*Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Basic Sciences, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu, 804-8550, Japan Abstract We introduce a new nonlinear mapping similar to the nonspreading mapping which is defined by Kohsaka and Takahashi (Arch. Math. 91:166-177, 2008). We prove fixed point theorems for such a mapping without the convexity of the domain. We also prove...

Boshra Rajaei, Sylvain Gigan, Florent Krzakala, Laurent Daudet Institut Langevin, ESPCI and CNRS UMR 7587, Paris 75005, France 2 Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, CNRS UMR 8552 & École Normale Supérieure, Paris 75005, France. 3 Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, CNRS UMR 8550 & École Normale Supérieure, Paris 75005, France. 4 Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Paris 75005, France 5 PSL Res...

Intraepithelial T Cells May Bridge a Gap between Innate Immunity and Acquired Immunity to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Hitoshi Nishimura, Toshiki Yajima, Yoshiko Kagimoto, Mutsuhiro Ohata, Taketo Watase, Kenji Kishihara, Fumi Goshima, Yukihiro Nishiyama, and Yasunobu Yoshikai* Division of Host Defense, Medical Institute for Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, and Laboratory of Ho...

1Department of Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan 2Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA 3Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Bio-X Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the ability of the incretin mimetic exenatide (exendin-4) to improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes failing maximally effective doses of a sulfonylurea as monotherapy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a triple-blind, placebo-controlled, 30-week study conducted at 101 sites in the U.S. After a 4-week, single-blind, placebo lead-in period, 3...

background: the ductus arteriosus connects the main pulmonary trunk to the descending aorta. the incidence of isolated patent ductus arteriosus (pda) in full-term infants is about 1 in 2000. the amplatzer ductal occluder (ado) is recommended for pdas with sizes larger than 2 mm. in this procedure, we must confirm the ado position in pda by aortogram from the arterial line. the purpose of this s...

This study examined the relationship between birth weight and growth performance when suckling piglets were reared in litters standardized by birth weight. Forty-four gilts (Landrace × Large White) due to farrow during the same week were selected. Piglets born to those gilts were individually weighed at birth and cross-fostered to obtain litters with 11 piglets and standardized birth weight (CV...

background: intensified strategy includes special attention to the symptoms such as cough (more than two weeks), fever (more than three weeks), night sweats (more than three weeks), and weight loss (more than 3 kg per month). if any of the above symptoms was positive, in suspected individuals for tb, more assessment should be done. the aim of this study was to compare between intensified and ro...

Aflatoxins (AFs), ochratoxin A (OTA) and zearalenone (ZEN) were analysed in 237 breakfast cereal samples collected from central areas of Punjab, Pakistan. According to the results, 41% of the samples were found contaminated with AFs, out of which 16% and 8% samples were found to be above the European Union (EU) maximum content for AFB1 and total AFs, respectively. About 48% samples were found c...