Allergic diseases, such as atopic eczema, food allergy, rhinitis and wheezing disorders are among the most fre­ quent complaints, especially in childhood. The current evidence also attests that type I allergic reactions are becoming more and more widespread, affecting up to 20% of the population. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated that approximately 300 million people suffer...

We extend the dipole model for virtual photon-proton scattering to include the resolved photon component explicitly. The parameters of the resolved photon component are taken from the literature, while the parameters of the dipole-nucleon interaction are fitted to the HERA data. A good agreement with experimental data is obtained beyond the region of the fit.

Background Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an immune-mediated disease of the esophagus characterized by symptoms related to esophageal disfunction and histollogically by an eosinophil-predominat inflammation. Multiple therapies have been suggested to be helpful in EoE including endoscopic dilation, medical therapy and withdrawal dietary but, the election of what food should be excluded is ver...

Background Allergy to peach and apple is a frequent problem in the Mediterranean area. Both fruits share allergens between them and with those from other plants and pollens. Component resolved diagnosis assays (CRD) enable to detect IgE antibodies to a wide panel of allergens. A detailed clinical evaluation plus CRD permit a precise analysis of sensitizations to many allergens. Our aim was to a...

This paper addresses the problem of selecting measurement data types suitable for image reconstruction in optical tomography. The principal problem is the necessity to simultaneously reconstruct both the absorption and scatter distribution within an object. This can lead to ambiguities between these two parameters, and result in cross-talk and image artefact. A single-perturbation test problem ...