The effect of fasting on spawning performance, maternal, and egg nutrient composition, embryo/larval development was monitored in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Two broodstocks were fasted during two consecutive years, for a period 43 54 days within the season, preliminary (year 1, 5-year-old breeders) main study 2, 6-year-old breeders), respectively. Mean daily fecundity showed declining t...

A high content of asphaltene and wax in crude oil leads to difficulties the recovery transportation due precipitation asphaltenes deposition waxes. Comb-like polymers were found be capable inhibiting aggregation crystallization In this work, comb-like bipolymers α-olefins/ultra-long chain (C18, C22 C28) alkyl acrylate synthesized characterized by FT-IR 1H NMR spectra. The results show that, for...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in MYH9 and APOL1 on chromosome 22 (c22) are powerfully associated with non-diabetic end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in African Americans (AAs). Many AAs diagnosed with type 2 diabetic nephropathy (T2DN) have non-diabetic kidney disease, potentially masking detection of DN genes. Therefore, genome-wide association analyses were performed using the Affymetri...

The electronic spectra of C(18) and C(22) in the 15 150-36 900 cm(-1) range have been detected in the gas phase by a mass-selective resonant two-color two-photon ionization technique coupled to a laser ablation source. The spectra were assigned to several electronic systems of monocyclic cumulenic isomers with a D(9 h) symmetry for C(18) and D(11 h) for C(22), based on time-dependent-density-fu...

BACKGROUND Although the polyproteins of hepatitis C virus(HCV) are processed and formed in nearly equimolar amounts, individual functional proteins have a discrepancy in their time of appearance following HCV infection and eliciting immune response. This study was conducted to compare the reactivity toward regional specific HCV protein in relation to virological characteristics, including HCV g...

The remarkable binding properties of serum albumin have been investigated extensively, but little is known about an important class of fatty acids, the very long-chain saturated fatty acids (VLCFA; >18 carbons). Although VLCFA are metabolized efficiently in normal individuals, they are markers for and possibly causative agents of several peroxisomal disorders. We studied the binding of [(13)C]c...