Binding sites for transcription factor nuclear factor one (NFI) proteins, encoded by four genes in the mouse, have been characterized from many tissue-specific genes. NFI genes are expressed in unique but overlapping patterns in embryonic and in adult tissues. Nfib is highly expressed in the embryonic lung. Here we show that Nfib null mutants die early postnatally and display severe lung hypopl...

Pilocytic astrocytoma is a low grade glioma that affects mostly children and young adults and can occur anywhere in the central nervous system. Pilocytic astrocytoma of the optic nerve is an equally indolent subtype that is often associated with Neurofibromatosis Type I (NFI). A 40-year-old male presented with left sided axial proptosis and exposure keratopathy. MRI revealed a mass in left prox...

The English version of the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) was translated into simplified Chinese (CQOLC-C), following cultural translation, back-translation and pretest steps. Three hundred and sixty one cancer caregivers participated in this study. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess CQOLC-C reliability. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) was used to generate two models of the m...

The peculiarities of the investment potential non-banking financial institutions (NFI) are de-termined, its structure and factors macro-and microenvironment that affect formation growth considered. It is noted that, under conditions effective functioning development, NFI can form sufficient to take a proper place among providers cap-ital in real sector national economy. role state development N...

Bacillus andreraoultii strain SIT1(T) (= CSUR P1162 = DSM 29078) is the type strain of B. andreraoultii sp. nov. This bacterium was isolated from the stool of a 2-year-old Nigerian boy with a severe form of kwashiorkor. Bacillus andreraoultii is an aerobic, Gram-positive rod. We describe here the features of this bacterium, together with the complete genome sequencing and annotation. The 4 092 ...

1 Centre for Ecological Research PAN, Dziekanów Le ß ny, Konopnickiej 1, PL-05-092 L omianki, Poland; 2 Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain; and 3 Laboratoire de Parasitologie Évolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Bât. A, 7ème étage, 7 quai St. Bernard, Case 237, F-75252 Paris, Cede...