S. Raghu,1 A. Paramekanti,2 E A. Kim,3 R. A. Borzi,4,5 S. A. Grigera,4,6 A. P. Mackenzie,4 and S. A. Kivelson1 1Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA 2Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S1A7 3Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA 4Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics...

The possibility of concomitant immunity and its potential mechanisms in Onchocerca volvulus infection were examined by analyzing cytokine and antibody responses to infective larval (third-stage larvae [L3] and molting L3 [mL3]), adult female worm (F-OvAg), and skin microfilaria (Smf) antigens in infected individuals in a region of hyperendemicity in Cameroon as a function of age. Peripheral blo...

In these lectures we present a general introduction to topological quantum field theories. These theories are discussed in the framework of the Mathai-Quillen formalism and in the context of twisted N = 2 supersymmetric theories. We discuss in detail the recent developments in Donaldson-Witten theory obtained from the application of results based on duality for N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills t...

BACKGROUND Serum lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of α-fetoprotein (AFP-L3%) has been widely used for HCC diagnosis and follow-up surveillance as tumor serologic marker. However, the prognostic value of high pre-treatment serum AFP-L3% in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. We therefore conduct a meta-analysis to assess the relationship between high pr...

Abstract The current study explores how multilingual speakers with three typologically different languages (satellite-framed, verb-framed and equipollent-framed) encode gauge event similarity in the domain of caused motion. Specifically, it addresses whether, to what extent, acquisition an L2-English L3-Japanese reconstructs lexicalization conceptualization patterns established L1-Cantonese whe...

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The effects of larval stages of Ascaris lumbricoides on human blood clotting was studied in vitro. Extracts and excretory/secretory products of third-stage larvae (L3) and late third-stage larvae (LL3) cultured from ova obtained from infected patients were analysed for anti-coagulant activity. Prothrombin time (PT) was prolonged by the addition of either whole extract of L3/LL3 or ES products o...

Infective stage larvae (L3) of Loa loa and Brugia malayi upon in vitro incubation with normal human serum activated the alternative complement pathway. C3 conversion products were detected on larval cuticles by eosinophil adherence and by immunofluorescence with C3c antiserum. No evidence for cuticle binding of IgG, IgA, IgM, Clq, or C4 was found by immunofluorescence. L3-induced C3 activation ...

The slowly activating delayed rectifier K+ current, IKs, is an important modulator of cardiac action potential repolarization. Here, we describe a novel benzodiazepine, [L-364,373 [(3-R)-1, 3-dihydro-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-3-(1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)-1-methyl-2H- 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one] (R-L3), that activates IKs and shortens action potentials in guinea pig cardiac myocytes. These effects were additiv...