We have determined the metallicity of the zabs = 1.0093 damped Lyman α system in the bright QSO EX 0302−223; this is only the third such measurement at redshifts z < ∼ 1 . Unlike the previous two cases, we find that the abundance of Zn is only a factor of ∼ 2 lower than in the Galactic interstellar medium today and is entirely compatible with the typical metallicity of stars in the Milky Way di...

This paper presents a method to improve the robustness of automated correspondences while also increasing the total amount of measured points and improving the point distribution. This is achieved by incorporating a tiling technique into existing automated interest point extraction and matching algorithms. The technique allows memory intensive interest point extractors like SIFT to use large im...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there are genetic differences between female and male patients with familial rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS 45 men and 119 women from 78 families with RA who all had at least one first degree relative with RA were compared. HLA-DRB1 alleles were analysed, including DRB1*04 subtypes and associations of DRB1*04 haplotypes with DQB1*0301 or DQB1*0302 alleles, t...

Introduction Celiac disease (CD) is an auto-immune enteropathy that occurs in genetically pre-disposed people as a result of the consumption of gluten-containing foods. Aim To identify the incidence of HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 observed in children with CD. Material and methods In this study, we focused on children ranging in age from 2 to 18 years and diagnosed with celiac disease. In our patien...

In diseases with a strong association with an HLA haplotype, identification of relevant T cell epitopes may allow alteration of the pathologic process. In this report we use a reverse immunogenetic approach to predict possible HLA class II-restricted T cell epitopes by using complete pool sequencing data. Data from HLA-DR2(B1*1501), -DR3(B1*0301), -DQ2(A1*0501, B1*0201), and -DQ8(A1*0301, B1*03...

This paper presents a systematic solution to the persistent problem of buffer overflow attacks. Buffer overflow attacks gained notoriety in 1988 as part of the Morris Worm incident on the Internet. While it is fairly simple to fix individual buffer overflow vulnerabilities, buffer overflow attacks continue to this day. Hundreds of attacks have been discovered, and while most of the obvious vuln...

background: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most common chronic inflammatory erosive joint disease with the worldwide distribution of approximately 0.5-1%. molecular methods can be very sensitive in the early stage diagnosis of the disease and therefore prevention the late complications and disabilities. etiology of ra, an autoimmune disease, is not exactly known but immunologic and genetic fa...

Autoimmune Blistering diseases such as Bullous Pemphigoid (BP) and Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV) are complex, multifactorial, polygenic diseases, whose exact pathogenesis difficult to pinpoint. Research aimed at elucidating the associated epidemiologic risk factors of these two has been hampered by their rare disease status. Further, a lack centralization standardization available data makes practica...

ABSTRAK Terumbu karang merupakan suatu ekosistem laut yang paling komplek dan penting, karena menjadi sumber kehidupan bagi biota laut. Ikan salah satu kelompok hewan berasosiasi dengan terumbu  karang. pengambilan data dilakukan pada tanggal 28-30 November 2018 di Perairan Pulau Noko Selayar Kabupaten Gresik. Metode digunakan UVS (Underwater visual sensus) kelimpahan ikan, LIT (Line Intersept ...