The cross-reactions of more than 60 capsular (K) type-specific polysaccharides of Klr~hsiellu in antipneumococcal sera of 26 specific types and in several anti-Salr~~o/iellu sera are described and discussed, many for the first time. Quantitative data on the extent of cross-reactivity are given in many instances. From these, and from a study of residual fractions of antibody in the supernatants,...

Table 1. Numeric Values of Input Quantities of the Model for the Reference State The data are grouped into concentrations of pathway components, dissociation constants of protein complexes, concentration ratios, fl uxes and fl ux ratios, and characteristic times of selected processes. Experimental evidence for these data is discussed in the text. From these data, the following rates and rate co...

Seventeen Escherichia coli isolates from dogs with urinary tract infection (UTI) were characterized with respect to phylogenetic background and virulence genotype and were compared with the E. coli reference (ECOR) collection and with human clinical isolates with similar serotypes from patients with diverse extraintestinal infections. Most of the canine urine isolates were from (virulence-assoc...

Mn modified rhombohedral Pb(In0.5Nb0.5)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PIN-PMN-PT:Mn) single crystals poled along [011]C crystallographic direction exhibit a "2R" engineered domain configuration, with macroscopic mm2 symmetry. The complete sets of material constants were determined using combined resonance and ultrasonic methods, and compared to [001]C poled PIN-PMN-PT:Mn crystals. The thickness sh...

Alumina ceramic slurry with large solid content and small viscosity could be used in the additive manufacturing process of material extrusion (MEX) photo-polymerization (PPM). ceramics powder 1,6-Hexanediol diacrylate were adopted as prepolymer monomer for slurry, typical surfactants such polyvinylpyrrolidone K10, K15 oleic acid (OA) to modify alumina particles, then rheological properties form...

The membrane-bound, 26 000-Mr penicillin-binding protein of Streptomyces K15 has been isolated in the form of an effective, penicillin-sensitive D-alanyl-D-alanine-cleaving peptidase exhibiting high transpeptidase activity (greater than 95%) and very low carboxy-peptidase activity (less than 5%). The penicillin-binding protein/transpeptidase can be extracted directly from the mycelium with N-ce...

Sustained release drug delivery systems are designed to achieve a prolonged therapeutic effect by continuously releasing medication over an extended period of time after administration of a single dose. advantages of sustained release drug delivery over conventional dosage forms like improved patient compliance due to less frequent drug administration, maximum utilization of the drug, increased...