Purpose : The aim of this study was to localize a gene responsible for Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA). an autosomal recessive disease responsible for congenital blindness. It is the most early and severe form of all inherited retinal dystrophies, and umil now the chromosomal localization of the disease-causing gene(s) was unknown. Methods : Thirty-eight affected individuals and fifty-ffve u...

Organizational learning (OL) is about how individuals collect, absorb, and transform information into organizational memory and knowledge. This case study explored how six high-technology firms in Taiwan chose OL as an organization development intervention strategy. Issues included how best to implement OL; how individuals, teams, and organizations learn; and the extent to which OL activities c...

Ornithine lipids (OLs) are phosphorus-free membrane lipids widespread in bacteria but absent from archaea and eukaryotes. In addition to the unmodified OLs, a variety of OL derivatives hydroxylated in different structural positions has been reported. Recently, methylated derivatives of OLs were described in several planctomycetes isolated from a peat bog in Northern Russia, although the gene/en...

Objective Oxidative stress and immune response are associated with acute renal failure (ARF). Ophiocordyceps lanpingensis (OL) might be an antioxidant and immunopotentiator. In this study, we explored the protective effects of OL on glycerol-induced ARF. Methods Male mice were randomly divided into four groups, specifically, glycerol-induced ARF model group, low-dose OL-treated group (1.0 g/k...

INTRODUCTION Leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant condition of the oral cavity. AIM Epidemiological and clinical analysis of patients with oral leukoplakia (OL) diagnosed and treated in the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was retrospective and prospective. Among 55 911 patients diagnosed and treated i...

Biochar (BC) is a material that finds many applications in agriculture and environmental activities. The aim of the study was to define influence biochar produced from various organic materials: mellow compost (MC), stabilized municipal sewage sludge (MSS), pine sawdust (PS), sycamore (SS) oak leaves (OL) on soil enzyme activity, as well its relations with carbon nitrogen content. After 60-day ...

Learning of patterns by neural networks obeying general rules of sensory transductl and of converting membrane potentials to spiking frequencies is considered. A finite number of cells Ol can sample a pattern playing on any finite number of cells without causing irrevocable sampling bias if Ol = f:H or Ol () f:H = 1". Total eneJ transfer from inputs of Ol to outputs of f:H depends on the entrop...

BACKGROUND Terpinen-4-ol, a naturally occurring monoterpene is the main bioactive component of tea-tree oil and has been shown to have many biological activities. AIM To study the antitumor effects of terpinen-4-ol and its mechanism of action in prostate and GI malignancies, alone and in combination with chemotherapeutic and biological agents. METHODS Terpinen-4-ol was administrated alone o...

• Select stereo pair from data set, i.e. an original left view OL and an original right view OR (OL=8, OR=9) • Estimate depth corresponding to neighboring original views NL (left) and NR (right) (NL=7, NR=10), using any available camera • Synthesize views (synthesized left SL and synthesized right SR) at positions of OL and OR from NL+D and NR+D • Bring synthesized video to the meeting • Compar...

The article presents the results of collaborative study method for gas chromatographic determination alcoholic fermentation volatile by-products (acetaldehyde, methanol, methyl acetate, ethyl propan-2-ol, propan-1-ol, 2-methylpropan-1-ol, butan-1-ol, and 3-methylbutan-1-ol) in beverages with volume ethanol content a range 9.9–96.0% (wine, sake, liquor, tequila, vodka, grappa, bourbon, scotch, c...