Hematopoiesis is a complicated and dynamic process about which the molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Danio rerio (zebrafish) is an excellent vertebrate system for studying hematopoiesis and developmental mechanisms. In the previous study, we isolated and identified a cloche(172) (clo(172)) mutant, a novel allele compared to the original cloche (clo) mutant, through using complement...

To the Editor: BCG (Mycobacte-rium bovis BCG) is a vaccine for preventing childhood tuberculosis (TB), especially military and meningeal TB. Because Taiwan has an annual TB incidence rate of ≈70 cases/100,000 persons, the National Immunization Program has included neonatal BCG vaccination since 1965. The coverage rate has remained at 97% since 2001. According to the Taiwan Tuberculosis Registry...

Introduction B1 inhomogeneity in a human body increases as the strength of static magnetic field increases and the RF wavelength becomes smaller. Recently, various RF control methods have been developed to reduce B1 inhomogeneity. For example, some methods involve devices such as dielectric pads [1,2] or coupling coils [3,4], or techniques such as B1 shimming [5,6]. However, B1 inhomogeneity st...

Transmit SENSE. For this purpose, an ROI was drawn in the occipital lobe (white ROI Fig3) and two B1 Phase Shim solutions were calculated and applied in order to obtain an homogeneous B1 magnitude within this ROI: one based on the estimated B1 maps, another one based on the measured B1 maps. As can be seen in Fig3 (in degrees), both B1 Shim sets produced tremendous improvement in B1 efficiency ...

In this work, the grafting of maleic anhydride onto two types of linear low density polyethylene with hexene-1 comonomer (LLDPE-H1) and butene-1 comonomer (LLDPE-B1), in the presence of styrene monomer (St) and dicumyl peroxide initiator (DCP) has been studied. The combined influences of MAH, St and DCP on the grafting efficiency via a melt reactive mixing process have been investigated using r...

background: this cross sectional study was conducted to evaluate the effect of &gamma-rays; and electron-beam irradiation with a commercial toxin binder-milbond-tx on the performance, feed components, and meat quality of japanese quails challenged with aflatoxin b1. methods: overall, 168 one-d-old chicks (japanese quails) were allocated to eight treatments with three replicates based on a compl...

We now discuss convergence of the Fourier series on compact intervals I. ‘Convergence’ depends on the notion of convergence we use, such as (i) L: uj → u in L if ‖uj − u‖L2 → 0 as j →∞. (ii) uniform, or C: uj → u uniformly if ‖uj−u‖C0 = supx∈I |uj(x)−u(x)| → 0. (iii) uniform with all derivatives, or C∞: uj → u in C∞ if for all non-negative integers k, supx∈I |∂uj(x)− ∂u(x)| → 0. (iv) pointwise:...