AFM and Proteomic Analysis of Spore Coat Related to Spore Germination of Geobacillus stearothermophilus

DONG, W, SHEN, Q, AL ZAHARNA, M, ZHANG, Z & CHEUNG, HY 2013, 'AFM and Proteomic Analysis of Spore Coat Related to Spore Germination of Geobacillus stearothermophilus' Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Medical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, London, United Kingdom, 17/06/13 - 18/06/13 … DONG, W., SHEN, Q., AL ZAHARNA, M., ZHANG, Z., & CHEUNG, HY (2013). AFM and Proteomic Analysis of Spore Coat Related to Spore Germination of Geobacillus stearothermophilus. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Medical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, London, United Kingdom. … DONG W, SHEN Q, AL ZAHARNA M, ZHANG Z, CHEUNG HY. AFM and Proteomic Analysis of Spore Coat Related to Spore Germination of Geobacillus stearothermophilus. 2013. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Medical, Biological and Pharmaceutical

International lung cancer trends by histologic type: male:female differences diminishing and adenocarcinoma rates rising.

Lung cancer rates have peaked among men in many areas of the world, but rates among women continue to rise. Most lung cancers are squamous cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, or adenocarcinoma; trends vary according to type. We compiled population-based morphology-specific incidence data from registries contributing to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) databases. Unspecified cancers and carcinomas were reallocated based on a registry, time period, sex and age group-specific basis. Where available, data from several registries within a country were pooled for analysis. Rates per 100,000 person-years for 1980-1982 to 1995-1997 were age-adjusted by the direct method using the world standard. Squamous cell carcinoma rates among males declined 30% or more in North America and some European countries while changing less dramatically in other areas; small cell carcinoma rates decreased less rapidly. Squamous and small cell carcinoma rates among females generally rose, with the increases especially pronounced in the Netherlands and Norway. In contrast, adenocarcinoma rates rose among males and females in virtually all areas, with the increases among males exceeding 50% in many areas of Europe; among females, rates also rose rapidly and more than doubled in Norway, Italy and France. Rates of all lung cancer types among women and adenocarcinoma among men continue to rise despite declining cigarette use in many Western countries and shifts to filtered/low-tar cigarettes. Renewed efforts toward cessation and prevention are mandatory to curb the prevalence of cigarette smoking and to reduce lung cancer rates eventually

Erratum: Midrapidity antiproton-to-proton ratio from Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4778 (2001)]

