Purpose: To disclose effectiveness of substitution of conformal radiotherapy (CRT) with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in combined with 125I permanent seed brachytherapy(BT) in reducing a rectal dose-volume parameter recently proven to be correlated with late rectal bleeding after the combined radiotherapy. Materials/Methods: A CT image set obtained a month after BT was used for CRT an...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate potential long-term (110 days) and age-specific effects of feeding genetically modified Bt maize on peripheral immune response in pigs and to determine the digestive fate of the cry1Ab gene and truncated Bt toxin. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Forty day old pigs (n = 40) were fed one of the following treatments: 1) isogenic maize-based d...

The dispersion state of barium titanate (BT) particle groups in self-assembled BT/poly-L-lactic-acid (PLLA) composites prepared under different fabrication conditions was investigated. In particular, the BT/PLLA/BT heterointerface BT aggregates by self-assembly process analyzed and effect BT/BT interface on dielectric properties BT/PLLA were fabricated adding particles granules with low high-sp...

We have identified a role for two evolutionarily related, secreted metalloproteases of the ADAMTS family, ADAMTS20 and ADAMTS9, in palatogenesis. Adamts20 mutations cause the mouse white-spotting mutant belted (bt), whereas Adamts9 is essential for survival beyond 7.5 days gestation (E7.5). Functional overlap of Adamts9 with Adamts20 was identified using Adamts9(+/-);bt/bt mice, which have a fu...

This paper is concerned with various aspects of the Slepian process (Bt+1 −Bt, t ≥ 0) derived from one-dimensional standard Brownian motion (Bt, t ≥ 0). In particular, we offer an analysis of the local structure of the Slepian zero set {t : Bt+1 = Bt}, including a path decomposition of the Slepian process for 0 ≤ t ≤ 1. We also establish the existence of a random time T ≥ 0 such that the proces...

pod borer is one of the main factors for yield decrease of chickpea. therefore, breeding of chickpea for resistance to this pest is important. modified cry1ac gene of bacillus thuringiensis in pcry1ac-nptii plasmid containing twin t-dna for cry1ac and nptii genes have been used for transformation of chickpea. at last 38 plants had nptii gene that 36 plants of them had cry1ac gene and two plants...

Outcrossing of non-Bt cotton (Gossypium hirsutum (L.)) in refuges by transgenic Bt cultivars could reduce the efficacy of refuges for delaying resistance in seed-feeding pests. Based on reports that outcrossing decreased as distance from Bt cotton increased in small-scale studies, we hypothesized that increasing refuge width or distance from Bt fields would reduce outcrossing. In a large-scale ...

14.3 (6.7) days (range, 7-20 days) for BT-A. Anhidrotic areas developed earlier in the BT-B side. Patients reported longer-lasting subjective benefit from BT-B than BT-A: 17.3 (7.4) weeks vs 12.9 (8.4) weeks. All patients tolerated intradermally injected BT-A and BT-B well, although some experienced mild pain, especially during BT-B injections. No hematomas developed at the injection site, nor ...

Torque Teno virus (TTV) is a transfusion transmitted virus that seems to be involved in several complications such as acute respiratory diseases, liver diseases, AIDS, cancer, and autoimmune reactions.  In the present study the frequency of TTV was investigated among β- thalassemia (BT) and haemodialysis (HD) patients (high risk patients for TTV) in Mazandaran province, Iran. DNA was ...