Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease and liver-related death worldwide, with the majority of these cases occurring in areas of Africa and Asia where HBV prevalence is high. Many of the countries that are affected by hepatitis B are also affected by a high HIV burden, leading to frequent HIV/HBV co-infection. The consequences of co-infection, including increased ...

High resolution microwave and millimeter-wave spectra of HeN-CO clusters with N up to 10, produced in a molecular expansion, were observed. Two series of J = 1-0 transitions were detected, which correspond to the a-type and b-type J = 1-0 transitions of He1-CO. The B rotational constant initially decreases with N and reaches a minimum at N = 3. Its subsequent rise indicates the transition from ...

The efficacy of 4 treatments in maintaining adequate plasma and liver vitamin B lz (B,,) concentrations was compared in young sheep grazing a cobalt (Co)-deficient site in the south east of South Australia. The treatments were injections of Blz or an intraruminal glass pellet containing Co prior to weaning and at weaning intraruminal glass pellets or Co pellets. A liveweight and fleece weight r...

The effects of irradiation with 17 MeV electron beams and “‘Co y-rays on the magnetic flux of Nd-Fe-B and Sm-Co permanent magnets have been studied. At an electron dose of 2.1 X 10d3 C/cm’ (at an absorbed dose of 2.6 MGy), the magnetic flux loss of Nd-Fe-B is 9%, while the flux loss of Sm-Co is below 0.4% at a dose of 1.4 X 10B3 C/cm’. After remagnetization of the irradiated Nd-Fe-B sample the ...

I. The efficiency of production and utilization of vitamin BIZ was studied with sheep given a cobalt-deficient diet with and without supplementary Co (I mg/d). Vitamin B,, to lignin ratios in rumen contents were used to estimate minimum rates of production and these were related to faecal and urinary excretion. Tissue distribution and excretion of vitamin Blz were studied with [58Co]cyanocobala...