SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder of unknown aetiology which can present with myriad clinical presentation. The neurological manifestations of SLE consist of central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system manifestations (PNS). The CNS manifestations are aseptic meningitis, cerebrovascular accidents (stroke), demyelinating disorders, headache, in...

We analyze the operations that form the conceptual foundation of traditional database: the determination and matching of the meaning of a record of data. With a careful definition of the “meaning” of a piece of data, we show that matching can be naturally defined. We then analyze whether a similar concept can be applied to image databases. We argue that several concepts, that led to image datab...

Mitochondria have their own genetic system – a vestigial genome originating from an endosymbiotic a-proteobacterial ancestor. The genetic function of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is well-conserved, being involved in a maximum of five mitochondrial processes: invariantly in respiration and/or oxidative phosphorylation and translation, and also in transcription, RNA maturation and protein import. Re...

My first encounter with David Wiggins’ thought occurred a few weeks before I took my undergraduate final examinations in Oxford 1971. In Blackwell's Bookshop came across slim blue volume Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity . purchased it read cover-to-cover the same day. It was immediately clear that this contemporary writing different league from anything had previously on topic.