University of Alaska Museum of the North, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 The meeting and lunch / reception will take place in the Museum’s Auditorium. Organizers: William R. Simpson, Sarah Hayes, Jennifer Guerard Sponsors: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UAF College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, UAF Geophysical Institute, UAF Special Thanks to: Meghan Murphy (CNSM ...

Different strains of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner were proved to be a powerful biologic insecticide against larvae of several insect orders. Due to the epidemiological importance of blowfl ies of the Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy genus in the production of secondary cutaneous myiasis and mechanic transmission of pathogenic agents, the performance of two strains of B. thuringiensis (LFB-FIOCRUZ...

A novel heteroleptic Ru II complex (BTC-2) employing 5,5 ′ -(2,2 ′ -bipyridine4,4 ′ -diyl)bis (thiophene-2-carboxylic acid) (BTC) as the anchoring group and 4,4 ′ dinonyl-2,2 ′ -bipiridyl and two thiocyanates as ligands is prepared. The photovoltaic performance and device stability achieved with this sensitizer are compared to those of the Z-907 dye, which lacks the thiophene moieties. For thin...

A study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of the Omron HEM-907 blood pressure measuring device for use in community studies. A modified version of the British Hypertension Society (BHS) and American Association for the Advancement Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) protocol for measuring the accuracy of a blood pressure measuring device was used. A total of 104 subjects were recruited from two ...

A. S. Asratian DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF UMEA S-907 87, UMEA, SWEDEN DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL CYBERNETICS YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY YEREVAN, 375049, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA R. Haggkvist DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF UMEA S-907 87, UMEA, SWEDEN G. V. Sarkisian DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL CYBERNETICS YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY YEREVAN, 375049, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA It is well know...

T-type CaV3 channels are important mediators of Ca(2+) entry near the resting membrane potential. Little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for channel activation. Homology models based upon the high-resolution structure of bacterial NaV channels predict interaction between the S4-S5 helix of Domain II (IIS4-S5) and the distal S6 pore region of Domain II (IIS6) and Domain III (...

Cell lines are the foundation for much of the fundamental research into the mechanisms underlying normal biologic processes and disease mechanisms. It is estimated that 15%-35% of human cell lines are misidentified or contaminated, resulting in a huge waste of resources and publication of false or misleading data. Here we evaluate a panel of 96 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assays utiliz...

The characterization of soil attributes using hyperspectral sensors has revealed patterns in soil spectra that are known to respond to mineral composition, organic matter, soil moisture and particle size distribution. Soil samples from different soil horizons of replicated soil series from sites located within Washington and Oregon were analyzed with the FieldSpec Spectroradiometer to measure t...