Methods Controlled, prospective, monocentric observational study. We included 30 mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients (SOFA score ≥ 8 at 3 within 5 days after ICU admission). Two open muscle biopsies (M. vastus lateralis) were obtained at median day 5 and 16. Electron microscope studies were performed and counting of myosin filaments in cross section was done using Image J Software....

Christophe SIMON Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, ESSTIN 2 Rue Jean Lamour, 54519 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France Tél : +33 (0)383 685 134 Fax : +33 (0)383 685 001 email: [email protected] Frédérique BICKING Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, ESSTIN 2 Rue Jean Lamour, 54519 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France Tél : +33 (0)383 685 134 Fax : +33 (0)383 685 001 email: Frederiq...

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1 Department of Oral Microbiology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 1757 Kanazawa, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido, 061-0293, Japan 2 Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Salemba Raya No.4, Jakarta Pusat 10430, Indonesia 3 Postdoctoral Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1, Kouji-machi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 102-0083,...

Ying Xia Li, Guang Ce Wang*, Jian Feng Niu, Zheng Quan Gao & Chang Sheng Chen School of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473 061, China Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanhai Road 7, Qingdao 266 071, China. Nation Deep Sea Center of State Oceanic Administration, People’s Republic of China, Qingda...

TIM D AW 1 , 2 ∗, KATRI N A B ROWN 1 , SE R G I O RO S E N D O 1 , 3 AND ROBERT POMEROY 4 1School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK, 2Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, 3e-GEO, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida de Berna, 26-C, 1069-061 Lisbon, Portugal, and 4...

In this paper we consider the problem of RNA folding with pseudoknots. We use a graphical representation in which the secondary structures are described by planar diagrams. Pseudoknots are identified as non-planar diagrams. We analyze the non-planar topologies of RNA structures and propose a classification of RNA pseudoknots according to the minimal genus of the surface on which the RNA structu...