The fate and impact of Pseudomonas aureofaciens TX-1 following application as a biocontrol agent for fungi in turfgrass were studied. The organism was applied with a modified irrigation system by using a preparation containing 1 x 10(6) P. aureofaciens TX-1 CFU ml(-1) about 100 times between May and August. We examined the impact of this repeated introduction of P. aureofaciens TX-1 (which is k...

The results obtained by liver transplantation (TX) (n = 105) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were compared with those achieved by hepatic resection (HX) (n = 76). Overall 1- to 5-year survival rates after TX were 66%, 49%, 39%, 36%, and 36%, and those after HX were 71%, 55%, 47%, 37%, and 33%, respectively. The survival rates after TX and HX correlated well with pTNM stages, and the overall ...

Abstract In this paper, we investigate the conditions on control mappings $\psi ,\varphi :(0,\infty )\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ ? , ? : ( 0 ? ) ? R that guarant...

CMOS-integrated in-band full-duplex (IBFD) operation in wireless links and cryogenic quantum platforms was previously enabled by magnetic-free circulators using the phase non-reciprocity from spatial-temporal modulation. In this article, we present an alternative simple integrated circuit scheme, which not only realizes non-reciprocal signal flows required for IBFD operations but also improves ...

We examined a possible mechanistic interaction between leptin and thyroid hormones in rats with hypothyroidism induced by thyroidectomy (TX) and propylthiouracil administration. In study 1, the TX rats were treated by vehicle (V, n = 9) or by recombinant murine leptin (L, 0.3 mg. kg(-1). day(-1), n = 9) or were pair-fed (PF, n = 9) against L. In study 2, the TX rats were all given 3, 3'5'-triio...

A series of 3-aryl-2-quinoxaline-carbonitrile 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for hypoxic and normoxic cytotoxic activity against human SMMC-7721, K562, KB, A549 and PC-3 cell lines. Many of these new compounds displayed more potent hypoxic cytotoxic activity compared with TX-402 and TPZ in the tumor cells based evaluation, which confirmed our hypothesis that...

Bioactivity and Resistance to Peptidase Hydrolysis Pawel Zubrzak, Howard Williams, Geoffrey M. Coast, R. Elwyn Isaac, Gloria Reyes-Rangel, Eusebio Juaristi, Janusz Zabrocki, Ronald J. Nachman 1 Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2881 F/B Road, College Station, TX 2 Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, C...

Assume that A and B are non-void subsets of a metric space, and that S : A −→ B and T : A −→ B are given non-self mappings. In light of the fact that S and T are non-self mappings, it may happen that the equations Sx = x and Tx = x have no common solution, named a common fixed point of the mappings S and T . Subsequently, in the event that there is no common solution of the preceding equations,...

Previous studies have indicated that thromboxane (Tx) and leukotriene (LT) B4 act synergistically to induce neutrophil (PMN) adhesion in the microvasculature. This study tests the ability of Tx to induce LTB4 synthesis which then leads to activation of PMN and endothelial adhesion receptors. Tx-mimic (U 46619, lM-g/ml) was administered into abraded skin chambers placed on the back of rabbits (n...

Measurements of the surface tensions, densities and viscosities of aqueous solutions of Triton X-100 (TX-100) and rhamnolipid (RL) mixtures, at constant concentration of RL or TX-100, were carried out. The measured values of the surface tension were compared to those determined using different theoretical models and on the basis of the surface tension of aqueous solutions of individual surfacta...