We discuss a method to determine orbital properties and masses of low-mass bodies orbiting eclipsing binaries. The analysis combines long-term eclipse timing modulations (light-travel time or LTT effect) with short-term, high-accuracy astrometry. As an illustration of the method, the results of a comprehensive study of Hipparcos astrometry and over a hundred years of eclipse timings of the Algo...

Observation A 38-year old Japanese woman visited our dermatological department on June 24, 2013, with a three-day history of erythematous lesions on the trunk and extremities. She had been treated orally with 50 mg of diaminodiphenyl sulfone (dapson) daily for pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) for 38 days. Physical examination on admission revealed fever (38.4°C), bilateral ...

Microeukaryotes have vital roles for the functioning of marine ecosystems, but still some general characteristics of their current diversity and phylogeny remain unclear. Here we investigated both aspects in major oceanic microeukaryote lineages using 18S rDNA (V4-V5 hypervariable regions) sequences from public databases that derive from various marine environmental surveys. A very carefully an...

BACKGROUND Multiple drug hypersensitivity (MDH) was first described in 1989 by Sullivan et al. as drug allergies to two or more chemically different drugs. So far, the diagnosis of MDH was associated almost exclusively with antibiotics and was defined based on history alone. AIMS OF THE STUDY The objective of this study was to prove MDH by two independent tests, namely patch (PT) and lymphocy...

The local structure of La22xSrxCuO4 , for 0<x<0.30, has been investigated using the atomic pair distribution function ~PDF! analysis of neutron powder-diffraction data. The local octahedral tilts are studied to look for evidence of @110# symmetry @i.e., low-temperature tetragonal ~LTT! symmetry# tilts locally, even though the average tilts have @010# symmetry @i.e., low-temperature orthorhombic...

Rapid uplifts of the Tibetan Plateau and climate change in Asia are thought to have profoundly modulated the diversification of most of the species distributed throughout Asia. The ranoid tree frog genus Rhacophorus, the largest genus in the Rhacophoridae, is widely distributed in Asia and especially speciose in the areas south and east of the Tibetan Plateau. Here, we infer phylogenetic relati...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most important parasitic diseases with approximately 350 million people at risk. Due to the non availability of an ideal drug, development of a safe, effective, and affordable vaccine could be a solution for control and prevention of this disease. In this study, a potential Th1 stimulatory protein- Triose phosphate isomerase (TPI), a glycolytic enzyme, ...

Embedded systems are used in many fields such as home appliances, terminals, controls, communications, etc. So, to manage, control, and test these embedded systems, monitoring programs have been developed variously. In this paper, to overcome the characteristic faults of embedded systems which have resource restrictions, we implemented a development environment based on NFS and designed a monit...

© 2013 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1363 Journal Compilation © 2013 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), also known as drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), is a severe, adverse drug reaction characterized by skin rash, fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatitis and haematological abnormalities (1, 2). The presence of human ...