The avian-origin H3N2 canine influenza virus has limited replication in swine
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A genetically and antigenically distinct H3N2 canine influenza of avian-origin was detected in March of 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. A subsequent outbreak was reported with over 1,000 dogs in the Midwest affected. The potential for canine-to-swine transmission was unknown. Experimental infection in pi...
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Perez, Cesar Morales
1991-01-01
This article outlines strategies for the inferring of English scientific terms by Spanish speakers. The article considers factors affecting the process of inference, the use of context morphology, and word origin in inferring word meaning. (SR)
Helping to combat chronic wasting disease
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2003-01-01
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a disease of the nervous system that results in distinctive brain lesions. CWD affects elk, white-tailed deer, and mule deer, but has not been documented in livestock or humans. The origins of the disease, as well as the modes of transmission, remain unknown. Infected deer and elk appear robust and healthy in the early stages of CWD; clinical signs might not show for years. Mortality typically occurs within months after the appearance of clinical signs. The route of transmission is unknown; likely routes include direct transmission between infected and noninfected animals and infected animals contaminating local environments.
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5. Photographic copy of photograph (date unknown, original print in the possession of the Wisconsin Veterans Museums). SIX COTTAGES. VIEW UNKNOWN. - Wisconsin Home for Veterans, King, Waupaca County, WI
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8. Photographic copy of photograph (date unknown, original print in the possession of the Wisconsin Veterans Museums). SEVEN COTTAGES. VIEW UNKNOWN. - Wisconsin Home for Veterans, King, Waupaca County, WI
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4. Photographic copy of photograph (date unknown, original print in the possession of the Wisconsin Veterans Museums). COTTAGES WITH DIRT ROAD IN FOREGROUND. LOCATION UNKNOWN. - Wisconsin Home for Veterans, King, Waupaca County, WI
Winston, Gary; Leventhal, Alex
2008-01-01
Drinking-water is a direct conduit to many human receptors. An intentional attack (e.g. terrorism) on drinking-water systems can shock and disrupt elements of national infrastructures. We report on an unintentional drinking-water contamination event that occurred in Tel Aviv, Israel in July, 2001. Initially of unknown origin, this event involved risk management strategies used by the Ministry of Health for abating a potential public health crisis as might be envisaged of water contamination due to terrorism. In an abrupt event of unknown origin, public health officials need to be responsible for the same level of preparedness and risk communication. This is emphasized by comparison of management strategies between the Tel Aviv event and one of dire consequences that occurred in Camelford, England in 1988. From the onset of the Tel Aviv incident, the public health strategy was to employ the precautionary principle by warning residents of the affected region to not drink tap water, even if boiled. This strategy was in contrast to an earlier crisis that occurred in Camelford, England in 1988. An outcome of this event was heightened awareness that a water crisis can occur in peacetime and not only in association with terrorism. No matter how minor the contamination event or short-term the disruption of delivery of safe drinking-water, psychological, medical and public health impact could be significant.
Chen, Allen M; Farwell, D Gregory; Lau, Derick H; Li, Bao-Qing; Luu, Quang; Donald, Paul J
2011-10-01
To determine how the addition of cisplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy to radiation therapy influences outcomes among a cohort of patients treated for head-and-neck cancer of unknown primary origin. The medical records of 60 consecutive patients treated by radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck presenting as cervical lymph node metastasis of occult primary origin were reviewed. Thirty-two patients (53%) were treated by concurrent chemoradiation, and 28 patients (47%) were treated by radiation therapy alone. Forty-five patients (75%) received radiation therapy after surgical resection, and 15 patients (25%) received primary radiation therapy. Thirty-five patients (58%) were treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy. The 2-year estimates of overall survival, local-regional control, and progression-free survival were 89%, 89%, and 79%, respectively, among patients treated by chemoradiation, compared to 90%, 92%, and 83%, respectively, among patients treated by radiation therapy alone (p > 0.05, for all). Exploratory analysis failed to identify any subset of patients who benefited from the addition of concurrent chemotherapy to radiation therapy. The use of concurrent chemotherapy was associated with a significantly increased incidence of Grade 3+ acute and late toxicity (p < 0.001, for both). Concurrent chemoradiation is associated with significant toxicity without a clear advantage to overall survival, local-regional control, and progression-free survival in the treatment of head-and-neck cancer of unknown primary origin. Although selection bias cannot be ignored, prospective data are needed to further address this question. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Coca Leaf and Cocaine Addiction: Some Historical Notes
Blejer-Prieto, H.
