The adventitious presence of unauthorized genetically modified organisms is becoming a concern for producers, manufacturers, consumers and other participants in the supply chain of food and feed products. A special part of a decision support system was dedicated to this problem in the Co-Extra project (Co-Extra: GM and non-GM supply chains: their CO-EXistence and TRAceability EU FP6 Integrated ...

Most cases of adult-onset tuberculosis (TB) result from reactivation of a pre-existing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Mycobacterium tuberculosis usually invades the respiratory tract and most patients develop intrapulmonary TB; however, some patients develop concurrent pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB. The purpose of the present study was to identify the demographic and clinical factors ...

The two-dimensional (2D) quasi-geostrophic (QG) equation is a 2D model of the 3D incompressible Euler equations, and its dissipative version includes an extra term bearing the operator (−∆)α with α ∈ [0, 1]. Existing research appears to indicate the criticality of α = 1 2 in the sense that the issue of global existence for the 2D dissipative QG equation becomes extremely difficult when α ≤ 1 2 ...

The moduli space of the Calabi-Yau three-folds, which play a role as superstring ground states, exhibits the same special geometry that is known from nonlinear sigma models in N = 2 supergravity theories. We discuss the symmetry structure of special real, complex and quaternionic spaces. Maps between these spaces are implemented via dimensional reduction. We analyze the emergence of extra and h...

sera from ninety one patients clinically suspected to extra intestinal amoebiasis (ex-am) were collected and examined for presence of anti entamoeba histolytica (e.h) antibody. the tests were indirect immunofluorescence antibody, (ifa or iif), gel diffusion (gd) and counter immuno electrophoresis (ciep). thirty one patients (34%) had anti e.h. antibody titres of >1:80. among them eight patients...

Acupressure applied on the Extra 1 acupuncture point results in sedation, thereby reducing bispectral index (BIS) values. Mental status and hypnotic agents influence the autonomic nervous system. We hypothesized that acupressure at the Extra 1 point would induce sedation and change sympatho-parasympathetic nerve balance. We investigated the effect of acupressure at the Extra 1 point on the EEG ...

Although during recent years in the field of special education there has been much debate regarding inclusion and people’s beliefs around disability, it is suggested that what has been lacking in many of the discussions is any coherent guiding philosophy that helps direct research in this area. The paper proposes that critical realism, developed by philosopher Roy Bhaskar, may provide such a fr...

Using the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism, we study extra force and extra mass in a recently introduced noncompact Kaluza-Klein cosmological model. We examine the inertial 4D mass m 0 of the inflaton field on a 4D FRW bulk in two examples. We find that m 0 has a geometrical origin and antigravitational effects on a non inertial 4D bulk should be a consequence of the motion of the fifth coordinate wit...