Species selected from six families of the class Basidiomycetes were evaluated for allergenicity in atopic and nonatopic individuals and for immunogenicity and antigenic cross-reactivity in experimental animals. Between 42% and 68% of atopic asthmatics demonstrated positive Type 1 wheal-and-flare skin reactivity to basidiomycete metabolic and somatic antigens. Sixty-four percent of skin test-pos...

Body weight-supported treadmill training (BWSTT) and robotic-assisted step training (RAST) have not, so far, led to better outcomes than a comparable dose of progressive over-ground training (OGT) for disabled persons with stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or cerebral palsy. The conceptual bases for these promising rehabilitation interventions had once seemed ...

A survey was conducted at 15 textile plants with dyehouses in western Sweden. Employees with a history of work related rhinitis, asthma, or skin symptoms were offered a clinical and immunological investigation including skin prick tests, skin patch tests, and radioallergosorbent tests (RASTs) to detect specific allergy to reactive dyes. Among the 1142 employees, 162 were exposed to reactive dye...

The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) mechanisms in bacterial pathogens, coupled with the dwindling number of effective antibiotics, has created a global health crisis. Being able to identify the genetic mechanisms of AMR and predict the resistance phenotypes of bacterial pathogens prior to culturing could inform clinical decision-making and improve reaction time. At PATRIC...

For years, mostly the effects of music on cardiorespiratory exercise performance have been studied, but a few studies have examined the effect of music on anaerobic exercise. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of listening to music and its rhythm on anaerobic exercise: on power output, heart rate and the concentration of blood lactate. 28 male subjects were required to visit the...

Bacillus solimangrovi GH 2-4T was isolated from mangrove soil and subjected to whole genome sequencing on HiSeq platform and annotated on RAST. The nucleotide sequence of this genome was deposited into DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession MJEH00000000.

RAST-F is a new full-core analysis code based on the two-step approach that couples multi-group cross-section generation Monte-Carlo MCS and nodal diffusion solver. To demonstrate feasibility of using MCS/RAST-F for fast reactor analysis, this paper presents coupled verification results MET-1000 CAR-3600 benchmark cores. Three different calculation schemes are employed to improve agreement betw...

Traditional session types prescribe bidirectional communication protocols for concurrent computations, where well-typed programs are guaranteed to adhere the protocols. However, simple cannot capture properties beyond basic type of exchanged messages. In response, recent work has extended with refinements from linear arithmetic, capturing intrinsic attributes processes and data. These then play...

Decay heat (DH) is the produced through a radioactive decay of fission products during or after reactor operation. It known as second largest source power in core fission. Being such strong contributor to power, it should be accurately determined at any time Currently, there are two main approaches for DH estimation used simulation codes. One approach based on careful inventorying all target nu...