1965-01-01
Coca-leaf habituation has affected millions of Andean natives for over 400 years. In the last half-century it has also involved millions more Malayans. Coca leaf, from which cocaine and extracts for some commercial carbonated soft drinks are obtained, remains relatively unknown by the medical and allied professions elsewhere. A review of the original medical, historical and other pertinent literature of the last 350 years illustrates the origins of the use of coca leaf, its spread, the isolation of cocaine and its first uses, as well as some of the euphoric and other effects of both substances. PMID:5318484
Kim, Hong-Beum; Seo, Jun-Won; Lee, Jun-Hyung; Choi, Byung-Seok; Park, Sang-Gon
2017-01-01
Background/Aims Eosinophilia has numerous diverse causes, and in many patients, it is not possible to establish the cause of eosinophilia. Recently, toxocariasis was introduced as one cause of eosinophilia. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of toxocariasis and the clinical impact of albendazole treatment for toxocariasis in patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review. After evaluation of cause of eosinophilia, the patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin performed immunoglobulin G antibody specific assay for the Toxocara canis larval antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results This study evaluated 113 patients, 69 patients (61%) were suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin. Among these 69 patients, the frequency of T. canis infection was very high (45 patients, 65.2%), and albendazole treatment for 45 eosinophilia with toxocariasis was highly effective for a cure of eosinophilia than no albendazole group regardless of steroid (82.3%, p = 0.007). Furthermore, among the nonsteroid treated small group (19 patients), albendazole treatment for eosinophilia were more effective than no albendazole group, too (83.3% vs. 28.6 %, p = 0.045). Conclusions The prevalence of toxocariasis was high among patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin; therefore, evaluation for T. canis infection is recommended for patients with eosinophilia of unknown origin. Furthermore, for patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin who have positive results for T. canis, albendazole treatment may be considered a valuable treatment option. PMID:28352060
Kim, Hong-Beum; Seo, Jun-Won; Lee, Jun-Hyung; Choi, Byung-Seok; Park, Sang-Gon
2017-05-01
Eosinophilia has numerous diverse causes, and in many patients, it is not possible to establish the cause of eosinophilia. Recently, toxocariasis was introduced as one cause of eosinophilia. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of toxocariasis and the clinical impact of albendazole treatment for toxocariasis in patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin. We performed a retrospective chart review. After evaluation of cause of eosinophilia, the patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin performed immunoglobulin G antibody specific assay for the Toxocara canis larval antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. This study evaluated 113 patients, 69 patients (61%) were suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin. Among these 69 patients, the frequency of T. canis infection was very high (45 patients, 65.2%), and albendazole treatment for 45 eosinophilia with toxocariasis was highly effective for a cure of eosinophilia than no albendazole group regardless of steroid (82.3%, p = 0.007). Furthermore, among the nonsteroid treated small group (19 patients), albendazole treatment for eosinophilia were more effective than no albendazole group, too (83.3% vs. 28.6 %, p = 0.045). The prevalence of toxocariasis was high among patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin; therefore, evaluation for T. canis infection is recommended for patients with eosinophilia of unknown origin. Furthermore, for patients suspected of eosinophilia of unknown origin who have positive results for T. canis , albendazole treatment may be considered a valuable treatment option.
Toward diagnostic and phenotype markers for genetically transmitted speech delay.
