We measured the pools of unpolymerized and filamentous actin in homogenates of HeLa cells made in several different lysis buffers, as well as after treatment of cells with a variety of chemicals or trypsin, and after adenovirus (type 2) infection. This was possible when a series of factors concerning the basic culture conditions were kept constant: e.g., serum type used, serum batch, cell densi...

Although current autotransfusion devices have platelet sequestration capabilities, each has a unique technology to achieve the final platelet product. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality and quantity of platelets sequestered by three different autotransfusion devices. The three commercially available autotransfusion devices evaluated were Fresenius C.A.T.S (closed spiral chamber...

This paper presents Spontal-N, a corpus of spontaneous, interactional Norwegian. To our knowledge, it is the first corpus of Norwegian in which the majority of speakers have spent significant parts of their lives in Sweden, and in which the recorded speech displays varying degrees of interference from Swedish. The corpus consists of studio quality audioand video-recordings of four 30minute free...

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a public health concern. TB that drug-resistant to rifampin and isoniazid known as MDR-TB, whereas XDR-TB MDR-TB also resistant second-line medicines, such fluoroquinolones (levofloxacin, ofloxacin, moxifloxacin). rifampin-resistant (RR-TB), of which 78 percent had multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) (MDR-TB). Fluoroquinolones are class broad-spectrum antimicrobials have...

Histologic chorioamnionitis occurs in approximately 50–60% of women with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). This condition is thought to represent antenatal inflammation/infection, which contributes to impending preterm birth and neonatal sepsis, chronic lung disease, and brain injury. Early and accurate diagnosis of chorioamnionitis is important, although it is limited by the fact...