Edwardsiella tarda, a bacterial pathogen to farmed fish as well as humans, possesses the genes of two lysozyme inhibitors, ivy and mliC (ivy(Et) and mliC(Et)). We recently studied IvyEt and found it to be implicated in E. tarda virulence. In the present study, we characterized MliC(Et) in comparison with Ivy(Et) in a turbot model. MliC(Et) contains the FWSKG motif and two cysteines (C33 and C98...

This paper deals with certain psychic automatisms that appear suddenly in the consciousness of the subject in a passive or automatic way and that usually are diagnosed as psychiatric symptoms or manifestations of an epileptic partial seizure. These mental automatisms are described in many writings by mystics, philosophers, literates, composers, and many different great artists and creators from...

This paper deals with certain psychic automatisms that are usually diagnosed as psychiatric symptoms or as simple partial seizures. These mental automatisms are described in many writings by mystics, philosophers, literates, composers, and many different great artists and creators from human history, but they have never conferred any pathological value on these experiences. We have carried out ...

As previous years, Dip 5 will continue with the redefinition of what was formerly known as public space, trying to reactivate the physical realm of the common, nowadays kidnapped by economic and political agents. The origin of the word paradise gets back to ancient Persia, and to the Avestian term pairi-daêza, composed by pairi, "around" and diz "to construct", literally enclosed space, that wa...

Reduced placental growth factor (PLGF) during pregnancy is known to be a reason for developing preeclampsia (PE) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Recently, it has been shown that reduced PLGF may induce GDM through suppressing beta-cell mass growth in a PI3k/Akt signalling-dependent manner. Here, we dissected the interaction between beta-cel...

Antiproliferative protein (APP) isolated from conditioned media of two androgen-independent prostatic carcinoma cell lines, PC3 and Du-145 was shown to inhibit selectively cell proliferation of androgen-dependent prostate cancer cell line LNCaP in a dose dependent manner. This protein was further purified with HPLC using hydrophobic interaction column (phenyl 5PW) and was used to study the modu...

Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs) have been applied in modeling and solving many multiagent coordination problems, such as meeting scheduling, sensor networks and traffic control. Several distributed algorithms for optimal DCOP solving have been proposed: ADOPT [Modi et al., 2005], DPOP [Petcu and Faltings, 2005], BnB-ADOPT [Yeoh et al., 2010]. BnB-ADOPT-AC and BnB-ADOPTFDAC ...

ayurveda, the indian art of holistic medicine describes fasting in terms of upavasa and considers it as one among the depletion therapies.   besides the extensive explanations on the preventive purports of fasting, the classics have explicitly explained and exemplified the therapeutic importance of fasting while treating different diseases and dealing with different stages of the diseases. feve...