Shriberg, Lawrence D; Lewis, Barbara A; Tomblin, J Bruce; McSweeny, Jane L; Karlsson, Heather B; Scheer, Alison R
2005-08-01
Converging evidence supports the hypothesis that the most common subtype of childhood speech sound disorder (SSD) of currently unknown origin is genetically transmitted. We report the first findings toward a set of diagnostic markers to differentiate this proposed etiological subtype (provisionally termed speech delay-genetic) from other proposed subtypes of SSD of unknown origin. Conversational speech samples from 72 preschool children with speech delay of unknown origin from 3 research centers were selected from an audio archive. Participants differed on the number of biological, nuclear family members (0 or 2+) classified as positive for current and/or prior speech-language disorder. Although participants in the 2 groups were found to have similar speech competence, as indexed by their Percentage of Consonants Correct scores, their speech error patterns differed significantly in 3 ways. Compared with children who may have reduced genetic load for speech delay (no affected nuclear family members), children with possibly higher genetic load (2+ affected members) had (a) a significantly higher proportion of relative omission errors on the Late-8 consonants; (b) a significantly lower proportion of relative distortion errors on these consonants, particularly on the sibilant fricatives /s/, /z/, and //; and (c) a significantly lower proportion of backed /s/ distortions, as assessed by both perceptual and acoustic methods. Machine learning routines identified a 3-part classification rule that included differential weightings of these variables. The classification rule had diagnostic accuracy value of 0.83 (95% confidence limits = 0.74-0.92), with positive and negative likelihood ratios of 9.6 (95% confidence limits = 3.1-29.9) and 0.40 (95% confidence limits = 0.24-0.68), respectively. The diagnostic accuracy findings are viewed as promising. The error pattern for this proposed subtype of SSD is viewed as consistent with the cognitive-linguistic processing deficits that have been reported for genetically transmitted verbal disorders.
Sarcoidosis: nail dystrophy without underlying bone changes.
Wakelin, S H; James, M P
1995-06-01
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown origin that affects multiple organs and may present with a variety of skin lesions. Involvement of the nails is rare and almost invariably associated with underlying bone disease. We describe a patient with sarcoid nail dystrophy in whom this diagnosis was confirmed by a proximal nail fold biopsy. Radiologic investigation did not show evidence of an associated bone dystrophy in this case.
Thomassen, Irene; Verhoeven, Rob H A; van Gestel, Yvette R B M; van de Wouw, Agnes J; Lemmens, Valery E P P; de Hingh, Ignace H J T
2014-01-01
Until recently, peritoneal metastases (PM) were regarded as an untreatable condition, regardless of the organ of origin. Currently, promising treatment options are available for selected patients with PM from colorectal, appendiceal, ovarian or gastric carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, treatment and survival of patients presenting with PM in whom the origin of PM remains unknown. Data from patients diagnosed with PM of unknown origin during 1984-2010 were extracted from the Eindhoven Cancer Registry. European age-standardised incidence rates were calculated and data on treatment and survival were analysed. In total 1051 patients were diagnosed with PM of unknown origin. In 606 patients (58%) the peritoneum was the only site of metastasis, and 445 patients also had other metastases. Chemotherapy usage has increased from 8% in the earliest period to 16% in most recent years (p=.016). Median survival was extremely poor with only 42days (95% confidence interval (CI) 39-47days) and did not change over time. Median survival of patients not receiving chemotherapy was significantly worse than of those receiving chemotherapy (36 versus 218days, p<.0001). The prognosis of PM of unknown origin is extremely poor and did not improve over time. Given the recent progress that has been achieved in selected patients presenting with PM, maximum efforts should be undertaken in order to diagnose the origin of PM as accurately as possible. Potentially effective treatment strategies should be further explored for patients in whom the organ of origin remains unknown. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Chen, Allen M., E-mail: allen.chen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu; Farwell, D. Gregory; Lau, Derick H.
2011-10-01
Purpose: To determine how the addition of cisplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy to radiation therapy influences outcomes among a cohort of patients treated for head-and-neck cancer of unknown primary origin. Methods and Materials: The medical records of 60 consecutive patients treated by radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck presenting as cervical lymph node metastasis of occult primary origin were reviewed. Thirty-two patients (53%) were treated by concurrent chemoradiation, and 28 patients (47%) were treated by radiation therapy alone. Forty-five patients (75%) received radiation therapy after surgical resection, and 15 patients (25%) received primary radiation therapy. Thirty-five patientsmore » (58%) were treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Results: The 2-year estimates of overall survival, local-regional control, and progression-free survival were 89%, 89%, and 79%, respectively, among patients treated by chemoradiation, compared to 90%, 92%, and 83%, respectively, among patients treated by radiation therapy alone (p > 0.05, for all). Exploratory analysis failed to identify any subset of patients who benefited from the addition of concurrent chemotherapy to radiation therapy. The use of concurrent chemotherapy was associated with a significantly increased incidence of Grade 3+ acute and late toxicity (p < 0.001, for both). Conclusions: Concurrent chemoradiation is associated with significant toxicity without a clear advantage to overall survival, local-regional control, and progression-free survival in the treatment of head-and-neck cancer of unknown primary origin. Although selection bias cannot be ignored, prospective data are needed to further address this question.« less
Metastatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Unknown Origin Arising in the Femoral Nerve Sheath.
