Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated as a causative pathogen in periodontitis. Immunotherapeutic approaches have recently been suggested to aid in the clearance of P. gingivalis from disease sites. Because antibody-Fc receptor (FcR) interactions play a role in the effector functions of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), we evaluated which FcR on PMN from gingival crevicular fluid (GCF...

Two experiments were conducted with male broilers to 1) establish a methodology for predicting effective caloric value (ECV), defined as dietary caloric density (CD) necessary for broilers to achieve specific BW and feed conversion ratio (FCR) combinations under standardized conditions and 2) quantify the ECV attributable to pellet quality (PQ), defined as the pellet to pellet fines ratio in th...

First call resolution, which in essence means the proportion of inquires that are successfully addressed after one call (note that the definitions of FCR differ, see below), has been getting more attention in call center management. A review of the literature, however, reveals that most of the interest has come from the practitioners (call center managers, consultants, etc.). We can only find a...

grey mullet (mugil cephalus) is an important food fish species in the, mugilidae which is able to adapt in a wide range of salinities and temperatures and is suitable for introduction of the species to freshwater, brackish, and brine waters for aquaculture. this study was implemented to determine appropriate normative of stocking density and initial weight ofmugil cephalus and also evaluate eff...

The kinetics of apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 and apoB-48 within triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) and of apoB-100 within IDL and LDL were examined with a primed-constant infusion of (5,5,5-(2)H(3)) leucine in the fed state (hourly feeding) in 19 subjects after consumption of an average American diet (36% fat). Lipoproteins were isolated by ultracentrifugation and apolipoproteins by SDS gels, ...

Binding and pinocytosis of polyvalent IgG-containing immune complexes by mouse macrophages leads to the selective removal of Fc receptors (FcR) from the cell surface and to the rapid delivery of receptor and ligand to lysosomes, where both are degraded (I. Mellman and H. Plutner, 1984, Journal of Cell Biology, 98:1170-1177). In this paper, we have studied the internalization of FcR tagged with ...

We studied the relationships among levels of acid cholesteryl esterase (ACE) activity in kidney, liver, and aorta and clearance of I-labeled human low density lipoprotein (LDL) from the circulation. The premise was that levels of ACE (which is involved in the hydrolysis of the cholesteryl esters of LDL) might correspond to the rate at which LDL was removed from the circulation, or fractional ca...