Radioactive agents currently available for imaging infection by gamma scintigraphy do so by identifying inflammation in response to the infection, and are therefore non-specific in so far as they are unable to distinguish between infective and non-infective inflammation. The term ‘infection imaging’ is therefore generally synonymous with ‘inflammation imaging’. This article will briefly review ...

Microtubule (MT)-based transport can be regulated through changes in organization of MT transport tracks, but the mechanisms that regulate these changes are poorly understood. In Xenopus melanophores, aggregation of pigment granules in the cell center involves their capture by the tips of MTs growing toward the cell periphery, and granule aggregation signals facilitate capture by increasing the...

Foods from agriculture and fishery products are processed using various technologies. Molecular mixture analysis during food processing has the potential to help us understand the molecular mechanisms involved, thus enabling better cooking of the analyzed foods. To date, there has been no web-based tool focusing on accumulating Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra from various types of food...

Single-sided NMR devices can operate under conditions inaccessible to conventional NMR while featuring portability and the ability to analyze arbitrary-sized objects. In this paper, a semi-elliptic Halbach magnet array was designed and built for single-side Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). We present an easy-to-implement target field algorithm for single-side NMR magnet design based on Gram-Sc...

The life history and temporal dynamics in density, biomass, growth rate and secondary production of Habrophlebia lauta and Habroleptoides confusa were compared in 3 sites along the Agüera stream in northern Spain. Both species had univoltine winter life histories. Hb. lauta showed greater abundance and production at downstream sites, while Hd. confusa did at the headwater site. The life history...

In this paper, model reference neural network structure is used as a controller for vibration suppression of the Euler–Bernoulli beam under the excitation of moving mass travelling along a vibrating path. The non-dimensional equation of motion the beam acted upon by a moving mass is achieved.  A Dirac-delta function is used to describe the position of the moving mass along the beam and its iner...

Gyrate atrophy (GA) is a rare, progressive metabolic choroid and retinal degeneration that results from a deficiency of the pyridoxal phosphate-dependent mitochondrial matrix enzyme ornithine aminotransferase. Here, we report the case of a 40-yearold woman who presented with a gradual decline in visual acuity since puberty, along with a history of high myopia and cataract surgery. She was admit...