Interferon (IFN)-γ release assays (IGRAs) are probably the most accurate tests for the detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but IGRAs are labour intensive and the transport of samples over longer distances is difficult. IFN-γ-induced protein (IP)-10 is expressed at 100-fold higher levels than IFN-γ, and IP-10 release assays have comparable performance to IGRAs. The aim of t...

BACKGROUND Routine HIV viral load testing is not widely accessible in most resource-limited settings, including Kenya. To increase access to viral load testing, alternative sample types like dried blood spots (DBS), which overcome the logistic barriers associated with plasma separation and cold chain shipment need to be considered and evaluated. The current study evaluated matched dried blood s...

Abstract English every -DPs can have cumulative readings relative to plural DPs, but only under severe syntactic constraints. This paper discusses different potential formulations of these constraints for the German correlate -DPs, jed -DPs. We argue that existing ‘surface-oriented’ hypotheses face empirical problems and propose a new hypothesis, namely availability reading another X is sensiti...

Watching slowly moving wide field-of-view patterns can cause symptoms of visually induced motion sickness (VIMS) in viewers. A within-subject full factorial experiment was designed to test two hypotheses: 1) when watching patterns rotating at 60 degrees per second (dps), eye fixation increases the peripheral retinal slip velocity leading to a reduction in the levels of VIMS; and 2) when watchin...

Escherichia coli Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells) is the prototype of a DNA-protecting protein family expressed by bacteria under nutritional and oxidative stress. The role of the lysine-rich and highly mobile Dps N-terminus in DNA protection has been investigated by comparing the self-aggregation and DNA-condensation capacity of wild-type Dps and two N-terminal deletion mutants, D...

Bacterial genomic DNA is highly organized into one or few compacted bodies known as nucleoid, which is composed of DNA, RNA and several DNA-binding proteins. These DNA-binding proteins require essential alterations in their expression during stationary phase of growth in order to respond to stressful environmental conditions. Dps (DNA-binding protein from starved cells) is one of such DNA-bindi...

The Dynamite Proving System (DPS) provides an assisted theorem prover for Alloy. In this paper we report our experiences on using DPS in the verification of an industrial size model for compositional bindings in network domains, developed by Pamela Zave at AT&T. We also review the DPS foundations, architecture, and some of its main features.

Background and Objectives: To provide efficient recommendation for the prevention of childhood obesity and eating disorders, it is necessary to understand and explore their dietary patterns (DPs). The main aim of the current study was to explore dietary patterns among primary school aged children and determine the relationship between different dietary patterns and  factors including anthr...

Address correspondence to: Winna T. Rivera-Soto, PhD, Nutrition Program, School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067. Email: [email protected] Objective: University students face academic responsibilities that may produce stress, which may lead to changes in dietary patterns (DPs). These changed patterns can become dysfun...

Multifunctional protein Dps plays an important role in iron assimilation and a crucial role in bacterial genome packaging. Its monomers form dodecameric spherical particles accumulating ~400 molecules of oxidized iron ions within the protein cavity and applying a flexible N-terminal ends of each subunit for interaction with DNA. Deposition of iron is a well-studied process by which cells remove...