Search results for "SMOS"

Infections of the Central Nervous System after Unrelated Donor Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation or Human Leukocyte Antigen–Matched Sibling Transp…

2016

We analyzed the incidence, clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and outcome of central nervous system (CNS) infections in consecutive patients with receiving umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) (n = 343) or HLA-matched sibling donor stem cell transplantation (MST) (n = 366). Thirty-four CNS infections were documented at a median time of 116 days after transplantation (range, 7 to 1161). The cumulative incidence (CI) risk of developing a CNS infection was .6% at day +30, 2.3% at day +90, and 4.9% at 5 years. The 5-year CI of CNS infection was 8.2% after UCBT and 1.7% after MST (P  .001). The causative micro-organisms of CNS infections were fungi (35%), virus (32%), Toxoplasm…

Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for highly efficient PFASs removal: overview, challenges and future perspectives

2021

Today, it is extremely urgent to face the increasing shortage of clean and safe water resources, determined by the exponential growth of both world population and its consumerism, climate change and pollution. Water remediation from traditional chemicals and contaminants of emerging concerns (CECs) is supposed to be among the major methods to solve water scarcity issues. Reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membrane separation technologies have proven to be feasible, sustainable and highly effective methods for the removal of contaminants, comprising the extremely persistent and recalcitrant perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which failed to be treated through the traditional water …

Sobre algunos endemismos ibéricos presentes en las áreas setabenses

1999

Se aportan nuevos datos sobre la distribución de seis endemismos ibéricos presentes en las áreas setabenses de las provincias de Alicante y Valencia. En todos los casos se trata de ampliaciones notables de sus áreas de distribución y, en el caso de Hippocrepis valentina y Centaurea segariensis, novedades para el catálogo provincial de Valencia. Para todas ellas, se aportan datos sobre su ecología, fitosociología y biogeografía. New data on distribution of six Spanish endemics growing in the Setabensian areas of Valencia and Alicante provinces (E of Spain), are reported. The distribution areas of most of them are considerably enlarged, and both Hippocrepis valentina and Centaurea segariensis…

Diversity of ankA and msp4 genes of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Slovenia.

2015

Granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick transmitted emerging disease in Europe and worldwide. The agent, Anaplasma phagocytophilum is transmitted by ticks of the genus Ixodes and causes infections in humans and domestic animals. The analysis of different target genes showed that in nature several genetic variants of A. phagocytophilum were present. The purpose of our study was to genetically characterize A. phagocytophilum strains from eight humans, 16 dogs, 12 wild boars, one bear and 18 tick pools from Slovenia. Therefore, the ankA and msp4 genes of A. phagocytophilum were chosen. The same genetic ankA and msp4 variant of A. phagocytophilum was detected in humans, wild boar and a part of the …

Neuromodulación eléctrica y dolor raquídeo

2015

espanolEl dolor de origen raquideo es un cuadro patologico con una importante incidencia y prevalencia y un enorme impacto socio-sanitario. La incorporacion de las diferentes tecnicas de neuromodulacion electrica en el tratamiento de estos pacientes se ha mostrado como una alternativa terapeutica novedosa, segura y eficaz. El presente trabajo de revision pretende profundizar desde el punto de vista etiologico y fisiopatologico en el dolor raquideo, y sobre todo en el sindrome de cirugia fallida espinal. Se intentara acercar la tecnica quirurgica de implantacion, comentar las indicaciones y resultados obtenidos hasta la actualidad, y realizar una aproximacion critica a los posibles mecanismo…

A promising new ELISA diagnostic test for cattle babesiosis based on Babesia bigemina Apical Membrane Antigen-1.

2016

Babesiosis due to Babesia bigemina is a relevant tick‑borne disease, affecting cattle worldwide. Many surface proteins of the pathogen including the Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA‑1) ‑ have been analysed for vaccine and diagnostic purposes. This study focused on B. bigemina AMA‑1 and on its use for the assessment of diagnostic tests. After bioinformatic analyses, AMA‑1 codifying region was amplified and cloned into an expression vector used to induce protein synthesis in Escherichia coli cells. AMA‑1 was purified by affinity chromatography and used to set up the best condition for an ELISA protocol. Bovine field sera positive to B. bigemina were used to evaluate the presence of anti‑AMA‑1 a…

Energetic coupling between plastids and mitochondria drives CO2 assimilation in diatoms.

2015

International audience; Diatoms are one of the most ecologically successful classes of photosynthetic marine eukaryotes in the contemporary oceans. Over the past 30 million years, they have helped to moderate Earth's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, sequestering it via the biological carbon pump and ultimately burying organic carbon in the lithosphere. The proportion of planetary primary production by diatoms in the modern oceans is roughly equivalent to that of terrestrial rainforests. In photosynthesis, the efficient conversion of carbon dioxide into organic matter requires a tight control of the ATP/NADPH ratio which, in other photosynthetic organisms, relies prin…

Arquitectura en Valencia 1833-1868. De la crisis del Academicismo a los historicismos

Questa ricerca si concentra sull’analisi dell’architettura valenziana durante il regno di Isabella II (1833-1868).L’architettura valenziana é sempre stata studiata in comparazione all’architettura madrilena, considerata pertanto come un riflesso tardivo e indebolito rispetto a quella della capitale. Tuttavia questa é una visione che semplifica l’attività architettonica di un momento caratterizato dalla sua complessità ideologica e culturale. Per tutte queste ragioni, gli obiettivi fissati in questo progetto di ricerca sono: in primo luogo, analizzare se il processo politico di istaurazione e di affermazione del sistema liberale ha avuto effetti sull’architettura valenziana. Il secondo obiet…

Zvaigžņotā Debess: 2009, Rudens (205)

2009

Contents: I.Daube. Jānis Ikaunieks ; A.Balklavs. Mountains on the Venus ; TASS and “Pravda” materials. Soviet Automatic Stations “Venera-5” and “Venera-6” Reach Venus ; A.Alksnis. Gathering of Astronomers at the University ; A.Alksnis, M.Ābele, I.Eglītis, B.Rjabovs, K.Salmiņš, I.Pundure. Directions of Scientific Research of the UL Institute of Astronomy Assessed ; D.Docenko. Meteorite Fallen in Sudan Recovered ; A.Alksnis. How Asteroids Will Disturb Observation with Extremely Large Telescopes ; M.Gills. Daily in Network with Astronomy ; I.Pundure. Arturs Balklavs and Astronomy of Latvia (continued) ; M.Sudārs. IXV – Step towards Reusable Space Vehicles ; V.Kalniņš. Hyperdrive and Heim’s Qua…

A spatially consistent downscaling approach for SMOS using an adaptive window

2017

The European Space Agency (ESA)'s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) is the first spaceborne mission using L-band radiometry to monitor the Earth's global surface soil moisture (SM). After more than 7 years in orbit, many studies have contributed to improve the quality and applicability of SMOS-derived SM maps. In this research, a novel downscaling algorithm for SMOS is proposed to obtain high-resolution (HR) SM maps at 1 km (L4), from the ∼40 km native resolution of the instrument. This algorithm introduces the concept of a shape adaptive moving window as an improvement of the current semi-empirical downscaling approach at SMOS Barcelona Expert Center, based on the “universal triangle…