Abstract:
Immunogenic proteins comprising Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides and M. mycoides subsp. capri proteins, encoding polynucleotides, a method for producing said proteins, and use of compositions to prevent M. mycoides subsp. mycoides infections are disclosed.
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Described are methods and uses employing metabolomic data to diagnose an asthma disease state or a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) state. Further described are methods of uses of employing metabolomic data to distinguish between asthma and COPD. In particular, urinary metabolomic profiles are employed to enable differential diagnosis of asthma and COPD.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to immunogenic and vaccine compositions comprising Streptococcus exotoxins and/or bacterial thermolysins from M4 protease family. Also provided are kits, methods and uses of said compositions for treating or preventing laminitis in a hooved animal.
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Crystalline cellulose gels useful in the stabilization of emulsions, including nanoemulsions, and for acting as cryptands or clathrates, and methods for their use and production are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion. In some embodiments, such emulsions and/or vesicles produced in such emulsions, and/or the crystalline cellulose gel itself 15 are useful in the fields of drug delivery, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, feed and food, paints and coatings, mining, or oil and gas recovery.
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Composite materials with dielectric properties for use in microwave applications, and methods of fabrication, are described. The composite materials include a filler, for example a ceramic, with high relative permittivity and a polymer constituent. The resulting composite material has a relative permittivity suitable for use in microwave applications. Dielectric resonator antennas using the composite material are also described.
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The present application pertains to compositions for enhancing or controlling the germination of seeds. The compositions comprise i) a transition metal catalyst such as nanoparticulate catalyst bearing one or more transition metals, a carbon nanotube impregnated with Fe, Cu, Mo, Rh or Co, or a transition metal salt (FeS0 4 , CuS0 4 or a cobalt salt) and ii) an oxidant such as hydrogen peroxide. The composition may further comprise a buffer. Methods of enhancing or controlling the germination of seeds using the composition are also disclosed.
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Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease.
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Described herein is an intravaginal device that provides biologically active circulating concentrations of an aromatase inhibitor for at least about of 4 days. Three compounds with estradiol inhibitory capability (letrozole, anastrozole and fenbendazole) were tested in vitro using bovine granulosa cell culture. Letrozole was found to be the most efficient and potent inhibitor. Liposome-based and a wax-based formulations were used to assess letrozole diffusion through bovine vaginal mucosa in a diffusion chamber study. Samples were collected over a 24 h period. The wax-based vehicle was selected for further development of a letrozole intravaginal device based on its steady release rate. In an in vivo study in cattle, 3 different intravaginal devices containing 3 g of letrozole were tested: Wax (with 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphoethanolamine, DOPE) + gel coat (n=2), Wax + gel coat (n=4) and Wax (n=4). Blood samples were collected serially from time 0 to 120 h, and daily thereafter to measure circulating concentrations of letrozole by LC/MS/MS. The addition of a letrozole-containing gel coating improved initial absorption and hastened the increase on plasma concentrations of the active ingredient, while the letrozole-containing wax-based vehicle maintained prolonged delivery from the intravaginal device.
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A concentration of a control parameter in a fermentation broth can be monitored to monitor and/or control microbial fermentation. In some embodiments, a level of a control parameter present in the fermentation broth is controlled to improve microbial fermentation. In some embodiments, the control parameter is dissolved carbon dioxide concentration. In some embodiments, an abrupt drop in dissolved carbon dioxide concentration indicates the feed in the fermentation broth has been completely or nearly completely utilized.
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Systems and methods for determining an approximate location of a radionuclide at a time of its radioactive decay are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises introducing into a target region a radionuclide that, at the time of its radioactive decay, emits a positron and a primary photon, detecting the primary photon at a first one of a plurality of photon detectors and detecting at least one secondary photon emitted from an annihilation of the position at least a second one of the plurality of photon detectors, and determining the approximate location of the radionuclide at the time of its radioactive decay based on a location of the first one of the plurality of photon detectors, a location of the second one of the plurality of photon detectors, and a presumed common point of origin of the detected primary photon and the detected at least one secondary photon.