Advanced human malignancies cannot be permanently cured by adoptive transfer of autologous lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. Moreover, administration of high doses of IL-2 to maintain LAK activity in vivo is associated with severe toxicity. In this study, we tested the anti-tumor efficacy of a uniquely potent MHC non-restricted human killer T cell clone (TALL-104) in humanized severe com...

Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are luminous massive blue stars thought to be immediate precursors to the supernova terminating their brief lives. The existence of dust shells around such stars has been enigmatic since their discovery some 30 years ago; the intense radiation field from the star should be inimical to dust survival [1]. Although dust-creation models, including those involving interacting s...

This study was carried out to determine whether the sensitivity of serum neutralization (SN) tests would be affected by the use of distinct subtypes of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) and 5 (BoHV-5) as test challenge viruses. Bovine sera collected from a randomized sample (n=287) were tested in a 24h incubation SN against three type 1 viruses (BoHV-1.1 strains "Los Angeles" (LA) and "EVI 123"; Bo...

Identification of authorized train drivers through biometrics is a growing area of interest in locomotive radio remote control systems. The existing technique of password authentication is not very reliable and potentially unauthorized personnel may also operate the system on behalf of the operator. Fingerprint identification system, implemented on PC/104 based real-time systems, can accurately...

In addition to multiple peripheral neurofibromas, Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) predisposes to CNS tumours. Most of them are pilocytic astrocytomas, arise in children and are located in the optic pathways or in the brainstem. The majority are indolent, but factors predictive of poor prognosis have yet to be identified. Furthermore, the incidence and natural history of gliomas of a higher grade, ari...

II. Recent Developments 97 A. Enhancing Cross-peak Intensity in COSY 97 1. SUPER Schemes . . . . 97 2. Scaling Experiments . . . . 101 B. Restricting Coherence Transfer in COSY 104 1. Bilinear COSY (61) . . . . 104 2. E. COSY . 106 C. Phase Purification of MQ-filtered COSY and Coherence transfer via longitudinal spin-order . 107 1. 45° Pulse-pair Filter 107 2. Generalized Pulse Pair Filtering 1...

In 2013, the first government-led oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign in Haiti was implemented in Petite Anse and Cerca Carvajal. To evaluate vaccination coverage, barriers to vaccination, and adverse events following vaccination, we conducted a cluster survey. We enrolled 1,121 persons from Petite Anse and 809 persons from Cerca Carvajal, categorized by 3 age groups (1-4, 5-14, >15 years)....

the possibility of application of 4-nitrocatechol (4-nc) - tetrazolium salt - organic solventsystems for liquid-liquid extraction-spectrophotometric vanadium (iv and v) speciation wasstudied. six commercially available tetrazolium salts (2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (ttc),3-(2-naphtyl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium chloride (tetrazolium violet, tv); 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazol)-2,5-diphenyltetra...