Durch Erbgut-Analysen werden immer mehr Krankheiten entdeckt, die auf angeborenen Störungen der Immunabwehr beruhen. Betroffene leiden oft seit frühen Kindheit unter wiederkehrenden Infekten, nur durch wiederholte Antibiotikagabe in Schach gehalten können. Das Paradoxon: Gerade diese Menschen sind zudem besonders häufig von Autoimmunkrankheiten wie Rheuma betroffen – während das Immunsystem den...

Khuzestan province has the highest rate of scorpion sting in Iran. This is a study to identify these scorpions in Khuzestan. In this study 418 scorpions were kept in the ethyl alcohol 70%, each being studied by stereomicroscopy and diagnosis key separately. 120 (28.7%) Androctonus crassicauda, 104 (24.9%) Hemiscorpius lepturus, 91 (21.7%) Mesobuthus eupeus, 86 (20.65%) Compsobuthus matthiesseni...

Humanoid and mobile robots are just a few examples of intelligent machines that require sophisticated software to transform sensory information into purposeful actions. When writing this type of large-scale, complex software, developers benefit from domainspecific guidelines that promote code reuse and integration. The Intelligent Machine Architecture (IMA) was designed to provide these guideli...