Availability of snake genome sequences has opened up exciting areas of research on comparative genomics and gene diversity. One of the challenges in studying snake genomes is the acquisition of biological material from live animals, especially from the venomous ones. Additionally, in certain countries, Government permission is required to handle live snakes, making the process cumbersome and ti...

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a primary hypogammaglobulinemia. It is associatedwith autoimmunephenomena, such as cytopenia, Sjögren syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis. There have been a number of reported cases of autoimmune disorders that involve the retina in association with CVID. Birdshot retinochoroidopathy is a rare, chronic disorder that typically occurs in ...

This study was prompted by the previous finding of amino-aciduria (Choremis, Zannos, and Basti, 1957) and qualitative and quantitative changes of serum proteins in thalassaemia and sickle-cell anaemia (Allamanis, 1955; Afentaki, 1949; Minnich, Na-Nakorn, Chongchareonsuk, and Kochaseni, 1954). The electrophoretic pattern shows a fall in albumin, a moderate fall in the a, a29 and I globulin fract...

This research was carried out for evaluating phenotypic diversity and traits correlation in 60 almond genotypes and cultivars in nursery conditions. After preparation land and the bitter seeds of Shahroud22 genotype as seedling rootstocks planted in the autumn 2005. After the seed germination in the spring of the next year, the results of recorded data in 3rd may of 2006 showed that the planted...

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: International Medical Center of Japan, Toyama 1-21-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan. Fax: +81-3-3202-7181, E-mail: [email protected] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens in healthcare facilities. Epidemiological analysis is therefore indispensable for assessing infection control mea...

A29-year-old man wearing a skydiving jumpsuit was transported by private vehicle to our emergency department from the drop zone of a local airport. He was able to walk to the front desk, where he complained of dizziness, headache, and nausea. The man was neurologically intact and had a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15. Vital signs were as follows: blood pressure, 151/76 mm Hg; respiratory rate, 2...

This paper explores the importance of accountability to data protection, and how it can be built into the Internet of Things (IoT). The need to build accountability into the IoT is motivated by the opaque nature of distributed data flows, inadequate consent mechanisms, and lack of interfaces enabling end-user control over the behaviours of internet-enabled devices. The lack of accountability pr...

Polymorphic variation of immune system proteins can drive variability individual responses. Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) generates antigenic peptides for presentation by major histocompatibility complex class I molecules. Coding SNPs in ERAP1 have been associated with predisposition to inflammatory rheumatic disease and shown affect functional properties the enzyme, but interp...