A bacterium designated Pseudonocardia sp. strain ENV478 was isolated by enrichment culturing on tetrahydrofuran (THF) and was screened to determine its ability to degrade a range of ether pollutants. After growth on THF, strain ENV478 degraded THF (63 mg/h/g total suspended solids [TSS]), 1,4-dioxane (21 mg/h/g TSS), 1,3-dioxolane (19 mg/h/g TSS), bis-2-chloroethylether (BCEE) (12 mg/h/g TSS), ...

Concentrations of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and total suspended solids (TSS) are significant parameters used to assess water quality. The objective of this study is to establish a quantitative model for estimating the Chl-a and the TSS concentrations in irrigation ponds in Higashihiroshima, Japan, using field hyperspectral measurements and statistical analysis. Field experiments were conducted in s...

[1] We perform a study for characterizing the vertical resolution of tropospheric ozone profile retrievals from the combination of simulated ultraviolet (UV) and thermal infrared (TIR) observations that are representative of the EOS Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES). Under the low thermal contrast conditions used for this simulation, we find...

The use of satellite data to monitor inland water quality in the Amazon basin is investigated. Both floodplain and river main channels are considered using the medium resolution sensors MODIS and MERIS A large database from the HYBAM project gives the water main properties for a large floodplain, 700 km upstream the Amazon river mouth. Parameters measured include the total suspended sediment (T...

Acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe, life-threatening medical condition characterized by widespread inflammation in the lungs, and is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the patient population. New therapies for the treatment of ALI are desperately needed. In the present study, we examined the effect of andrographolide sulfonate, a wa...

Fifty staphylococcal strains that produced toxic shock syndrome (TSS) toxin 1 and that were isolated from patients with TSS were characterized. One strain had more properties that were characteristic of Staphylococcus hyicus than of Staphylococcus aureus. Forty-four strains had the same properties or differed in only one property. Thirty-five of the 50 strains produced either enterotoxin A or C...

Collections of precisely mapped eukaryotic transcription start sites (TSS) are important resources for studying gene control elements and for developing promoter prediction algorithms. The present study consists of two parts. First, we present a new clustering method to infer TSS positions from EST 5' ends. Second, we present a quality evaluation of the promoter sequences defined by TSS positio...

Background. Herb-derived compound andrographolide sulfonate (called Xiyanping injection) recommended control measure for severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) by the Ministry of Health (China) during the 2010 epidemic. However, there is a lack of good quality evidence directly comparing the efficacy of Andrographolide Sulfonate combination therapy with conventional therapy. Methods. 230 p...

in order to evaluate chemical mutation on cultivar mahali tarrom’ in salt stress, seeds of rice cultivar ‘mahali tarrom’ were treated with two chemical mutagens, ethyl methane sulfonate (14 mm) and sodium azide (two mm). in second generation, appropriate plants for economically important traits have been selected. seeding of selected plants were tested under salt stress in third generation usin...

The Diels-Alder (DA) reactions of isoprene with vinylborane, dimethylvinylborane and dichlorovinylborane have been studied using density functional theory and the quantum theory of atoms in molecules. We evaluated the topological properties of the transition structures (TSs) and the evolution of such properties along the reaction paths. In accordance with previous studies, our results indicate ...