This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Curcuma zedoaria and Zingiber zerumbet on non-specific immune responses of grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Fish were fed an experimental diet containing 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5 g/kg of C. zedoaria and Z. zerumbet mixed diets twice daily for two weeks. Non-specific immune parameters such as respiratory burst activity, reactive oxygen species, phago...

Citation Wen, Xiao-Gang. "Construction of bosonic symmetry-protected-trivial states and their topological invariants via G x SO() nonlinear. Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits...

Our input instance is a bipartite graph G = (A∪B,E) where A is a set of applicants, B is a set of jobs, and each vertex u ∈ A∪B has a preference list ranking its neighbors in a strict order of preference. For any two matchings M and T in G, let φ(M,T ) be the number of vertices that prefer M to T . A matching M is popular if φ(M,T )≥ φ(T,M) for all matchings T in G. There is a utility function ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Root soil penetration and path optimization are fundamental for root development in soil. We describe the influence of soil strength on root elongation rate and diameter, response to gravity, and root-structure tortuosity, estimated by average curvature of primary maize roots. METHODS Soils with different densities (1·5, 1·6, 1·7 g cm-3), particle sizes (sandy loam; coarse...

This study analyzes performance measures in a Call Center with impatient customers, who may leave the system before being served. The abandonment of waiting line is measure subjective perception quality services offered, one main concerns managers systems. Based on data extracted from case Brazilian company, it shown that analytical queuing models M/Gc /1+G and M/G/c+G, generic distributions to...

The effect of flaxseed gum (FG) on the rheological and nonlinear stress response behaviors of mixed soy protein isolate (SPI)-flaxseed gum (FG) dispersions were studied. Results showed that the viscosity of the SPI-FG mixed dispersions increased significantly with increase in the FG concentration. Both the shear stress and the apparent viscosity values as a function of shear rate were fitted we...

we conducted this study to compare fecal calprotectin between exclusively breastfed and formula or mixed fed infants aged one month and six months. sixty term infants were enrolled from the labor ward of valiasr hospital between oct 2011 and july 2015 and their fecal calprotectin was checked by the elisa method and hycult biotech kits. the enrolled infants had a birth weight of 2500-4000 g and ...

background giardia lamblia is an enteric protozoan parasite, which infects human and a wide range of vertebrate hosts. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate genotypes of g. lamblia from children fecal samples in ahvaz, south west of iran by pcr-rflp method. materials and methods fecal samples were collected from 58 children who were positive for g. lamblia. dna extractions were pe...

BACKGROUND Soil characteristics have been hypothesised as one of the possible mechanisms leading to monodominance of Gilbertiodendron dewerei in some areas of Central Africa where higher-diversity forest would be expected. However, the differences in soil characteristics between the G. dewevrei-dominated forest and its adjacent mixed forest are still poorly understood. Here we present the soil ...