Persistent infections are subject to constant surveillance by CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (CTL). Their control should therefore depend on MHC class I-restricted epitope presentation. Many epitopes are described for γ-herpesviruses and form a basis for prospective immunotherapies and vaccines. However the quantitative requirements of in vivo immune control for epitope presentation and recognition rem...

This paper describes the architecture and implementation of MIKE a version of the IK distributed persistent object oriented programming platform built on top of the Mach microkernel MIKE s primary goal is to o er a single object oriented programming paradigm for writing distributed applications In MIKE an application programmer can use C almost as he would in a non distributed system The platfo...

A persistent system is a system in which data structures and data itself persist through executions of any process, as shown in reference 1. Under an object-oriented paradigm, the entities we need to make persistent are classes and objects, as explained in reference 2, and even compiled functions in some systems such as Barbados. A class is probably going to be changed many times along the soft...

introduction: submucoperichondrial injection of botulinum neurotoxin a (bta) in the nasal septum is a promising therapeutic option in the treatment of persistent allergic rhinitis (ar) and non-allergic rhinitis, and is safer and more effective than intraturbinate injection in reducing clinical symptoms.   materials and methods: forty patients diagnosed with persistent ar or non-allergic rhiniti...

background having a patient in a vegetative state in the family is a complicated and stressful experience. caring for such patients with complete disability at home is very challenging. objectives the present study aimed to explore the outcomes of caring for patients in a vegetative state for families and caregivers at home. patients and methods in this qualitative study, 16 vegetative patients...

Stochastic particle-like persistent structures are found in the class 3 elementary cellular automaton rule number 146. These particles arise as boundaries separating regions with black cells occupying sites at spacetime points Hx, tL of constant parity x⊕ t. The particles execute random walks and annihilate in pairs, with particle density decaying with time in a power-law fashion. It is shown t...

Many of today's agricultural landscapes once held vast amounts of wetland habitat for waterbirds and other wildlife. Successful restoration of these landscapes relies on access to accurate maps of the wetlands that remain. We used C-band (5.6-cm-wavelength), HH-polarized radar remote sensing (RADARSAT) at a 38 degree incidence angle (8-m resolution) to map the distribution of winter shorebird (...