Onset time of fog collection.

Fog collection is a promising solution to the worldwide water scarcity problem and is also of vital importance to industrial processes, such as recapturing water in cooling towers and mist elimination. To date, numerous studies have investigated the fog collection rate, a parameter that denotes the average performance over a long period of time. However, the initial period (referred to as onset time) between the start of the fog-laden flow and the actual collection of the captured liquid (a delay in time caused by droplet growth to a critical weight that exceeds droplet-surface retention force) has not been systematically understood.

Expression and function of HLA-DQ8 (DQA1*0301/DQB1*0302) genes in transgenic mice.

Transgenic mice expressing HLA-DQA1*0301 and HLA-DQB1*0302 genes (DQ8) were produced. The transgenes were then transferred into mouse (Ab degrees) class II negative mice: the only class II molecules expressed in these animals were therefore coded by the HLA-DQ8 genes. Good expression of HLA-DQ molecules was found.

Staphylococcus periprostatic abscess: an unusual cause of acute urinary retention.

Prostatic abscess has occasionally been known to present with urinary retention. We report an unusual case of a Staphylococcus aureus periprostatic abscess causing acute urinary retention. Diagnosis was made by transrectal sonogram and computed tomography scan, and the patient was treated successfully with intravenous antibiotics, perineal exploration, and drainage.

HLA-DQ beta chain can present mouse endogenous provirus MTV-9 product and clonally delete Tcr V beta 5+ and V beta 11+ T cells in transgenic mice.

The elusive Mls gene(s) are mouse mammary tumor virus genes. The endogenous cotolerogen involved in the clonal deletion of Tcr V beta 5.1, 5.

Integration site-dependent expression of a transgene reveals specialized features of cells associated with neuromuscular junctions.

After skeletal muscle is denervated, fibroblasts near neuromuscular junctions proliferate more than fibroblasts distant from synaptic sites, and they accumulate adhesive molecules such as tenascin (Gatchalian, C. L., M.