alle Autoren: C. Adler, Z. Ahammed, C. Allgower, M. Anderson, G. S. Averichev, J. Balewski, O. Barannikova, L. S. Barnby, J. Baudot, S. Bekele, V. V. Belaga, R. Bellwied, J. Berger, H. Bichsel, L. C. Bland, C. O. Blyth, B. E. Bonner, R. Bossingham, A. Boucham, A. Brandin, H. Caines, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, A. Cardenas, J. Carroll, J. Castillo, M. Castro, D. Cebra, S. Chattopadhyay, M. L. Chen, Y. Chen, S. P. Chernenko, M. Cherney, A. Chikanian, B. Choi, W. Christie, J. P. Coffin, L. Conin, T. M. Cormier, J. G. Cramer, H. J. Crawford, M. DeMello, W. S. Deng, A. A. Derevschikov, L. Didenko, J. E. Draper, V. B. Dunin, J. C. Dunlop, V. Eckardt, L. G. Efimov, V. Emelianov, J. Engelage, G. Eppley, B. Erazmus, P. Fachini, M. I. Ferguson, E. Finch, Y. Fisyak, D. Flierl, K. J. Foley, N. Gagunashvili, J. Gans, M. Germain, F. Geurts, V. Ghazikhanian, J. Grabski, O. Grachov, D. Greiner, V. Grigoriev, E. Gushin, T. J. Hallman, D. Hardtke, J. W. Harris, M. Heffner, S. Heppelmann, T. Herston, B. Hippolyte, A. Hirsch, E. Hjort, G. W. Hoffmann, M. Horsley, H. Z. Huang, T. J. Humanic, H. Hümmler, G. J. Igo, A. Ishihara, Yu. I. Ivanshin, P. Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, M. Janik, I. Johnson, P. G. Jones, E. Judd, M. Kaneta, M. Kaplan, D. Keane, A. Khodinov, A. Kisiel, J. Klay, S. R. Klein, A. Klyachko, A. S. Konstantinov, L. Kotchenda, A. D. Kovalenko, M. Kramer, P. Kravtsov, K. Krueger, C. Kuhn, A. I. Kulikov, G. J. Kunde, C. L. Kunz, R. Kh. Kutuev, A. A. Kuznetsov, J. Lamas-Valverde, M. A. C. Lamont, J. M. Landgraf, S. Lange, C. P. Lansdell, B. Lasiuk, F. Laue, A. Lebedev, T. LeCompte, V. M. Leontiev, P. Leszczynski, M. J. LeVine, Q. Li, Q. Li, S. J. Lindenbaum, M. A. Lisa, T. Ljubicic, W. J. Llope, G. LoCurto, H. Long, R. S. Longacre, M. Lopez-Noriega, W. A. Love, D. Lynn, L. Madansky, R. Majka, A. Maliszewski, S. Margetis, L. Martin, J. Marx, H. S. Matis, Yu. A. Matulenko, T. S. McShane, Yu. Melnick, A. Meschanin, Z. Milosevich, N. G. Minaev, J. Mitchell, V. A. Moiseenko, D. Moltz, C. F. Moore, V. Morozov, M. M. de Moura, M. G. Munhoz, G. S. Mutchler, J. M. Nelson, P. Nevski, V. A. Nikitin, L. V. Nogach, B. Norman, S. B. Nurushev, J. Nystrand, G. Odyniec, A. Ogawa, C. A. Ogilvie, M. Oldenburg, D. Olson, G. Paic, S. U. Pandey, Y. Panebratsev, S. Y. Panitkin, A. I. Pavlinov, T. Pawlak, V. Perevoztchikov, W. Peryt, V. A Petrov, W. Pinganaud, E. Platner, J. Pluta, N. Porile, J. Porter, A. M. Poskanzer, E. Potrebenikova, D. Prindle, C. Pruneau, S. Radomski, G. Rai, O. Ravel, R. L. Ray, S. V. Razin, D. Reichhold, J. Reid, F. Retiere, A. Ridiger, H. G. Ritter, J. B. Roberts, O. V. Rogachevski, C. Roy, D. Russ, V. Rykov, I. Sakrejda, J. Sandweiss, A. C. Saulys, I. Savin, J. Schambach, R. P. Scharenberg, N. Schmitz, L. S. Schroeder, A. Schüttauf, K. Schweda, J. Seger, D. Seliverstov, P. Seyboth, K. E. Shestermanov, S. S. Shimanskii, V. S. Shvetcov, G. Skoro, N. Smirnov, R. Snellings, J. Sowinski, H. M. Spinka, B. Srivastava, E. J. Stephenson, R. Stock, A. Stolpovsky, M. Strikhanov, B. Stringfellow, H. Stroebele, C. Struck, A. A. P. Suaide, E. Sugarbaker, C. Suire, T. J. M. Symons, A. Szanto de Toledo, P. Szarwas, J. Takahashi, A. H. Tang, J. H. Thomas, V. Tikhomirov, T. Trainor, S. Trentalange, M. Tokarev, M. B. Tonjes, V. Trofimov, O. Tsai, K. Turner, T. Ullrich, D. G. Underwood, G. Van Buren, A. M. VanderMolen, A. Vanyashin, I. M. Vasilevski, A. N. Vasiliev, S. E. Vigdor, S. A. Voloshin, F. Wang, H. Ward, R. Wells, T. Wenaus, G. D. Westfall, C. Whitten, Jr., H. Wieman, R. Willson, S. W. Wissink, R. Witt, N. Xu, Z. Xu, A. E. Yakutin, E. Yamamoto, J. Yang, P. Yepes, A. Yokosawa, V. I. Yurevich, Y. V. Zanevski, J. Zhang, W. M. Zhang, R. Zoulkarneev, and A. N. Zubare

Yingjin Zhang. The city in modern Chinese literature and film : configurations of space, time, and gender

This article reviews the book The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film: Configurations of Space, Time, and Gender written by Yingjin Zhang

