An immobilized amino acid napbthylamide substrate for proteinases with tryptic-like specificity was prepared by reacting L-arginine P-naphthylamide with an N-hydroxysuccinimide-activated derivative of agarose. Hydrolysis of the immobilized substrate (AlO-Arg-PNA) was followed by monitoring the increase in fluorescence accompanying the release of /3-naphthylamine. Assays using AIO-Arg-PNA were d...

Electronic commerce challenges personas companies to design electronic system to increase interaction which leads to retain customers and increase sales. This exploratory study examines the correlation between lifestyle and emphasis on contents of website in personas industry. The study finds that market segment of lifestyle can be divided into four groups: ‘opinion leader’, ‘opinion follower’,...

This study emphasizes the importance of lifestyle and its influence on the consumer’s purchase behavior. The main purpose of this study is to empirically examine the association between the consumers’ general life styles and their consumption pattern. aIO measure was used to identify the lifestyle dimensions of the consumers. The study confirmed that there was a significant association between ...

We have demonstrated the suitability of a self-aligned in-line (SAIL) technique for the preparation of ultra-small high-ohmic tunnel junctions as required for the investigation of singlecharge tunneling phenomena. The Coulomb blockade has been observed at 14mK by means of a series array of five AI/AIO,/AI tunnel junctions operated in the normal-conducting state. We have applied this conception ...

To the Editor: Cardiac troponin has been designated as the preferred biomarker for diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI) (1 ). Previously published data, however, confirm the large diversity among cardiac troponin assays with respect to important analytical characteristics, including assay standardization, antibody specificity, interferences, and assay imprecision, and underscore the need for...

oxaliplatin with and without cetuximab in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 2009; 27: 663–671. 3. Hurwitz H, Fehrenbacher L, Novotny W et al. Bevacizumab plus irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin for metastatic colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 2335–2342. 4. Ocvirk J, Brodowicz T, Wrba F et al. Cetuximab plus FOLFOX6 or FOLFIRI in metastatic col...