43 research outputs found
DEVELOPMENT OF TOLERANCE TO ETHANOL IN RELATION TO THE ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE LOCUS IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER .1. ADULT AND EGG-TO-ADULT SURVIVAL IN RELATION TO ADH ACTIVITY
No full textThe effect of DDT on the polymorphism at the G6pd and Pgd loci in Drosophila melanogaster
No full textOccurrence, Structure and Function of Intracellular Polyglucose in the Obligate Chemolithotroph Thiobacillus-Neapolitanus
No full textOCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF INTRACELLULAR POLYGLUCOSE IN THE OBLIGATE CHEMOLITHOTROPH THIOBACILLUS-NEAPOLITANUS
No full textEffects on ADH activity and distribution, following selection for tolerance to ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster
No full textStrains of Drosophila melanogaster homozygous for either the Adh(F) or the Adh(S) allele were kept on food supplemented with ethanol for 20 generations. These strains (FE and SE) were tested for tolerance to ethanol and compared with control strains (FN and SN). The E strains showed increased tolerance to ethanol both in the adult and in the juvenile life stages. In adults the increase in tolerance was not accompanied by an increase in overall ADH activity. However, there were changes in the distribution of ADH over the body parts. Flies of the FE strain possessed significantly more ADH in the abdomen, compared with FN. Another set of FN and SN populations were started both on standard food and on ethanol food with reduced yeast concentrations. After 9 months ADH activities were determined in flies from these populations which had been placed on three different media: the food the populations had been kept on, regular food and regular food supplemented with ethanol. The phenotypic effects of yeast reduction on ADH activity were considerably, but longterm genetic effects were limited
Telomerase-associated apoptotic events by mushroom Ganoderma lucidum on premalignant human urothelial cells
No full textAuthor name used in this publication: Mayur Danny I. Gohel2007-2008 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalAccepted ManuscriptPublishedGreen (AAM
Acanthoscaphites varians (Lopuski, 1911) (Ammonoidea) from the Upper Maastrichtian of Haccourt, NE Belgium
No full textA specimen of the Scaphitid ammonite Acanthoscaphites varians (Lopuski, 1911) is described from the late Maastrichtian Vijlen Member of the Gulpen Formation as exposed in the SA Ciments Portland Liegeois quarry at Haccourt, Liege, NE Belgium. This record constitutes an important addition to the ammonite fauna of the Maastrichtian type area. -Author
Campanian ammonites and nannofossils from southern Limburg, the Netherlands
No full textNew records of ammonites and nannofossil assemblages from the Vaals Formation northeast of Cottessen and at Raren close to the Netherlands/Belgium border include Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) subrobustus Seunes, 1892, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti (Coquand, 1859) and Scaphites (Scaphites) hippocrepis (DeKay, 1828) III sensu Cobban, 1969, while the Zeven Wegen Member (Gulpen Formation) at Zeven Wegen (Vijlenerbosch) yields Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus Schluter, 1872, the Cottessen and Zeven Wegen ammonite horizons being referred to nannofossil zone CC/B 20 of the Boreal scheme. -Author
CITOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) ENCEPHALITIS: A CASE REPORT
No full textEncephalitis results from an inflammatory process in the brain which can be caused by infection, post infection or non-infection processes. The most common etiology is infection, especially by virus. Encephalitis is usually followed by diffuse and or focal neuropsychology dysfunctions of brain and meninges (meningoencephalitis). Symptoms of encephalitis are photophobia, headache or neck stiffness, focal neurological deficits, seizure, decrease of consciousness, behavior disorders, and aphasia. However, some patients may not show predominant neruological deficits or even asymptomatic. Inaccuracy to diagnose the etiology promptly can cause morbidity and mortality due to this disease.
The author reports one case of citomegalovirus (CMV) encephalitis with mild symptoms. In this case, a 36-year old man with symptoms of mild fever and mild headache was consulted by an internist to neurologist, because internal examinations couldn’t find the etiology of the patient’s symptoms. The results of laboratory examinations of NS-1, Dengue IgM and IgG Dengue, Salmonella IgM and IgD, hepatitis screening tests, and chest X-ray examination showed normal results. Brain MRI with contrast then was performed with normal result. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed pleiocytosis, predominantly mononuclear cells. Diagnosis of CMV encephalitis was established by examination of CMV PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) of CSF that was positive. The patient was then treated with antiviral agent Gansiklovir 5 mg/kg every 12 hours for 14 days. On the third day of therapy, the patients had been free of symptoms. The patient was discharged form the hospital in good condition
Santonian macrofauna and nannofossils from northeast Belgium
No full textFrom a limited number of mine shafts in the Belgian province of Limburg (Houthalen and Zolder/Voort areas), a small fauna comprising ammonites, belemnites and inoceramid bivalves is described. A nannofossil analysis of samples taken from the ammonites is added. This assemblage is of (late) middle to late Santonian age, and thus roughly corresponds to the "Craie de Lonzee' (province of Namur, Belgium) and the Aachen Formation of the Aachen-Vaals area (SE Netherlands and Germany). -Author
