SCOPE Investigations into the immunological response of proteins is often masked by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contamination. We report an optimized Triton X-114 (TX-114) based LPS extraction method for β-lactoglobulin (BLG) and soy protein extract suitable for cell-based immunological assays. METHODS AND RESULTS Optimization of an existing TX-114 based phase LPS extraction method resulted in >...

We propose and demonstrate a cost-effective half- duplex transceiver for Fiber-to-the-Room (FTTR) network by using homemade uncooled isolator-free distributed feedback (DFB) laser as both receiver (Rx) transmitter (Tx). AlGaInAs multiple quantum wells (MQWs) partially corrugated grating are utilized operation of the DFB lasers. Tx/Rx mode switching is implemented specially designed complementar...

Background: The purposes of this pilot retrospective observational cohort study are to determine: 1) the safety and efficacy corneal photovitrification (CPV), a laser procedure, for vision improvement in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) other retinal disorders involving central loss, 2) correlation between post-treatment (post-treatme...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of the somatostatin analog octreotide on gastric mucosal function and histology during short-term (3 months) preoperative treatment in patients with acromegaly. DESIGN Open design clinical study. METHODS 10 patients were studied before treatment with octreotide (pre-tx), on day 1 of 300 microg octreotide/day (d300), after 1 week on 300 (w300), 600 (w600) or 15...

Garima Thakral Computer Science and Engineering University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203. Email: [email protected] Saraju P. Mohanty Computer Science and Engineering University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203. Email: [email protected] Dhiraj K. Pradhan Department of Computer Science University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Email: [email protected] Elias Kougianos Electrical Engineering Tec...

This paper explores the process calculus CLLR furtherly. First, we prove that for any equation X =RS tX such that X is strongly guarded in tX , 〈X |X = tX〉 is the largest solution w.r.t ⊑RS . Second, we encode a fragment of action-based CTL in CLLR.

1 Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA 2 Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA 3 Department of Management Science and Statistics University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA 4 Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, National Cancer In...

It is shown that, for any equation X =RS tX in the LLTS-oriented process calculus CLLR, if X is strongly guarded in tX , then the recursive term 〈X |X = tX〉 is the greatest solution of this equation w.r.t Lüttgen and Vogler’s ready simulation.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA; Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, Houston, TX, USA Correspondence to: Rana O. Afifi, MD. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, 6400 Fannin St., Suite #2850, Houston, TX 77...