BACKGROUND Mobilization of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from the synovium was revealed using a "suspended synovium culture model" of osteoarthritis (OA). The pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) differs from that of OA. We investigated whether mobilization of MSCs from the synovium also occurred in RA, and we compared the properties of synovial MSCs collected from suspended synovium culture ...

INTRODUCTION For a high quality level diagnosis, mycobacterium culture must comply with the pre-analytical and analytical conditions recommended by the WHO and the country National Tuberculosis Program (NTP). In this study, we determined whether temperature and duration of sputum storage were associated with culture contamination in Burkina Faso. METHODS Sputa were collected in 5 districts la...

Nutripellet pack is a tubular assembly composed of fertilizer pellet, manure pellet and bioinoculants. A laboratory electrolyte release study was conducted to assess the extent nutrient enrichment by from encapsulated pellet. placed in soil, within closed container. Periodically entire soil removed for estimation reaction (pH), electrical conductivity (EC) available forms N, P K up 11 weeks aft...

The pellet recovered after centrifugation (5000 X g) of human corneal endothelial homogenates was used as the source of membranes in these studies. A 66-kilodalton (kD) protein was identified as the most abundant protein in the particulate pellet by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The de novo synthesis of the 66-kD protein by endothelial cells was observed durin...

Fish Under Crew, a group of fish farmers located at Pulau Semambu, Indralaya Utara, Ogan Ilir. It rears several commodities including catfish. The knowledge about best aquaculture practices are still low and cost production become main problem for them. Therefore, community service held on Aquaculture Department, Sriwijaya University conducted an alternative solution to solved its by providing ...

Aluminum (AI) toxicity is known to cause microcytic anemia, osteomalacia, and encephalopathy, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. Although Al is a neurotoxicant, its role in Alzheimer's disease remains controversial. One hypothesis for the toxicity of Al is that it disrupts cellular iron (Fe) homeostasis, causing iron to become cytotoxic. Cell culture studies have shown that Al suppresses...

The time consuming disadvantages of the chemical degradation nethod for DNA sequencing (1)(e.g. large scale plasmid DNA preparation, secondary digests, gel purification) have been overcone partially by labeling selectively one of the four ends created by certain restriction enzymes in special plasmids (2) and thereby saving several experimental steps. By using the nethod described here, the adv...

Using OWL2 reasoning services with Pellet requires either interacting with Pellet by using the command line or writing code in Java to invoke its interfaces. Both of these solutions can be impractical in some cases. We present a solution for easier, lightweight integration of Pellet, especially in enterprise environments, by providing access to reasoning services using a RESTful HTTP interface....

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Air guns, either modern or traditional models, are powerful weapons that are capable of causing serious or life-threatening injuries. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we present a case of an air gun pellet injury, with the pellet trapped between the thyroid cartilage and the lining mucosa of a 58-year-old Iranian man. CONCLUSION Entrapment of air gun pellet between thyroid...

The response of glycerinated cilia from Tetrahymena to the addition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) can be assayed by measuring the size of the ciliary pellet obtained after brief, low-speed centrifugation in hematocrit tubes (1) . Upon the addition of ATP, cilia swell, resulting in pellets up to threefold larger than pellets of control cilia . There are two interdependent hydrodynamic factors ...