autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (aps) type 2 is characterized by the presence of addison's disease, in association with autoimmune thyroid disease and/or type 1 diabetes mellitus. aps type 2 occurs most often in middle aged females and is rare in children. here an 11 year old boy is reported with addison's disease who developed symptom's of diabetes mellitus, goiter, malabsorption, macrocytic...

Self-calibration additional parameters (APs) have identified their significant role in photogrammetric calibration and orientation since 1970s. However, the traditional APs might not be adequate for the digital airborne camera calibration. A novel family of mathematical self-calibration APs is presented in this paper. We point out that photogrammetric self-calibration can, to a very large exten...

It was generally accepted that plants, algae, and phototrophic bacteria use adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) for assimilatory sulfate reduction, whereas bacteria and fungi use phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS). The corresponding enzymes, APS and PAPS reductase, share 25-30% identical amino acids. Phylogenetic analysis of APS and PAPS reductase amino acid sequences from different organi...

We recently reported [J. Lipid Res. 42 (2001), 697; 43 (2002), 1486; 44 (2003), 716] that [beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) forms complexes with oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and autoantibodies against these complexes are present in patients with SLE and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The relationship of beta2GPI/oxLDL complexes and IgG autoantibodies against beta2GPI complexed with oxLig-1 (an oxLDL-d...

We present a new method for separating ground deformation from atmospheric phase screen (APS) based on PSInSAR. By stochastic modeling of ground deformation and APS via their variance-covariance functions we can not only estimate the signals with the best accuracy but also assess the estimation accuracy using least-squares collocation [5]. We evaluate the APS estimated by our method and the APS...

This paper introduces an approach for highly efficient simulation of supply networks in which several nodes use advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems. APS systems increasingly become part of bigger companies IT landscape. Today, APS systems communicate only with the ERP system they sit on top of. If APS systems would be able to communicate with each other, qualitatively new processes f...

Introduction Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by venous or arterial thrombosis and/or fetal losses, in the presence of one or more types of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) (Anitcardiolipin antibodies (ACA), lupus anticoagulant (LA) or anti beta 2-glycoprotein I (b2GPI). Information about APS in juvenile patients is limited and reports showed some differences between the clinic...

The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) defines the clinical association between antiphospholipid antibodies and a syndrome of hypercoagulability or thrombophilia (the term of "sticky blood" is sometimes used in APS). Antiphospholipid antibodies comprise a broad family of antibodies including both lupus anticoagulants and anticardiolipin antibodies. The pathogenesis of APS remains unclear. Neverthe...

BACKGROUND Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is defined as life threatening multiple organ thromboses developing simultaneously or over a short period. The survival rate of catastrophic APS is about 50%, but the long term outcome of patients who survive is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine the long term outcome of patients with catastrophic APS and provide further information on pati...

Detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) contributes to bladder wall tension during filling, and bladder wall deformation affects the signaling system that leads to urgency. The length-passive tension (L-T(p)) relationship in rabbit DSM can adapt with length changes over time and exhibits adjustable passive stiffness (APS) characterized by a L-T(p) curve that is a function of both activation and strain his...