Autoantibodies are characteristic features of autoimmune diseases (Table 1). In organ or tissue-specific autoimmune diseases, autoantibodies against cell-surface molecules are usually observed. These antibodies (Abs) stimulate or damage the target cells and cause organor tissue-specific diseases. In systemic autoimmune diseases, in addition to anti-cellsurface molecule Abs, Abs against intracel...

Broadly neutralizing Abs to HIV-1 are well described; however, identification of Ags that elicit these Abs has proven difficult. Persistent infection with GB virus type C (GBV-C) is associated with prolonged survival in HIV-1-infected individuals, and among those without HIV-1 viremia, the presence of Ab to GBV-C glycoprotein E2 is also associated with survival. GBV-C E2 protein inhibits HIV-1 ...

Anti-lock braking system (ABS) is the most common safety system in the vehicles, which works to increase the generated braking force between the tire and the road surface for enhancing passenger safety specifically related to accident avoidance. However, designing an ABS is a challenging task considering the fact that it is highly nonlinear and a time varying system. The interaction between the...

ethylene bis-stearamide is one of the important acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene ()abs)( polymer additives, which is used as lubricant, slip agent and mold release agent. in this research, ethylene bis-stearamide for abs application was synthesized using stearic acid and ethylene diamine under reflux condition. refluxing prevented ethylenediamine from evaporation and thus the initial molar ratio...

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by recurrent thrombosis and fetal loss in the presence of persistently positive antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies (Abs) including lupus anticoagulant (LAC), IgG/IgM anticardiolipin (aCL) Abs and anti-b2glycoprotein I (b 2 GPI) Abs [1–3]. aPL Abs are a heterogenous group of autoantibodies that react to phospholipids (...

class Exp { Type type; abstract Exp accept(Visitor v); } class Abs extends Exp { String x; Exp e; // λx.e Exp accept(Visitor v) { e = e.accept(v); return v.visitAbs(this); } } class Visitor { Exp visitAbs(Abs a) { return a; } } class TypeChecker extends Visitor { Exp visitAbs(Abs a) { ... } } class Emitter extends Visitor { Exp visitAbs(Abs a) { print(...); return a; } } class Compiler { void m...

IoT (Internet of things) devices often collect data and store the in cloud for sharing further processing; This collection, sharing, processing will inevitably encounter secure access authentication issues. Attribute based signature (ABS), which utilizes signer’s attributes to generate private keys, plays a competent role identity privacy preservation. In ABS, there are multiple authorities tha...

The focus of the review paper is to discuss how biotechnological innovations are opening new frontiers to mitigate nutrition in key agricultural crops with potential for large-scale health impact to people in Africa. The general objective of the Africa Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project is to develop and deploy sorghum with enhanced pro-vitamin A to farmers and end-users in Africa to alleviate ...

BACKGROUND Antibodies (Abs) produced during HIV-1 infection rarely neutralize a broad range of viral isolates; only eight broadly-neutralizing (bNt) monoclonal (M)Abs have been isolated. Yet, to be effective, an HIV-1 vaccine may have to elicit the essential features of these MAbs. The V genes of all of these bNt MAbs are highly somatically mutated, and the V(H) genes of five of them encode a l...