Antiviral activity of magnesium and magnesium/poly r(A-U) combinations against two RNA viruses.
Creator
Jamison J; Gilloteaux J; Nassiri M R; Tsai C C; Summers J
Publisher
Nucleosides & nucleotides
Date
1999
1999-07
Description
Magnesium (Mg2+) potentiated the anti-vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) activity of poly r(A-U) or poly r(G-C) and the anti-HIV-1 activity of poly r(A-U). Mg2+ did not affect the anti-VSV activity of poly (rI).poly (rC), poly (dA-dT).poly (dA-dT) or poly (dG-dC).poly (dG-dC). Modulation of one or more nuclear (nucleolar) processes of the host cell may be responsible for the synergistic antiviral activity.
Likelihood ratios for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing in criminal cases.
Creator
Jarjoura D; Jamison J; Androulakakis S
Publisher
Journal of forensic sciences
Date
1994
1994-01
Description
The likelihood ratio approach for DNA typing in criminal cases is described. It is shown how this approach uses both the sizes and pattern of discrepancies between the crime scene profile of fragment lengths and the suspect profile for quantifying the strength of the evidence. In contrast to the current match-binning approach, it avoids an initial decision about whether the two profiles match. Likelihood ratios for pairs of profiles that meet the published statistical criteria for a match show a wide range of values including some that indicate the evidence is strongly against identity.