Changing Salt Marsh Vegetation- Implications For Denitrification

Salt marsh vegetation zones are good indicators of soil conditions and will shift in response to large-scale changes to their environment such as sea-level rise and restoration activities. The goal of our study was to characterize the relationship between soil denitrification potential and salt marsh vegetation zones in tidally restored and unrestricted coastal marshes, and to use vegetation zones to predict how sea-level rise may influence landscape-scale denitrification.

Characterization of Essential Protein in Aging Based on Network Analysis

The aging process is a process experienced by all living organisms. For human beings, this process occurs gradually starting at a young age. It is believed that proteins in some parts of the human brain play an important role in the aging process. Therefore, the protein interaction network for the aging process is aimed at obtaining characterization of essential proteins. Samples of proteins are obtained from ArrayExpress.

Ficus Deltoidea Suppresses Endothelial Activation, Inflammation, Monocytes Adhesion and Oxidative Stress Via NF-κB and eNOS Pathways in Stimulated Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells

Atherosclerosis is an insidious disease of large and medium-sized arteries; characterised by accumulation of inflammatory cell, foamy macrophages, lipid and smooth muscle cells within the intima of the arteries. This condition underlies cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and coronary artery disease; the primary cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide.

IGF1R Constitutive Activation Expands Luminal Progenitors and Influences Lineage Differentiation During Breast Tumorigenesis

Salt marsh vegetation zones are good indicators of soil conditions and will shift in response to large-scale changes to their environment such as sea-level rise and restoration activities. The goal of our study was to characterize the relationship between soil denitrification potential and salt marsh vegetation zones in tidally restored and unrestricted coastal marshes, and to use vegetation zones to predict how sea-level rise may influence landscape-scale denitrification.

Microbial Fuel Cells using Different Types of Wastewater for Electricity Generation and Simultaneously Removed Pollutant

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy during substrate oxidation with the aid of microorganisms that act as biocatalysts. The energy contained in organic matter is converted to useful electrical power. An MFC operates as electrons from the microorganisms transfer from a reduced electron donor to an electron acceptor at a higher electrochemical potential.

On the Feasibility of RTapp™ as a Daily Delivered Dose Evaluation Tool for Adaptive

RTapp™ is a daily dose evaluation software developed by ©SegAna LLC. It utilizes deformable image registration (DIR) to recontour structures and evaluate the dose delivered in every fraction. The program updates patient anatomy based on daily cone-beam CT and assesses the dose distribution according to the detected changes. RTapp™ can be a useful tool in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to avoid underdosing target and overdosing organs at risk (OARs). In this study, the feasibility of RTapp™ to assess the quality of treatment delivered in every fraction was investigated.

Proteomic and transriptomic profiling identifies mediators of anchorage-independent growth and roles of inhibitor of differentiation proteins in invasive lobular carcinoma

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a histological subtype of breast cancer with distinct molecular and clinical features from the more common subtype invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). ILC cells exhibit anchorage-independent growth in ultra-low attachment (ULA) suspension cultures, which is largely attributed to the loss of E-cadherin. In addition to anoikis resistance, herein we show that human ILC cell lines exhibit enhanced cell proliferation in ULA cultures as compared to IDC cells.

Safety Evaluation of Ficus Deltoidea Administration in Atherosclerotic Rabbits

Ficus deltoidea (FD) is commercially available for human consumption; proposed to be used as a supplement for diabetes mellitus and wound healing. FD has been reported to exhibit anti-atherogenic properties. Acute toxicity study in rats revealed that FD var. kunstleri (FDK) extract did not exert any toxic effects even at the highest dose of 2000 mg/kg. However, there is scarce safety data on FD in rabbit atherosclerotic model.

On the Feasibility of Daily Delivered Dose Evaluation Using RTapp for Adaptive Lung SBRT Treatments

Image guidance plays a vital role in patient’s alignment and repositioning for daily treatment. Cone-beam CT (CBCT) is a commonly used for visualization of the anatomy. Usually, treatment is delivered by assuming the patient anatomy remains same as that of the plan. This assumption might compromise the accuracy of the treatment delivery when changes in geometry and relative positions of anatomical structures are not considered. A more precise daily dose evaluation is needed to solve this deficiency of the current practice. A new software RTappTM is being developed by SegAna LLC (Orlando, FL) for a fast evaluation of daily treatment delivery.

The power of three spatial dimensions

Fluorescence microscopy has become one of the workhorse tools for single-cell microbiology. Minimally perturbative, 2D imaging has enabled the study of biomolecules in the highly dynamic and crowded environment of the bacterial cytoplasm. Now, a new set of 3D techniques are shedding light on the internal dynamics and emerging structural organization of the bacterial cytoplasm. Although axial sectioning techniques such as light-sheet microscopy have become routine in eukaryotic cells and tissues1, these cannot be applied in bacteria as their size is comparable to the depth resolution.

Use of DLG Tuning to Achieve Beam Matching for TrueBeam Linacs

The Eclipse treatement planning system uses parameters of MLC, dose transmission and dosimetric leaf gap (DLG), to model the rounded edge of leaves in Varian linacs due to radiation dose distribution. These parameters are instrumental in comparison of dose distribution from plan delivery against initial plan created in Eclipse. Specifically, changes to DLG parameters affects plans with highly modulated fields. Each energy is assigned an individual set of values during commissioning