The distribution of intramyocardially injected rabbit MSCs, labeled with the near-infrared dye 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindotricarbo-cyanine-iodide (DiR) using hybrid Fluorescence Molecular Tomography-X-ray Computed Tomography (FMT-XCT) and Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MSOT) imaging technologies, was investigated. Viability and induction of apoptosis of DiR labeled MSCs w...

BACKGROUND Although the quality of reconstructed results can be improved with the increment of the number of measurements, the scale of the matrices involved in the reconstruction of fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) will become larger, which leads to the poor efficiency of the process of tomographic image reconstruction. In this paper, we proposed a new method for image reconstruction of...

The standard printf function takes a format string fmt containing plain characters and conversion specifications, each of which causes conversion and printing of printf’s remaining arguments. For instance, in OCaml, one can write: La fonction standard printf prend une châıne de formatage fmt qui contient des caractères et des spécifications de conversion provoquant la conversion et l’affichage ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been used in a wide variety of diseases. Many researchers hypothesize that the dysbiosis intestinal plays an important role development gut-derived infections; thus, FMT is potential therapeutic target against multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). A 106-year-old male patient was initially diagnosed with cerebral infarction and pulmonary infection...

Microbiota is the summation of all microorganisms living in body. The alteration microbiota can lead to chronic diseases, however; colonization with different commensal bacteria correct these deficits. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) a neurodevelopmental characterized by inadequate communication skills and social withdrawal its etiology uncertain. Typical gastrointestinal (GI) disorders symptoms...

Nowadays multi-modality imaging has gained great interest in biology research by offering complementary information. In this paper, a modularly designed fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) system has been developed, which can be not only used as a standalone imaging device, but also feasibly integrated with other imaging modalities, such as X-ray computed tomography (X-CT), single photon em...

This paper deals with synchronization and channel estimation in a filtered multitone (FMT) modulated system. An FMT based system differs from the popular OFDM scheme in the deployment of sub-channel shaping filters. Although the synchronization problem in OFDM is well understood, in an FMT system it presents several challenges. The approach herein presented is based on the deployment of appropr...

This paper provides an innovative axiomatic analysis of the notion of exploitation as the unequal exchange of labour, focusing on the relation between exploitation and profits. General convex economies with heterogeneous agents endowed with unequal amounts of physical and human capital are considered. An axiomatic characterisation of the class of definitions that preserve the Fundamental Marxia...

Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has induced a lot scientific interest and hopes for the last couple of years. FMT has been approved as a treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis. Highly sophisticated molecular DNA identification methods have been used to assess the healthy human microbiome as well as its disturbances in several diseases. The metabolic and immunologic functio...

Secreted modular calcium-binding protein 2 (SMOC2) belongs to the secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) family of matricellular proteins whose members are known to modulate cell-matrix interactions. We report that SMOC2 is upregulated in the kidney tubular epithelial cells of mice and humans following fibrosis. Using genetically manipulated mice with SMOC2 overexpression or knock...