In this study, the effects on quality characteristics such as mass, length, width and color (L*, a* b*) in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L. cv. 'Bluecrop') fruit of biofilm (ParkaTM) sprayed pre-harvest different regimes were investigated. The highest mass was measured T1, T3, T4 T8 treatments at harvest, whereas all harvest +7 similar. At +7, length obtained T1 treatments, respectively. Frui...

BACKGROUND Cough is an extremely common problem in pediatrics, mostly triggered and perpetuated by inflammatory processes or mechanical irritation leading to viscous mucous production and increased sensitivity of the cough receptors. Protecting the mucosa might be very useful in limiting the contact with micro-organisms and irritants thus decreasing the inflammation and mucus production. Natura...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate thoracic coupled motions of 20 Korean young individuals. [Methods] Thoracic motion of twenty healthy male college students aged 23.2±3.1 was examined. The coupled motions of the thoracic regions T1-4, T4-8, T8-12 were measured using a three dimensional motion capture system. [Results] Coupled axial rotation in the same direction as lateral ...

Enterococcus faecium T8, isolated from vaginal secretions of children with human immunodeficiency virus, produces a class IIa sec-dependent bacteriocin that is structurally different from three other class IIa sec-dependent bacteriocins, i.e., enterocin P and an enterocin P-like bacteriocin, produced by Enterococcus faecium, and bacteriocin 31, produced by Enterococcus faecalis, and from a clas...

We transplanted external intercostal muscles from one of several thoracic (T) levels to the neck of adult rats. The cervical sympathetic trunk, which innervates the superior cervical ganglion, was cut, and its proximal end was apposed to the muscle. Preganglionic axons in the trunk reinnervated muscle fibers in the transplants. We determined the segmental origin of synaptic inputs to transplant...

OBJECTIVES Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen and multidrug-resistant isolate. Although tigecycline is a potent antibiotic for treating infections with multidrug-resistant isolates, resistance is becoming a problem. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of tigecycline resistance in A. baumannii. METHODS A serial passage experiment was performed to collect isola...

Lower urinary tract function is regulated by spinal and supraspinal reflexes that coordinate the activity of the urinary bladder and external urethral sphincter (EUS). Two types of EUS activity (tonic and bursting) have been identified in rats. This study in urethane-anesthetized female rats used cystometry, EUS electromyography, spinal cord transection (SCT) at different segmental levels, and ...

34 35 Cross-correlation of neural discharges was used to investigate the connections between 36 expiratory bulbospinal neurons (EBSNs) in the caudal medulla and expiratory motoneurons 37 innervating thoracic and abdominal muscles in anesthetized cats. Peaks were seen in the cross38 correlation histograms for around half of the EBSN-nerve pairs for the following: at T8, the nerve 39 branches inn...