TAQ1 Definition of Pathogen and research into the main features of bacteria‚ protozoa‚ fungi and viruses. Pathogens‚ or infectious agents‚ are microorganisms that cause disease or illness to their host. There are divided into four groups; bacteria‚ protozoa‚ fungi and viruses. The term pathogen most often describes an organism that disrupts the normal physiology of a plant or animal. In identifying a pathogen it is important to determine the properties that ‘contribute to its infectious
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The impact of psychological interventions on psychosocial risk factors for stroke and their relationship with the immune system The impact of psychological interventions on psychosocial risk factors for stroke and their relationship with the immune system Introduction More than 2‚400 years ago the father of medicine‚ Hippocrates‚ recognized and described stroke as apoplexy‚ which means “struck down by violence”. Stroke is a condition with high mortality rate (Townsend et al.‚ 2012) and leading
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BSCI422 Immunology January 26‚ 2010 Lecture 1 Introduction to the class Went over syllabus Student expectations BSCI422 Immunology January 27‚ 2010 Lecture 2 Innate Immunity‚ the signal transduction and cytokine production When you’re exposed to a microbe‚ your body has innate immune responses that can kill the microbe right away‚ there is no recovery or memory period. It is the very first response. If you amount an affective innate immune response‚ you don’t need to develop an adaptive
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Kalachuchi Plumiera rubra TEMPLE FLOWER‚ FRANGIPANI Other scientific names Common names Plumiera acuminata Kachuchi (C. Bis.) Plumiera alba Kalachuche (Tag.‚ Bik.) Kalasusi (Tag.) Kalatsutsi (Tag.) Kalanuche (Ilk.) Kalonoche (Ilk.) Karachucha (Tag.) Karatuche (Tag.) Frangipani (Engl.) Temple flower (Engl.) Botany · Small tree‚ 3 to 7 m high‚ stem smooth and shining‚ succulent‚ with abundant white latex; easily breaks. · Leaves: crowded at the terminal end
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Food ©2007 Global Science Books Food Preservation – A Biopreservative Approach Iraj Rasooli Department of Biology‚ Shahed University‚ Opposite Imam Khomeini’s Shrine‚ Tehran-Qom Express Way‚ Tehran‚ Iran Correspondence: * rasooli@shahed.ac.ir ABSTRACT Preservative agents are required to ensure that manufactured foods remain safe and unspoiled. Antimicrobial properties of essential oils (EOs) reveal that Gram-positive bacteria are more vulnerable than Gram-negative bacteria. A number of EO
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Current Chemical Biology‚ 2009‚ 3‚ 203-230 203 Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan Inmaculada Aranaz‚ Marian Mengíbar‚ Ruth Harris‚ Inés Paños‚ Beatriz Miralles‚ Niuris Acosta‚ Gemma Galed and Ángeles Heras* Department of Physical Chemistry II‚ Faculty of Pharmacy‚ Institute of Biofunctional Studies‚ Complutense University‚ Paseo Juan XXIII‚ nº 1. Madrid 28040‚ Spain Abstract: Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan are natural polymers composed of randomly distributed -(1-4)linked
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Coping and Health: A Comparison of the Stress and Trauma Literatures Carolyn M. Aldwin and Loriena A. Yancura Dept. of Human and Community Development University of California‚ Davis Chapter prepared for P. P. Schnurr & B. L. Green (Eds.)‚ Physical Health Consequences of Exposure to Extreme Stress. Washington‚ DC: American Psychological Association. COPING AND HEALTH Even a cursory review of PsychLit reveals that well over 20‚000 articles on stress and coping processes have been published
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40 Recent Patents on Corrosion Science‚ 2010‚ 2‚ 40-54 Open Access Biomedical Implants: Corrosion and its Prevention - A Review Geetha Manivasagam*‚ Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran and Asokamani Rajamanickam School of Mechanical and Building Sciences‚ VIT University‚ Vellore 632 014‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India Abstract: In the area of materials science‚ corrosion of biomaterials is of paramount importance as biomaterials are required for the survival of the human beings suffering from acute heart diseases
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226 World Review of Science‚ Technology and Sustainable Development‚ Vol. 4‚ Nos. 2/3‚ 2007 Nanotechnology in cancer prevention‚ detection and treatment: bright future lies ahead G. Ali Mansoori Departments of Bio and Chemical Engineering‚ University of Illinois at Chicago‚ 218 SEO‚ 851 S‚ Morgan St. (M/C 063)‚ Chicago‚ IL 60607-7052‚ USA E-mail: mansoori@uic.edu Pirooz Mohazzabi* Department of Physics‚ University of Wisconsin – Parkside‚ Kenosha‚ WI 53141‚ USA E-mail: pirooz.mohazzabi@uwp
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International Journal of Food Microbiology 71 Ž2001. 1–20 www.elsevier.comrlocaterijfoodmicro Review article Bacteriocins: safe‚ natural antimicrobials for food preservation Jennifer Cleveland a ‚ Thomas J. Montville a ‚ Ingolf F. Nes b‚ Michael L. Chikindas a‚ ) a Department of Food Science‚ Rutgers‚ The State UniÕersity of New Jersey‚ 65 Dudley Road‚ New Brunswick‚ NJ 08901‚ USA b Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology‚ Department of Biotechnological Sciences‚ Agricultural UniÕersity
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