objective: familial mediterranean fever (fmf) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent febrile attacks accompanied by serosal and synovial membrane inflammation. fmf is caused by mutations in the mefv gene and are found usually among mediterranean populations, armenians, turks, arabs and jews. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of mefv gene mutations among...

Zusammenfassung/Résumé ______________________ 1 1 Preface __________________________________________ 2 2 Introduction ______________________________________ 3 2.1 Methodological Challenges 3 2.2 Gender Difference in the Formation of Identities: Some Findings 4 2.3 Key Findings in Research on Gender Perspectives on SALW 5 2.4 Key Policy Recommendations Related to Gender Perspectives on SALW 6 3 ...

Industrial robot – manipulator is an irreplaceable device capable to execute the task of accurate and repeatable positioning of its end effector. In order to achieve this goal system rigidity is very important as well as installed power, capable for fast and reliable manipulation of both: its own weight and payload. Light weight arms, on the other hand, have very complex task. Ratio between sel...

The increasing share of light trucks in the USA has been characterized as an ‘arms race’ where individual purchases of light trucks for better self-protection nevertheless worsen traffic safety for society. This paper investigates the interrelation between traffic safety and vehicle choice by quantifying the effects of the arms race on vehicle demand, producer performance, and traffic safety. T...

Moment arms represent a muscle's ability to generate a moment about a joint for a given muscle force. The goal of this study was to develop a method to measure muscle moment arms in vivo over a large range of motion using real-time magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Rectus femoris muscle-tendon lengths and knee joint angles of healthy subjects (N = 4) were measured during dynamic knee joint flexi...

background and objectives: jak2 is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase that plays a major role in myeloid disorders. jak2v617f mutation is characterized by a g to t transverse at nucleotide 1849 in exon 12 of the jak2 gene, located on the chromosome 9p, leading to a substitution of valine to phenylalanine at amino acid position 617 in the jak2 protein. in this study we compared two molecular methods ...

background myeloproliferative disorders are a group of diseases characterized by increased proliferation of myeloid lineage. in addition to jak2v617f mutation, several mutations in the c-mpl gene were described in patients with philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative disorders that could be important in the pathogenesis of diseases. the aim of present study was to investigate the frequ...

this article studies harmful effects of various forms of illegal trade and illegitimate use of small arms and light weapons on the human life. the authors continue to present a definition of small arms and light weapons and then scrutinize the different types of their illicit trade and various aspects of their impact on armed conflicts, living conditions of women and children, refugees, humanit...