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"Table 7" of "Measurement of the cross section for W-boson production in association with jets in ppbar collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV"
2008
Total cross sections for W production in association with 2 or more jets.
Assembly of human contact phase proteins and release of bradykinin at the surface of curli-expressing Escherichia coli.
1996
Previous work has demonstrated that most strains of the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes bind kininogens through M protein, a fibrous surface protein and virulence determinant. Here we find that strains of several other pathogenic bacterial species, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative, isolated from patients with sepsis, also bind kininogens, especially kininogen (HK). The most pronounced interaction was seen between HK and Escherichia coli. Among clinical isolates of E. coli, the majority of the enterohaemorrhagic, enterotoxigenic, and sepsis strains, but none of the enteroinvasive and enteropathogenic strains, bound HK. Binding of HK to E. coli correlated with the expression of curl…
Current applications and new opportunities for the use of pulsed electric fields in food science and industry
2015
ABSTRACT Several studies have demonstrated the feasibility of pulsed electric fields (PEF) for different applications in food industry. PEF technology is therefore a valuable tool that can improve functionality, extractability, and recovery of nutritionally valuable compounds as well as the bioavailability of micronutrients and components in a diverse variety of foods. Additionally, other studies have shown the potential of PEF treatments to reduce food processing contaminants and pesticides. This opens the doors to new PEF applications in the food industry. This review focused on some of the most renowned traditional and emerging PEF applications for improvement of osmotic dehydration, ext…
The potential of pulsed electric fields to reduce pesticides and toxins
2020
Abstract Several studies have demonstrated the feasibility of pulsed electric fields (PEF) for different applications in the food industry. PEF technology is a valuable tool to improve functionality, extractability, and recovery of nutritionally valuable compounds as well as bioavailability of micronutrients and components in a diverse variety of foods. Moreover, some studies have shown the potential of PEF treatments to reduce the formation of food processing contaminants, pesticides, and toxins. This opens the doors to new PEF applications in the food industry. Recently, scientists explored the possibility of removing harmful chemical, such as pesticides and toxins, from food commodity by…
Pulsed Electric Field: Fundamentals and Effects on the Structural and Techno-Functional Properties of Dairy and Plant Proteins
2022
Dairy and plant-based proteins are widely utilized in various food applications. Several techniques have been employed to improve the techno-functional properties of these proteins. Among them, pulsed electric field (PEF) technology has recently attracted considerable attention as a green technology to enhance the functional properties of food proteins. In this review, we briefly explain the fundamentals of PEF devices, their components, and pulse generation and discuss the impacts of PEF treatment on the structure of dairy and plant proteins. In addition, we cover the PEF-induced changes in the techno-functional properties of proteins (including solubility, gelling, emulsifying, and foamin…
Quantification of resting myocardial blood flow in a pig model of acute ischemia based on first-pass MRI
2005
Qualitative and semiquantitative contrast-enhanced (CE) dynamic perfusion MRI techniques are established as noninvasive diagnostic means of assessing coronary artery disease. However, to date quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) has not reached the same acceptance as MBF quantification with nuclear techniques. To validate quantification of MBF at rest using the extracellular contrast agent (CA) Gd-DTPA, we performed an animal study in a pig model of acute myocardial ischemia. We quantified MBF from MRI data with a mathematical model (MMID4) of the underlying vasculature. These MBF results were subsequently compared with the results from fluorescent microspheres. The study showed a …
Heritability of Lung Function: A Twin Study Among Never-Smoking Elderly Women
2011
Most studies on lung function heritability have been conducted in smokers and non-smokers using cross-sectional study design. Smoking patterns may, however, confound the contribution of genetic factors. We investigated heritability of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and FEV1/FVC ratio longitudinally, excluding the effects of smoking. A sample of never smoking female twins (n = 374), aged 63–76 at baseline, answered health questionnaires and attended spirometry in years 2000 and 2003. Bivariate structural equation modeling, restricted to adequate spirometry performances (baseline n = 339, follow-up n = 252), was used to estimate genetic and environ…
H89 enhances the sensitivity of cancer cells to glyceryl trinitrate through a purinergic receptor-dependent pathway
2014
// Marion Cortier 1, 2, 3 , Rahamata Boina-Ali 1, 2, 3 , Cindy Racoeur 1, 2, 3 , Catherine Paul 1, 2, 3 , Eric Solary 2, 4, 5 , Jean-Francois Jeannin 1, 2, 3 , Ali Bettaieb 1, 2, 3 1 EPHE, Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Laboratory, Dijon, F-21000, France 2 Inserm U866, Dijon, F-21000, France 3 EA7269, University of Burgundy, Dijon, F-21000, France 4 Inserm UMR1009, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif F-94805, France 5 University Paris-Sud, Faculty of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, F-94800, France Correspondence to: Ali Bettaieb, e-mail: ali.bettaieb@u-bourgogne.fr Keywords: H89, GTN, cancer, purinergic receptors, cGMP Received: October 08, 2014 Accepted: January 09, 2015 Publis…
Antiplatelet Antibodies Do Not Predict the Response to Intravenous Immunoglobulins during Immune Thrombocytopenia
2020
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare autoimmune disease due to autoantibodies targeting platelet glycoproteins (GP). The mechanism of platelet destruction could differ depending on the specificity of antiplatelet antibodies: anti-GPIIb/IIIa antibodies lead to phagocytosis by splenic macrophages, in a Fc&gamma
"Table 51" of "Measurement of inclusive jet charged-particle fragmentation functions in Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS dete…
2015
Ratio of D(z) distributions for R=0.3 jets for central to peripheral events.