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Copper has been used by humanity since the bronze age and its health effects may arise both from a deficit and/or an excess of exposure/intake to copper contained in foods or in drinking water. Deficit occurs because copper is an essential element for humans, fact demonstrated for the first time in 1960. Toxicity due t... |
Climate change has a large impact on water resources and thus on hydropower. Hydroelectric power generation is closely linked to the regional hydrological situation of a watershed and reacts sensitively to changes in water quantity and seasonality. The development of hydroelectric power generation in the Upper Danube b... |
The article approaches the issues of environmental production and the generation of urban solid residues, in particular the environment and health concept while social representation. From a bibliographical revision it argues the incorporation of the themes of health and environment in the practical field of knowledge ... |
The article argues that the relationship between accounting and taxation in each country and in relation to a given item of income is a matter of juridical interpretation, with important consequences for the determination of the taxable basis. Furthermore, it contends that current analytical classifications of the rela... |
This paper reviews the mixed chelation approach to resolution of the optical isomers of D and L dansyl amino acids by high performance liquid chromatography. The use of eluants containing Cu(II) complexes of L-proline, L-arginine, L-histidine, and L-histidine methyl ester effected the separation of many D and L amino a... |
This paper introduces Espresso, a slicer generator. Espresso compiles the program, p, to be sliced and outputs a slicer. This slicer is a multi-threaded Java program tailored to produce static slices for the program p, (and no other) but with respect to arbitrary slicing criteria. The concurrent nature of the slicers p... |
Device-free passive (DfP) localization has been proposed as an emerging technique for localizing people, without requiring them to carry any devices. Potential applications include elder-care, security enforcement, building occupancy statistics, etc. We first present PC-DfP, an accurate and efficient RF-based device-fr... |
Standard architectures favor sequential processes for the semantic and syntactic part of natural language generation. Some semantic decisions, however, require information from the syntactic part, as is shown at the example of translating English gerunds into German. As a solution to this problem, a model is proposed i... |
This paper proposes a parent-children type robot system that moves in unstructured environments. The parent robot works as a leader of the system. The children robots work as sensors to sense their environments while touching them. The parent collects the sensory information of its environment and generates a map. In o... |
Infections in immunocompromised host are increasing worldwide. Definition of immunocompromised host encompasses a number of different pathologies, such as immune-haematological, oncological, intensivist, in addition to all patients being treated with different monoclonal antibodies and TNF-alfa inhibitors. Daptomycin i... |
Comparing two or more fuzzy numbers and ordering them is an important topic in fuzzy theory. Z-number as a kind of fuzzy number that can effectively reflect the real world, after Zadeh proposed Z-number, the research on the ranking of Z-numbers has also received much attention. So the ranking of discrete Z-number is a ... |
Activation of muscarinic cholinergic receptors located at the terminal adrenergic nerve fiber inhibits the process of exocytotic norepinephrine (NE) release. This neuromodulatory effect of acetylcholine and related compounds has been discovered as a pharmacological phenomenon. Subsequently, evidence for a physiological... |
The objective of this study was to bench‐test provisional bifurcation stenting strategies to provide insights on how best to perform these with drug‐eluting stents (DESs). Bifurcation stenting with DESs reduces restenosis compared with bare metal stents (BMSs). Outcomes with a single DES are better than with two DESs b... |
Cognitive radio is an intelligent wireless communication system to meet the huge demands for radio spectrum. It identifies the available channels in the radio spectrum through a technique called spectrum sensing (SS) that sense the empty spectrum and share it to the secondary users, without harmful interference to prim... |
This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on the crosscountry evidence for the OECD countries, but the paper also briefly reviews evidence from labour economics, to clarify where empirical work on education using macro data may be relatively use... |
Examination of mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber reveals a new species of Atelestidae: Alavesia myanmarensis sp. nov., and the female of the dolichopodid Microphorites pouilloni Ngô-Muller & Nel, 2020. Both are described and illustrated. Alavesia myanmarensis sp. nov. is the first species of Alavesia from the mid-Cretaceous... |
