Larvae of the Chilean-Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus were fed a Dunaliella tertiolecta diet (Dun-diet) supplemented with lipid emulsions, rich in 20:5n-3 (EmEPA), 22:6n-3 (EmDHA) or in saturated fatty acids (EmCOCO). A mixed algal diet of Isochrysis galbana (T-iso) and Chaetoceros neogracile served as a positive control (St-diet). Lipid supplementation to the Dun-diet improved the larva...

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major cause leading to chemotherapy failure. Recent studies indicate that drug resistance can be rapidly induced by some soluble factors, such as cytokines, chemokines, growth factors and cell adhesion factors in tumor microenvironment. Osteopontin (OPN), an extracellular matrix protein, has a functional RGD domain for binding to integrin. Here we found that OPN ...

Duns are a problematic class of monuments for Argyll. They encompass an ill-defined and diverse range structures, with limited evidence their chronology functions within late prehistoric early historic society, settlement economy. The Isle Islay has notably high concentration duns, especially in its south-east region. We describe small-scale excavation at one these, Dun Fhinn, designed to estab...

Almost everyone in China knows this story, even elementary school pupils: Once upon a time, there was a weapon salesman claiming with confidence to one crowd that all his spears were capable of piercing every shield that existed in the world, then he turned around and told the other crowd mysteriously that all his shields were not penetrable. A bystander who heard both claims asked him, “How ab...