In this study, we examine the distribution of A-not-A questions using a large collection of Chinese literary texts. Our results indicate that A-not-AB is preferred over AB-not-AB in Modern Chinese, whereas AB-not-AB is preferred over A-not-AB in Classical Chinese. We suggest that such a contrast in distribution provides support to a reductionist account of the A-not-A questions.

Hirudin, a potent and specific thrombin inhibitor, is a protein of nonhuman origin and therefore potentially immunogenic. The primary objectives of this investigation were to determine the incidence of antihirudin antibodies (ahir-ab) in patients with heparininduced thrombocytopenia (HIT) who received lepirudin as parenteral anticoagulation and to determine the incidence of death, limb amputati...

Background: To our knowledge, there is a hypothesis regardingthe association of vitiligo with other autoimmune disorders.Organ-specific autoantibodies are found more frequently in theserum of vitiligo patients. Recent studies have demonstratedthe role of alterations in serum transforming growth factor-beta(TGF-beta) released from regulatory T cells in the pathogenesisof depigmentation observed ...

Antibodies (Abs) that preferentially target oncogenic receptors have been increasingly used for cancer therapy, but tumors often acquire intrinsic Ab resistance after prolonged and costly treatment. Herein we armed the Ab with IFNβ and observed that it is more potent than the first generation of Ab for controlling Ab-resistant tumors. This strategy controls Ab resistance by rebridging suppresse...