Candy, Nicholas; Young, Adam; Allinson, Kieren; Carr, Oliver; McMillen, Jason; Trivedi, Rikin
2017-08-01
Metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown origin is a rare condition, usually presenting with lesions in the liver and/or lung. We present the first reported case of a metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown origin arising in the femoral nerve sheath. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated what was thought to be a schwannoma in the left femoral nerve sheath in the proximal femoral triangle, immediately inferior to the anterior inferior iliac spine. At the time of operation, the tumor capsule was invading surrounding tissue, as well as three trunks of the femoral nerve. The patient underwent a subtotal resection, preserving the integrity of the residual functioning femoral nerve trunks. Histologic evaluation determined that the tumor had features consistent with a metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary origin. The patient recovered well postoperatively, and subsequent radiologic evaluation failed to demonstrate a potential primary site. Unfortunately, the patient re-presented with disease progression and was subsequently referred to palliative care. We recommend that there is a definite role for surgery in the management of solitary neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown origin. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Griffiths, Jennifer R; Schindler, Daniel E; Seeb, Lisa W
2013-01-01
Connectivity among diverse habitats can buffer populations from adverse environmental conditions, influence the functioning of meta-ecosystems, and ultimately affect the reliability of ecosystem services. This stabilizing effect on populations is proposed to derive from complementarity in growth and survival conditions experienced by individuals in the different habitats that comprise meta-ecosystems. Here we use the fine scale differentiation of salmon populations between diverse lake habitats to assess how rearing habitat and stock of origin affect the body condition of juvenile sockeye salmon. We use genetic markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms) to assign individuals of unknown origin to stock group and in turn characterize ecologically relevant attributes across habitats and stocks. Our analyses show that the body condition of juvenile salmon is related to the productivity of alternative habitats across the watershed, irrespective of their stock of origin. Emigrants and residents with genetic origins in the high productivity lake were also differentiated by their body condition, poor and high respectively. These emigrants represented a substantial proportion of juvenile sockeye salmon rearing in the lower productivity lake habitat. Despite emigrants originating from the more productive lake, they did not differ in body condition from the individuals spawned in the lower productivity, recipient habitat. Genetic tools allowed us to assess the performance of different stocks groups across the diverse habitats comprising their meta-ecosystem. The ability to characterize the ecological consequences of meta-ecosystem connectivity can help develop strategies to protect and restore ecosystems and the services they provide to humans.
Griffiths, Jennifer R.; Schindler, Daniel E.; Seeb, Lisa W.
