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A case of visceral leishmaniasis and pulmonary tuberculosis in a post-partum woman
2015
AbstractVisceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum is a vector-borne zoonotic disease transmitted by sand fly bites endemic in rural or periurban areas of the Mediterranean basin. Pregnancy is accompanied by changes in immune response, mainly a decrease in cellular immunity and a proportional increase in humoral immunity. These physiological events result in increased risk of infection by pathogens whose immunity is based on a T-helper 1 predominant response. We describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis and pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in a post-partum woman four days after delivery. The diagnosis of leishmaniasis should be considered in pregnant women with fever and haematologic…
Serologic Response to Cell Wall Mannoproteins and Proteins of Candida albicans
1998
SUMMARY The cell wall of Candida albicans not only is the structure in which many biological functions essential for the fungal cells reside but also is a significant source of candidal antigens. The major cell wall components that elicit a response from the host immune system are proteins and glycoproteins, the latter being predominantly mannoproteins. Both the carbohydrate and protein moieties are able to trigger immune responses. Although cell-mediated immunity is often considered to be the most important line of defense against candidiasis, cell wall protein and glycoprotein components also elicit a potent humoral response from the host that may include some protective antibodies. Prot…
COVID-19—Importance for Patients on the Waiting List and after Kidney Transplantation—A Single Center Evaluation in 2020–2021
2021
(1) Background: Dialysis patients and recipients of a kidney allograft are at high risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2. It has been shown that the development of potent neutralizing humoral immunity against SARS CoV-2 leads to an increased probability of survival. However, the question of whether immunocompromised patients develop antibodies has not yet been sufficiently investigated; (2) Methods: SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were examined in hemodialysis patients on the waiting list for kidney transplantation as well as patients after kidney transplantation. Patients were interviewed about symptoms and comorbidities, BMI, and smoking history; (3) Results: SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were found in 16 out…
Humorist Bot: Bringing Computational Humour in a Chat-Bot System
2008
A conversational agent, capable to have a ldquosense of humourrdquo is presented. The agent can both generate humorous sentences and recognize humoristic expressions introduced by the user during the dialogue. Humorist Bot makes use of well founded techniques of computational humor and it has been implemented using the ALICE framework embedded into an Yahoo! Messenger client. It includes also an avatar that changes the face expression according to humoristic content of the dialogue.
El sentido alusivo de singularis en el discurso ciceroniano pro Sulla
2012
Después de haber propuesto que el uso frecuente de singularis en las Verrinas está en buena parte motivado por la alusión aprina que suscitan los nombres parlantes de Verres y de su principal colaborador Apronius, se nos ha opuesto el reparo de que el uso relativo de ese adjetivo es superior en el Pro Sulla. Pues bien, hecho el oportuno análisis, comprobamos que dos de los seis empleos de singularis en este discurso apuntan el mismo valor alusivo. Y los motivos son paralelos: Sulla facilita la conexión con el término genérico del cerdo doméstico o salvaje (sus, suis) y la conducta predatoria del personaje justifi ca la alusión, como en el caso de las Verrinas
Age-dependent changes in the transcription profile of long-lived Drosophila over-expressing glutamate cysteine ligase
2011
Abstract In our prior studies ( Orr et al., 2005 ) we achieved a 30–50% increase in the life span of Drosophila by manipulating glutathione (GSH) production in neuronal tissues, through over-expression of glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL), a key enzyme in glutathione biosynthesis. In the present study, we identified gene response patterns from which plausible mechanisms responsible for the observed effects on life span might be inferred. Functional clustering analysis of the transcriptome data revealed that biological processes affected by GCLc in young flies (10 days) were generally related to cell morphogenesis and differentiation, while those in older flies were associated with nucleosome …
El siglo ilustrado, Don Guindo Zereso, nacido, educado, instruido y muerto segun las luces del presente siglo, dada á la luz para seguro modelo de la…
1776
Ms Segons Aguilar Piñal "Bibliografía de autores españoles del S. XVIII", el nom de l'autor és pseudònim de l'agustí fra José Gómez de Avellaneda Precedeix al títol una creu grega Falten dos fulls entre el 45 i 46, però no hi ha interrupció en el text Foliació a llapis: 86 f. ; fulls en blanc (45r i 83-86). Numeració de quaderns. Text a línia tirada Sàtira contra Pablo de Olavide Enquadernació en pergamí amb restes de tanques de botó; títol al llom: "Vida de D. Guin[d]o Zerezo"
Immunoglobulin Kappa C Predicts Overall Survival in Node-Negative Breast Cancer
2012
Background: Biomarkers of the immune system are currently not used as prognostic factors in breast cancer. We analyzedthe association of the B cell/plasma cell marker immunoglobulin kappa C (IGKC) and survival of untreated node-negative breast cancer patients.Material and Methods: IGKC expression was evaluated by immunostaining in a cohort of 335 node-negative breast cancer patients with a median follow-up of 152 months. The prognostic significance of IGKC for disease-free survival (DFS) and breast cancer-specific overall survival (OS) was evaluated with Kaplan-Meier survival analysis as well as univariate and multivariate Cox analysis adjusted for age at diagnosis, pT stage, histological g…
CD4/CD8 Ratio in Aqueous Humor in Uveitis
2013
Dear Editor,We present a case series report with a simple and reproducible method for anterior uveitis investigation. This method uses the CD4/CD8 ratio in aqueous humor, analyzed by flow cytometry...
Organizational culture and performance: Moderated mediation role of engagement and supervisor humor
2019
Although all public and private organizations, business owners and leaders around the globe constantly try to improve their organization’s performance, still many organizations and industries face a decline in their performance. Achieving target performance is not an easy task and organizations still struggle with this goal, as there are many factors involved. Human capital is one of the most important factors in the productivity of organizations. Employee performance is essentially the financial or nonfinancial outcome of employees, and it is directly associated with the performance and achievements of an organization. These are the people who spin the wheels of industries. But what makes …