Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira. The whole-genome sequence of L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni together with bioinformatics tools represent a great opportunity to search for novel antigen candidates that could be used as subunit vaccine against leptospirosis. We focused on six genes encoding for conserved hypothetical proteins predicted to be exported to ...

Intracellular delivery of functional macromolecules using peptide transduction domains (PTDs) is an exciting technology with both experimental and therapeutic applications. Recent data indicate that PTD-mediated transduction occurs via fluid-phase macropinocytosis involving an intracellular pH drop to approximately 5. Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)-coordinated metals avidly bind hexahistidine-tagg...

The anti-Semitism of the 1920s affected status Jewish Americans as equal citizens in United States. This paper examines immigrant’s journey from their ethnic habitus to Americanization Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers (1925/1999) and Ludwig Lewisohn’s Island Within (1928) that were published amidst rising tensions Anti-Semitism. Yezierska Lewisohn demonstrate how these two characters shape identi...

INTRODUCTION Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B, a rare autosomal dominant syndrome, is characterized by early onset of medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, marfanoid habitus and mucosal neuromas of the tongue, lips, inner cheeks and inner eyelids. Gangliomatosis of the gastrointestinal tract and its complications may also occur in patients with this disease. CASE PRESENTATION We prese...

ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE HABITUS OF THE EMERGENCY PHYSICIANby RENADY HIGHTOWERDECEMBER 2010 Advisor: Dr. Andrea P. SankarMajor: AnthropologyDegree: Doctor of Philosophy This hospital ethnography focused on the relationship between culture andemergency physician habitus. The habitus of these physicians was defined as thoseroutine, patterned forms of behaviors and practices ...

The theme of human action has undoubtedly been one of the central areas of investigation and debate within the sociological arena during the latter part of the 20 century. Among the ‘amalgamation of theories and theorists’ who have presented their accounts of human agency, two academics –and their ideashave monopolised most of the attention: Tony Giddens and his ‘Theory of Structuration’ and Pi...

In general, estimates of uncertainties in measured values give an idea of the quality of the measurement. However with environmental noise measurements this is not necessarily the case since the variables affecting the measured levels can often not be controlled. Consequently an appreciation of the uncertainties in results lead rather to a better understanding of the measurement and its potenti...