Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D17S518 locus FJ.Couch. , T.V.McCarthy, R.G.Gregg* and K.Hogan 1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of WisconsinMadison, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wl 53705, USA and department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, Ireland Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D8S161 locus F.J.Couch' , T.V.McCarthy, R.G.Gregg* and K.Hogan department of Ane...

In this paper, a real time application for visual inspection and classification of cork stoppers is presented. Each cork stopper is represented by a high dimensional set of characteristics corresponding to relevant visual features. We have applied a set of non-parametric and parametric methods in order to compare and evaluate their performance for this real problem. The best results have been a...

Cork taint is a musty or moldy off-odor in wine mainly caused by 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (2,4,6-TCA). We examined the role of 14 fungal strains isolated from cork samples in the production of 2,4,6-TCA by O methylation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP). The fungal strains isolated belong to the genera Penicillium (four isolates); Trichoderma (two isolates); and Acremonium, Chrysonilia, Clados...

Allison Milner, Heidi Hjelmeland, Ella Arensman, Diego De Leo Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Department of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Department of Health Surveillance and Suicide Prevention, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway National Suicid...

Three cultures were enriched from cork boiling wastewater using tannic acid as the selective carbon substrate, at 25 degrees C and pH 7.2, 25 degrees C and pH 4.7 and 50 degrees C and pH 4.7. The enrichment culture obtained at neutral pH was composed of five culturable isolates, whereas from each acidic enrichment two bacterial strains were isolated. Mesophilic isolates were Gram negative bacte...

The redesign of biological nanopores is focused on bacterial outer membrane proteins and pore-forming toxins, because their robust β-barrel structure makes them the best choice for developing stochastic biosensing elements. Using membrane protein engineering and single-channel electrical recordings, we explored the ferric hydroxamate uptake component A (FhuA), a monomeric 22-stranded β-barrel p...

This paper presents an optimal control model to analyze reforestations with two different species, including commercial values, carbon sequestration and biodiversity or scenic values. We first solve the model qualitatively with general functions and then develop it assuming quadratic functions. We discuss the implications of partial or total internalization of environmental values and show that...

Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. 9 Perinatal Research Initiative, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. 10 School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA. 11 University of Connecticut, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. 12 The Rowland Institute at H...