Abstract: A fibrinolytic enzyme isolated from a culture broth of a mushroom has a characteristic of degrading a fibrin and a fibrinogen without activating an activity of a plasminogen. The plasminogen is activated to generate a plasmin to degrade the fibrin and/or fibrinogen, so that the fibrinolytic enzyme be used for the thrombosis-related diseases to degrade the fibrin and fibrinogen of blood clots without activate the plasminogen, so as to avoid a hemorrhage due to the over activation the plasminogen to over generate the plasmin.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for calibrating an image system is disclosed. The method according to the present invention includes inputting data by scanning a plurality of lines into a computer, and analyzing the input data for generating intensity of the scanned lines. The inputting step is repeated when the intensity is less than a low threshold value or the intensity is higher than a high threshold value. Next, any scanned line that includes at least a special point is filtered out. After averaging the corresponding points of the scanned lines not filtered out in order to generate a calibration line, a predetermined number of points of the calibration line are averaged to generate a reference point, wherein the predetermined number of points of the calibration line are brighter than other points of the calibrated line. Finally, the calibration data are obtained by taking ratio of the reference point to each of the points of the calibration line.

Abstract: A process for producing ethanol from plant biomass is disclosed. The process in cludes forming a substrate from the biomass with the substrate including hydrolysates of cellulose and hemicellulose. A species of the fungus Paecilomyces, which has the ability to ferment both cellobiose and xylose to ethanol, is then selected and isolated. The substrate is inoculated with this fungus, and the inoculated substrate is then fermented under conditions favorable for cell viability and conversion of hydrolysates to ethanol. Finally, ethanol is recovered from the fermented substrate.