BACKGROUND Schizophrenia typically onsets after puberty but is often preceded by observable childhood neurodevelopmental impairments. Whether these childhood antecedents index genetic liability is unknown. We used polygenic risk scores derived from a patient discovery sample as indicators of the genetic liability of schizophrenia. Our aim was to identify the early childhood manifestations of th...

Results 15 patients (16%; 12 females) were identified to carry one of the two low-penetrance mutations in exon 3 of the NLRP3 gene (V198M: n= 2; Q703K: n =13). CAPS-associated systemic symptoms consisted of recurrent inflammation of the eyes, arthralgias, myalgias, urticarial rash, abdominal pain, and severe fatigue. CNS manifestation included optic nerve inflammation and/or atrophy, cranial ne...

Introduction Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is an autoinflammatory syndrome caused by heterozygous mutations of CIAS1/NLRP3 gene. Affected patients may present with three different phenotypes: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome and CINCA syndrome. Common symptoms include sporadic or cold-induced non pruritic urticarial rash and fever. Severe cas...

It is argued that there is a disjunction between conservation and modern architectural theories with regards to the concept of space. The argument is developed through a case study, the Casa de Detenção do Recife, a XIX Century listed penitentiary, whose restoration demonstrates how subtle spatial changes can alter building’s properties. The paper concludes by proposing a new approach to archit...