Convincing results on HLA Class II associations have been reported, however data on HLA class I association are limited and inconsistent from studies in Leprosy. We present here the HLA A, B, and C allele distribution by molecular high resolution PCR-SSOP technique in 32 leprosy patients compared with the 67 controls, from the same ethnic background. The significant results from the present stu...

This study examined the hypothesis that several days of exhaustive exercise would impair thermoregulatory effector responses to cold exposure, leading to an accentuated core temperature reduction compared with exposure of the same individual to cold in a rested condition. Thirteen men (10 experimental and 3 control) performed a cold-wet walk (CW) for up to 6 h (6 rest-work cycles, each 1 h in d...

The laboratory-scale pilot of constructed wetlands has been in operation for six months; (1) an unsaturated vertical flow wetland (UVF-CW), this system was used to represent the classic wetlands, (2) a saturated (SVF-CW), evaluate effects condition on nitrogen removal and composition microbial community. results showed that saturation positiveley influenced efficiencies nitrogen, aeverage rate ...

We propose a heuristic approach based on the Clarke-Wright algorithm (CW) to solve the open version of the well-known capacitated vehicle routing problem in which vehicles are not required to return to the depot after completing service. The proposed CW has been presented in four procedures composed of Clarke-Wright formula modification, open-route construction, two-phase selection, and route p...

Two-photon fluorescence (TPF) is one of the most important discoveries for biological imaging. Although a cw laser is known to excite TPF, its application in TPF imaging has been very limited due to the perceived low efficiency of excitation. Here we directly excited fluorophores with an IR cw laser used for optical trapping and achieved single-molecule fluorescence sensitivity: discrete stepwi...

We demonstrated simple terahertz applications using a coherent homodyne continuous-wave (CW) terahertz (THz) system. The system was developed based on a compact semiconductor dual-mode laser diode (DML). The DML was used for an optical beat source to generate a THz CW. The two lasing modes from the DML are well correlated and generate a high-purity THz CW signal. The system was applied to measu...

In this study a time-frequency method based on Wigner-Ville Distribution (WVD) is used for detection and parameter estimation of Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FM-CW) Radar Signal. The proposed method uses the Pseudo-Wigner-Ville Distribution (PWVD) as a time-frequency detection technique and Radon Transform to identify the parameter of the modulation. The Wigner-Ville Radon Transform (WV...

We report on the fast (approximately 50 micros) remote-controlled switching between continuous-wave (cw), cw mode-locked (ML) and Q-switched ML modes of operation of a Nd:YVO(4) laser using an optically-pumped saturable absorber (SA). Pulses as short as 40 ps with an average output power of 0.5 W are obtained in cw ML regime.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of catechins and wheat bran on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat color using forty-eight Hanwoo steers. Each steer was randomly assigned to one of four treatments. Treatments were as follows: control, catechins, wheat bran, and catechins+wheat bran (CW). At the end of the feeding trial, blood samples ...