Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of human skin infections, contributing to disease in both healthy and immunocompromised individuals, also complicating burn and surgical wound sites and lesions of atopic dermatitis (Lowy, 1998; Ong and Leung, 2010). Host defense against staphylococcal skin infection is multifaceted, relying on local immunologic control through TH17 and IL-1β–driven recr...

The Kennedy Class I and II distal extension situation poses a challenge to the prosthodontist as it inherently possesses a lack of stability, which may be attributed to the difference in compressibility of the mucosa and the periodontal ligament surrounding the distal-most abutment tooth. This results in a rotational tendency of the prosthesis around the line connecting its terminal abutments. ...

Since its discovery, Chua’s circuit has served as the main prototype circuit for studying chaos in electronic systems [Matsumoto, 1984]. Several realizations of this circuit have been introduced in the literature [Cruz & Chua, 1992; Kennedy, 1992, 1995; Rodriguez-Vazquez & Delgado-Restituto, 1993; Zhong, 1994; Morgul, 1995; Elwakil & Kennedy, 1999a, 1999b, 2000]. These various implementations w...

Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase, which is embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane, synthesizes phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and, in some cells, synthesizes the majority of this important phospholipid. Normal levels of PE can decline with age in the brain. Here we used yeast and worms to test the hypothesis that low levels of PE alter the homeostasis of the Parkinson disease-associated pr...

Tumors of the olfactory groove may cause unilateral optic atrophy with contralateral papilledema and anosmia (Foster Kennedy syndrome). We describe a case of a young pregnant woman with Foster Kennedy syndrome due to an olfactory groove meningioma.