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William T Sullivan

Pamela White

Fredric Landmann

Laura Serbus

Catharina Lindley

Joel A Kubby

Oscar Azucena

Jian Cao

An insect culture maintenance system includes a sequence of open-ended cylindrical tubes joined pairwise alternately at their tops and bottoms using multiple dual-cap connectors. Each dual-capped connector has a channel from an inside of a first cap to an inside of a second cap. In use, connectors that cap the bottoms of the tubes are filled with insect food media, while connectors that cap the tops of the tubes are open. As a result of this design, adults pass from one tube to the next through the top dual-cap connectors, while larvae pass from one tube to the next through the bottom dual-cap connectors, resulting in propagation of subsequent generations of insects through the sequence of tubes.

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An insect culture maintenance system includes a sequence of open-ended cylindrical tubes [joined pairwise alternately at their tops and bottoms using multiple dual-cap connectors. Each dual-capped connector has a channel from an inside of a first cap to an inside of a second cap. In use, connectors that cap the bottoms of the tubes [are filled with insect food media [], while connectors that cap the tops of the tubes [are open. As a result of this design, adults pass from one tube to the next through the top dual-cap connectors, while larvae pass from one tube to the next through the bottom dual-cap connectors, resulting in propagation of subsequent generations of insects through the sequence of tubes.

Compositions and Methods are described in which Albendazole sulfone binds toFtsZ providing anti filarial activity.

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Methods employing wolbachia FtsZ as a target for albendazole sulfone

Methods of microscopic imaging of biological tissue using adaptive optics technology to improve the image focus and sharpness. Wavefront measurements are taken by using a novel method of seeding biological tissue by using a fluorescent microsphere as a 'guide star' as a natural point-source reference. The current methods are capable of improving the Strehl ratio of modern biological microscopes as much as 15 times.

Use of a reference source with adaptive optics in biological microscopy

An improved device for attaching tailgate enclosures to a pickup truck. The device comprises attachment posts installed adjacent to the opposing interior sidewalls of a pickup truck. Each post has an upper cylinder, received telescopically into a lower cylinder and biased upward by a helical spring. Semi-rigid, textured plates are disposed at either end of the posts. Looped members are disposed on the cylinders, providing an attachment means for a net-type or other alternative tailgate enclosure. The posts are installed between the upper sidewall lip and the floor of the pickup bed at either side of the bed, being held in place by the force exerted on the upper plate by the helical spring.

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Scotts Valley, CA, United States of America

William T Sullivan