OBJECTIVES High prevalence rates of celiac disease in patients with Down syndrome have been reported in several countries. However, in Brazil there is no data regarding this association. In this study we report the prevalence of celiac disease in Down syndrome children and adolescents from southern Brazil. METHODS Seventy-one patients (32 female and 39 male, 2-18 years) from Curitiba, Brazil,...

The increasing prevalence of celiac disease (CD), especially in adults, its atypical clinical presentation, and the strict, lifelong adherence to gluten-free diet (GFD) as the only option for healthy state create an imperative need for noninvasive methods that can effectively diagnose CD and monitor GFD. Aim. Evaluation of anti-endomysium (EmA) and anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA (tTG-A) antib...

Erythrocyte-stage Babesia equi expresses a 34-kDa immunodominant antigen recognized by antibody from persistently infected horses worldwide. This erythrocyte-stage surface protein, equi merozoite antigen-1 (EMA-1) is encoded by a single copy gene, and was previously shown to share 33% amino acid identity with similar sized proteins of Theileria sergenti and T. buffeli. A mean homology of 31% am...

Moving towards the more electric aircraft (MEA), a hybrid actuator configuration provides an opportunity to introduce electromechanical actuator (EMA) into primary flight control. In the hybrid actuation system (HAS), an electro-hydraulic servo actuator (EHSA) and an EMA operate on the same control surface. In order to solve force fighting problem in HAS, this paper proposes a novel linear exte...

A growing body of research in clinical psychology is now relying on Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). EMA is fitted to investigate fluctuating processes and as such, it is of particular interest in a clinical context in which patients are often characterized by fluctuating behaviors and affective states or symptoms. EMA typically involves frequent self-evaluations over long periods, which ...

The hypothesis was tested that mechanical loading, induced by hindlimb suspension and subsequent reloading, affects expression of the basement membrane components tenascin-C and fibronectin in the belly portion of rat soleus muscle. One day of reloading, but not the previous 14 days of hindlimb suspension, led to ectopic accumulation of tenascin-C and an increase of fibronectin in the endomysiu...

Background and Objective: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are two common tumors of the skin. In some cases, distinction between BCC and SCC can be difficult. This study aimed to clarify this uncertainty through immunohistochemical analysis. In this respect, epithelial membran...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to investigate the occurrence of gastrointestinal (GI) and extraintestinal symptoms in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) and Down syndrome (DS) and their association with specific antibodies and histopathology of celiac disease (CelD), representing its clinical forms in the iceberg. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study ...

E suggests a linkage between different environmental agents and the development of celiac disease—an immune-mediated disorder—in those with a specific genetic predisposition (HLADQ2, HLA-DQ8) who exposed to gluten—a major storage protein in wheat and other grains. Infections, particularly viral agents, have been hypothesized to induce or exacerbate immune-mediated disorders, possibly through a ...

Two types of side-channel attack (SCA)— electromagnetic analysis (EMA) and correlation power analysis (CPA)—are conducted on the latest 28-nm field-programmable gate array (FPGA) device. SCA exploits leakage of physical information, such as power consumption or electromagnetic (EM) radiation, from a cryptographic device to extract that device’s secret key. Owing to remarkable advances in large-...