Wormlike micelles are an important class of surfactant micellar architectures that find use in applications ranging from consumer products to energy and nanomaterials. Many wormlike micellar systems exhibit a flow instability known as shear banding, characterized by an inhomogeneous flow field. Although many of the proposed mechanisms and theories for shear banding revolve around fluid microstr...

Abstract Strawberry vein banding virus (SVBV) is a double-stranded DNA virus. In our previous studies, we generated an infectious clone of SVBV, pSVBV, which causes light-green symptoms along the leaf veins in strawberry plants ( Fragaria vesca ). this study, constructed pSVBV-P1-MCS and pSVBV-P4-MCS, two recombinant vectors containing multiple cloning site (MCS) downstream SVBV-encoded movemen...

Bleeding from oesophageal varices is the commonest cause of significant upper gastrointestinal bleeding in Sri Lanka. Endoscopic band ligation is an effective method in the management of varices. But the cost of banding equipment is high, unaffordable for a majority of our patients. We have devised a cheap method to carry out banding of varices. Banding of varices using this technique was carri...

A potyvirus was found causing yellow mosaic and veinal banding in sweetpepper in Central and Southeast Brazil. The sequence analysis of the 3′ terminal region of the viral RNA revealed a coat protein of 278 amino acids, followed by 275 nucleotides in the 3′-untranslated region preceding a polyadenylated tail. The virus shared 77.4% coat protein amino acid identity with Pepper severe mosaic viru...

Objective(s): Staphylococcus aureus is an important bacterial pathogen responsible for a variety numbers of nosocomial and community acquired infections. Biofilm formation is regarded as an important factor in the establishment of S. aureus infection. The contribution of the genetic background of S. aureus to biofilm formation is poorly understood. The aim of the present work was to genotype S....

Introduction:Severe abdominal aortic constriction above the renal arteries induces arterial hypertension above the stenotic site that is the cause of cardiac hypertrophy. Previous studies have shown that high blood pressure induces myocardial oxidative stress with conflicting results. In the present study, we assessed the effects of acute hypertension on the myocardial oxidative stress an...

Similarities and differences become evident from comparisons of centromeric and non-centromeric banding patterns in plant and animal chromosomes. Similar to C and G-banding in animals (at least most of the reptiles, birds and mammals), centromeric and nucleolus-organizing region bands as well as interstitially and/or terminally located non-centromeric bands may occur in plants, depending on the...

Background: Aberrant chromosomes can cause azoospermia but little is known about its molecular mechanism. Our aim is to explore any possible genetic defective to explain a given male infertility. Materials and Methods: An azoopsermic male was identified in a 23 years old male. G-banding and FISH confirmed the karyotype as chromosome insertion (18:7) (q22.1; q36.2q21.11). NGS was performed to an...