'Acro-renal syndrome' refers to co-occurrence of congenital renal and limb anomalies. The term acro-renal syndrome was coined by Curran et al. in 1972 though Dieker and Opitz were the first to report this phenomenon in three male patients in 1969. The common limb defects include oligodactyly, ectrodactyly, syndactyly or brachydactyly anomalies of the carpal and tarsal bones and the common renal...

This paper shows that in a private value setting in which one bidder may at any time reÞne her assessment of her valuation at some positive cost, the ascending price auction induces higher expected welfare than the sealed-bid second price auction does. When the number of bidders is above a threshold, it generates higher revenue as well. In the ascending price auction, a key feature of equilibri...

OBJECTIVES Pelvic floor prolapse is a frequent condition in the woman, which in addition to anatomical alterations, may cause lower urinary tract dysfunction. We intend to verify the alterations of the micturation phase in patients with pelvic prolapse. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional cut off study was performed in a series of 102 women, mean age 66.8 years (standard deviation 9.6 year...

Transcription of the fbp1 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, encoding fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, is glucose repressible. We have constructed two hybrid genes, containing the fbp1 promoter, that allow selection for mutations that alter transcriptional regulation of fbp1. Strains carrying fbp1-ura4 and fbp1-lacZ fusions are phenotypically Ura-, resistant to 5-fluoro-orotic acid, and express a l...

An integrative transformation system was established for an asporogenous methylotrophic yeast, Candida boidinii. This system uses a uracil auxotrophic mutant of C. boidinii as the host strain in combination with its URA3 gene as the selectable marker. First, the C. boidinii URA3 gene coding for orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase (ODCase) was cloned by using complementation of the pyrF mutatio...

We model bargaining situations in which parties have the option to terminate the negotiation, resulting in a termination outcome that depends on the offers made in the negotiation phase. The key features of the model are that 1) making a concession in the negotiation phase increases the other party’s termination option payoff and 2) the termination outcome induces an efficiency loss as compared...

Bethe approximation is shown to violate Bravais lattices translational invariance. A new scheme is then presented which goes over the one-site Weiss model yet preserving initial lattice symmetry. A mapping to a one-dimensional finite closed chain in an external field is obtained. Lattice topology determines the chain size. Using recent results in percolation, lattice connectivity between chains...

Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U980, Necker Branch, 75015 Paris, France, EU; University Paris Descartes, Necker Medical School, 75015 Paris, France, EU; 3 Institut Pasteur, Unit of Structural and Cellular Biochemistry, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Recherche Associée, URA 218...