The paper deals with conjoined subjects and verbal agreement resolution in Akebu and contributes to the typology of noun phrase coordination and agreement resolution in Niger-Congo. Akebu demonstrates both inclusory and compositional coordination with pronominal conjuncts, the former being typical for animate conjuncts... |
Among resistant nosocomial and community pathogens, MRSA has become the most serious pathogen, causing life threatening infections worldwide. In S.aureus, quick and exact recognition of methicillin (cefoxitin) resistance has become essential. The benchmark for MRSA identification among S.aureus is the detection of the ... |
An efficient tandem hydrosilylation of CO2, which uses a combination of a simple, homoleptic lanthanum aryloxide and B(C6F5)3, was performed. Use of a less sterically hindered silane led to an exclusive reduction of CO2 to CH4, with a turnover frequency of up to 6000 h-1 at room temperature. The catalytic system is rob... |
In post-genomic era, the understanding of protein function has been seriously behind the development of sequencing technology. Experimental verification for protein function is difficult, time consuming and expensive. Meanwhile, the new proteins vary in function. It is difficult for traditional methods to fully and acc... |
In July 2002 the southern hemisphere ascidian Corella eumyota was detected in the northern hemisphere for the first time, attached to floating docks in two harbours in north-western France: Perros-Guirec and Camaret-sur-Mer. Most individuals in the large clumps of tightly packed aggregations contained a clutch of brood... |
Object-oriented systems development (OOSD) is viewed by many as the best available solution to the ongoing "software crisis." However, some caution that OOSD is so complex that it may never become a mainstream methodology. To settle the controversy requires high-quality empirical evidence. This paper surveys the most r... |
Present work deals with the synthesis of magnetic Nickel-Cobalt spinel ferrite [Ni0.5Co0.5Fe2O4] nanoparticles using combustion method, and adsorption of different dyes using synthesized ferrite material. Synthesized ferrite material has been characterized by using FTIR spectroscopy. Nickel-Cobalt ferrite material has ... |
There are described different methods of usage of the standard.NET class Task for the creation of multithreaded applications in C#. For instance, to separate the thread which performs expensive calculations from the one, which supports the Windows application’s user interface. It is given an example of the usage of des... |
Platelet activation induced by monoclonal antibodies (mAB) was studied using three stimulatory mAB (all IgG(1)) against different platelet surface glycoproteins: VM58 against GPIV, LeoAl against PTA1, and FMC 56 against CD9. F(ab')(2) fragments of these antibodies failed to activate platelets themselves but blocked pla... |
SUMMARY About 1% of male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) express melanic (mottled-black) body coloration, which differs dramatically from the wild-type, silvery-gray coloration. Here, I report on the genetic inheritance pattern of melanic coloration, which indicates Y-linkage, and at least one autosomal modifier. Phe... |
Let G be a group and Autc(G) be the group of all central automorphisms of G. We know that in a finite p-group G, Autc(G) = Inn(G) if and only if Z(G) = G′ and Z(G) is cyclic. But we shown that we cannot extend this result for infinite groups. In fact, there exist finitely generated nilpotent groups of class 2 in which ... |
The number concentration and size-resolved properties of acidic ultrafine particles have been observed to more closely associate with adverse health effects than do indices of total particulate mass. However, no reliable measurement techniques are currently available to quantify the number concentration and the size di... |
Wireless transmission is affected by fading and interference effects which can be combated with equalizer.The use of MIMO system promises good improvement in terms of spectral efficency,link relaibility andSignal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The effect of fading and interference always causes an issue for signal recovery in w... |
We have previously reported that the addition of monocytes results in enhanced modulation of the T65 antigen when normal or leukemic lymphoid cells were cultured in vitro with the T101 monoclonal antibody. In the present investigation, we extend these findings to demonstrate that monocyte-enhanced modulation is a pheno... |
ABSTRACT This study examines the everyday positive identity of spiritual/religious lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+), Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). By enriching our knowledge about the positive developmental processes (e.g., strengths, resilience, protective factors) that multiply margin... |
