do not persist for more than three weeks.4 Likewise, there was no evidence of haemosiderin deposition in the stalk which might be expected after haemorrhage. Stalk enlargement could have been an effect of untreated diabetes insipidus, in which the first case might have expected resolution of the abnormality with treatment. However, the swelling persisted for three months despite adequate treatm...

The millisecond stalk contraction of the sessile ciliate Vorticella convallaria is powered by energy from Ca2þ binding to generate contractile forces of ~10 nN. Its contractile organelle, the spasmoneme, generates higher contractile force under increased stall resistances. By applying viscous drag force to contracting V. convallaria in a microfluidic channel, we observed that the mechanical for...

This study aims to determine and complete the database related productivity level of male palm flower stalks in producing sap wild populations natural habitats South Tapanuli Regency. The research was conducted 2 villages 4 districts with a total sample 40 plants. stages this were carried out three stages. first stage is survey sampling by purposive sampling, namely technique be used as based o...

Wheat–cotton double cropping practices on a large scale in cotton belt of the Yellow RiverValley and the Yangtze River Valley in China. Field experiments were conducted to determinethe effects of wheat–cotton double cropping on cotton biomass accumulation and yieldformation during 2011/12 and 2012/13 growing seasons. Two cotton cultivars, Siza 3 (mid–latematurity) and CCRI 50 (early maturity), ...

To study the role of surface proteins in the adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to fibers that are used in tampon and surgical gauze pad manufacture, we have developed an adherence assay with S. aureus cells and cotton and rayon fibers. Results suggest that staphylococcal adherence is dependent on both the substrate and the material used to coat these fibers. Scanning electron micrographs suppo...

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is a severe disease of cotton that occurs in Africa and Pakistan/northwestern India. The disease is caused by begomoviruses in association with specific betasatellites that differ between Africa and Asia. During survey of symptomatic cotton in Sindh (southern Pakistan) Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGV), the begomovirus associated with CLCuD in Africa, was i...

Background: Recently, several human monoclonal antibodies that target conserved epitopes on the stalk region of influenza hemagglutinin (HA) have shown broad reactivity to influenza A subtypes. Also, vaccination with recombinant chimeric HA or stem fragments from H3 influenza viruses induce broad immune protection in mice and humans. However, it is unclear whether stalk-binding antibodies can b...

Using TURBO technique, we accurately evaluated horizontal extension of non-muscle invasive bladder tumors in relation to clinical and pathological parameters. Non-muscle invasive bladder tumors sized less than 20 mm were resected with an approximately 5-mm margin from the stalk using the TURBO technique. Specimens from 52 cases were pathologically examined to determine the amount of horizontal ...

UNLABELLED Influenza remains a major global health burden. Seasonal vaccines offer protection but can be rendered less effective when the virus undergoes extensive antigenic drift. Antibodies that target the highly conserved hemagglutinin stalk can protect against drifted viruses, and vaccine constructs designed to induce such antibodies form the basis for a universal influenza virus vaccine ap...

Despite large vaccination campaigns, measles virus (MeV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) cause major morbidity and mortality in humans and animals, respectively. The MeV and CDV cell entry system relies on two interacting envelope glycoproteins: the attachment protein (H), consisting of stalk and head domains, co-operates with the fusion protein (F) to mediate membrane fusion. However, how rec...