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Registration of WS4U and WS8U Switchgrass Germplasms
Two upland switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) germplasm pools, WS4U (Reg. no. GP-92, PI 639191) and WS8U (Reg. no. GP-93, PI 639192), were released cooperatively on 18 July 2002 by the University of Wisconsin, University of Nebraska, and the USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE. These germplasms were developed as source material to be used in developing cultivars with increased biomass yield and geographic adaptation for bioenergy production in USDA hardiness zones 3 and 4 in the northern USA and similar geographic regions of southern Canada. WS4U is a tetraploid (2n = 4x = 36) and WS8U is an octoploid (2n = 8x = 72)
A Novel Lactic Acid Bacteria Mixture: Macrophage-Targeted Prophylactic Intervention in Colorectal Cancer Management
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common forms of cancer. Its onset from chronic inflammation is widely accepted. Moreover, dysbiosis plays an undeniable role, thus the use of probiotics in CRC has been suggested. They exhibit both anti- and pro-inflammatory properties and restore balance in the microbiota. The aim of this study was to investigate the immunomodulatory properties of six lactobacilli with probiotic features in an in vitro model of macrophage-like cells and to test these pooled probiotics for their anti-tumour properties in a chemically induced CRC model using Wistar male rats. Upon co-culture of M1- and M2-like macrophages with lactobacilli, cytokine release (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-18, IL-23) and phagocytic activity using fluorescent-labelled bacteria were tested. The effects of orally administered probiotics on basic cancer and immune parameters and cytokine concentration (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-18) in colon tumours were studied. Tested lactobacilli exhibited both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties in in vitro conditions. In vivo study showed that the administration of probiotics was able to decrease multiplicity, volume and total tumour numbers, restore colon length (p < 0.05) and increase IL-18 production (p < 0.05) in tumour tissue. These data indicate both an immunomodulatory effect of probiotics on distinct macrophage subsets and a protective effect against chemically-induced CRC.</jats:p
Effect of magnetic and non-magnetic impurities on highly anisotropic superconductivity
We generalize Abrikosov-Gor'kov solution of the problem of weakly coupled
superconductor with impurities on the case of a multiband superconductor with
arbitrary interband order parameter anisotropy, including interband sign
reversal of the order parameter. The solution is given in terms of the
effective (renormalized) coupling matrix and describes not only
suppression but also renormalization of the superconducting gap basically at
all temperatures. In many limiting cases we find analytical solutions for the
critical temperature suppression. We illustrate our results by numerical
calculations for two-band model systems.Comment: 18 pages (12pt) RevTeX, 4 postscript figure
Should I grow wildflowers? Agrilink, your growing guide to better farming
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Universality in Heavy Fermions Revisited
A previous scaling analysis of pressure experiments in heavy fermion is
reviewed and enlarged. We show that the critical exponents obtained from this
analysis indicate that a one-parameter scaling describes these experiments. We
obtain explicitly the enhancemente factors showing that these systems are
indeed near criticality and that the scaling approach is appropriate. The
physics responsible for the one-parameter scaling and breakdown of hyperscaling
is clarified. We discuss a microsocopic theory that is in agreement with the
experiments. The scaling theory is generalized for the case the shift and
crossover exponents are different. The exponents governing the physical
behavior along the non-Fermi liquid trajectory are obtained for this case.Comment: 7 pages, Latex, 3 Postscript figures, to be published in Physical
Review
Weight gain and dietary intake during pregnancy in industrialized countries - a systematic review of observational studies
Background: Gestational weight gain (GWG) above the recently recommended ranges is likely to be related to adverse pregnancy outcomes and therefore a challenge in industrialized countries. Aims: We conducted a systematic review on observational studies in order to gain more evidence on whether diets with lower caloric/protein content or other diets might be associated with lower GWG. Methods: We searched in MEDLINE and EMBASE for observational studies written in English or German reporting associations between diet and GWG in singleton pregnancies of healthy women in industrialized countries. Results: We identified 12 studies which met the inclusion criteria. Five studies suggested significant positive associations between energy intake and GWG, whereas three found no significant association. Further significant positive associations of GWG were reported with respect to protein intake, animal lipids, energy density and a number of different food servings per day, whereas intake of carbohydrates and vegetarian diet were associated with less GWG. Conclusions: We suggest that GWG might be reduced by lower energy intake in pregnancy
Nonmonotonic d_{x^2-y^2} Superconducting Order Parameter in Nd_{2-x}Ce_xCuO_4
Low energy polarized electronic Raman scattering of the electron doped
superconductor Nd_1.85Ce_0.15CuO_4 (T_c=22 K) has revealed a nonmonotonic
d_{x^2-y^2} superconducting order parameter. It has a maximum gap of 4.4 k_BT_c
at Fermi surface intersections with antiferromagnetic Brillouin zone (the ``hot
spots'') and a smaller gap of 3.3 k_BT_c at fermionic Brillouin zone
boundaries. The gap enhancement in the vicinity of the ``hot spots'' emphasizes
role of antiferromagnetic fluctuations and similarity in the origin of
superconductivity for electron- and hole-doped cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
A Blow-Up Criterion for Classical Solutions to the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
In this paper, we obtain a blow up criterion for classical solutions to the
3-D compressible Naiver-Stokes equations just in terms of the gradient of the
velocity, similar to the Beal-Kato-Majda criterion for the ideal incompressible
flow. In addition, initial vacuum is allowed in our case.Comment: 25 page
Nonanalytic behavior of the spin susceptibility in clean Fermi systems
The wavevector and temperature dependent static spin susceptibility,
\chi_s(Q,T), of clean interacting Fermi systems is considered in dimensions
1\leq d \leq 3. We show that at zero temperature \chi_s is a nonanalytic
function of |Q|, with the leading nonanalyticity being |Q|^{d-1} for 1<d<3, and
Q^2\ln|Q| for d=3. For the homogeneous spin susceptibility we find a
nonanalytic temperature dependence T^{d-1} for 1<d<3. We give qualitative
mode-mode coupling arguments to that effect, and corroborate these arguments by
a perturbative calculation to second order in the electron-electron interaction
amplitude. The implications of this, in particular for itinerant
ferromagnetism, are discussed. We also point out the relation between our
findings and established perturbative results for 1-d systems, as well as for
the temperature dependence of \chi_s(Q=0) in d=3.Comment: 12pp., REVTeX, 5 eps figures, final version as publishe
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