Picornavirus Type 1 IRESs comprise five principal domains (dII-dVI). Whereas dV binds eIF4G, a conserved AUG in dVI was suggested to stimulate attachment of 43S ribosomal preinitiation complexes, which then scan to the initiation codon. Initiation on Type 1 IRESs also requires IRES trans-acting factors (ITAFs), and several candidates have been proposed. Here, we report the in vitro reconstituti...

The Rh (Rhesus) blood group antigens, D, Cc, and Ee, are carried by three unglycosylated membrane proteins of the human erythrocytes encoded by two highly related genes, D and CcEe. The major antigen, D, is a mosaic composed of at least nine determinants (epD1 through epD9). The lack of expression of some of these D epitopes at the surface of variant red blood cells defines the so-called D cate...

In this paper, we describe DVIlib, which is a device independent DVI interpreter library written in C developed by the author. Since DVIlib is completely independent from specific output devices, new printer drivers and previewers (DVIware) can be easily developed. DVIlib is a set of functions to read and render DVI files. To render a page, DVIlib generates a bitmap for each character in a page...

A variety of pacemaker-induced arrhythmias has been observed with the introduction of new cardiac pacing modes (1). With the advent of atrioventricular (AV) sequential demand (DVI) pacemakers, the electrocardiographic features associated with their normal operation have been studied and reported (2). In this report, we describe an abnormal event: the induction of ventricular tachycardia by a no...

BACKGROUND Dengue virus infection (DVI) is a prevalent and potentially fatal viral disease associated with coagulopathy. So far, the coagulation profile of DVI patients with thrombocytopenia has not been assessed through a viscoelastic test such as rotational thromboelastometry. We aimed to describe the prevalence and characteristics of coagulation abnormalities in dengue fever outpatients with...

This paper describes the international disaster victim identification (DVI) response mounted in Thailand, with particular reference to Singapore's contribution to this process, in the wake of the Asian tsunami of 26 December, 2004, which devastated parts of more than 10 countries in and around the Indian Ocean and claimed more than 200,000 lives. Although Singapore was unscathed by this natural...

Purpose Prior tourism literature neglected the negative motivational or attitudinal elements influencing individuals’ travel destination decisions. This study aims to examine relationships between animosity, ethnocentrism, attitude, subjective norm (SN), perceived behavioural control (PBC), overall image (DOI) and visit intention (DVI). Design/methodology/approach A quantitative approach was us...

Most experts agree that a learning organization whose employees have a clear vision of the importance of service quality and are motivated to provide that quality will achieve superior service quality. We develop a theoretical framework and conduct a cross-sectional empirical study to investigate the inter-relationships among these constructs. The results indicate that higher levels of both emp...

OBJECTIVE To assess adverse event (AE) resolution, delivery mode and neonatal outcomes after misoprostol or dinoprostone vaginal insert (MVI or DVI) retrieval due to AE during induction of labour (IOL). DESIGN Randomised, double-blind trial, EXPEDITE. SETTING Thirty five obstetric departments, USA. POPULATION Consisted of 1358 pregnant women with modified Bishop score ≤4 eligible for phar...