Conservation and Ecosystem Services

Small mammal responses to farming practices in central Argentinian agroecosystems: the use of hierarchical occupancy models María D. Gomez, Andrea Goijman, José Coda, Vanesa Serafini, José Priotto Native rodents are the main seed predators in areas representing distinct phases along an active restoration process in a neotropical savanna Jessica L. Santos, Isabel B. Schmidt, Emerson M. Vieira Research progresses on seed-rodent interactions in China Zhibin Zhang Effects of insect-infestation on rodent-mediated dispersal of Quercus aliena: results from field and enclosure experiments Bo Zhang, Zijun Shi, Xiaoning Chen, Xiang Hou, Jing Wang, Jingang Li, Gang Chang Estimation of benefits and losses of seed scatter hoarding behaviour by rodents in a subtropical forest: implications for the evolution of mutualism in seed-rodent systems Haifeng Gu, Qingjian Zhao, Zhibin Zhang Seed size effects on seed dispersal and predation by rodents at tree individual level Bo Wang Forest fragmentation alters seed-rodent interaction networks: implications for rodent management Xifu Yang, Chuan Yan, Zhibin Zhang Lead (Pb) bioconcentration in cestode parasites (Hymenolepis spp.) of rats (Rattus spp.) and their potential as indicator of heavy metal contamination in terrestrial environments Roman N. Fornesa, Vachel V. Paller Changes in rodent burrow abundance and distribution in grazing ecosystems of southern Russia under human-induced landscape transformation from the desert to steppe Elena Surkova, Ludmila Savinetskaya, Natalya Ovchinnikova, Andrey Tchabovsky The potential of small and medium mammalian carnivores to mediate rodent pest damage in commercial agriculture Lourens H. Swanepoel, Corrie M. Swanepoel, Mark Keith, Steven R. Belmain, Peter J. Taylor, Reimund P. Rötter , Munir Hoffmann, Sam Williams Rodents as indicators of the ecological impact of an open-cast iron ore mine in the Northern Cape, South Africa Nico L. Avenant, Jurie J. Du Plessis, Nico Smit Rodents and their role in habitats in an tropical Africa context: the case of the DR Congo Prince K. Kaleme, Jacques M. Mwanga, Benjamin R. Ndara A valued rodent (Rattus exulans) population assessed for cultural harvest Deborah J. Wilson, Clive Stone, Hayley Ricardo, Richard Jakob-Hoff, Philip O'B. Lyver, Chris Jones, Priscilla M. WehiSmall mammal responses to farming practices in central Argentinian agroecosystems: the use of hierarchical occupancy models María D. Gomez, Andrea Goijman, José Coda, Vanesa Serafini, José Priotto Native rodents are the main seed predators in areas representing distinct phases along an active restoration process in a neotropical savanna Jessica L. Santos, Isabel B. Schmidt, Emerson M. Vieira Research progresses on seed-rodent interactions in China Zhibin Zhang Effects of insect-infestation on rodent-mediated dispersal of Quercus aliena: results from field and enclosure experiments Bo Zhang, Zijun Shi, Xiaoning Chen, Xiang Hou, Jing Wang, Jingang Li, Gang Chang Estimation of benefits and losses of seed scatter hoarding behaviour by rodents in a subtropical forest: implications for the evolution of mutualism in seed-rodent systems Haifeng Gu, Qingjian Zhao, Zhibin Zhang Seed size effects on seed dispersal and predation by rodents at tree individual level Bo Wang Forest fragmentation alters seed-rodent interaction networks: implications for rodent management Xifu Yang, Chuan Yan, Zhibin Zhang Lead (Pb) bioconcentration in cestode parasites (Hymenolepis spp.) of rats (Rattus spp.) and their potential as indicator of heavy metal contamination in terrestrial environments Roman N. Fornesa, Vachel V. Paller Changes in rodent burrow abundance and distribution in grazing ecosystems of southern Russia under human-induced landscape transformation from the desert to steppe Elena Surkova, Ludmila Savinetskaya, Natalya Ovchinnikova, Andrey Tchabovsky The potential of small and medium mammalian carnivores to mediate rodent pest damage in commercial agriculture Lourens H. Swanepoel, Corrie M. Swanepoel, Mark Keith, Steven R. Belmain, Peter J. Taylor, Reimund P. Rötter , Munir Hoffmann, Sam Williams Rodents as indicators of the ecological impact of an open-cast iron ore mine in the Northern Cape, South Africa Nico L. Avenant, Jurie J. Du Plessis, Nico Smit Rodents and their role in habitats in an tropical Africa context: the case of the DR Congo Prince K. Kaleme, Jacques M. Mwanga, Benjamin R. Ndara A valued rodent (Rattus exulans) population assessed for cultural harvest Deborah J. Wilson, Clive Stone, Hayley Ricardo, Richard Jakob-Hoff, Philip O'B. Lyver, Chris Jones, Priscilla M. Weh

