(51) Int. Cl. B03C1102 (2006.01) C12M 1/00 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. USPC ................... 210/222; 252/62.51 R; 422/68.1; 422/502; 422/504; 422/527; 435/287.2; 435/308.1; 436/526; 436/806 (58) Field of Classification Search USPC ........... 210/222; 252/62.51 R; 422/68.1, 502, 422/504, 527; 435/287.2, 308.1; 436/526, 436/806 See application file for complete search history. (1o) Patent No.: U...

Learning Objectives • Experience in remote control of hardware, using only technology-mediated interactions • Experience in generating and evaluating alternative solutions for comparison • Experience in the use of multiple techniques for the design of controllers for MIMO systems, and their strengths and weaknesses. • Experience in anticipating, identifying and overcoming exceptions. • Experien...

The aim of this work was to determine the kinetic properties and evaluate the effect of some flavonoids on human lymphocyte protein tyrosine phosphatase. Tyrosine-, serineand threonine-phosphate were hydrolyzed by this phosphatase 60%, 20% and 10%, respectively. In the kinetic studies the enzymatic activity was determined by using p-nitrophenylphosphate (pNPP) as substrate. The enzyme presented...

Alongside the humans serving in Vietnam, there were 3895 military working dogs, almost all of them purebred German shepherds.[2] (Among the 3895, there were 64 Labrador or golden retrievers used as trackers; the other 98.3 percent were German shepherds.) These dogs served as scouts, sentries, trackers, mine detectors, and tunnel explorers. About 91% of these dogs were "intact" (uncastrated) males.

Despite the wide use of personality in understanding human behavior, there is a lack of empirical research relating the commonly agreed personality measurement with travel personality or travel related activities. In fi lling the knowledge gap, this study aims at exploring the relationship between the Big Five Factors (BFF) of personality and travel personality. Using self-administered question...

soil erosion is the most important threat to the soil and water resources among the soil degradation processes in arid and semi-arid regions. this study was conducted in shirin-darreh basin, a semi-arid region in north-eastern iran, to evaluate the performance of erosion potential method (epm) and hydro-physical method (csy) in generating erosion potential and sediment load maps via geographic ...

background and objectives: pomegranate, belonging to punicaceae family, is native of subtropical regions of iran and its neighborhood countries. iran has the richest germplasm resource of pomegranate and the first grade in cultivation area and production worldwide. physical and chemical properties of pomegranate cultivars vary in different developmental stages and have a large impact on the nut...

BACKGROUND Arginine vasopressin 1B receptor (V1B) antagonists may have utility for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). METHODS The V1B antagonist ABT-436 (N = 31) or matching placebo (N = 20) was administered to MDD subjects for 7 days. The main study objectives were to assess the safety and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) effects of ABT-436 in MDD subjects. MDD sympto...