Abstract Photorhabdus luminescens is an enteric bacterium with two faces: on the one hand these bacteria live in symbiosis soil nematodes, other they are highly pathogenic for insects. The population also phenotypically heterogeneous: part lives symbiotically interacts plants. Cell-cell communication, inter-kingdom signaling, and gene regulation processes behind complex decision of being friend...

A nonempty closed convex polyhedron X can be represented either as X = {x: Ax < b}, where (A, b) are given, in which case X is called an H-cell, or in the form X= {x: x = UA + V , A1, A 0, z 0}, where (U, V) are given, in which case X is called a W-cell. This note discusses the computational complexity of certain set containment problems. The problems of determining if X e Y, where (i) X is an ...

Previous passive antibody transfer experiments have indicated that immunity to a 46-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein (M-2) of Leishmania amazonensis may protect against infection with this parasite. In the studies described in this paper, we investigated the ability of the purified M-2 molecule to elicit a protective immune response in conjunction with Freund incomplete and complete adjuvants, ...

It is shown that the canonical quantization of free massive Kalb-Ramond and Curtright-Freund Lagrangians leads to same theory obtained from Proca Klein-Gordon Lagrangians. The duality in presence interaction explored context Feynman rules beyond. pointed out equivalence between dual models without gauge symmetry rooted an ambiguity coordinate choices.

Introduction: Apoptosis dysregulation plays a substantial role in the pathophysiology of chronic inflammation and its related symptoms such as edema. Regulation of NF-ĸB activation is involved in apoptosis pattern change. The current study aimed at verifying the effects of local inflammation on edema and changes in apoptotic markers, and investigating the possible role of NF-ĸB in apoptosis pat...