S100 proteins were first discovered in 1965 by Moore as a major protein fraction (0.6% of total soluble protein) isolated from bovine brain (Moore 1965). The protein was given the name S100 due to its high solubility in saturated ammonium sulfate. Later experiments showed the S100 protein fraction constituted two different dimeric species comprised of two b protomers (S100B) or an a, b heterodi...

We investigated how induced blur affects performance on the Trail Making Test and Digit Symbol Test routinely used in occupational therapy cognitive evaluations. The study used a factorial design with both age (young and old adults) and simulated blur levels of near visual acuity (20/50 and 20/100) manipulated between participants. A sample of 124 healthy, community-living adults was used in th...

S100P protein consists of 95 amino acids with a molecular weight of 10.4 kDa. S100P is a Ca binding protein that belongs to S100 family ("Soluble in 100% saturated solution with ammonium sulfate") which was first isolated from human placenta and is therefore designated as "P". S100 family includes at least 26 members, which are thought to be expressed only in vertebrates and are present in a ti...

Recovery of gluten in buckwheat flour was evaluated as part of an effort to produce wheat-contaminated buckwheat flours that could be used as reference materials (RMs) for testing the presence of gluten in buckwheat. RMs of buckwheat containing 0, 20, 100 and 1000 ppm gluten were created and tested by ELISA. The Gluten-Check kit detected gluten accurately at all levels; RIDASCREEN and Biokits t...

The plasma level of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) has been reported to be inversely correlated with the level of triglycerides (TGs) and the magnitude of postprandial lipemia because subjects with low HDL-C accompanying high TG levels often have an increased postprandial response to a fat load. However, information is limited regarding the postprandial response to a fat load in s...

We propose a new approach for the study of the Jacquet module of a Harish-Chandra module of a real semisimple Lie group. Using this method we investigate the structure of the Jacquet module of principal series representation generated by the trivial K-type.

Thermal lattice expansion in epitaxial SrTiO3(100) grown on Si(100) by molecular beam epitaxy was examined by in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) at temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 1000 °C. The SrTiO3 layer thickness (~400 Å) was determined a priori by ex situ X-ray reflectivity (XRR). In addition, the SrTiO3(100) film was further characterized before and after thermal treatment by Rutherford ba...