Germinal center follicular T helper (GCTfh) cells are essential players in the differentiation of B cells. Circulating follicular T helper (cTfh) cells share phenotypic and functional properties with GCTfh cells. Distinct subpopulations of cTfh with different helper capabilities toward B cells can be identified: cTfh1 (CXCR3+CCR6-), cTfh2 (CXCR3-CCR6-), and cTfh17 (CXCR3-CCR6+). Alterations in ...

Received: 18 April 2008 Revised: 15 August 2008 2nd Revision: 27 January 2009 Accepted: 23 February 2009 Abstract This study presents an empirical investigation of factors affecting smalland medium-sized business (SMB) executives’ decision to adopt anti-malware software for their organizations. A research model was developed by adopting and expanding the protection motivation theory from health...

Plant metabonomic analysis is essential for understanding plant systems responses to osmotic stresses. To understand the comprehensive metabolic responses of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SMB) to continuous and exhaustive water depletion, we characterized the SMB metabonomic variations induced by three different drying processes using the combined NMR and LC-DAD-MS method. NMR results showed that ...

The present study evaluated the effect of NET-1 siRNA-conjugated sub-micron bubble (SMB) complexes combined with low-frequency ultrasound exposure in gene transfection. The NET-1 gene was highly expressed level in SMMC-7721 human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. The cells were divided into seven groups and treated with different conditions. The groups with or without low-frequency ultrasound...

This paper aims to explore the optimal marketing channel of e-commerce enterprises with various consumer base size and product added-value in social commerce. By characterizing utility, we construct decision-making models under traditional platform (TECP) two kinds commerce channels involving “e-commerce + social” (ECPS) “social media business’ (SMB). Then, obtain strategy for each by using Kar...

Over recent decades, the South Branch Potomac River, West Virginia, has experienced fish kills and episodes of suppressed health in adult that have spanned small stretches to nearly 120 km contiguous habitat. Although factors such as endocrine disruption, chemical contaminants, infectious agents been detected, no single causal mechanism identified. To gain information about temporal nature abno...

The simulated moving bed (SMB) is a well-established, fully continuous process for chromatographic separation of difficult tasks with overlapping peaks, but it relatively complex. 1-SMB, which uses only one column includes residence time zones to preserve concentration profiles, simpler semi-continuous alternative. This work examines the possible design these zones. Simulation studies were cond...

Largemouth (LMB: Micropterus salmoides) and Smallmouth Bass (SMB: Micropterus dolomieu) are important species in the recreational fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes. The invasion of the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) into these lakes has changed several facets of black bass biology, but there is still much to learn about the relationship between these species. Previous dietary analyse...

An experiment to determine the chemical composition and protein quality of 13 fish substrates (pollock by-products, n = 5; fish protein hydrolysates, n = 5; and fish meals, n = 3) was conducted. Two of these substrates, salmon protein hydrolysate (SPH) and salmon meal with crushed bones (SMB), were used to determine their palatability as components of dog diets. Pollock by-products differed in ...