Embodied intelligence is the computational approach to the design and understanding of intelligent behavior in embodied and situated agents through the consideration of the strict coupling between the agent and its environment (situatedness), mediated by the constraints of the agent’s own body, perceptual and motor system, and brain (embodiment). The emergence of the field of embodied intellige...

OTH FINANCIAL sector reform and private sector development have received considerable attention in developing and transition economies in recent years. But the critical nexus between banks and firms—not only for financing but also for efficiency and ultimate survival—has been underemphasized. Banks and other creditors have an extremely important role to play in fostering efficiency in medium an...

Antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is produced in response to active vitamin D to exert immunomodulatory effects and inhibits HIV replication in vitro. To date, no studies have investigated LL-37 in HIV-infected patients. This study sought to investigate LL-37 and the relationship to 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and HIV-related variables in this population. HIV-infected subjects and healthy controls ...

هدف: همان‌گونه که مشهود است، در سازمان‌های خدماتی به‌منظور برندسازی نیاز است ارزش‌های برندشان فعال و نهادینه شود؛ با این پیش‌فرض، پژوهش پیش‌رو هدف استخراج مدل فعال‌سازی برند داخلی از منظر فعالیت‌های مدیریت منابع انسانی تعریف اجرا شده است.طراحی/ روش‌شناسی/ رویکرد: روش مطالعۀ موردی رویکرد کیفی بانک ملت برای توسعۀ پیش گرفته شد. دو مرحلۀ اصلی طراحی گردید مصاحبه‌های عمیق فردی ۱۹ مدیر کارشناس مربوطه ...

BACKGROUND Canadian First Nation populations have experienced endemic and epidemic tuberculosis (TB) for decades. Vitamin D-mediated induction of the host defence peptide LL-37 is known to enhance control of pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. OBJECTIVE Evaluate associations between serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) and LL-37, in adult Dene First Nation participants (N ...

Vitamin D has long been recognized as essential to the skeletal system. Newer evidence suggests that it also plays a major role regulating the immune system, perhaps including immune responses to viral infection. Interventional and observational epidemiological studies provide evidence that vitamin D deficiency may confer increased risk of influenza and respiratory tract infection. Vitamin D de...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D insufficiency could be associated with the prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD). OBJECTIVE To examine vitamin D status and the relations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, SCORAD score, serum LL-37 level, and body mass index (BMI) in Korean AD patients, and to explore whether these associations differ between adults and children. METHODS Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D...