Background: To find the effects of mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) on operative field visualization, and to measure pneumoperitoneum pressure (PP) Trendelenburg inclination angle (TIA) values. Methods: In this two-centred, randomised, single-blind controlled study, 90 patients who underwent laparoscopic gynaecological surgery for benign conditions were included. After exclusions, 44 received...

An experiment was conducted in the horticultural farm at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka to evaluate Mulch practices on Growth and yield of four Lisianthus germplasm. The consisted treatments (Mo: Control, Ms: Straw mulch, Mc: Cocodust Mbp: Black polythene mulch) germplasms (V1: Arena Type Pure White,V2: Double White, V3: Light Pink, V4:Super Magic Blue), laid out a Randomized Comp...

The Model Based Planner (MBP) is a system for planning in non-deterministic domains. It can generate plans automatically to solve various planning problems, like conformant planning, planning under partial observability, and planning for temporally extended goals. Moreover, MBP can validate plans, and offers a variety of simulation functionalities for plans and domains. MBP is based on Symbolic...

Bisphenol A [BPA] is a widely dispersed environmental chemical that is of much concern because the BPA monomer is a weak transcriptional activator of human estrogen receptor α [ERα] and ERβ in cell culture. A BPA metabolite, 4-methyl-2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pent-1-ene [MBP], has transcriptional activity at nM concentrations, which is 1000-fold lower than the concentration for estrogenic activit...

Maltose transport across the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli is dependent on the presence of a periplasmic maltose-binding protein (MBP), the product of the malE gene. The products of the malF, malG, and malK genes form a membrane-associated complex that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP to provide energy for the transport event. Previously, mutants were isolated that had gained the abil...

Butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) is used as a plasticizer to import flexibility to polyvinylchloride plastics. In this study, hydrolysis of BBzP to monobutyl phthalate (MBP) and monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP) in liver microsomes of humans, monkeys, dogs, rats and mice was examined. The kinetics for MBP formation by human, dog and mouse liver microsomes followed the Michaelis-Menten model, whereas the ...

This study aims to explore the relation between changes in myelin basic protein (MBP) and S100 protein (S100B) serum levels and prognosis in premature infants with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). In our hospital, 78 premature infants with PVL and 43 normal premature infants were studied from July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008. MBP and S100B serum levels were detected at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days ...

The preparation and characterization of an amperometric 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) biosensor based on the surface immobilization of a maltose binding protein (MBP) nitroreductase (NR) fusion (MBP-NR) onto an electrode modified with an electropolymerized film of N-(3-pyrrol-1-ylpropyl)-4,4'-bipyridine (PPB) are described. The MBP domain of MBP-NR exhibits a high and specific affinity toward ele...

BACKGROUND Wound infection is a common problem in hospitals and is typically caused by the antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which is a major pathogen for skin and soft tissue infections worldwide. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the synergistic antibacterial effect of plant peptide MBP-1 and silver nanoparticles on infected wounds caused by S. aureus. MATERIAL...

Our laboratory has recently demonstrated that insulin induces relaxation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by activating myosin-bound phosphatase (MBP) and by inhibiting Rho kinase (Begum N, Duddy N, Sandu OA, Reinzie J, and Ragolia L. Mol Endocrinol 14: 1365-1376, 2000). In this study, we tested the hypothesis that insulin via the nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP pathway may inactivate Rho, result...