Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) plays a central role in triglyceride metabolism through catabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein particles such as chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). A decrease in this enzyme activity provokes gross hypertriglycendemia, and type I hyperlipoproteinemia [1,2]. The decreased enzyme activity can be caused by genetic defects within coding region of th...

A genetic method for sex determination in raccoons was developed based on nucleotide differences of the zinc finger protein genes ZFX and ZFY. Four novel internal primers specific for ZFX or ZFY were designed. PCR amplification using two primer sets followed by agarose gel electrophoresis enabled sex determination. 141-bp and 447-bp bands were in both sex, and 346-bp band was specific only in m...

The single-top production cross section is one third that of the top-pair production cross section at the LHC. During the first year of data taking, assuming an average luminosity of 10cms and a CMS energy of 14 TeV, the determination of the major contributions to the total single-top cross section should be achievable. Comparisons between the measured cross sections and the theoretical predict...

Deterministic optical quantum logic requires a nonlinear quantum process that alters the phase of a quantum optical state by π through interaction with only one photon. Here, we demonstrate a large conditional cross-phase modulation between a signal field, stored inside an atomic quantum memory, and a control photon that traverses a high-finesse optical cavity containing the atomic memory. This...

High-resolution TEM is well-suited to characterizing nanocrystals, where lattice fringes serve as a source of structural information [1, 2]. For example, 3D lattice parameters can be measured from 2D lattice fringe images taken at as few as two different specimen orientations [3-6]. Recent work has shown that lattice fringe-visibility maps, a thin-specimen extension of bend-contour and channeli...