Although telomerase activity is important in normal immune function, it is unclear whether telomerase or telomerase (dys)regulation plays a role in the pathogenic immune response in autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study we evaluated the dynamics of the activation-induced human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) response in RA patients and non-RA controls. The e...

H oused in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, the National Science Foundation’s interdisciplinary Digital Government research program is intended to fund “... research at the intersection of the computer and information science research communities and the midto long-term needs of the Federal information service communities.” As active participants in NSF DG resea...

This article review has focused on the article: “A guide to taking a patient’s history”. This article was authored by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig and published in the Journal of Nursing Standard in 2007 . The article describes the procedures used in recording the account of the patient’s problem. The article recognizes the importance of having well defined procedures for recording patient hi...

Compartment syndrome has been deŽ ned as “a condition in which increased pressure within a limited space compromises the circulation and function of the tissues within that space”.1 It is most commonly seen after injuries to the leg2-5 and forearm6-8 but may also occur in the arm,9 thigh,10 foot,11-13 buttock,14 hand15 and abdomen.16 It typically follows traumatic injury, but may also occur aft...

of time the underlying asset price spends outside of a pre-specified price range (occupation time). Proportional and simple double-barrier step options are gradual knockout options with the principal amortized based on the occupation time outside of the range. Delayed double-barrier options are extinguished when the occupation time outside of the range exceeds a prespecified knock-out window (d...

Process control is based more and more on computers. Fault-tolerance techniques are applied for critical processes to guarantee safety and/or minimize production losses and equipment damage. The increasing safety and production requirements, the constantly dropping hardware prices, the increasing digitalization and the constantly growing capabilities of integrated circuits will widen the applic...

The neonatal brain, previously so inviolate to imaging techniques other than relatively crude radionuc lide studies , direct contrast ventriculography, and rarely performed angiography or pneumoencephalography by only the most adventuresome or experienced neuroradiolog ists , now has been successfully and safely mastered by computed tomography (CT) and sonography. Widespread interest in and cli...

n this short essay, the author drafts a model of the occult constitution of a human being consistent with the most recent theories about the ethereal space-time matrix discovered by quantum physics, theories that have confirmed core tenets of the Ancient Wisdom and previous clairvoyant research in nuclear physics