West Nile (WNV), dengue (DENV) and yellow fever (YFV) viruses are (re)emerging, mosquito-borne flaviviruses that cause human disease and mortality worldwide. Alterations in mosquito gene expression common and unique to individual flaviviral infections are poorly understood. Here, we present a microarray analysis of the Aedes aegypti transcriptome over time during infection with DENV, WNV or YFV...

Associative memory for auditory-cued events involves specific plasticity in the primary auditory cortex (A1) that facilitates responses to tones which gain behavioral significance, by modifying representational parameters of sensory coding. Learning strategy, rather than the amount or content of learning, can determine this learning-induced cortical (high order) associative representational pla...

This study presents a fast and exact computational method for crack propagation which is based on the extended finite element method (X-FEM). It is well known that the X-FEM has been developed to be an important numerical method for crack propagation. However, there are still some limitations on the computational cost due to the requirements of very refined meshes and very small iteration step ...

The basement membranes sur rounding the Schwann cells of per ipheral myel inated nerve fibers form un in te r rup ted tubes ensheathing the fibers, being continuous across the nodes of Ranvie r (9, 20). Dur ing Wal ler ian degenerat ion, the basement membranes persist and within the spaces enclosed by them (the " S c h w a n n tubes") the Schwann cells proliferate concurrent ly with the removal...

Gravity prospecting (gravimetry) is one of the geophysical methods for studying upper part Earth crust. To study spatial position Ardon deep fault, studies on gravitational field gradient change have been carried out. A site along road Arkhonskaya - Dur-Dur was chosen as a profile. According to obtained results, greatest deviation from average value observed section 18th 36th kilometer. At same...

BACKGROUND Anesthetics are variable in patients with obstructive jaundice. The minimum alveolar concentration awake of desflurane is reduced in patients with obstructive jaundice, while it has no effect on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of propofol. In this study, we investigated the influence of obstructive jaundice on the pharmacodynamics and blood concentration of rocuronium. METHOD...

A new concep t in the fo rm of a mobi le sc reen (0 .5 x 0 .4 m) produc ing u l t ra -c lean exponent ia l LAF (a i r f low cent ra l zone 0 .6 m/s and pe r iphera l zone 0 .4 m/s) was inves t iga ted as an addi t ion to convent iona l turbulent /mix ing opera t ing room vent i l a t ion . The evalua t ion was per formed dur ing s t r ic t ly s tandard ised sham opera t ions re f lec t ing cond...

Cet article prŽsente une Žtude de la dynamique dÕun rŽservoir biphasique multiconstituant approchant le rŽgime dՎcoulement stationnaire. En premier lieu, nous procŽdons ˆ une approximation linŽaire du modle compositionnel dans le cas des petites fluctuations autour du rŽgime permanent. Une expression analytique est ainsi obtenue pour le temps caractŽristique de transition. Des simulations num...

T h e third c o m p o n e n t of complemen t (C) ~ has a central role in the activation of both the classical and al ternat ive pathways. C3 also has a variety o f di f ferent functions that are expressed e i ther a f ter C3 activation or dur ing the normal b reakdown o f the molecule. These functions of C3 are dependen t upon the exposure within C3 o f binding sites for o ther se rum proteins ...