Computational design of RNA sequences that fold into targeted secondary structures has many applications in biomedicine, nanotechnology and synthetic biology. An RNA molecule is made of different types of secondary structure elements and an important RNA element named pseudoknot plays a key role in stabilizing the functional form of the molecule. However, due to the computational complexities a...

BACKGROUND Few studies have been carried out to date that have addressed the epidemiology of extranodal marginal zone lymphomas (EN-MZLs). PATIENTS AND METHODS We carried out a population-based study to investigate incidence rates (IRs) and time trends of EN-MZL diagnosed in the province of Modena (Italy) from 1997 to 2007. RESULTS One hundred and sixty-five cases were identified from the M...

Affiliations: MACVIA-LR, Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en LanguedocRoussillon, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France. INSERM, VIMA: Ageing and chronic diseases, Epidemiological and public health approaches, U1168, Paris, France. UVSQ, UMR-S 1168, Université Versailles St-Quenti...

Cecilia Svedman1, Klaus E. Andersen2, F. M. Brandão3, Derk P. Bruynzeel4, Thomas L. Diepgen5, Peter J. Frosch6, Thomas Rustemeyer4, Ana Giménez-Arnau7, Margarida Gonçalo8, An Goossens9, Jeanne Duus Johansen10, Arto Lahti11, Torkil Menné10, Stefania Seidenari12, Antonella Tosti13, Jan E. Wahlberg14, Ian R. White15, John D. Wilkinson15, Martin Mowitz1 and Magnus Bruze1 1Department of Occupational...

Background. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is endemic in the Mediterranean area. In the last decades a northward spread of the parasite has been observed in Italy. This paper describes a VL outbreak in Modena province (Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy) between 2012 and 2015. Methods. Retrospective, observational study to evaluate epidemiological, microbiological charact...

in order to assess drought stress and planting date effects applied on original plant, on the electrical conductivity rate of the subsequent seeds, this research was performed in two parts at the research field and laboratory during spring 2008. the field experiment was performed as a completely randomized block design (crbd) with 20 treatments and three replications. treatments included the se...

MODal ENergy Analysis (MODENA) was previously developed in the same framework as Statistical Energy (SEA) and modal distribution (SmEdA) methods. It deals with energy exchanges between weakly coupled subsystems vibro-acoustics. However, unlike SEA, MODENA is not a statistical method it based on deterministic structures solved at pure tone. Compared to SmEdA, takes intrinsically into account cou...