Semen obtained from four Beluga males (Huso huso) was cryopreserved using extender; Tris-sucroseKCl (30mM Tris, 23.4mM sucrose, 0.25mM KCl, PH 8.0) supplemented with MeOH at concentration of 5%, 10% and 20%. Semen was diluted, respectively, with ratios of 1:0.5, 1:1 and 1:2 with extender and frozen in liquid nitrogen vapor.Frozen sperms after 30 and 60 days were excluded from freezing. Experime...

Textbox input is widely used on the web for user input. In order to provide convenience for the web users and increase the input efficiency, one can use AutoComplete feature with the textbox. AutoComplete feature predicts possible word matches for entries that begin with the prefix typed into the textbox without the user actually typing the whole word completely. This paper describes the design...

stallions diluted at a ratio of 3:1 (extender: semen) with a commercially available stallion semen extender (Exodus Breeders Supply, York, PA) and packaged into each of the containers. Three sets of containers per season (winter and summer) where commercially shipped from Tucson, AZ to Springfield, MO with overnight delivery. Spermatozoal motilities were evaluated utilizing CASA following shipm...

INTRODUCTION: Bone fusion, such as in spinal surgeries, may be accelerated through the use of a bone graft substitute (BGS). While autograft was considered the gold standard of treatment, it can be undesirable for use by surgeons due to donor site morbidity and limited availability. As an alternate method of treatment, human allograft Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM) can be used by surgeons eith...

Impacted morsellised allografts have been used successfully to address the problem of poor bone stock in revision surgery. However, there are concerns about the transmission of pathogens, the high cost and the shortage of supply of donor bone. Bone-graft extenders, such as tricalcium phosphate (TCP) and hydroxyapatite (HA), have been developed to minimise the use of donor bone. In a human cadav...

Polyketide natural products generated by type I modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are vital components in our drug repertoire. To reprogram these biosynthetic assembly lines, we must first understand the steps that occur within the modular "black boxes." Herein, key steps of acyl-CoA extender unit selection are explored by in vitro biochemical analysis of the PikAIV PKS model system. Two comp...

Extender[1] is a parallel C++ code for calculating the magnetic field in the vacuum region of a stellarator. The code was optimized for speed and augmented with tools to maintain a specialized NetCDF database. Two parallel algorithms were examined. An even-block work-distribution scheme was comparable in performance to a master-slave scheme. Large speedup factors were achieved by representing t...

The effects of different extenders and storage periods on the motility and fertilization rate of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) semen were evaluated after short-term storage. Semen was collected from anesthetized males by the abdominal massage. After determination of main semen characteristics, the pooled ejaculates were diluted with 4 different extenders at a ratio of 1:3, and stored at 4...