Since the invention of the optical stretcher in 2001, no direct method has been found for measuring the optical stress that produces the observed trapping and stretching of biological cells and other dielectrics. Hence, ...

Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness, airway inflammation, and airway remodeling. Eosinophils migrate to the airways and play a significant role in the pathogenesis of ...

In recent decades there has been a rise in intrastate conflicts. This thesis explores the causes of civil war, focusing on ethnic, religious, institutional and economic factors contributing to or alleviating internal ...

Amifostine is a cytoprotectant drug used as an adjunct in cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy. A simple and sensitive HPLC method was developed and validated for the assay of Amifostine. The method consisted of 95:5 ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of respiratory tract infections, meningitis, and acute otitis media. The emergence of S. pneumoniae strains with resistance to the ß-lactam and macrolide antibiotics has complicated ...

ABSTRACT|Human-a-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37 amino acid residue neuropeptide produced from tissue-specific alternative splicing of the primary RNA transcript of the calcitonin gene. CGRP is widely ...

Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloacae, and Serratia marcescens are members of the Enterobacteriaceae family and are significant nosocomial pathogens. These organisms encode inducible, chromosomal AmpC ß-lactamases ...

Obesity is a condition of excess body fat that causes or exacerbates several major public health problems. Common obesity is a polygenic disorder arising from the interaction of multiple genetic and environmental factors. ...

Signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) is a latent signal transducer protein which, on phosphorylation, is translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and is subsequently activated. This work was ...