Four species of penaeid prawn cultured in Australia (Penaeus monodon, Penaeus esculentus, Marsupenaeus japonicus and Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) were injected with a virulent preparation of gill-associated virus (GAV). P. monodon (average weight = 8.9, 13.9 and 19.2 g), P. esculentus (average weight = 19.5 g), F. merguiensis (average weight = 10.5 g), and small (average weight = 5.8 g) M. japon...

Laryngeal cancer is one of the most commonly occurring malignant cancers of the head and neck region. In the present study, we investigated the roles of miR-221 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell line, Hep-2. We examined the function and mechanism of miR-221 in Hep-2 cells using techniques of cell biology and molecular pathology, such as western blotting, quantitative PCR, immunohistoche...

This paper investigates immigrant assortative mating and relationship satisfaction. Using a modifi ed random eff ects ordered probit model, the paper demonstrates that spouses of mixed couples are signifi cantly less satisfi ed with their partner than nativeonly and foreign-only couples. JEL Classifi cation: F22, I31

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The aim of the research was to examine the expression level of microRNA221/222 (miR-221/222) in the serum of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are also diagnosed with post-menopausal breast cancer. We aimed to evaluate the differences in microRNA expression in patients with T2DM alone, patients with post-menopausal breast cancer alone, and patients with both T2DM and post-menopa...

PMCID: PMC3232567 Stenting of the aortic arch as an emergency palliation of aortic dissection after cardiac surgery in an infant M Emmel, N Sreeram, and K Brockmeier Contact information: Dr. N. Sreeram, Department Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpenerstrasse 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany Phone: 0049 221 478 86301 0049 221 478 86301 Fax: 0049 221 478 86302 ; Email: N.Sreera...

We describe a new Ni5Al3 underlayer for high-density longitudinal magnetic recording. The Ni5Al3 underlayer has the FCC derivative Ga3Pt5 structure. The Ni5Al3 (221) plane has good lattice match with the CoCrPt (10 1 0) plane. In addition, unlike the NiAl (112) plane, the Ni5Al3 (221) plane has the lowest surface energy. Hence, the Ni5Al3 thin film has a strong (221) texture and can induce CoCr...