Recombinant major inner capsid protein (VP6) of the IDIR strain of group B rotavirus (GBR) was incorporated in a solid-phase immunoassay to access antibody response to infection in humans. Expression of VP6 in insect cells permitted design of a highly sensitive assay that avoided the contaminants present in GBR antigens obtained from fecal specimens. Among patients infected with the ADRV strain...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests perinatal environments influence the risk of developing insulin resistance. OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed at determining the effects of intrauterine exposure to germinated brown rice (GBR) and GBR-derived gamma (γ) aminobutyric acid (GABA) extract on epigenetically mediated high fat diet-induced insulin resistance. DESIGN Pregnant Sprague Dawley rats wer...

Methamphetamine abuse is a serious global health problem, and no effective treatments for methamphetamine dependence have been developed. In animals, the addictive properties of methamphetamine are mediated via release of dopamine (DA) from nerve terminals in mesolimbic reward circuits. At the molecular level, methamphetamine promotes DA release by a nonexocytotic diffusion-exchange process inv...

CotSim is a new type of population model for Acanthaster planci on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). This multi-reef model simulates the population dynamics of Acanthaster on 270 reefs in the central GBR and integrates recent oceanographic modelling studies of the area. It has been designed to facilitate experimentation by non-modellers. Users can change initial conditions or any of the parameters ...

Aim: This study aims to compare Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) performed using autogenous block graft particulate autograft with xenograft from physicians’ and patients’ perspectives.Methods: 30 systemically healthy individuals participated in this study. GBR (GBR-BAX) was 15 of the patients (GBR-PAX) other patients. thickness recorded preoperatively 6th month postoperatively. Bleeding, hematom...

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is founded on reef-building corals. Corals build their exoskeleton with aragonite, but ocean acidification is lowering the aragonite saturation state of seawater (Ωa). The downscaling of ocean acidification projections from global to GBR scales requires the set of regional drivers controlling Ωa to be resolved. Here we use a regional coupled circulation-biogeochemic...

We argue that the residence times of key pollutants exported to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are greater in the GBR lagoon than those of the water itself, in contradiction to some previous assumptions. Adverse effects of the pollutant discharge will be greater and longer lasting than previously considered, in turn requiring stronger or more urgent action to remediate land practices. Residence t...

The Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) treatment concept advocates that regeneration of osseous defects is predictably attainable via the application of occlusive membranes, which mechanically exclude non-osteogenic cell populations from the surrounding soft tissues, thereby allowing osteogenic cell populations originating from the parent bone to inhabit the osseous wound. The present review discus...

Effective management of reef corals requires knowledge of the extent to which populations are open or closed and the scales over which genetic exchange occurs, information which is commonly derived from population genetic data. Such data are sparse for Great Barrier Reef (GBR) corals and other organisms, with the studies that are available being mostly based on a small number of sampling locati...

The efficiency of brown rice and germinated brown rice as a substrate for probiotic food was investigated. Lactobacillus isolated from goat milk was used for fermenting the rice medium. Brown rice (BR) obtained by dehulling the paddy, was germinated for 48 h. The dried powders of BR and Germinated BR (GBR) were compared for the growth of Lactobacillus sp. and nutritive evaluation such as carboh...