FLUX RECOVERY OF CERAMIC TUBULAR MEMBRANES FOULED WITH WHEY PROTEINS: SOME ASPECTS OF MEMBRANE CLEANING


Predominance of Trypanosoma rangeli infection in children from a Chagas disease endemic area in the west-shore of the Panama canal

A total of 206 serum samples from children (3-14 years old) living in the Amador County (La Chorrera District, Camera Lens Protector Province of Panama) were screened by indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) for the presence of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi.Positive sera were confirmed by recombinant enzyme-linked immunosorbent as

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Hair cell bundles: flexoelectric motors of the inner ear.

Microvilli (stereocilia) Power of the Primes projecting from the apex of hair cells in the inner ear are actively motile structures that feed energy into the vibration of the inner ear and enhance sensitivity to sound.The biophysical mechanism underlying the hair bundle motor is unknown.In this study, we examined a membrane flexoelectric origin for

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