chlorophyll concentrations....
Glutenin protein molecules can form a large "macropolymer" which forms the elastic component of the gluten complex in wheat flour doughs. Little work has been done to investigate relationships between glutenin macropolymer (GMP) and noodle processing. GMP was isolated from flour of 4 wheat varieties; 3 hard- and 1 soft-grained...
Previous studies on low frequency flicker noise in bipolar junction transistors (BJT) are reviewed. The original BJT flicker noise sources are mainly attributed to the fluctuation in base surface recombination and the fluctuation in the mobility or diffusivity of free charge carriers. Our experiments were done to verify a newly...