Asexual reproduction is one of the most important traits in the evolutionary history of corals. No real-time observations of asexual reproduction in azooxanthellate solitary scleractinian corals have been conducted to date. Here, we describe previously unknown aspects of asexual reproduction by using Truncatoflabellum spheniscus (Family Flabellidae) based on observations of transverse division ...

BACKGROUND Use of self-administered vaginal swabs (SAS) for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by nucleic acid amplification tests simplifies specimen collection and transport, especially for women in nonclinical settings. GOAL We investigated the preference and comfort level of military women for the collection of SAS, compared with urine, for the diagnosis of genital chlamydial infectio...

Data logics are logical formalisms that are used to specify properties on structures equipped with data (data words, data trees, runs from counter systems, timed words, etc.). In this survey talk, we shall see how satisfiability problems for such data logics are related to reachability problems for counter systems (including counter automata with errors, vector addition systems with states, etc...

Electrocardiographic alternans, consisting of P-wave alternans (PWA), QRS-complex (QRSA) and T-wave (TWA), is an index cardiac risk. However, only automated TWA measurement methods have been proposed so far. Here, we presented the enhanced adaptive matched filter (EAMF) method tested its reliability in both simulated experimental conditions. Our methodological novelty consists introduction a si...