The effects of freezing and thawing rates on tenderness, sensory quality, and retail display of beef subprimals.

The objective of this study was to evaluate processing methods for frozen beef subprimals; the effects of freezing and thawing rates on tenderness, sensory properties, and retail display were evaluated. There were 6 treatments: fresh, never frozen 14 d wet aged (14D); fresh, never frozen 21 d wet aged (21D); blast frozen-fast thawed (BF); blast frozen-slow thawed (BS); conventionally frozen-fast thawed (CF); and conventionally frozen-slow thawed (CS). All frozen beef subprimals were aged for 14 d before freezing.

RPGR: role in the photoreceptor cilium, human retinal disease, and gene therapy.

Cilia are specialized dynamic organelles extending from the surface of almost all mammalian cells. Since proteins and protein precursors are transported across the ciliary compartments via intraflagellar transport (IFT), mutations in genes encoding proteins that participate in IFT can cause a spectrum of different ciliopathies. Photoreceptors of the mammalian retina contain ciliary structures that connect the inner (IS) with the outer segments (OS).

Controllable optical emission spectroscopy diagnostic system for analysis of process chemistries.

Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) diagnostics have been employed for many years in plasma etch end point detection schemes. Unfortunately some newer process systems have much lower optical emission or limited optical access. To overcome such limitations, an OES diagnostic system making use of variable e-beam has been developed.

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes in patients with carcinoid.

Background: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are mainly associated with small-cell lung cancer, gynaecological tumours and lymphomas. Few studies report the association of neurological syndromes with a carcinoid, the majority being a serotonin-related myopathy. We report four patients with a PNS associated with carcinoid.

Synaptophysin is an autoantigen in paraneoplastic neuropathy.

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are often associated with antineuronal autoantibodies and many of them could be identified in the recent years. However, there are still new antineuronal binding patterns with yet unidentified autoantigens. We here describe a new autoantibody associated with paraneoplastic sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathy in a patient with small cell lung cancer.