CLONING, EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF HEMAGGLUTININ CONSERVED DOMAIN (HA2) OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS, TO BE USED IN BROAD-SPECTRUM SUBUNIT VACCINE COCKTAILS

Cloning, expression and purification of hemagglutinin conserved domain (HA2) of influenza A virus, to be used in broad-spectrum subunit vaccine cocktails

Introduction: Influenza virus has several conserved peptides which have the capacity to be used as suitable candidates for appropriate and stable vaccine production against different types of influenza viruses.One of these peptides is HA2, the hemagglutinin stalk domain which mediates the membrane fusion and is conserved amongst different sub-types

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Encouraging brisk walking with the free Active10 app in postnatal women who had a hypertensive pregnancy: "Just Walk It" feasibility study.

ObjectiveTo explore the feasibility of a future trial to investigate whether encouraging use of Roper Girth the free NHS smartphone app Active10 increases brisk walking and reduces blood pressure (BP) in postnatal mothers who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).Design3-month feasibility study.SettingLondon maternity unit.Population21 wome

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Automated Detection of Buildings from Heterogeneous VHR Satellite Images for Rapid Response to Natural Disasters

In this paper, we present a novel approach for automatically detecting buildings from multiple heterogeneous and uncalibrated very high-resolution (VHR) satellite images for a rapid response to natural disasters.In the proposed method, a simple and efficient visual attention method is first used to extract built-up area candidates (BACs) Battery Ac

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Development of morphology and swimming in larvae of a coral-reef fish, the royal gramma, Gramma loreto (Grammatidae: Teleostei)

We used reared larvae of Gramma loreto sized 5.5 to 10.5 mm to study ontogeny of morphology and swim- ming.The larvae are slender to moderate in depth, with laterally compressed bodies, about 28 myomeres, a coiled gut that is not compact, extending to 50% to 60% of body length, an inconspicuous gas bladder, head spination limited to tiny preopercul

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