Three parallel transmission chains of measles virus (MV) variant ‘D8-Villupuram’ (D8-V) originated from two coinciding international mass gathering (MG) events in Rimini, Italy, in June 2011. MV D8-V was independently introduced into Germany by two unvaccinated persons, and into Slovenia by one unvaccinated person who had attended these events. Secondary spread of D8-V was restricted to two gen...

We consider a holographic model constructed through using the D4/D8-D8 brane configuration with a NS-NS background field. We study some properties of the effective field theory in this intersecting brane construction, and calculate the effects of this NS-NS background field on some underlying dynamics. We also discuss some other general brane configurations.

BACKGROUND Measles remains poorly controlled in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to characterize genes of virus responsible for a measles outbreak among children in Vietnam in 2014. STUDY DESIGN Throat swab samples were collected from 122 pediatric patients with suspected measles. Furthermore, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 31 of these...

A disabled submarine (DISSUB) lacking power and/or environmental control will become cold, and the ambient air may become hypercapnic and hypoxic. This study examined if the combination of hypoxia, hypercapnia, and cold exposure would adversely affect thermoregulatory responses to acute cold exposure in survivors awaiting rescue. Seven male submariners (33 +/- 6 yrs) completed a series of cold-...

A novel factor-dependent human myeloid leukemia cell line (GF-D8) was established from the peripheral blood of an 82-year-old man suffering from acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). By morphology, cytochemical staining, and analysis of surface antigens, GF-D8 cells are myeloblasts of immature progenitor origin. The consensus karyotype is 45, XY, -5, 7q-, inv(7) (q31.2q36), 8q+, +8q+, 11q+, 12p-, ...

A bstract We analyze the stability of four-dimensional de Sitter vacua constructed by compactifying massive Type IIA supergravity in presence two O8 sources [1]. When embedded String Theory first source has a clear interpretation as an ? plane, but second one could correspond to either + plane or with 16 D8-branes on top. find that this latter solution tachyonic instability, corresponding D8 br...

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By means of geometrical classification ([22]) of space of initial conditions, it is natural to consider the three types, PIII(D6), PIII(D7) and PIII(D8), for the third Painlevé equation. The fourth article of the series of papers [17] on the Painlevé equations is concerned with PIII(D6), generic type of the equation. The other two types, PIII(D7) and PIII(D8) are obtained as degeneration from P...