This study investigates postgraduate (PGs) and faculty needs concerning academic writing (AW) tutors’ qualifications in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. Tutors are the core element of center (WC) (Hays, 2010). These professionals listen to (Burns, 2014), advise, exchange information (Reid, 1993, Hays, 2010) collaboratively so students can resolve their issues However, EFL context...

Devascularization of the parathyroid glands (PGs) during total thyroidectomy (TT) is cause post-surgical parathyroprival hypocalcemia. Safeguarding anatomical integrity and vascularity PGs primarily requires an experienced surgeon. The combined use magnification loupes (2.5× or 3.5×) with ultrasound/radiofrequency device bipolar forceps also helpful. Near-infrared autofluorescence imaging may p...

Proteoglycans (PGs) synthesized by chick corneal stromal cells in cell culture and organ culture were metabolically radiolabelled with [35S]sulfate (for glycosaminoglycans) and [3H]leucine (for core proteins). Media, cell extracts and organ extracts from cultures were chromatographed on DEAE-Sephacel columns and separated into three fractions: the pass-through fraction (Fraction 1: nonsulfated ...

We investigate the dynamics of and the relations between small-scale penumbral and photospheric features near the outer penumbral boundary: penumbral grains (PGs), dark penumbral fibrils, granules, and photospheric G−band bright points. The analysis is based on a 2 h time sequence of a sunspot close to disc center, taken simultaneously in the G−band and in the blue continuum at 450.7 nm. Observ...

Cellular and extracellular (tubular basement membrane, TBM) alterations in the proteoglycans (PGs) of the rat renal tubules in diphenylthiazole-induced cystic disease were investigated. The PGs of normal and cystic kidneys were labeled with [35S]sulfate in an organ-perfusion system. Extracted cellular and TBM PGs were characterized by Sepharose CL-6B chromatography before or after treatment wit...

Compliance mismatch is a significant challenge to long-term patency in small-diameter bypass grafts because it causes intimal hyperplasia and ultimately graft occlusion. Current engineered grafts are typically stiff with high burst pressure but low compliance and low elastin expression. We postulated that engineering small arteries on elastomeric scaffolds under dynamic mechanical stimulation w...

Plants perceive microbial invaders using pattern recognition receptors that recognize microbe-associated molecular patterns. In this study, we identified RESPONSIVENESS TO BOTRYTIS POLYGALACTURONASES1 (RBPG1), an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein, AtRLP42, that recognizes fungal endopolygalacturonases (PGs) and acts as a novel microbe-associated molecu...

Polygalacturonase (PG) is an enzyme in the salivary glands of piercing-sucking mirid bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) that plays a key role in plant feeding and injury. By constructing a full-length cDNA library, we cloned and characterized 14 PG genes from the salivary glands of Apolygus lucorum, a pestiferous mirid bug in cotton, fruit trees and other crops in China. BLAST search analysis showed tha...

Poly(glycerol sebacate) methacrylate (PGS-M) has tunable mechanical properties, making it suitable for soft tissue engineering.

This paper reviews the role of prostaglandins (PGs) in cancer. Specific topics of discussion include: (1) the potential use of PGs as tumor markers, (2) PG mediation of hypercalcemia of cancer, and (3) the use of PG synthesis inhibitors in cancer therapy.