Soil erosion, runoff and related nutrient losses are a big risk for soil fertility in Cabo Verde drylands. In 2012, field trials were conducted in two agro-ecological zones to evaluate the effects of selected techniques of soil-water management combined with organic amendments (T1: compost/manure + soil surfactant; T2: compost/animal or green manure + pigeon-pea hedges + soil surfactant; T3: co...

Abstract Peritonitis is a common complication for patients with end‐stage renal disease undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) and direct cause or contributor in >15% deaths PD patients. Since early detection key to treatment, their care teams need rapid, on‐site diagnostics. A hydrogel‐based fluid pH sensor attached catheter developed measure local acidosis indicative of infections monitoring ...

Returning residue to soils is not only an effective nutrient management method, but also can reduce the air pollution caused by burning, which has become important factor in global warming. However, it clear whether returning soil affect nitrogen mineralization and cycle process, environmental impact loss gaseous forms. Therefore, a pot experiment was conducted study effects of placement on tur...

Acrylic hydrogels have been used in agriculture to increase the availability of water soil; cause faster plant growth and survival stress; allow controlled release fertilizers; and, therefore, crop yields. On other hand, Aloe vera gel production generates a large amount solid waste as cuticles, which is currently underutilized despite that it good source cellulose nanofibers could be improve sw...

Vaccinia virus (VV) mutants lacking the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-binding E3L protein (ΔE3L mutant VV) show restricted replication in most cell types, as dsRNA produced by VV activates protein kinase R (PKR), leading to eIF2α phosphorylation and impaired translation initiation. Here we show that cells infected with ΔE3L mutant VV assemble cytoplasmic granular structures which surround the VV ...

The Vibrio vulnificus aphB mutant was significantly less virulent than the wild type and was impaired in motility and adherence to host cells. Microarray analysis revealed that AphB of V. vulnificus (AphB(Vv)) influences the expression of over 10% of the V. vulnificus genome. The combined results indicated that AphB(Vv) is a global regulator contributing to the pathogenesis of V. vulnificus.

Vaccinia virus (VACV) oncolytic therapy has been successful in a number of tumor models. In this study our goal was to generate a double recombinant vaccinia virus (VV-GMCSF-Lact) with enhanced antitumor activity that expresses exogenous proteins: the antitumor protein lactaptin and human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Lactaptin has previously been demonstrated to ac...

Study Objective. To evaluate the space creation, maintenance and absorption of an absorbable hydrogel injected into the perirectal space of patients prior to undergoing prostate radiotherapy. Design. CT or MR imaging performed before hydrogel application (Baseline), one week after hydrogel application, following 8 weeks of IMRT (78Gy total) and then again 6 months following implantation. Settin...