siifolia) pollen were investigated by mass spectrometry (MS), 2D-PAGE and immunoblotting. Furthermore, Amb a 1 isoallergens were purified and IgE reactivity determined by immunoblotting and IgE inhibition. Results: 2D-PAGE and MS of ragweed extract proved the presence of all 5 known Amb a 1 isoallergens, of which Amb a 1.01 represents the dominant form. Additionally all other ragweed allergens ...

This paper develops a number of aspects of metadata-driven adaptation within the MPEG-21 framework that we consider are not clearly covered in the standard. Specifically, the paper introduces three complementary description tools that we have made use of and that we consider would fill certain gaps in the standard. Besides, this paper offers a group of architectural design patterns along with a...

Boolean notions of correctness are formalized by preorders on systems. Quantitative measures of correctness can be formalized by realvalued distance functions between systems, where the distance between implementation and specification provides a measure of “fit” or “desirability.” We extend the simulation preorder to the quantitative setting, by making each player of a simulation game pay a ce...

Basé sur un corpus journalistique, cet article analyse le regard que porte la presse québécoise référendum qui a eu lieu l’indépendance de l’Écosse en septembre 2014. Il révèle processus comparaison, s’accompagne d’un phénomène réappropriation et met évidence une sorte cause commune unit mouvement souverainiste québécois son homologue écossais, marquant point culminant dans cette affinité.

The genome of the Choristoneura occidentalis granulovirus (ChocGV) isolated from the western spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis, was sequenced completely. It was 104,710 bp long, with a 67.3% A+T content and contained 116 potential open reading frames (ORFs) covering 88.4% of the genome. Of these, 29 ORFs were conserved in all fully sequenced baculovirus genomes, 30 were GV-specific, 53...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) accounts for 80% of all non-melanoma skin cancer [1]. Advanced disease is infrequently seen, but when present can be a surgical challenge or even life threatening. Recent studies show that mutations in the hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway are associated with the majority of BCC. Hedgehog protein binds to patched homologue 1 (PTCH1) transmembrane receptor, which prevent...

AIMS MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level by either degradation or translational repression of a target mRNA. Encoded in the genome of most eukaryotes, miRNAs have been proposed to regulate specifically up to 90% of human genes through a process known as miRNA-guided RNA silencing. For the first time, we sought to test how ...