Using ab initio calculations we study the stability of Si-based cages and nanotubes stabilized by encapsulated transition metal atoms ~TMAs!. It is demonstrated that the stabilization of these cages and nanotubes as well as their magnetic properties are strongly guided by a delicate interplay between the attainable symmetry of the system and the d-band filling of the encapsulated TMA. As a resu...

Plants were regenerated from encapsulated shoot tips of pointed gourd. Shoot tips isolated from multiple shoot cultures of AM-8 and AM-15 cultivars of pointed gourd were encapsulated in sodium alginate beads. For germination and shoot proliferation, encapsulated shoot tips (artificial seed) were cultured in MS basal medium containing different concentrations and combinations of BAP and NAA. Use...

Intraphagocytic (neutrophil and monocyte) concentrations of free and liposome encapsulated ampicillin were investigated in sheep. The ampicillin (5 mg/kg b.wt.) was administered as intravenous infusion. Blood samples were collected at 0, 10, 30, and 60 min, and 2 and 4 h after the infusion. Neutrophils and monocytes were isolated and lysed. Ampicillin concentrations were measured by high perfor...

An encapsulated strain of Staphylococcus simulans was observed to be more resistant to phagocytosis by human granulocytes than was a nonencapsulated strain. Phagocytosis of the encapsulated strain was enhanced by antisera to S. simulans, but opsonic activity of antisera was removed by absorption with S. simulans capsular material. The encapsulated strain of S. simulans was also more invasive th...

Rutin and naringenin, two phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties were encapsulated in lipid-based onion-type multilamellar vesicles (MLVs). After vesicles formation, the free, adsorbed/encapsulated analytes were well separated with size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and rutin and naringenin were quantified with UV-HPLC at 258 nm and 290 nm. A mathematical model was developed to separa...

Commercial shipments of Orius spp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) commonly include water and protein, the latter typically supplied by eggs from a moth such as Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller). To determine whether modified dietary conditions might improve predation, newly eclosed adult female Orius pumilio (Champion) were fed on E. kuehniella eggs plus encapsulated water, encapsulated 5% sucrose soluti...

OBJECTIVES To retrospectively investigate the added value of quantitative 3D shape analysis in differentiating encapsulated from invasive thymomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS From February 2002 to October 2013, 53 patients (25 men and 28 women; mean age, 53.94 ± 13.13 years) with 53 pathologically-confirmed thymomas underwent preoperative chest CT scans (slice thicknesses ≤ 2.5 mm). Twenty-three t...

Encapsulated acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) has been uncommonly reported. To our knowledge, a few cases of lentiform ASDH have been reported. The mechanism of encapsulated ASDH has been studied but not completely clarified. Encapsulated lentiform ASDH on a computed tomography (CT) scan mimics acute epidural hematoma (AEDH). Misinterpretation of biconvex-shaped ASDH on CT scan as AEDH often occu...

A new approach for isolating and recovering biological macromolecules using membrane-encapsulated soluble ligand conjugates was investigated. Membrane-encapsulated solid adsorbents have been successfully developed and employed in our laboratory to isolate and purify proteins and enzymes directly from culture broths. This new concept also makes it possible to use soluble ligand conjugates instea...