YAOKUN WU AND SHIZHEN ZHAO Abstract. For any poset P , its incidence matrix n and its cover matrix C are the P × P (0, 1) matrices such that n(x, y) = 1 if any only if x is less than y in P and C(x, y) = 1 if any only if x is covered by y in P . It is shown that n and C are conjugate to each other in the incidence algebra of P over a field of characteristic 0 provided P is the nested interval o...

The swarm-founding wasp Polybia emaciata is unusual among eusocial Vespidae because it uses mud, rather than wood pulp, as its primary nest construction material. Polybia emaciata nests are more durable than similarly sized paper nests. We tested the hypothesis that the defensive behavior of this wasp may have been modified to take advantage of their strong nests in defense against vertebrate a...

leptospirosis is one of the most prevalent zoonotic diseases worldwide. currently, multivalent whole-cell leptospiral vaccines can induce protection against leptospirosis. therefore, preparation and formulation of new generations of vaccines that can stimulate long-term immunity for leptospirosis control are essential. the aim of this study was to prepare and characterize alginate microspheres ...

the liver fluke fasciola hepatica causes fascioliasis, a liver disease in most part of the world and particularly in north of iran. diagnosis of the diseases is anchored in coprological manner but serological methods are preferable due to some obscurities. in this study, sera obtained from human patients infected with fasciola hepatica were tested by the enzymelinked immunotrotransfer blot (eit...

in this study one lymph node from cow with viral lymphosarcoma and one lymph node from healthy cow were analyzed by three different methods for protein extraction, include simple homogenizing in pbs, sonication and phenol extraction. tumor antigen detection relies on immunoprecipitation followed by sds-page. in this experiment streptococcus pyogenes was used for purification of immune complexes...

Oxepanes are found in a wide range of natural products; however, they are challenging synthetic targets due to enthalpic and entropic barriers. Organocatalytic oxa-conjugate addition reactions promoted by the gem-disubstituent (Thorpe-Ingold) effect stereoselectively provided α,α'-trans-oxepanes. In addition, the potential of an organocatalytic tandem oxa-conjugate addition/α-oxidation was demo...

Human corneal epithelial cells and stromal fibroblasts in culture were incubated with gamma interferon or with medium conditioned by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated mononuclear cells. The corneal cells were placed into suspension, assayed for class I (HLA-A,B,C) and class II (HLA-DR) antigens by indirect immunofluorescence, and analyzed with flow cytometry. Epithelial cells treated for 5 da...