2013-01-01
Connectivity among diverse habitats can buffer populations from adverse environmental conditions, influence the functioning of meta-ecosystems, and ultimately affect the reliability of ecosystem services. This stabilizing effect on populations is proposed to derive from complementarity in growth and survival conditions experienced by individuals in the different habitats that comprise meta-ecosystems. Here we use the fine scale differentiation of salmon populations between diverse lake habitats to assess how rearing habitat and stock of origin affect the body condition of juvenile sockeye salmon. We use genetic markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms) to assign individuals of unknown origin to stock group and in turn characterize ecologically relevant attributes across habitats and stocks. Our analyses show that the body condition of juvenile salmon is related to the productivity of alternative habitats across the watershed, irrespective of their stock of origin. Emigrants and residents with genetic origins in the high productivity lake were also differentiated by their body condition, poor and high respectively. These emigrants represented a substantial proportion of juvenile sockeye salmon rearing in the lower productivity lake habitat. Despite emigrants originating from the more productive lake, they did not differ in body condition from the individuals spawned in the lower productivity, recipient habitat. Genetic tools allowed us to assess the performance of different stocks groups across the diverse habitats comprising their meta-ecosystem. The ability to characterize the ecological consequences of meta-ecosystem connectivity can help develop strategies to protect and restore ecosystems and the services they provide to humans. PMID:23505539
Han, Hyun Jin; Chang, Won Seok; Jung, Hyun Ho; Park, Yong Gou
2016-01-01
Background Up to 15% of all patients with brain metastases have no clearly detected primary site despite intensive evaluation, and this incidence has decreased with the use of improved imaging technology. Radiosurgery has been evaluated as one of the treatment modality for patients with limited brain metastases. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of radiosurgery for brain metastases from unknown primary tumors. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 540 patients who underwent gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for brain metastases radiologically diagnosed between August 1992 and September 2007 in our institution. First, the brain metastases were grouped into metachronous, synchronous, and precocious presentations according to the timing of diagnosis of the brain metastases. Then, synchronous and precocious brain metastases were further grouped into 1) unknown primary; 2) delayed known primary; and 3) synchronous metastases according to the timing of diagnosis of the primary origin. We analyzed the survival time and time to new brain metastasis in each group. Results Of the 540 patients, 29 (5.4%) presented precocious or synchronous metastases (34 GKRS procedures for 174 lesions). The primary tumor was not found even after intensive and repeated systemic evaluation in 10 patients (unknown primary, 34.5%); found after 8 months in 3 patients (delayed known primary, 1.2%); and diagnosed at the same time as the brain metastases in 16 patients (synchronous metastasis, 55.2%). No statistically significant differences in survival time and time to new brain metastasis were found among the three groups. Conclusion Identification of a primary tumor before GKRS did not affect the patient outcomes. If other possible differential diagnoses were completely excluded, early GKRS can be an effective treatment option for brain metastases from unknown primary tumor. PMID:27867920
7. Photographic copy of photograph (date unknown, original print in ...
7. Photographic copy of photograph (date unknown, original print in the possession of the Wisconsin Veterans Museums). LAKE IN FOREGROUND, COTTAGES IN BACK. - Wisconsin Home for Veterans, King, Waupaca County, WI
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15. Photocopy of photograph (original in WACC), photographer unknown, c. 1917 BEN ERICKSON IN WWI UNIFORM STANDING IN FRONT OF SOUTH LIVING ROOM WINDOW (ADOBE WALLS) - Faraway Ranch, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
3. Photocopy of photograph (location of original unknown) Mary Mather, ...
3. Photocopy of photograph (location of original unknown) Mary Mather, photographer, ca. 1920 PARTIAL EAST ELEVATION, OBSCURED BY FOLIAGE - Bagatelle Plantation, East River Road (moved to Iberville Parish), Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA
Oxybutynin as an alternative treatment for hyperhidrosis*
Delort, Sergio; Marchi, Evaldo; Corrêa, Marcos Antônio
2017-01-01
Hyperhidrosis is the excessive production of sweating, which can be primary and focal or secondary to various pathologies. The exact cause of primary focal hyperhidrosis is still unknown, although a genetic basis is recognized, and its prevalence varies from 1% to 2.8%. The most affected sites are the armpits, palms, soles and face. It causes much discomfort, affects the quality of life, and is estimated to be undervalued by health professionals. Many treatment options are proposed, both clinical and surgical. The aim of this review is to focus on the treatment of hyperhidrosis with oxybutynin, an anticholinergic drug originally used to control overactive bladder. PMID:28538882
1. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in Pope & ...
1. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in Pope & Talbot Archives. Port Gamble, WA.) Unknown Photographer, Unknown Date. View of Walker-Ames House, house no. 1, facing southwest. - Walker-Ames House, Rainier Avenue, Port Gamble, Kitsap County, WA
43. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca January 1929 (original ...
43. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca January 1929 (original print located at Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix AZ). COMPLETED BRIDGE. - Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, Page, Coconino County, AZ
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13. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riveside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF JAPANESE WORKER HOUSING, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FRUIT COMPANY, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
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9. Photocopy of drawing (Original in possession of National Archives and Record Service, Record Group 92) Delineator unknown, Date unknown FIRST FLOOR PLAN - Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth Streets, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
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8. Photocopy of drawing (Original in possession of National Archives and Record Service, Record Group 92) Delineator unknown, Date unknown BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN - Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth Streets, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
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10. Photocopy of drawing (Original in possession of National Archives and Record Service, Record Group 92) Delineator unknown, Date unknown SECOND FLOOR PLAN - Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth Streets, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
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6. Photographic copy of photograph (date unknown, original print in the possession of the Wisconsin Veterans Museums). COTTAGES, INCLUDING 'J.P. McPHERSON POST NO. 27 CAFE GENEVA'. - Wisconsin Home for Veterans, King, Waupaca County, WI
Weisshaar, E; Apfelbacher, C; Jäger, G; Zimmermann, E; Bruckner, T; Diepgen, T L; Gollnick, H
2006-11-01
Pruritus is the most frequent and distressing symptom associated with dermatoses and various internal and neurological diseases. To investigate two different populations of patients with pruritus, one in Germany and one in Uganda, with a particular focus on clinical characteristics, aetiology and quality of life. We investigated by questionnaire 132 patients (59 men, 73 women, mean age 54.5 years) who were referred to the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of Magdeburg, Germany, with the diagnosis of pruritus as a leading symptom. The questionnaire was also applied in 84 patients who consulted the Dermatology Clinic at Mbarara, Uganda for pruritus. The questions referred to personal data and disease history of the individual, history and present occurrence of concomitant diseases, present and past therapy, quality, frequency and triggers of itching and scratching, other disorders and complaints, quality of life and impact on work and disability. Seventy-five (57%) of the German patients had pruritus due to dermatoses, 47 patients (36%) had pruritus due to a systemic disease and in 10 patients (8%) pruritus was of unknown origin. Most had a history of pruritus of several months up to years. Pruritus associated with dermatoses mostly affected the whole body and was permanent with an undulatory character. Affective reactions such as aggression and depression occurred more frequently in dermatological patients compared with those with systemic pruritus. The former group felt that pruritus had a greater impact on their lives. Almost all Ugandan patients had pruritus due to dermatoses except for three patients with pruritus of unknown origin. Eczema and prurigo were the most frequently observed dermatoses in both German and Ugandan patients. Patients with pruritus in both populations showed an impaired quality of life. There was no pronounced difference between the populations with regard to feelings of depression and suicidal thoughts. A great deal of helpful information in this complex group of patients can be obtained using this questionnaire. Pruritus has a major impact on quality of life and especially impairs those patients with pruritus associated with dermatoses and pruritus of unknown origin.
Alveolar soft part sarcoma causing perianal abscess.
Sullivan, Niall; McCulloch, Tom; Leverton, David
2011-07-01
A 34-year-old woman presented with a perianal abscess that communicated with the vagina. There was a background of a one-year history of a conservatively treated, traumatic, paravaginal haematoma. Histology of the fistula tract showed alveolar soft part sarcoma and subsequent imaging identified a large soft tissue mass in the pelvis with lung metastases. Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare soft tissue sarcoma of unknown cellular origin affecting predominantly young women, often in deep soft tissues and lower extremities.
[69-year-old patient with seizure of unknown origin].
Riediger, Ch; Iff, S; Stucki, A; Donati, F; Stanga, Z
2007-03-07
Diseases associated with cobalamin deficiency often present a variety of neurological disorders apart from the well known megaloblastic anaemia as haematological manifestation. The peripheral and the central nervous system can be affected in different levels by the metabolic changes due to an impaired Vitamin B12 metabolism. Based upon an observed case we discuss the manifestation of cerebral convulsion possibly due to a secondarily acquired cobalamin deficiency. We conclude that in de novo cerebral convulsion in the elderly a cobalamin deficiency could play an important role.
Cape Cod Easterly Shore Beach Erosion Study. Volume 2
1979-04-01
exploration leases in itself does not affect land use, but the discovery of oil , gas , or minerals offshore can have a major impact on the coast if...Structures - A few seasonal cottages are located s) uth of and on the southeast side of Little Pochet Island (Figure 1-G3). They are reached by jeep trail...unknown, but many of the offshore islands and submerged banks of the area are of glacial origin. Noteworthy examples are the Nantucket shoals southeast
15. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
15. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF BARNS, STABLE AND FIELD EQUIPMENT, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FRUIT COMPANY, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
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2. Photocopy of photograph (location of original unknown) Mary Mather, photographer, ca. 1920 GENERAL VIEW OF WEST (LEFT) AND SOUTH (RIGHT) FACADES, TAKEN FROM LEVEE - Bagatelle Plantation, East River Road (moved to Iberville Parish), Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA
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47. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the Claremont Historical Society) photographer unknown, no date INTERIOR OF OFFICE AND EMPLOYEES IN AN UNKNOWN BUILDING - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
Protracted fever of unknown origin as the presenting symptom of Behçet's disease. Report of a case.
