By the use of surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass and IgM antibodies against three schistosome-derived carbohydrate structures, FLDN (Fucalpha1-3GalNAcbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Galalpha1), LDN-DF [GalNAcbeta1-4(Fucalpha1-2Fucalpha1-3)GlcNAcbeta1], and LDNF [GalNAcbeta1-4(Fucalpha1-3)GlcNAcbeta1-3Galalpha1], were measured in 184 previously unexposed Kenyan immigrant...

The Northwest Portuguese coastal sector Esmoriz-Nazaré is exposed to a very energetic wave climate that promotes net littoral drift estimated be around 1.1x106 m3/year. This study aimed characterize the in Esmoriz-Nazaré, discussing past and future trends by applying two bulk longshore sediment transport formulas: CERC (1984) Mil-Homens et al. (2013). Generically, results present variability at...

It remains unclear whether the recent explosion of medical Internet Digital Libraries (DLs), enabled by substantial investments into eHealth by national governments and international agencies, has brought the desired improvements. As ultimately life-critical applications, medical DLs play a crucial role in delivering evidence to professionals and empowering patients. However, little attention h...

Abs t rac t . An elementary "majorant-minorant method" to construct the most stringent Bonferroni-type inequalities is presented. These are essentially Chebyshev-type inequalities for discrete probability distributions on the set {0, 1 , . . . , n}, where n is the number of concerned events, and polynomials with specific properties on the set lead to the inequalities. All the known resuits are ...

Genki Minegishia, Yasuhiro Kazukibc, Shin-Ichiro Nittad, Atsushi Miyajimae, Hidetaka Akitaa & Kaoru Kobayashie*a Laboratory of DDS Design and Drug Disposition, Graduate School Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japanb Chromosome Engineering Research Center (CERC), Tottori Tottori, Japanc Department Molecular Cellular Biology, Division Genome Functions, Faculty Medicine, Life Scie...