We investigated a focus of highly endemic Echinococcus multilocularis infection to assess persistence of high endemicity in rural rodents, explore potential for parasite transmission to domestic carnivores, and assess (serologically) putative exposure versus infection frequency in inhabitants of the region. From spring 1993 to spring 1998, the prevalence of E. multilocularis in rodents was 9% t...

Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae) were examined in surface-sediment samples collected 2015 from throughout Harvey Lake, New Brunswick, Canada to assess whether the passage of Post-Tropical Storm Arthur 2014 impacted distribution taxa and assemblages. Cluster analysis non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) revealed four distinct arcellinidan assemblages: (1) Deep Water Reworking Assemblag...

The effect of CYP2D6 genotype on the dose-exposure relationship for atomoxetine has not been well characterized in children. Children 6-17 years of age diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were stratified by CYP2D6 genotype into groups with 0 (poor metabolizers [PMs], n = 4), 0.5 (intermediate metabolizers [IMs], n = 3), one (extensive metabolizer [EM]1, n = 8) or two ...

Serological diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a key element for efficient patient treatment management. A rapid immunochromatography test kit (ICT) using the recombinant Em18 antigen (rEm18) was recently developed. The aim of our study was to assess this test on a panel of sera from French patients with alveolar echinococcosis and control patients. In a blind test, a total of 112 ser...

Correspondence: María Corsi-Cabrera, Sleep Laboratory, Facultad de Psicología, Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3004, México, D.F. 04510, México. Phone: (52-55)6-22-22-51; Fax: (52-55)6-22-23-10. [email protected] Abstract. Gamma EEG and MEG activity was studied immediately after REM sleep eye movement onset as an index of cortical activation. Two strateg...

Vietnam is a major field of Cenozoic volcanism in Southeast (SE) Asia. Two contrasting models have been proposed to explain the mantle upwelling and this region; collision Indian Eurasian continents or subduction Pacific Indo-Australian oceanic lithosphere. To place constraints on origin intraplate SE Asia, new geochronological geochemical data for basalts are presented. Based largely Sr-Nd-Pb ...

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by the t(9;22) translocation coding for the chimeric protein p210 BCR-ABL. The tumor suppressor PTEN plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of CML chronic phase, through non genomic loss of function mechanisms, such as protein down-regulation and impaired nuclear/cytoplasmic shuttling. Here we demonstrate that BCR-...

Educational metadata are attracting increasing attention, since they can facilitate the description, indexing, searching and retrieving on-line learning objects and educational resources. This paper describes the difficulties raised in retrieving educational resources from the Web, and discusses the current state-of-theart in educational metadata technologies and the advantages of their use. Th...