The unusual yellow-finned morph of European perch Perca fluviatilis found in Lake Constance suffers more severely from macroparasite infections, including the tapeworm Triaenophorus nodulosus and the gill worm Ancyrocephalus percae, than conspecifics elsewhere. Microsatellite analysis of yellow-finned P. fluviatilis and red-finned variant recently discovered in Lake Constance revealed significa...

This follow up study aims to refine the roles of previously suggested candidate genes (CC chemokine ligands or CCLs) in multiple sclerosis (MS), and to test these markers in another autoimmune disorder, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). After stringent correction for multiple testing, we reject the importance of previously suggested borderline associations with CCLs in MS. A new finding is th...

I provide a test of narrow framing to explain why individuals turn down small positive expected value lotteries. Participants in a large survey have been asked whether they would accept a small lottery of winning 180 euros with probability of 1/2 or losing 100 euros with the same probability. To half of the sample, randomly selected, the lottery question was asked at the beginning of the interv...

one of the common problems in reflection seismic records in the land is the existence of surface waves with high amplitude and low frequency which cause the most important parts of reflective signals to be masked. therefore, it is necessary to attenuate them by processing and acquisition methods. as it is impossible to attenuate the surface waves completely, and sometimes it is likely to damage...

We experimentally demonstrate that tomographic measurements can be performed for states of qubits before they are prepared. A variant the quantum teleportation protocol is used as a channel between two instants in time, allowing polarization photons to implemented 88 ns created. Measurement data taken at early time and later unscrambled according results protocol’s Bell measurements, produces d...

A new natural IND-type metallo-beta-lactamase variant, IND-5, was identified in a clinical isolate of Chryseobacterium indologenes. IND-5 shared 92.8% and 92.4% amino acid homology with IND-1 and IND-3, respectively. Purified enzyme (pI = 8.8, M(r) = 25,000) was able to hydrolyze penicillins, some narrow- and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, and carbapenems but not monobactams.

BACKGROUND To discuss the role of Liver 3D printing in the treatment of complex massive hepatocarcinoma with rare variations of portal vein. METHODS Data of enhanced computed tomography (CT) were imported into the medical image three-dimensional visualization system (MI-3DVS) to create Standard Template Library (STL) files, which were read by 3D printer to construct life-size 3D physical live...