The maize endophyte Acremonium zeae is antagonistic to kernel rotting and mycotoxin producing fungi Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides in cultural tests for antagonism, and interferes with A. flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination of preharvest maize kernels. Chemical studies of an organic extract from maize kernel fermentations of Acremonium zeae (NRRL 13540), which displaye...

6541 Background: High-dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplant produces undesirable effects in the oral cavity leading to oral mucositis (OM) that may be a painful and debilitating side-effect. Laser therapy has been used to improve the symptoms and duration of already established OM in this group of patients (pts). Recent data suggest the upfront use of laser therapy may decrease t...

Globalisation is often presumed to be an economically, socially and culturally homogenising force. The deterioration of capitalism’ s major rival in the early 1990s has paved the way for a truly global economy in which all participants increasingly operate under the general logic of capitalismÐ that is, a market-orientated system of production and exchange, private ownership and a ̄ exible labo...

Staff scheduling is a complex combinatorial optimisation problem concerning allocation of staff to duty rosters in a wide range of industries and settings. This thesis presents a novel approach to solving staff scheduling problems, and in particular nurse scheduling, by simplifying the problem space through information granulation. The complexity of the problem is due to a large solution space ...

Failures in electronics subjected to shock and vibration are typically diagnosed using the built-in self test (BIST) or using continuity monitoring of daisy-chained packages. The BIST which is extensively used for diagnostics or identification of failure, is focused on reactive failure detection and provides limited insight into reliability and residual life. In this paper, a new technique has ...

Several studies have confirmed the function of Su(var)3–9, Enhancer zeste, and Trithorax (SET) domain-containing 5 (SETD5) in post-translational modifications nonhistone proteins. Mutation SETD5 gene has been implicated progression many human cancers, such as breast cancer (BC), but its functional role BC is still unknown. The current article investigates clinical significance BC. Our show that...