Niamane, Radouane; Karim Moudden, Mohamed; Zyani, Mahamed; Hda, Ali
2005-03-01
We report a case of Behçet's disease that presented as protracted fever of unknown origin. The diagnosis was established when a thromboembolic event and ora3l aphthous ulcers occurred simultaneously. Antibiotics had no effect on the fever, which resolved when glucocorticoid and anticoagulant therapy was given. Among causes of protracted fever of unknown origin, Behçet's disease is exceedingly rare but should be considered together with the other vasculitides. Above all, the presence of a fever should prompt a search for a thromboembolic complication.
42. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, 12 September 1928 (original ...
42. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, 12 September 1928 (original print located at Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix AZ). BRIDGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSERTION OF CENTER PIN. - Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, Page, Coconino County, AZ
44. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, 1415 June 1929 (original ...
44. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, 14-15 June 1929 (original print located at Utah State Historical Society Photograph Collection, Salt Lake City UT). DEDICATION CEREMONY AT BRIDGE. - Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, Page, Coconino County, AZ
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 1942 (original print located ...
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 1942 (original print located at Southern UTE Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office, Ignacio, Colorado). West front and south side of boy's dormitory. - Southern Ute Boarding School, Boy's Dormitory, Ouray & Capote Drives, Ignacio, La Plata County, CO
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Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 1942 (original print located at Southern UTE Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office, Ignacio, Colorado). East rear and north side of boy's dormitory. - Southern Ute Boarding School, Boy's Dormitory, Ouray & Capote Drives, Ignacio, La Plata County, CO
45. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, 1415 June 1929 (original ...
45. Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, 14-15 June 1929 (original print located at Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix AZ). AIRPLANE STUNT DURING DEDICATION CEREMONY AT BRIDGE. - Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, Page, Coconino County, AZ
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14. Photocopy of historic photograph (original photograph on file at Fairchild Air Force Museum, Spokane, WA) Photographer unknown, date unknown BOMBER ALERT FACILITY, INTERIOR, SLEEPING QUARTERS - Fairchild Air Force Base, Bomber Alert Facility, 803G South Taxi Way, Spokane, Spokane County, WA
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Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, August 1912 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "A VIEW OF METHOD OF DAM CONSTRUCTION" - Kachess Dam, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
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Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca. 1930 (original print located at Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado). Overall view of Southern UTE Agency Boarding School, with boys dormitory at center. - Southern Ute Boarding School, Boy's Dormitory, Ouray & Capote Drives, Ignacio, La Plata County, CO
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, August 1912 (original print ...
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, August 1912 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING DAM AFTER REMOVING OF TRESTLE" - Kachess Dam, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca. 1930 (original print ...
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca. 1930 (original print located at Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado). Overall views of Southern Ute Agency Boarding School, with boys' dormitory at left of lower view. - Southern Ute Boarding School, Boy's Dormitory, Ouray & Capote Drives, Ignacio, La Plata County, CO
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Photographic copy of photograph, date unknown (original print located at the History Office, U.S. Army South, Fort Clayton, Republic of Panama). Early view of Fort Sherman from boat dock with theater in background, facing southwest. - Fort Sherman, Toro Point on Limon Bay, Colon, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ
Conti, Andrea A; Conti, Antonio; Masoni, Marco; Gensini, Gian Franco
2005-01-01
Although, in the course of the last 50 years, the achievements in the medical field have been astonishing, at the beginning of the third millennium a number of clinical pictures are still left without a precise nosographic origin. In the past, the delay in scientific communication was the main explanation presented for the lack of understanding of clinical pictures of unknown nosographic origin. The history of medicine provides excellent examples of this dispersion of human capital, even if the history of clinical neurology presents "exceptions" (the pictures that we now call de la Tourette's syndrome and Parkinson's disease) that indicate that major clinical syndromes could be clearly detected and relatively rapidly diffused even in the 19th century. Contrary to the past, the delay in scientific communication no longer seems an obstacle to the sharing of medical knowledge. Nevertheless, the problem of the in-depth comprehension of clinical pictures of unknown nosographic origin still remains dominant, mainly because of the limited spread of ample and flexible online accessible databases of unknown nosographic origin clinical syndromes. The need for interactive electronic archives and other artificial intelligence resources in order to promote progress in clinical knowledge is discussed in this paper.
