This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic components of ethnicity - country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent residence in the United States in 2003 in the three main employment categories (EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3), using data collected in the U.S. New Immigrant ...

A replicated 4 x 4 Latin square digestion trial was conducted to determine the effect of electrolyte balance (EB = Na + K - Cl meq/kg of the diet) on apparent nutrient digestibilities in pigs fitted with ileal T-cannulas. Experimental diets were composed of corn and soybean meal with dietary EB altered by the substitution of CaCl2 for CaCO3, or NaHCO3 for corn and soybean meal. Electrolyte bala...

We have shown previously that glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3 ), cyclin-dependent kinase 5, and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase become overactivated and hyperphosphorylate in heat-shocked female rats. This hyperphosphorylation of is estrogen-independent, prevented by androgens, and similar to Alzheimer’s disease. In this study, ovariectomized (OVX) Sprague-Dawley rats (n 75) received daily injectio...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of equilibration time on the DNA integrity of vitrified-warmed mouse blastocysts. DESIGN Prospective in vitro study. SETTING Embryology research laboratory. INTERVENTION(S) Mouse nonexpanded blastocysts (NEB) (n = 54) and expanded blastocysts (EB) (n = 56) were vitrified using cryotips. Blastocysts were vitrified using a two-step media protocol, with a first...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in tumor cells was found to play an important role in maintaining the malignant phenotype. Using laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy (LSCFM) in a recent work, we reported a variable fluorescence intensity of ethidium bromide (EB) in mitochondria nucleoids of living carcinoma cells. Since when EB is bound to nucleic acids its fluorescence is intensified; a h...

AIMS To describe the ophthalmic findings in a large cohort of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) patients managed in one large specialist centre. METHODS A case note review of consecutive patients seen at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Data on the dermatological disease, ophthalmic history, and examination were collected and coded onto a data sheet. RESULTS 181 patients: 50 (28%) simplex ...

Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) improves the detection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). However, white-light (WL) cystoscopy remains the technique routinely used in urological clinics. A more cost-effective but equally performant alternative to PDD may encompass the use of an intense tumoritropic dye in combination with WL cystoscopy. Using a preclinical setting, we investigated the ...

MA 1.1 Mon 9:30–10:00 EB 301 Composite nanoparticles and nanopatterns for ultrahigh density magnetic recording — •Dagmar Goll MA 6.1 Mon 14:00–14:30 EB 301 Genuine bulk electronic structures of strongly correlated transition metal oxides revealed by high energy photoelectron spectroscopy — •Shigemasa Suga MA 6.2 Mon 14:30–15:00 EB 301 Probing spin excitations in magnetic nanostructures and half...

Background: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) comprises a group of genetically determined skin fragility disorders, which are characterized by blistering of the skin and mucosa, in response to little or no apparent trauma. These disorders represent heterogeneous phenotypes and are associated with various complications ranging from localized skin fragility to neonatal death. Nevertheless, the term "Epi...

The classification of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) into 3 main subtypes has been based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that is able to directly visualize and quantify specific ultrastructural features. Immunofluorescence antigenic mapping (IFM) is a technique that determines the precise level of skin cleavage by determining binding sites for a series of antibodies. To date, no study has...