Abstract Many works of art throughout the centuries have not only garnered intrigue, but also debate among physicians relating to a possible medical diagnosis depicted by artist. Representation both anatomy and disease with use votive offerings forms grotesque is well recognized. Such work was particularly prevalent in pieces produced during Hellenistic Age includes statuettes, anatomical repli...

in conjunction with our results, demonstrate that in certain H. pylori strains, CagA plays an essential role in the activation of NF-κB. We acknowledge in our article that CagA may not be the only component that H. pylori uses to activate inflammation. Compelling evidence exists that under some circumstances other H. pylori factors can induce an inflammatory response. For example, CagA clearly ...

This study represents a joint pilot project between archaeological and natural sciences, aimed at exploring the technology and provenance of gold artefacts, exemplified for the case of Georgia. It is focussed on the prehistoric gold mine of Sakdrisi. The study included the investigation of both Bronze Age gold artefacts and native gold by chemical and lead isotope analyses using ICP-mass spectr...

Mining plays a very important role in the history of man. From the very beginning man's development has been accompanied by the extraction, processing and utilization of mineral substances. In the past, mining often exerted influence on economic, social, legal and cultural structures within society. The technological aspect must be emphasized as well, for the technical achievements in mining an...

This talk presents an overview of our work on databases in DNA performed over the past four years, joint with my student Joris Gillis and postdoc Robert Brijder. Our goal is to better understand, at a theoretical level, the database aspects of DNA computing. The talk will be self-contained and will begin with an introduction to DNA computing. We then introduce a graph-based data model of so-cal...