We explore how and by how much assumptions about elasticities of substitution affect estimates of the cost of GHG emissions reduction policies in computable general equilibrium (CGE) models using G-Cubed, an intertemporal CGE model, to carry out a sensitivity and factor decomposition analysis. The results suggest that the average abatement cost rises non-linearly as elasticities are reduced. Su...

Serum samples from 996 dogs in Switzerland were examined for antibodies to Ehrlichia canis and to the agent causing canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis (CGE). Ehrlichiosis, borreliosis, and systemic illness not associated with ticks were suspected in 75, 122, and 157 of these dogs, respectively. The remainder of the serum samples were obtained from clinically healthy dogs which resided north (n = ...

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE T he topology of plasmid DNA can be monitored with capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) (1, 2). An improved CGE technology was developed at PlasmidFactory to routinely determine the content of different plasmid forms that appear during cultivation and purification in DNA production runs. CGE is a useful tool for supporting process development in plasmid DNA and minicircle pro...

PURPOSE To report 5-year clinical outcomes of 3 prospective trials of image-guided proton therapy for prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 211 prostate cancer patients (89 low-risk, 82 intermediate-risk, and 40 high-risk) were treated in institutional review board-approved trials of 78 cobalt gray equivalent (CGE) in 39 fractions for low-risk disease, 78 to 82 CGE for intermediat...

The popularity of micro-Total Analysis Systems (μ-TAS) is exponentially increasing, especially in the fields of medical and biological analyses. The work presented here includes 2-D separation of proteins in PMMA-based microchips. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Capillary Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-CGE) and Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography (MEKC) were used as the separation scheme for the first and ...

This paper describes the development of a method that uses capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) to analyze mixtures of inorganic polyphosphate ((P(i))(n)). Resolution of (P(i))(n) on the basis of n, the number of residues of dehydrated phosphate, is accomplished by CGE using capillaries filled with solutions of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PDMA) and indirect detection by the UV absorbance of a ...

The homeobox-encoding gene Prox1 and its Drosophila homologue prospero are key regulators of cell fate-specification. In the developing rodent cortex a sparse population of cells thought to correspond to late-generated cortical pyramidal neuron precursors expresses PROX1. Using a series of transgenic mice that mark cell lineages in the subcortical telencephalon and, more specifically, different...

Proteins labeled with a luminescent lanthanide chelate, {{2,2',2'',2'''-{4'-{[(4,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]biphenyl-4-yl}-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-6,6''-diyl}bis(methylenenitrilo)}tetrakis(acetato)}europium(III) (DTBTA-Eu(3+)),were analyzed with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel (SDS-PAGE) slab gel electrophoresis and hydroxyethyl cellurose gel capillary electrophoresis with a ...

In this work, an innovative method useful to simultaneously analyze multiple genetically modified organisms is described. The developed method consists in the combination of multiplex ligation-dependent genome dependent amplification (MLGA) with CGE and LIF detection using bare-fused silica capillaries. The MLGA process is based on oligonucleotide constructs, formed by a universal sequence (vec...

The corpus callosum (CC) plays a crucial role in interhemispheric communication. It has been shown that CC formation relies on the guidepost cells located in the midline region that include glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons as well as glial cells. However, the origin of these guidepost GABAergic neurons and their precise function in callosal axon pathfinding remain to be investigated. Here, w...