The production of engines using turbocharged stratified injection technology has increased rapidly in recent years. In addition, the use liquefied petroleum gas, which is an environmental and economical fuel, increasing vehicles. While gas cannot be used before, kits have become applicable to these types with development technology. Turbocharged provide first ignition liquid fuel engines. There...

Introdução: Os testes rápidos imunocromatográficos, de fácil execução e resultado rápido, configuram importante ferramenta no diagnóstico da SARS-CoV-2, porém sua taxa eficácia é variável a depender do fabricante, sendo necessário identificar os fatores que podem influenciar o desempenho destes quando comparados ao padrão-ouro, RT-PCR. Objetivo: Explanar as principais evidências sobre dos rápid...

Nowadays, hybrid renewable systems can be the best solution for meeting electricity demand, especially where grid extension and environmental issues are important. This study aimed to find combination of typical components used in East Java, Indonesia. In this regard, four types photovoltaic (PV) panels, wind turbines, two batteries were selected, HOMER software simulated all possible combinati...

The circumventricular organs (CVOs) are small structures lining the cavities of brain ventricular system. They are associated with the semitransparent regions of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Hence it is thought that CVOs mediate biochemical signaling and cell exchange between the brain and systemic blood. Their classification is still controversial and development not fully understood largely...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness among the American working population. The purpose of this study is to establish a new diabetic animal model using a cone-dominant avian species to address the distorted color vision and altered cone pathway responses in prediabetic and early diabetic patients. Chicken embryos were injected with either streptozotocin (STZ), high concen...

BACKGROUND The choroid plexus (ChP), a component of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), produces the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and as a result plays a role in (i) protecting and nurturing the brain as well as (ii) in coordinating neuronal migration during neurodevelopment. Until now ChP development was not analyzed in living vertebrates due to technical problems. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We ...

Francisella tularensis causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. Arthropod vectors are important transmission routes for the disease, although it is not known how Francisella survives the efficient arthropod immune response. Here, we used Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for Francisella infections and investigated whether the bacteria are resistant to insect humoral immune responses, in par...

It has been known that methadone maintenance treatment is the standard treatment of choice for pregnant opiate addicts. However, there are few data on newborn outcomes especially in the cross talk with other addictive agents. The present study was to investigate the effect of prenatal exposure to methadone on methamphetamine (METH)-induced behavioral sensitization as an indicator of drug addict...