Sound vibration (SV) is considered to be a mechanical stimulus which gives rise to various physiological and molecular changes in plants. Previously, we identified 17 SV-regulated genes (SRGs) which were up-regulated by SV treatments in Arabidopsis. Here, we analyzed the expression pattern of similar genes after an exposure of 500 Hertz at 80 decibels, for various time periods. Simultaneously, ...

Recycling synaptic vesicles (SVs) transit through early endosomal sorting stations, which raises a fundamental question: are SVs sorted toward endolysosomal pathways? Here, we used snapin mutants as tools to assess how endolysosomal sorting and trafficking impact presynaptic activity in wild-type and snapin(-/-) neurons. Snapin acts as a dynein adaptor that mediates the retrograde transport of ...

This realistic yet fantastical image of the new Boeing 767jet airliner was produced by Digital Effects, Inc., as part of a computer graphics animated television commercial for All Nippon Airways in Japan. Animator Alan Green obtained the CAD/CAM database for the 707, which, incidentally, is the first commercial airliner designed entirely on a computer, and entered the database into Digital's IB...

The application of the snake neurotoxin taipoxin to hippocampal neurons in culture induced Ca(2+)-dependent synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis, with swelling of nerve terminals and redistribution of SV proteins to the axolemma. Using digital imaging videomicroscopy to measure fluorescence resonance energy transfer in live neurons, we also found that taipoxin modulates the machinery for neurosecre...

Seismic waves propagate through the earth as a superposition of different wave modes. Seismic imaging in areas characterized by complex geology requires techniques based on accurate reconstruction of the seismic wavefields. A crucial component of the methods in this category, collectively known as wave-equation migration, is the imaging condition that extracts information about the discontinuit...

Normal human uroepithelial cells (HUC) were transformed with simian virus 40 (SV40) in vitro. SV40-transformed HUC (SV-HUC) were selected by their ability to survive senescence which normally occurs in HUC between passages 4 and 6. At passage 6, 100% of SV-HUC stained positive for SV40 T-antigen. The epithelial nature of SV-HUC was confirmed by positive staining for human cytoplasmic keratins i...

OBJECTIVES To examine the influence of different playing surfaces on in-shoe loading patterns during tennis-specific movements. METHODS Ten experienced male players performed two types of tennis-specific displacements (serve and volley (SV) and baseline play (BA)) on two different playing surfaces; eg, clay vs Greenset. Maximum and mean force and pressure, contact time, contact area and relat...

Normal human uroepithelial cells (lili) were transformed with sim ian virus 40 (SV40) in vitro. SV40-transformed HUC (SV-HUC) were selected by their ability to survive senescence which normally occurs in HUC between passages 4 and 6. At passage 6,100% of SV-HUC stained positive for SV40 T-antigen. The epithelial nature of SV-HUC was confirmed by positive staining for human cytoplasmic keratins ...

Vitiligo is largely classified into segmental and non-segmental types (Table 1).1 This classification is based on the original report by Koga in 1977.2 Koga proposed that vitiligo in a non-dermatomal distribution be referred to as Type A and vitiligo in a dermatomal distribution be Type B, the latter of which corresponds to what is known today as segmental vitiligo (SV). Since then, the distinc...