Ionizing radiation is useful for the conservation and disinfestation of fresh and dried fruits. The treatment of fruits with gamma-rays or beams of accelerated electrons has been carefully tested and was recommended by FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission for the common use as an effective and safe preservation method [1]. It was found earlier that the ionizing radiation produces stable EPR si...

The results from the EPR studies on wheat and oat bran, rolled oats, buckwheat and different kind of rice – white, brown and parboiled rice before and after gamma-irradiation are reported. Before irradiation all samples exhibit one weak singlet EPR line characterized with common g-factor of 2.00480.0005 and six lines due to Mn naturally available in the plants. Only parboiled rice did not show...

Site-Directed Spin Labelling (SDSL) technique is based on the attachment of a paramagnetic label onto specific position protein (or other bio-molecules) and subsequent study by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In particular, continuous-wave EPR (cw-EPR) spectra can detect local conformational dynamics for proteins under various conditions. Moreover, pulse-EPR experiments doub...

BACKGROUND A variety of anticancer chemotherapeutics induce adverse side effects including myelotoxicity. Dried roots of Phragmites communis Trinius, Phragmitis rhizoma, have been clinically used in traditional folk medicine to relieve various symptoms like fever. In this study, we evaluated the protective effect of the aqueous extract of Phragmitis rhizoma (EPR) against docetaxel-induced myelo...

BACKGROUND Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF), betacellulin (BTC) and epiregulin (EPR) are members of the EGF system and involved in the cell growth of various epithelial malignancies. There have been no reports on the HB-EGF, BTC and EPR expression in mesenchymal malignancies of fibrohistiocytic origin including malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). MATERIALS AND METHODS We inv...

BACKGROUND Several countries are implementing a national electronic patient record (n-EPR). Despite the assumed positive effects of n-EPRs on the efficiency, continuity, safety and quality of care, their overall adoption remains low and meets resistance from involved parties. The implementation of the Dutch n-EPR also raised considerable controversy, which eventually caused the Dutch government...