Serine-arginine-rich (SR) proteins play a key role in alternative pre-mRNA splicing in eukaryotes. We recently showed that a large SR protein called Son has unique repeat motifs that are essential for maintaining the subnuclear organization of pre-mRNA processing factors in nuclear speckles. Motif analysis of Son highlights putative RNA interaction domains that suggest a direct role for Son in ...

The auditory brainstem nuclei, angularis (NA), magnocellularis (NM), and laminaris (NL) of the chicken, Gallus, contain terminals that stain for antibodies against the inhibitory neurotransmitter, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Some of these terminals originate from cells surrounding nucleus magnocellularis. Results from this study indicate that the majority of the GABAergic terminals found in...

The Text Encoding Initiative is using literate schema design, as instantiated in the completely redesigned ODD system, for production of the next edition of the TEI Guidelines. Key new aspects of the system include support of multiple schema languages; facilities for interoperability with other ontologies and vocabularies; and facilities for user customization and modularization (including a ne...

Service Overlay Networks (SON) have emerged as an efficient way to provide end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) support in the Internet, as required by real-time services. The deployment of a SON is a capital-intensive investment. Thus, minimizing the economic cost is one of the key objectives for the SON operator. Moreover, end-to-end performance must be enhanced, so as to provide innovative va...

The superior olivary nucleus (SON) is the primary source of inhibition in the avian auditory brainstem. While much is known about the role of inhibition at the SON's target nuclei, little is known about how the SON itself processes auditory information or how inhibition modulates these properties. Additionally, the synaptic physiology of inhibitory inputs within the SON has not been described. ...

L'ectropion est une éversion du bord libre des paupières. L'ectropion peut être congénital ou acquis ; le plus souvent il est d'origine sénile ou paralytique ou post traumatique. Nous présentons le cas d'une patiente suivie pour sclérodermie depuis son enfance et nous a été envoyée pour son ectropion bilatéral. L'examen clinique a retrouvé un aspect de peau cartonnée au niveau de son visage et ...

The aim of this paper is to give a complete classification of irreducible finite-dimensional representations of the nonstandard q-deformation U ′ q(son) (which does not coincide with the Drinfel’d-Jimbo quantum algebra Uq(son)) of the universal enveloping algebra U(son(C)) of the Lie algebra son(C) when q is not a root of unity. These representations are exhausted by irreducible representations...

The avian auditory brain stem consists of a network of specialized nuclei, including nucleus laminaris (NL) and superior olivary nucleus (SON). NL cells show sensitivity to interaural time difference (ITD), a critical cue that underlies spatial hearing. SON cells provide inhibitory feedback to the rest of the network. Empirical data suggest that feedback inhibition from SON could increase the I...

This study in Egypt, measured the son preference index, its determinants, and impact on reproductive behaviour and intention of 400 mothers attending for delivery. Overall son preference index was 1.4. The causes of sex preference were mainly psychological and social. Mothers with only girls were 496 times more likely to prefer a son as compared to those with boys only. Mothers with illiterate ...

The aim of this paper is to give a complete classification of irreducible finite-dimensional representations of the nonstandard q-deformation U ′ q(son) (which does not coincide with the Drinfel’d-Jimbo quantum algebra Uq(son)) of the universal enveloping algebra U(son(C)) of the Lie algebra son(C) when q is not a root of unity. These representations are exhausted by irreducible representations...