Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the cytotoxic effects of local probiotic bacteria, including Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus brevis, while isolated from “Tarkhine” food and the induction of apoptosis in the HT–29 human colon adenocarcinoma cell line and normal fibroblasts. Methods: HT–29 and L–929 cell lines were trea...

Colistin is an old antibiotic which has been used as a therapeutic option for carbapenem- and multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, like Acinetobacter baumannii. This pathogen produces life-threatening infections, mainly in patients admitted to intensive care units. Rapid detection of resistance to colistin may improve patient outcomes and prevent the spread of resistance. For this purpos...

In increasing the population of bulls in Indonesia, it is necessary to utilize Artificial Insemination (AI) technology. AI reproductive technology aims increase efficiency and use superior semen livestock can prevent spread diseases. Frozen one factors that influence success AI. Thus, quality frozen must be maintained so fertility remains good. This study aimed determine Bali Simmental at Cente...

Atheromatous and thrombotic embolization during percutaneous coronary revascularization is a feared complication that may cause impaired myocardial reperfusion even with a patent epicardial vessel. The MGuard stent is a cobalt chromium bare metal stent with a porous net attached to its outer surface that has been designed to prevent thrombus fragmentation and distal embolization during stent im...

We investigate the ability of primordial gas clouds to retain molecular hydrogen (H 2) during the initial phase of the reionization epoch. We nd that before the Strr omgren spheres of the individual ionizing sources overlap, the UV background below the ionization threshold is able to penetrate large clouds and suppress their H 2 abundance. The consequent lack of H 2 cooling could prevent the co...

Assessment of sperm has over the years by many been regarded as something secondary to assessment of ova, oocytes and embryos. Often the most inexperienced of the laboratory staff have been asked to evaluate the semen sample. It is our belief that the outcome of subfertility treatment could be improved considerably, if semen and sperm assessment would be taken more seriously. This may not be as...

We report the purification from a rat natural killer (RNK) large granular lymphocyte leukemia of a 32-kD granule protein that induces rapid DNA fragmentation and apoptosis. The protein, which we have called "fragmentin," was capable of causing DNA from intact YAC-1 cells to be cleaved into oligonucleosomal-sized fragments and producing severe chromatin condensation within 1 h. Amino acid sequen...

Traffic Flow Confidentiality (TFC) mechanisms are techniques devised to hide/masquerade the traffic pattern to prevent statistical traffic analysis attacks. Their inclusion in widespread security protocols, in conjunction with the ability for deployers to flexibly control their operation, might boost their adoption and improve privacy of future networks. This paper describes a TFC protocol inte...

INTRODUCTION The future security of societies that depend increasingly on networks is contingent upon how our complex human and technical systems evolve. New network technologies including the Internet favour fragmentation into many loosely connected open and closed communities governed by many different principles. Network communities are subject to highly unpredictable emergent behaviours, ma...