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Hybrid Extraction Method; Innovative Method to Produce Non Oxidative Tuna Oil
Summary: The function of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid such as DHA, EPA are now well known world widely through strong scientific evidences and the importance of nutritional value and popularity are i…
Received 21 April 2009 00:44 UTC; Posted 21 April 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology
Objective dysphonia quantification in vocal fold paralysis: comparing nonlinear with classical measures
Clinical acoustic voice recording analysis is usually performed using classical perturbation measures including jitter, shimmer and noise-to-harmonic ratios. However, restrictive mathematical limit…
Received 20 April 2009 21:20 UTC; Posted 21 April 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics
Visualization of the Phosphoproteomic Data from AfCS with the Google Motion Chart Gadget
Results from multivariate molecular biological experiments become increasingly complex. Hence, the challenge of projecting high-dimensional data onto few dimensions for effective data visualization…
Received 16 April 2009 15:39 UTC; Posted 16 April 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
The Modified Pharaoh Approach: Stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive
Social insect colonies usually live in nests, which are often invaded by parasitic species. Workers from these colonies use different defence strategies to combat invaders. Nevertheless, some paras…
Received 06 April 2009 10:00 UTC; Posted 06 April 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Earth & Environment
Study of Fish Weight Loss in Solar Dryer Across Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Nigeria
Drying sessions were conducted across Nigeria to study the interaction between fish weight loss and the meteorological parameters. Correlation analyses using weight loss values show that latitude i…
Received 02 April 2009 12:04 UTC; Posted 02 April 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Earth & Environment
Geometric bionics: Lotus effect helps polystyrene nanotube films get good blood compatibility
Various biomaterials have been widely used for manufacturing biomedical applications including artificial organs, medical devices and disposable clinical apparatus, such as vascular prostheses, blo…
Received 29 March 2009 16:42 UTC; Posted 30 March 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Chemistry
The anti-angiogenic herbal composition Ob-X inhibits adipose tissue growth in obese mice
Objective: The growth and development of adipose tissue are thought to be associated with angiogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling. Since the composition of the herbal extract called Ob-X h…
Received 24 March 2009 05:01 UTC; Posted 24 March 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology
Evaluation of effective parameters on fabrication of BSA nanoparticles
Coacervation technique was implemented in fabrication of BSA nanoparticle for the purpose of drug delivery system. Nanoparticle was purified with 48,800 g centrifuge, and then followed by dialysis,...
Received 22 March 2009 16:37 UTC; Posted 31 March 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Glutathione (GSH) conjugates with dopamine (DA)-derived quinones to form reactive or non-reactive GSH-conjugates
In this study we demonstrate for the first time that GSH could rapidly conjugate with dopamine (DA)-derived DA-o-quinones without enzymatic catalysis to form short-lived intermediate GSH-conjugates…
Received 21 March 2009 11:03 UTC; Posted 23 March 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology
Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction enhances AAV mediated gene transfection: human RPE cells in vitro and the rat retina in vivo
The present study was performed to investigate the efficacy and safety of Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) mediated rAAV2-EGFP to cultured human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) c…
Received 24 February 2009 07:29 UTC; Posted 26 February 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology