V kappa gene family expression among LPS-reactive murine B lymphocytes, unlike that of VH gene families, is not proportional to genomic complexity, i.e., nonstoichiometric. Furthermore, no positional bias for the overexpression of J-proximal V kappa genes (V kappa 21) is observed among neonatal B lymphocytes. Yet, the V kappa 1 and V kappa 9 families located in the center of V kappa locus are p...

For a topological space $X$ its reflection in class $\mathsf T$ of spaces is pair $(\mathsf T X,i_X)$ consisting X\in\mathsf and continuous map $i_X:X\to \mathsf X$ such that for any $f:X\to Y$ to $Y\in\mathsf there exists unique $\bar f:\mathsf X\to $f=\bar f\circ i_X$. In this paper an infinite cardinal $\kappa$ nonempty set $M$ ultrafilters on $\kappa$, we study the reflections classes H_\ka...

purpose: to evaluate visual outcomes and intraocular pressure (iop) after single-site phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin c in patients with senile cataract and primary open angle glaucoma (poag), pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (pxg), or chronic angle closure glaucoma (cacg). methods: in this retrospective study, patients older than 50 years who had significant cataracts (bcva £ 20/60) and uncontrol...

Examination of the in vitro V kappa gene rearrangements of murine adult bone marrow-derived pre-B cell lines reveals that 21 of 25 (84%) cell lines have rearranged a member of the V kappa 4 family. In contrast, analysis of two V kappa cDNA libraries prepared from LPS-stimulated adult spleen cells indicates that only 17% of the Ig kappa cDNAs contain sequences belonging to the V kappa 4 gene fam...

Murine V kappa-J kappa recombination is characterized by a maintenance of size at the site of recombination and the use of nucleic acids found only in germline sequences. This is in contrast to heavy chain VH-D-JH assembly where random nucleotides are added at the recombination sites to produce considerable size variation, even though the heptamer/nonomer recombination sequences are identical i...

Satellite remote sensing, with its unique synoptic coverage capabilities, can provide accurate and immediately valuable information on fire analysis and post-fire assessment, including estimation of burnt areas. In this study the potential for burnt area mapping of the combined use of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) classifiers with Landsat TM satellite imagery w...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively measure accuracy, reliability, and image quality of telemedical retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) diagnosis. METHODS Two-hundred forty-eight eyes from 67 consecutive infants underwent wide-angle retinal imaging by a trained neonatal nurse at 31 to 33 weeks' and/or 35 to 37 weeks' postmenstrual age (PMA) using a standard protocol. Data were uploaded to a Web-based tel...

We study the flow of elongated grains (wooden pegs length $L$=20 mm with circular cross section diameter $d_c$=6 and 8 mm) from a silo rotating bottom orifice $D$. In small range ($D/d<5$) clogs are mostly broken by base, is intermittent avalanches temporary clogs. Here $d\equiv(\frac{3}{2}d_c^2L)^{1/3}$ effective grain diameter. Unlike for spherical grains, rods rate $W$ clearly deviates power...

Repeated cocaine exposure upregulates kappa opioids and their receptors in the mesocorticolimbic system; the ensuing kappa-mediated dysphoria appears to contribute to addiction and withdrawal. As a potential rehabilitation strategy to reverse cocaine-induced kappa sensitization, the present study used tritiated dopamine release assays to examine the induction of kappa-opioid tolerance in cultur...