NAREA AWARDS

Outstanding Master's Thesis Award: Estimation of Elasticities of Demand for Imported Meat in Russia, by Alexi Soshnin; Master's Thesis Award of Merit: Effective Rural Development Strategies: a Framework for Optimizing Community-Business Matches, by Michael Buescher; Master's Thesis Award of Merit: Sustaining the Atlantic Sea-Scallop Fishery: Viability in a Restricted Industry, by Michael Keith Price; Master's Thesis Award of Merit: Food Demand in China: A Case of Guangdong Province, by Xiaobo Zhang; Journal Article of the Year for 1998: Modeling Fresh Tomato Marketing Margins: Econometrics and Neural Networks, by Timothy J. Richards, Paul M. Patterson, and Pieter Van Ispelen; Distinguished Member Award: Linda K. LeeTeaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

All quiet on the neuronal front: NMDA receptor inhibition by prion protein

The normal function of the prion protein (PrP)—the causative agent of mad cow or prion disease—has long remained out of reach. Deciphering PrP's function may help to unravel the complex chain of events triggered by PrP misfolding during prion disease. In this issue of the JCB, an exciting paper (Khosravani, H., Y. Zhang, S. Tsutsui, S. Hameed, C. Altier, J. Hamid, L. Chen, M. Villemaire, Z. Ali, F.R. Jirik, and G.W. Zamponi. 2008. J. Cell Biol. 181:551–565) connects diverse observations regarding PrP into a coherent framework whereby PrP dampens the activity of an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor (NMDAR) subtype and reduces excitotoxic lesions. The findings of this study suggest that understanding the normal function of proteins associated with neurodegenerative disease may elucidate the molecular pathogenesis

Coping with a Nuclear North Korea

"China is the biggest loser with a nuclear North Korea." Zhang Liangu is professor of international strategic research at the Party School of the China Communist Party Central Committee

Mortal Ancestors, Immortal Images: Zhang Dai’s Biographical Portraits

Towards the end of his long life, the prolific late-Ming historian and essayist Zhang Dai 張岱 (1597-?1684) completed a book that he had been working on for many years. Entitled Portraits of the Eminent and Worthy Immortals of Zhejiang During the Ming Dynasty (You Ming yuyue san bu xiu tuzan 有明於越三不朽名賢圖贊) the book included the short biographies (with poetic panegyrics) and portraits of 109 men and women of Zhang Dai’s hometown of Shaoxing, one of the epicentres of China’s élite cultural life. The book was organised according to the “Three Immortalities of Life”: moral force, meritorious service, and wise words. Zhang also included a number of his own friends and family members in this collection. This paper discusses aspects the relationship between text and image in this late-imperial Chinese work, both in the context of Zhang Dai’s practice as a biographer who had a strong visual sense and in regard to his particular historical plight as someone who had survived the collapse of one dynasty and who had lived on under its successor regime

Stereotype traits of older adults generated by young, middle-aged, and older Chinese participants

Permissions were not obtained for sharing the full text of this article.This study examined stereotype traits of older adults elicited from 40 young (M age = 19.6), 40 middle-aged (M = 36.8), and 40 older Chinese adults (M = 64.7). Trait lists were compared across age groups and to traits reported by U.S. and Chinese New Zealand participants in earlier research (Hummert, Garstka, Shaner, & Strahm, 1994; Ng, Liu, Loong, & Weatherall, 1999). Results indicated considerable overlap between stereotype traits of these Chinese participants and those from the earlier studies with Western participants, but also revealed 22 stereotype traits unique to Chinese culture. Participants of all ages reported more positive age traits than negative ones, with young participants reporting the highest number of positive traits. Consistent with Ng et al. (1999), the latter result suggests that views of aging are more positive in Chinese than in Western cultures. Discussion focuses on age stereotypes in the context of Chinese culture