Artistic representations of the cosmic contraction and expansion phases branch-cut universe evolution scenarios. On left figure, evolves from negative to positive values imaginary cosmological time ti, circumventing continuously branch-cut; no primordial singularity occurs, only branch points. right point disappear after “realisation” by means a Wick rotation, which is replaced here real contin...

This study aims to investigate associations between observed clinical parameters and known genetic risk factors of psoriasis in a well-defined prospective cohort of paediatric patients with plaque psoriasis (n = 151). Significant associations were found for paediatric-onset psoriasis with ERAP1 (p = 0.002), IL23R (p = 0.01), LCE3C_LCE3B-del (p = 0.00049) and HLA-C*06 (p = 3.15 × 10(-30)). Psori...

Correspondência: Neusa Forti • InCor Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 44 – 05403-904 – São Paulo, SP E-mail: [email protected] Artigo recebido em 13/02/06; artigo revisado recebido em 10/05/06; aceito em 22/06/06. Concentrações sanguíneas altas de lipoproteínas de baixa densidade (LDL) e baixas de lipoproteínas de alta densidade (HDL) constituem fatores primordiais para o desenvolvimento de ...

Echinacea has been in the news lately, due to a series of studies that found it to be ineffective in protecting against respiratory tract infections such as coughs and colds (Grimm & Muller ’99, Barrett et al ’02, Kreutzfeld ’06). These were all randomised, double blind trials with reasonable numbers of trial subjects, so they cannot be lightly dismissed. In addition to these negative findings,...

Recibido: 06-06-12 Aprobado: 13-06-12 Figura 1. Actividades desarrolladas en áreas rurales y periurbanas de la ciudad de Iquitos. A) Descarga de madera transportada en botes rústicos (peque-peque); B) Casas flotantes a orillas de los ríos. La leptospirosis es una enfermedad zoonótica de importancia global causada por especies patógenas de Leptospira sp. Se presenta en áreas rurales y urbanas, p...

D. Mella-Flores, S. Mazard, F. Humily, F. Partensky, F. Mahé, L. Bariat, C. Courties, D. Marie, J. Ras, R. Mauriac, C. Jeanthon, E. M. Bendif, M. Ostrowski, D. J. Scanlan, and L. Garczarek CNRS/INSU, Observatoire Océanologique de Roscoff, UMR 7144, Groupe Plancton Océanique, 29680 Roscoff, France UPMC-Université Paris 06, Station Biologique, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France School ...

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