Melioidosis is caused by community-acquired gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei which resides in soil and water.It was first described in 1912 in Burma and 1927 in Sri Lanka.Melioidosis presents with non-specific clinical and biochemical findings.Diagnosis is confirmed by the isolation of bacteria in cultures or demonstrating antibody
One of the important ways to break the endurance bottleneck of aircraft is to apply the flight strategy of albatrosses obtaining energy from gradient wind fields to glide thousands of miles on aircraft.Based on the body characteristics and flight strategy of albatross, a bionic albatross aircraft with bionic shape, aerodynamic layout here and contr
Abstract In medieval Korea, armors made of various materials were developed.Among these, the leather armors were lighter and cheaper than the iron armors and were easy to make.For these reasons, there was a movement toward replacing johnny cash style clothing two-thirds of suits of iron armor with leather armor made of pig or cow skin.As a follow-u
Fibroinase is a cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase isolated from the silk glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, and the Eri silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini, and characterized by our research group.In B.mori, its physiological functions are disclosed as follows.(1) During each molt period in the larva, fi broinase is secreted into the lumen of the s