BACKGROUND Cellulose Binding Domains (CBD) were conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). The surface concentration of the Binding Domains adsorbed on cellulose fibres was determined by fluorescence image analysis. RESULTS For a CBD-FITC concentration of 60 mg/L, a coating fraction of 78% and 110% was estimated for Portucel and Whatman fibres, respectively. For a saturating CBD conce...

Background: Cigarette butts have been shown to release numerous kinds of chemicals such as heavy metals in water and may be a continual source of aquatic environments contamination after discarding. The objective of the present study was to determine the concentration of Cd and Pb in cigarette filters of different Iranian and non-Iranian brands in smoked and non-smoked samples. Methods: Ten d...

In this paper, we introduce the notions of prime state filters, obstinate state filters, and primary state filters in state residuated lattices and study some properties of them. Several characterizations of these state filters are given and the prime state filter theorem is proved. In addition, we investigate the relations between them.

Synthesis and immobilization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to Whatman paper carried out using Cromolaena odorata extract irradiated by sunlight. The UV-Vis shows successfully formed from AgNO3 1 mM, 2 3 mM with the absorption peaks at 455 nm, 452 451 respectively. SEM AgNPs are spherical an average particle size 60.45 63.19 68.42 EDX spectrum composition immobilized increase increasing concen...

We describe here a method for DNA elution from buccal cells and whole blood both collected onto Whatman FTA technology, using methanol fixation followed by an elution PCR program. Extracted DNA is comparable in quality to published Whatman FTA protocols, as judged by PCR-based genotyping. Elution of DNA from the dried sample is a known rate-limiting step in the published Whatman FTA protocol; t...

we develop a theory of stratified $lm$-filters which generalizes the theory of stratified $l$-filters. our stratification condition explicitly depends on a suitable mapping between the lattices $l$ and $m$. if $l$ and $m$ are identical and the mapping is the identity mapping, then we obtain the theory of stratified $l$-filters. based on the stratified $lm$-filters, a general theory of lattice-v...

Plum pox virus (PPV) is the causal agent of sharka disease of stone fruit trees which is considered to be one of the most serious plant diseases. Sensitive techniques are needed for its diagnosis. Immunosorbent assays based on the use of monoclonal antibodies (1) and different PCR techniques have been described with or without previous immunocapture (2,3). In all instances plant extracts are ne...

Culture of blood is the most frequent means of diagnosing bacteremia. However, conventional blood culturing methods are slow in isolating bacteria. We developed a method for isolation of bacteria by centrifugation and filtration. Fresh human whole blood was inoculated with facultatively anaerobic and aerobic microorganisms (3 to 172 microorganisms per 5 ml). Seeded blood was then mixed with Fic...