Neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages (MMs) play important roles in the development of cell-mediated delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH). However, the dynamics of neutrophils and MMs during the DTH reaction and how the immunosuppressant rapamycin modulates their behavior in vivo are rarely reported. Here, we take advantage of multi-scale optical imaging techniques and a footpad DTH reaction mod...

Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) allow users with heterogeneous terminals to exchange structured messages composed of text, images, sound, and video. The MMS market grows rapidly, posing the problem of MMS adaptation, necessary to ensure interoperability between terminals. Message adaptation poses technological challenges, especially when one considers the case of high-volume service providi...

The indications for MMS include malignant tumors with poorly defined borders, histology, tumor size, level of invasion, anatomic location, reduced patient immunity, and recurrence after previous treatment. MMS is indicated for locally aggressive tumors that are difficult to eradicate by routine measures and recurrent tumors following conventional surgical excision. MMS has been used successfull...

Methyl methanesulfonate (MMS)-sensitive mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae belonging to four different complementation groups, when homozygous, increase the rate of spontaneous mitotic segregation to canavanine resistance from heterozygous sensitive (canr/+) diploids by 13-to 170-fold. The mms8-1 mutant is MMS and X-ray sensitive and increases the rate of spontaneous mitotic segregation 170-fo...

As reported in a companion work [13], in its first phase, NASA’s 2015 highly elliptic MMS mission set a record for the highest altitude operational use of on-board GPS-based navigation, returning state estimates at 12 Earth radii. In early 2017 MMS transitioned to its second phase which doubled the apogee distance to 25 Earth radii, approaching halfway to the Moon. This paper will present resul...

The combination of reflectance, fluorescence, and Raman spectroscopy-termed multimodal spectroscopy (MMS)-provides complementary and depth-sensitive information about tissue composition. As such, MMS is a promising tool for disease diagnosis, particularly in atherosclerosis and breast cancer. We have developed an integrated MMS instrument and optical fiber spectral probe for simultaneous collec...

Frozen microtitration trays manufactured by Micro-Media Systems (MMS) for antimicrobial testing of anaerobic bacteria were evaluated and compared with the broth disk elution method of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) described by Wilkins and Thiel. A total of 224 clinical anaerobic isolates were tested. Susceptibility results were compared for carbenicillin, cefoxitin, chloramphenicol, clin...

We propose a novel transcoding technique called multimedia simplification which is based on experiential sampling. Multimedia simplification helps optimize the synthesis of MMS (multimedia messaging service) messages for mobile phones. Transcoding is useful in overcoming the limitations of these compact devices. The proposed approach aims at reducing the redundancy in the multimedia data captur...

The crystallization of 16 human antibody Fab fragments constructed from all pairs of four different heavy chains and four different light chains was enabled by employing microseed matrix screening (MMS). In initial screening, diffraction-quality crystals were obtained for only three Fabs, while many Fabs produced hits that required optimization. Application of MMS, using the initial screens and...

In this paper the architecture of a mobile network messaging system where Multimedia Messages (MMS) can be sent to a web page or application for creation of content by users is investigated. The currently specified architecture of MMS is evaluated and it is shown that the IP data based nature of the service makes it ideal for user created content services. The billing and charging issues for MM...