Although neonatal retinal haemorrhage is a common pathological finding in about 20 per cent. of newborn infants, the cause of this condition is still not well understood. Jager (i86i) is generally accepted as the first author to have reported the condition. Estimates of its incidence have varied from 2 -6 to 50 per cent. (Duke-Elder and Dobree, I967). Chace, Mlerritt, and Bellows (1950), in a s...

Representative repeated cross-sectional skin testing for bovine tuberculosis (TB) was conducted over a period of three years in a total of 5377 cattle in three randomly selected woredas (districts) in Ethiopia (Meskan, Woldia and Bako-Gazer) that had never previously been tested for TB. Almost all (99 per cent) of the animals included local zebus kept in traditional husbandry systems. The compa...

Results We identified 6 children with AAV treated with rituximab (microscopic polyangeitis, n = 2, granulomatosis with polyangeitis, n = 2, unspecified vasculitis, n = 2). The age at onset ranged from 4 to 16 yrs. Treatment with rituximab consisted in 4 infusions of 375 mg/m; one patient received only 3 infusions. Mean duration of follow-up was 2.65 yrs. All patients achieved clinical remission...

Centre of Research & Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute (+30) 2311 257738 {athstavr, gmeditsk, andreadisst, thtsompa, ikom}@iti.gr ABSTRACT Dem@Lab is an ambient intelligence framework, which supports monitoring behavioral aspects of individuals in goaloriented scenarios, within controlled, pervasive environments. Semantic Web technologies, such as OWL 2, are extensively empl...