Although, Ankaferd hemostat (Ankaferd Blood Stopper, ABS) could be utilized successfully as hemostatic agent, studies demonstrated that it has cytotoxic effects on cells. However, the mechanism(s) of this effect has not been elucidated yet. In this study, cytotoxic, genotoxic, apoptotic and reactive oxygen generating (ROS) activities of ABS were investigated in melanoma and normal cell lines. T...

Abs that inhibit Plasmodium falciparum invasion of erythrocytes form an important component of human immunity against malaria, but key target Ags are largely unknown. Phenotypic variation by P. falciparum mediates the evasion of inhibitory Abs, contributing to the capacity of P. falciparum to cause repeat and chronic infections. However, Ags involved in mediating immune evasion have not been de...

Classes of‎ ‎Abaffy-Broyden-Spedicato (ABS) methods have been introduced for‎ ‎solving linear systems of equations‎. ‎The algorithms are powerful methods for developing matrix‎ ‎factorizations and many fundamental numerical linear algebra processes‎. ‎Here‎, ‎we show how to apply the ABS algorithms to devise algorithms to compute the WZ and ZW‎ ‎factorizations of a nonsingular matrix as well as...

Screening tests-absorbed fluorescent treponemal (FTA-ABS), the Reiter protein complement-fixation (RPCFT), VDRL slide test, automated reagin-and cardiolipin Wassermann reaction-were carried out on 1922 consecutive new patients attending the Whitechapel Clinic over a three-month period.Taking the FTA-ABS test results as an index, the most efficient combination of conventional tests was found to ...

Trust is regarded as one of the main predictors for adopting automated buses (ABs). However, theories about trust (development) in technology generally vary and an in-depths study ABs specifically still outstanding. The present fills this gap by presenting results from focus group interviews to shared prior exposure. objectives are contrast participants’ naïve concepts with theory identify unde...

In this study, a new FlexRay vehicle communication network was integrated with the current mainstream network CAN. The FlexRay network was connected by a hybrid topology to a brake-bywire node to implement an x-by-wire control system. The CarSim software was combined with LabVIEW and interface cards to construct and test the active safety of a simulated car. An anti-lock braking system (ABS) no...

Agent-based simulation (ABS) modelling had been a prevalent approach in simulating dynamic processes for a variety of domains. However, the constructed models are usually domain-specific in nature. The proprietary issue of existing modelling approaches limit the possibilities of reusing those constructed models in other application domains. Such limitation also poses issues in model extensibili...

Abs-Laplacian is a newer technique for detecting edges. While the Sobel and Prewitt seems to be used predominantly in image processing due to better edge detection. However they need higher amount of complexity twice than that of abs-Laplacin. Moreover, qualities of images are no better than the newer kernel. While the new technique seems to perform better in speed and quality, there seems a bi...

background: hydatid cysts are encountered frequently in regions endemic with livestock. the basic treatment for a hydatid cyst is total surgical removal of the cyst and its inner contents. hypertonic nacl or diluted betadine solution are used as germicidal agents for most hydatid surgeries. however, the germicidal efficacy of the ankaferd blood stopper® (abs) has not been investigated. thus, we...