BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES immunocompromized adults. Approximately 50 per cent of the GBS strains carry and express the gene of BAC antigen which is capable to bind IgA. Gene encoding for the BAC antigen has been cloned and sequenced but actual IgA binding region on the protein has not been detected. The aim of the present work was to localize the region of IgA binding on Bac protein, to evaluate ...

Abstract Laboratory tests were conducted on sugarcane bagasse ash treated sewage sludge-soil mixture with 5%, 10% and 30% to assess its strength behaviour. Unconfined compressive (UCS) was performed observed influence of content (BAC), curing time, water value UCS axial strain. Soil sample prepared using standard proctor at 60% optimum content. Results recorded reached peaked 20% BAC then dropp...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is susceptible to S. aureus colonization which exacerbates this disease. AD has reduced expression of cathelicidin (Camp) and b-defensin (Defb) antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) compared other inflammatory disorders but the these AMPs still higher in than on normal skin. To understand why increased skin would enable we analyzed Il4ra-/- or WT mice with without MC903-induced T...

A simple and efficient strategy for Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) recombineering based on co-selection is described. We show that it is possible to efficiently modify two positions of a BAC simultaneously by co-transformation of a single-stranded DNA oligo and a double-stranded selection cassette. The use of co-selection BAC recombineering reduces the DNA manipulation needed to make a c...

To analyze the cofactors of alcohol-related trauma at a rural, Level II trauma center, 127 admitted trauma patients were interviewed about psychological problems, social factors, and medical histories. Patients were divided into two groups, blood alcohol content (BAC) positive and BAC negative, for analysis. Seventy-one patients (56%) were BAC negative; 56 (44%) were BAC positive. Forty-three o...

The relationship between normal body temperature, end-expired breath temperature, and blood alcohol concentration (BAC)/breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) ratio was studied in 98 subjects (84 men, 14 women). Subjects consumed alcohol sufficient to produce a BrAC of at least 0.06 g/210 L 45-75 min after drinking. Breath samples were analyzed using an Intoxilyzer 8000 specially equipped to measu...

Introduction: The two-user binary adder channel (2-BAC) is one of the simplest models for a multiple access channel [1]. The 2-BAC is a memoryless channel which, at each time interval, accepts two binary inputs, one from each user. Unless stated otherwise, we will assume that the binary alphabet {0, 1} of each user is mapped as 0 → 1 and 1 → −1 to feed the 2-BAC and that in the absence of noise...