During natural infection, gonococcal opacity proteins (Opa) undergo rapid phase variation, but how this phenomenon contributes to the virulence of the bacteria is not well understood. In the present immunomorphological study we examined the actual Opa status of individual gonococci during various stages of gonococcal infection of Chang epithelial cells, by probing ultrathin sections of infected...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain MS11 is able to express 11 different opacity (Opa) proteins on its outer surface. A number of these Opa proteins have been shown to function as adhesins through binding of CD66 receptors present on human cells. CD66 antigens, or carcinoembryonic antigen family members, constitute a family of glycoproteins belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Opa variants rec...

OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between occupational physical activity (OPA) and chronic disease after controlling for leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and other risk factors. METHODS Using cycle 2.1 of the Canadian Community Health Survey, OPA energy expenditure was derived. The association of OPA with any self-reported chronic disease, heart disease or diabetes was determined ...

Oil palm ash (OPA), a bio-agricultural waste from oil palm mills, was subjected to high-energy ball milling for 30 h and was converted into a nano-structured material. The nano-structured OPA was characterized for its particle size and crystallinity index by using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. The crystallite size obtained from TEM and XRD was foun...

The aim of the present study was to compare the ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) in patients with different types of glaucoma using dynamic contour tonometry (DCT), to evaluate ocular and systemic factors associated with the OPA and to verify whether OPA measured by DCT is an independent predictor for glaucoma diagnosis. A total of 217 eyes of 217 participants in the following five groups were incl...

In this paper, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) under static conditions was used to investigate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of octadecylphosphonic acid (OPA) formed on freshly cleaved muscovite mica substrates. The coverage of OPA on mica ranged from 20 to 100%, with a film thickness of 1.7+/-0.2 nm, which was determined by atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging. Th...

Although ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) has been suggested as an alternative to glutaraldehyde for the sterilization and disinfection of hospital equipment, the toxicity has not been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of these studies was to evaluate the irritancy and sensitization potential of OPA. The EpiDerm Skin Irritation Test was used to evaluate in vitro irritancy potential of OPA and glut...

PURPOSE To investigate changes in ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) during a short-term increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) and to assess possible influences of biometrical properties of the eye, including central corneal thickness (CCT) and axial length. METHODS In a prospective, single centre study, OPA and IOP as measured by dynamic contour tonometry (DCT) were taken before baseline- and pos...

This study was carried out in two stages. In the first stage; 2-oxo-2-phenylethyl-2-aminobenzoate (OPA) compound, which an aniline derivative, synthesized by starting appropriate components. Then, poly(OPA) obtained via chemical polymerization of OPA presence ammonium peroxydisulfate (APS) as initiator and DMF solvent. Poly(OPA)/Bentonite (BNT) nanocomposite effectively dispersing inorganic nan...

AIMS To investigate the change that occurs in intraocular pressure (IOP) and ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) with accommodation in young adult myopes and emmetropes. METHODS Fifteen progressing myopic and 17 emmetropic young adult subjects had their IOP and OPA measured using the Pascal dynamic contour tonometer. Measurements were taken initially with accommodation relaxed, and then following 2 ...