Hamster embryos cannot complete the second cleavage division in vitro in the presence of glucose and inorganic phosphate (Glu/Pi). Embryos can recover from an 8 h (12:30-20:30 h) exposure to Glu/Pi, although cleavage is retarded by 10 h and continued development to the blastocyst stage is rare (2%). The vulnerability of 2-cell embryos to Glu/Pi changes during the cell cycle, being greatest just...

Inspired by the recent discovery of a doubly charmed tetraquark state $T_{cc}^+$ LHCb Collaboration, we employ effective Lagrangian approach to investigate decay width $T_{cc}^{+}\to D^{+} D^{0}\pi^{0}/D^{0} D^{0}\pi^{+}$ and D^{0}D^{+}\gamma$ with assumption that $T_{cc}^{+}$ is an isoscalar $DD^{\ast}$ molecule. We show both $T_{cc}\to D D\pi$ DD\gamma$ modes contribute $T_{cc}$, former being...

Salah satu tugas Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) adalah menyampaikan data serta informasi cuaca untuk monitoring memprediksi perubahan iklim yang terjadi. Proses pengamatan oleh petugas BMKG Provinsi Lampung saat ini sebagian besar masih menggunakan alat ukur konvensional. Pengukuran dilakukan persatu setiap unsur cuaca. Hanya beberapa titik sudah Automatic Weather Station ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization of plant roots causes the down-regulation of expression of phosphate (Pi) or nitrogen (N) transporter genes involved in direct nutrient uptake pathways. The mechanism of this effect remains unknown. In the present study, we sought to determine whether the expression of Pi or N transporter genes in roots of winter wheat colonized by AM fungus responded to...

A toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST) variant with an isoelectric point (pI) of 8.6 produced by an ovine-associated Staphylococcus aureus strain was described previously. Analysis of additional strains associated with sheep, goats, cows, and humans by isoelectric focusing with immunoblotting using monoclonal antibodies revealed that all 18 strains associated with sheep and all 12 strains associat...

During the Mobies PI meeting, July 16-18, 2001, Jackson Hole, the Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) problem was developed as an introductory powertrain challenge problem. This problem has served mainly as a workhorse to understand applications of Phase I tools. In particular, Paul Griffiths provided a baseline realization of the ETC specifications and Phase I participants provided analysis and ...

Nutrients and certain growth factors stimulate pancreatic b-cell mitogenesis, however, the appropriate mitogenic signal transduction pathways have not been defined. In the glucose-sensitive pancreatic b-cell line, INS-1, it was found that glucose (6–18 mM) independently increased INS-1 cell proliferation (>20-fold at 15 mM glucose). Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)-induced INS-1 cell prolif...

Leaf and stem resistance to gummy stem blight [Didymella bryoniae (Auersw.) Rehm.] in five resistant by susceptible crosses of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was investigated using generation means analysis. No single gene of major effect controls either leaf or stem resistance to gummy stem blight in these five crosses. The mean number of effective factors controlling leaf resistance in the cro...