For m = 3, 4, . . . those pm(x) = (m − 2)x(x − 1)/2 + x with x ∈ Z are called generalized m-gonal numbers. Recently the second author studied for what values of positive integers a, b, c the sum ap5 + bp5 + cp5 is universal over Z (i.e., any n ∈ N = {0, 1, 2, . . . } has the form ap5(x) + bp5(y) + cp5(z) with x, y, z ∈ Z). In this paper we proved that p5 + bp5 + 3p5 (b = 1, 2, 3, 4, 9) and p5 +...

The purpose of this study was to optimize a method for the encapsulation of P5 peptide, a new designed peptide containing MHC class I epitopes from rat HER2/neu protein, into liposomes as an approach for breast cancer vaccine formulation. The efficiency of liposomal encapsulation of peptides is generally low and development of an optimized method to increase encapsulation efficiency is a big ch...

We have recently reported the cloning of a novel protein, TRiC-P5, with significant homology with protein 1 of the t-complex (TCP1). In the present study, the cellular localization of TRiC-P5 in Raji cells has been determined using an antiserum raised against a 18.5 kDa fusion protein. Results from cell fractionation and immunoblot studies indicate that TRiC-P5 is mainly localized in the cytopl...

We give an elementary proof of a result of Katz relating invariants of linked surfaces in P4. A similar result is proved for volumes in P5. Then we try to connect the geometry of the curve D = S ∩ S′ to the properties of the linked surfaces, for example we show that if D is a complete intersection, then one of the surfaces is a complete intersection too.

On a weighted graph G, a total acquisition move transfers weight from a vertex u to a neighbor v provided that the weight on v is at least as much as the weight on u. Starting with all vertices having weight 1, the total acquisition number of G, denoted at(G), is the minimum number of vertices with positive weight after a sequence of total acquisition moves. In [D. Lampert and P. Slater, Congr....

The purpose of this study was to optimize a method for the encapsulation of P5 peptide, a new designed peptide containing MHC class I epitopes from rat HER2/neu protein, into liposomes as an approach for breast cancer vaccine formulation. The efficiency of liposomal encapsulation of peptides is generally low and development of an optimized method to increase encapsulation efficiency is a big ch...

Besides the hallmark pathology of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, it is well documented that cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5), a critical neuronal protein kinase in nervous system development, function, and survival, when deregulated and hyperactivated induces Alzheimer's disease (AD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease-like phenotypes in mice. In a recent stu...

The competitive fuzzy classifier operates on the set of four features extracted from the 3x3 neighborhood of each pixel. These features are the magnitudes of differences between that pixel and its neighboring pixels on four directions. They are input into the competitive fuzzy classifier inputs that connect to five fuzzy set membership functions that represent “white background” or one of the f...

This paper focuses on the political economy of policy reform in post-socialist countries. It investigates the impact of institutions on economic transformation processes and seeks to develop and empirically test a concept of governance that will strengthen policy reforms and make them sustainable. By arguing that effective policy reforms require an adequate politico-institutional foundation, th...

1. The influence of the protein content of the diet on glucose homeostasis was studied in the rat. Rats of 28 d of age received ad lib. a control diet containing (g/kg) 150 protein (P15), or a diet containing 50 protein (P5) or 450 protein (P45). Since P5 rats spontaneously reduced their food intake, a fourth group of rats (P25) received the same amount of energy as P5 rats and the same amount ...