Hand Gesture to Text Converter is emerging as a proliferated research area. The main aim is to bridge the communication gap between two such persons in order that the speech impaired person could convey the message easily and comfortably to a traditional one, who cannot understand the signing. This research paper shows... |
A novel kind of composite material is presented that contains two indicators incorporated into a single polymer matrix, thus allowing simultaneous determination of oxygen partial pressure and temperature. The temperature‐sensitive dye (ruthenium tris‐1,10‐phenanthroline) was chosen for its highly temperature‐dependent ... |
The terminations of the hemiazygos and accessory hemiazygos veins can be mistaken for normal or enlarged posterior mediastinal lymph nodes on CT scans of the chest. These terminations are termed the retroaortic anastomoses by anatomists. We studied the CT appearances of these veins on scans of one cadaver and seven pat... |
The present paper deals with the structure, occurrence and biological activity of ellagitannins. Ellagitannins belong to the class of hydrolysable tannins, they are esters of hexahydroxydiphenoic acid and monosaccharide (most commonly glucose). Ellagitannins are slowly hydrolysed in the digestive tract, releasing the e... |
The circular economy and digital transformation are two of the major trends over the last decade. Integrative methodological advances such as life cycle assessments, material flow analysis, and input-output tables are some of the current trends in circular economy case studies and scenarios. However, more efficient pro... |
AbstrAct Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have become very important in making stock market predictions. Much research on the applications of ANNs has proven their advantages over statistical and other methods. In order to identify the main benefits and limitations of previous methods in ANNs applications , a comparat... |
A D-band wideband E-shaped patch for antenna in package (AiP) application is demonstrated in this paper for the first time. Two open stubs are employed to simplify the fabrication process, adjust match and achieve interconnection with chip. Simulated and measured results show that the antenna exhibits about 6 dBi of ma... |
The ATLAS semiconductor tracker (SCT) together with the pixel and the transition radiation detectors form the tracking system of the ATLAS experiment at LHC. It consists of 20,000 single-sided silicon microstrip sensors assembled back-to-back into modules mounted on four concentric barrels and two end-cap detectors for... |
Within the familyGraphidaceae,Graphis is by far the largest genus, containing over 300 currently recognized species (Lücking 2009; Lücking et al. 2009; Barcenas Peña et al. 2014). The great majority of species grow on trees and the ascomata often develop below the bark, eventually bursting through in order to release t... |
Abstract Identification of wildlife species from indirect evidence can be an important part of wildlife management, and conventional methods can be expensive or have high error rates. We used chemical characterization of the volatile organic constituents (VOCs) in scat as a method to identify 5 species of North America... |
A set of predictive rules governing the likelihood of generating a particular peptide–major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II complex from an intact antigen has not been fully elucidated. We investigated the influence of positional and structural constraints in the region of the epitope by designing a set of re... |
High‐resolution pollen, plant macrofossil and sedimentary analyses from early Holocene lacustrine sediments on the Faroe Islands have detected a significant vegetation perturbation suggesting a rapid change in climate between ca. 10 380 cal. yr BP and the Saksunarvatn ash (10 240±60 cal. yr BP). This episode may be syn... |
Background |
Surveillance of HIV-1 resistance in treated patients with a detectable viral load (VL) is important to monitor, in order to assess the risk of spread of resistant viruses and to determine the proportion of patients who need new antiretroviral drugs with minimal cross-resistance. |
Methods |
The HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase (RT) and integrase genes were sequenced in plasma samples from 782 consecutive patients on failing antiretroviral regimens, seen in 37 specialized centres in 2014. The genotyping results were interpreted using the ANRS v24 algorithm. Prevalence rates were compared with those... |
Results |
The protease and RT sequences were obtained in 566 patients, and the integrase sequence in 382 patients. Sequencing was successful in 60%, 78%, 78% and 87% of patients with VLs of 51-200, 201-500, 501-1000 and >1000 copies/mL, respectively. Resistance to at least one antiretroviral drug was detected in 56.3% of samples... |
Conclusion |
In France in 2014, 90.0% of patients in AIDS care centres were receiving antiretroviral drugs and 12.0% of them had VLs >50 copies/mL. Therefore, this study suggests that 6.7% of treated patients in France might transmit resistant strains. Resistance testing may be warranted in all treated patients with VL > 50 copies/... |
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