OBJECTIVES To evaluate the alveolar bone density (ABD) in the upper first molars of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to compare their ABD with that of healthy controls. Secondary objectives included the evaluation of the influence of medication and rheumatic disease activity on ABD, in addition to the correlation between ABD and periodontal and rheumatologic clinical parame...

Esse trabalho deriva-se de uma pesquisa mestrado profissional desenvolvida no Programa Pós-Graduação em Ensino Ciências Naturais e Matemática (PPGECNM), ligado à Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Norte (UFRN). estudo qualitativo almeja a aliança entre história da matemática as tecnologias digitais informação comunicação via investigação para abordagem álgebra geométrica na licenciatura matemát...

Breathing is more vulnerable to apneas and irregular breathing patterns during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in both humans and rodents. We previously reported that robust and recurrent recruitment of expiratory abdominal (ABD) muscle activity is present in rats during REM epochs despite ongoing REM-induced muscle atonia in skeletal musculature. To develop a further understanding of the charac...

Extradenticle (Exd) and Homothorax (Hth) function as positive transcriptional cofactors of Hox proteins, helping them to bind specifically their direct targets. The posterior Hox protein Abdominal-B (Abd-B) does not require Exd/Hth to bind DNA; and, during embryogenesis, Abd-B represses hth and exd transcription. Here we show that this repression is necessary for Abd-B function, as maintained E...

Interest-based negotiation (IBN) is a form of negotiation in which agents exchange information about their underlying goals, with a view to improving the likelihood and quality of a deal. While this intuition has been stated informally in much previous literature, there is no formal analysis of the types of deals that can be reached through IBN and how they differ from those reachable using (cl...

Algorithms1 and data structures constitute the theoretical foundations of computer science and are an integral part of any classical computer science curriculum. Due to their high level of abstraction, the understanding of algorithms is of crucial concern to the vast majority of novice students. To facilitate the understanding and teaching of algorithms, a new research field termed “algorithm v...

We have examined the developmental consequences for larval and imaginal segmental cuticular structure of a chromosomal translocation involving a breakpoint in the abdominal region of the bithorax complex (BX-C). This complex makes an essential contribution to the development of metameric differences in part of the thorax and in all abdominal segments. The breakpoint is proximal to the most dist...

The E loci in Bombyx mori are expected to contain a homeotic gene complex specifying the identities of the larval abdominal segments. However, the molecular structure of this complex remains to be determined. We have started to analyze the structural changes in the E complex mutations. We used three newly isolated Bombyx homeobox genes as probes. These genes are probably homologues of the Ultra...

Muhammad Adnan SHAHID*, Rashad Mukhtar BALAL, Muhammad Aslam PERVEZ, Tahira ABBAS, Muhammad Anjum AQEEL, Muhammad Mansoor JAVAID, Francisco GARCIA-SANCHEZ Department of Horticulture, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan Department of Entomology, University College ...