Let G be a finite abelian group and F a field such that char(F) 6 | |G|. Denote by FG the group algebra of G over F. A (semisimple) abelian code is an ideal of FG. Two codes I1 and I2 of FG are G-equivalent if there exists an automorphism ψ of G whose linear extension to FG maps I1 onto I2. In this paper we give a necessary and sufficient condition for minimal abelian codes to be G-equivalent a...

PURPOSE. TO investigate flux through the polyol pathway in the clog lens by F-nuclear magnetic resonance (F-NMR) spectroscopy, using 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-glucose (3-FG) as a substrate. METHODS. 3-FG metabolism was monitored by F-NMR analysis. Dog lenses were incubated in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium containing 10 mM 3-FG. Enzymatic reductase and dehydrogenase activities were spectrophotomet...

PURPOSE To characterize Brn3a expression in adult albino rat retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in naïve animals and in animals subjected to complete intraorbital optic nerve transection (IONT) or crush (IONC). METHODS Rats were divided into three groups, naïve, IONT, and IONC. Two-, 5-, 9-, or 14-day postlesion (dpl) retinas were examined for immunoreactivity for Brn3a. Before the injury, the RGC...

BACKGROUND The fusiform gyrus (FG), or occipitotemporal gyrus, is thought to subserve the processing and encoding of faces. Of note, several studies have reported that patients with schizophrenia show deficits in facial processing. It is thus hypothesized that the FG might be one brain region underlying abnormal facial recognition in schizophrenia. The objectives of this study were to determine...

OBJECTIVE Focus group (FG) interviews with students and adults were used to obtain a rich understanding of the Cooking with Kids classroom experience from the child and adult participant perspectives. METHODS FG topics included students' cooking experiences at school and home and perceptions of Cooking with Kids. Verified transcripts of recorded interviews were entered into NVivo, coded for t...

Trigonella foenum (TF) has long been used in the traditional Indian systems of medicine for the treatment of various ailments. The objective was to study the anabolic and androgenic activity of the furostanol glycosides fraction of Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fenu-FG) in immature castrated male Wistar rats. It was also aimed to investigate the effect of Fenu-FG on testicular histology in non-cas...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effect of nucleotide P2Y(2) receptor agonists INS542 and uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) on the outward active transport of fluorescein across rabbit blood-retina barrier (BRB) in vivo. METHODS Injection (0.1 ml) of INS542 (0.1 or 1mM), phosphate buffered solution, or UTP (1 or 10mM) was made in Dutch-belted rabbits. Differential vitreous fluorophotometry (DVF) was pe...

The phenylalanine-glycine-repeat nucleoporins (FG-Nups), which occupy the lumen of the nuclear pore complex (NPC), are critical for transport between the nucleus and cytosol. Although NPCs differ in composition across species, they are largely conserved in organization and function. Transport through the pore is on the millisecond timescale. Here, to explore the dynamics of nucleoporins on this...

The surface-localized M protein of Streptococcus pyogenes is a major virulence factor that inhibits phagocytosis, as determined ex vivo. Because little is known about the role of M protein in vivo we analyzed the contribution of different M protein regions to virulence, using the fibrinogen (Fg)-binding M5 protein and a mouse model of acute invasive infection. This model was suitable, because M...

Background: The purpose of this study was to review key differences between necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) and Fournier’s Gangrene (FG) in demographics, comorbidities, laboratory findings, cost, and clinical course. Methods: The burn registry of a Level 1 trauma and burn center in Lubbock, Texas was used to identify and retrospectively review medical records of patients with NSTIs an...