Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC), caused predominantly by Candida albicans, is a prevalent infection in patients with advanced AIDS, defects in Th17 immunity, and head and neck cancer. A characteristic feature of OPC is fungal invasion of the oral epithelial cells. One mechanism by which C. albicans hyphae can invade oral epithelial cells is by expressing the Als3 and Ssa1 invasins that interact...

ACPD-2007-0355 Primary marine aerosol emissions: size resolved eddy covariance measurements with estimates of the sea salt and organic carbon fractions Review This publication presents an aerosol flux dataset collected on Atlantic coast in Mace Head station, Ireland. Flux was determined according to eddy correlation method. Condensation particle counter (CPC) and optical particle counter (OPC) ...

Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is among the most common opportunistic infections observed in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. A once-daily miconazole 50 mg mucoadhesive buccal tablet (MBT) is a novel delivery system with potent in vitro activity against many Candida species, including some that may be resistant to other azoles. MBT, although more expensive, offers an effecti...

This paper describes the design, implementation and application of a fuzzy logic toolbox for industrial process control based on Java language, supporting communication through the OPC industrial protocol. The toolbox is written in Java and is completely independent of any other platforms. It provides easy and functional tools for modelling, building and editing complex fuzzy inference systems ...

Background and Purpose: Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) and antifungal drug resistance are major health concerns in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The increased reports of antifungal resistance and expanding drug therapy options prompted the determination of antifungal susceptibility profile. The present study was performed to determine the antifungal susceptibility of Candid...

The use of networked control systems is very modern in industrial control. The evolution of computer networks, the increase of transfer speed and noise resistance caused the installation of Ethernet technologies in industry more frequent [1]. The most frequently used standard for interconnecting Matlab with industrial devices is the OPC standard. Our goal was to design a Matlab toolbox for comm...

Developers of industrial systems are turning to the industry standard OPC* (open connectivity) Unified Architecture (UA) for data exchange between the plant floor and enterprise devices. The new OPC Foundation UA specification enabling more platform and operating system independence provides a service-oriented architecture that facilitates secure, reliable interoperability across corporate fire...

A house to house survey on elderly subjects aged 60 years old and above was undertaken in a large district in Malaysia. A total of 486 subjects in randomly selected Enumeration Blocks were interviewed and examined. The prevalence of oral precancerous lesions was recorded at 3.3%, of which leukoplakia was the most common. When the ethnic distribution of these oral precancerous and cancerous (OPC...

Progenitors within the ventral telencephalon can generate GABAergic neurons and oligodendrocytes, but regulation of the neuron-glial switch is poorly understood. We investigated the combinatorial expression and function of Dlx1&2, Olig2, and Mash1 transcription factors in the ventral telencephalon. We show that Dlx homeobox transcription factors, required for GABAergic interneuron production, r...

Bone protective effects of TNFα inhibition in rheumatoid arthritis are thought to be mediated by inhibiting synovial osteoclast differentiation and activity. However, it has not been addressed, if TNFα inhibitors alter the pool of peripheral osteoclast precursor cells (OPCs). Here, we blocked TNFα function in C57BL/6 mice with antigen induced arthritis (AIA) using the soluble TNFα receptor etan...