OBJECTIVE It is believed that fingerprints and palm patterns may represent genetically determined congenital abnormalities in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The main idea of this paper was to determine differences of fingerprints and palm patterns in CF and normal children. METHODS Forty-six CF children (27 males, 19 females) and 341 (113 males, 228 females) healthy individuals were recruited for this...

We solve the Angel Problem, by describing a strategy that guarantees an Angel of power 2 or greater to win. Basically, the Angel should move north as quickly as possible. However, he should detour around eaten squares, as long as the extra distance does not exceed twice the number of eaten squares evaded. We show that an Angel following this strategy will always spot a trap early enough to avoi...

Algorithmic method to obtain abelian subalgebras and ideals in Lie algebras Manuel Ceballos a , Juan Núñez a & Ángel F. Tenorio b a Departamento de Geometría y Topología, Facultad de Matemáticas., Universidad de Sevilla, Aptdo. 1160, 41080, Seville, Spain b Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. Utr...

Background: Infectious agents have been suspected as a triggering factor for development of autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD). Some reports from Western countries have suggested association between Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and ATD. Objective: To investigate the association of ATD with Cag A seropositivity in a population with high rate and early age of onset of HP infection. Methods: I...

[3, 4]. However, most of these results had been published before the AEC for SS were established. Two of the largest studies used European Classification Criteria (ECC) for SS. In one of the studies, the prevalence of ATD in SS patients was 20% [5]. Another follow-up study found ATD to be more frequent in the SS patients than in the controls (30% vs 4%) [6]. AEC were used to diagnose SS in the ...

The amino-terminal domain (ATD) of AMPA receptors (AMPARs) accounts for approximately 50% of the protein, yet its functional role, if any, remains a mystery. We have discovered that the translocation of surface GluA1, but not GluA2, AMPAR subunits to the synapse requires the ATD. GluA1A2 heteromers in which the ATD of GluA1 is absent fail to translocate, establishing a critical role of the ATD ...

OBJECTIVE In Graves' hyperthyroidism treated with antithyroid drugs (ATD), the overall relapse rate reaches 30-50% following ATD discontinuation. Conflicting results have previously been reported with regard to the usefulness of combining ATD with thyroxine (l-T4), and thereafter maintaining l-T4 treatment after ATD withdrawal. Also, clinicians are in search of useful parameters to predict the ...

understanding of the life cycle and longevity 2 Ángel F. González *, Jaime Otero , Graham J. Pierce, and Ángel Guerra 1 1 Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC). Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain 4 2 Current address: Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1066, N-0316 Oslo, Norway 6 3 Instituto Español de Oceanografía...

background: infectious agents have been suspected as a triggering factor for development of autoimmune thyroid disease (atd). some reports from western countries have suggested association between helicobacter pylori (hp) infection and atd. objective: to investigate the association of atd with cag a seropositivity in a population with high rate and early age of onset of hp infection. methods: i...