Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by an exaggerated immune response to commensal microbiota in the intestines of patients. Metagenomic studies have identified specific bacterial species and strains with increased prevalence in CD patients, amongst which is the adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) strain LF82. AIEC strains express long polar fimbriae (LPF),...

Escherichia coli bacteria are the most common causes of diarrhea and septicemia in calves. Moreover, calves form a major reservoir for transmission of pathogenic E. coli to humans. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of publications on E. coli as calf pathogens and the role of calves as reservoir have not been done so far. We reviewed studies between 1951 and 2013 reporting the presence of vir...

Aspergillus fumigatus is capable of causing invasive aspergillosis or acute bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, and the current situation is alarming. There are no vaccine or allergen shots available for Aspergillus-induced allergies. Thus, a novel approach in designing of an effective vaccine or allergen shot candidate against A. fumigatus is needed. Using immunoinformatics approaches from the cha...

Markowitz, Glen S., Yiqiang Cai, Li Li, Guanqing Wu, Llewellyn C. Ward, Stefan Somlo, Vivette D. D’Agati. Polycystin-2 expression is developmentally regulated. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Renal Physiol. 46): F17–F25, 1999.—PKD2 encodes a protein of unknown function that is mutated in 15% of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) families. We used polyclonal antisera against PKD2 to exami...

The gravity map of Ouaddai in the eastern region Chad exhibits important anomalies that are often delimitated by high gradients, resulting from density contrasts between various anomaly sources. This presumes an tectonic activity zone. Because its arid and desert nature, is water-poor or even lacking water resources. main source made very deep aquifers. analysis this study helps to better under...

During the middle part of this decade a wide variety of passive microwave imagers and sounders will be unified in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to provide a common basis for frequent (3 hr), global precipitation monitoring. The ability of these sensors to detect precipitation by discerning it from non-precipitating background depends upon the channels available and characte...

Klebsiella species are members of the family enterobacteriaceae, opportunistic pathogens that are among the eight most prevalent infectious agents in hospitals. Among other virulence factors in Klebsiella, type 3 pili exhibit a unique binding pattern in the human kidney via interaction of two MrkD adhesion variants 1C1 and 1P to type IV and/or V collagen. However, very little is known about the...

This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. The paper evaluates the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFT...

Precios de opciones bidireccionales máximas-mínimas en el modelo ECV trinomial Códigos JEL: C14 F17 Palabras clave: Modelo ECV trinomial Algoritmo recursivo Opciones bidireccionales máximas-mínimas r e s u m e n Las opciones bidireccionales máximas-mínimas son un tipo de opciones exóticas dependientes de la trayectoria. En el modelo de elasticidad constante de la varianza (ECV), se estructuró u...

Using the complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas: aeruginosa PAO1, sequenced by the Pseudomonas: Genome Project (ftp://ftp.pseudomonas. com/data/pacontigs.121599), a genome database (http://pseudomonas. bit.uq.edu.au/) has been developed containing information on more than 95% of all ORFs in Pseudomonas: aeruginosa. The database is searchable by a variety of means, including gene name, positio...