background and objectives: electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields can act as stress factors with different effects on biological systems. due to the nutritional and medicinal values, and the increasing electromagnetic radiations, the present study was performed to investigate the effects of the electromagnetic field on the developmental stages and cytotoxic properties of okra. methods: b...

This paper explores methods for increasing performance of CRF models, with a particular concern for transfer learning. We consider in particular the transfer case from political news to hard-to-tag business news, and show the effectiveness of several methods, including a novel semi-supervised approach.

Genome editing by designer nucleases is a rapidly evolving technology utilized in a highly diverse set of research fields. Among all fields, the T7 endonuclease mismatch cleavage assay, or Surveyor assay, is the most commonly used tool to assess genomic editing by designer nucleases. This assay, while relatively easy to perform, provides only a semi-quantitative measure of mutation efficiency t...

In this study, a TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to detect and quantify orf virus (ORFV) DNA in infected cell culture and clinical samples. Primers and probes were designed to amplify an 87 bp fragment DNA based on the sequence of ORFV024 gene encoding an NF-κB inhibitor of orf virus. The assay was highly specific and sensitive for ORFV DNA and no cross-reac...

AIMS Evaluation of iQ-Check PCR Salmonella for Salmonella detection in artificially and naturally contaminated food and environmental field samples. METHODS AND RESULTS Artificially contaminated samples (poultry meat and ground red meat) subjected to cold- and freeze-stress, and 120 naturally contaminated samples (swabs and meat) were tested for Salmonella using the diagnostic semi-solid Salm...