Borkakoty, Biswajyoti; Jakharia, Aniruddha; Biswas, Dipankar; Mahanta, Jagadish
2016-01-01
Scrub typhus and leptospirosis are bacterial zoonotic disease causing high morbidity and mortality. The seasonal outbreak of pyrexia is common in Arunachal Pradesh (AP); many times the disease remains undiagnosed. An outbreak of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) occurred in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh in 2013, with 108 deaths, which was investigated to elucidate the cause of illness. Blood samples from the affected region with acute pyrexia were collected, and screened for the malaria parasite, scrub typhus IgM and leptospira IgM. Scrub typhus IgM was reactive in 97% (30/31), and 25% (8/31) cases were co-infected with leptospira. Incidentally, scrub typhus reactive (67%) and leptospira co-infection (62.7%) were higher in females. Record of previous 3 years (2011-2013) from Longding, Community Health Centre showed an increase in indoor pyrexia cases by 2-fold or more during October and November. The present study is the first report of co-infection of scrub typhus with leptospirosis from Northeast India. Medical officers in this region should take scrub typhus and leptospirosis in their differential diagnosis of patients with PUO for early diagnosis and effective treatment.
Osteosclerotic bone dysplasia (melorheostosis) of the mandible.
Kuttenberger, J J; Hardt, N; Gebbers, J-O; Hofer, B
2006-12-01
Melorheostosis is a linear bone dysplasia of unknown origin that may be associated with soft-tissue alterations. Although any part of the skeleton can be affected, this condition is rarely observed in the craniofacial region. Only seven cases of melorheostosis with craniofacial involvement have been reported and cranial manifestation only is even rarer. To the authors' knowledge, manifestation in the mandible only has not yet been documented. A patient with isolated melorheostosis of the mandible with characteristic symptomatic bone pain is presented. The clinical, radiological and histological findings are described and possible therapeutic options are discussed.
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca. 1915 (original print ...
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, ca. 1915 (original print located at Southern Ute Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office, Ignacio, Colorado). Overall view of Southern Ute Agency Boarding School, with main building (boy's dormitory) at right. - Southern Ute Boarding School, Boy's Dormitory, Ouray & Capote Drives, Ignacio, La Plata County, CO
Agha-Hosseini, Farzaneh; Moosavi, Mahdieh-Sadat
2013-01-01
This evidence-based article reviews risk indicators and management of unknown-origin xerostomia. Xerostomia and hyposalivation refer to different aspects of dry mouth. Xerostomia is a subjective sensation of dry mouth, whilst hyposalivation is defined as an objective assessment of reduced salivary flow rate. About 30% of the elderly (65 years and older) experience xerostomia and hyposalivation. Structural and functional factors, or both may lead to salivary gland dysfunction. The EBM literature search was conducted by using the medical literature database MEDLINE via PubMed and OvidMedline search engines. Results were limited to English language articles (1965 to present) including clinical trials (CT), randomized controlled trials (RCT), systematic reviews and review articles. Case control or cohort studies were included for the etiology. Neuropathic etiology such as localized oral alteration of thermal sensations, saliva composition change (for example higher levels of K, Cl, Ca, IgA, amylase, calcium, PTH and cortisol), lower levels of estrogen and progesterone, smaller salivary gland size, and illnesses such as lichen planus, are risk indicators for unknown-origin xerostomia. The management is palliative and preventative. Management of symptoms includes drug administration (systemic secretogogues, saliva substitutes and bile secretion-stimulator), night guard, diet and habit modifications. Other managements may be indicated to treat adverse effects. Neuropathic etiology, saliva composition change, smaller salivary gland size, and illnesses such as oral lichen planus can be suggestive causes for unknown-origin xerostomia. However, longitudinal studies will be important to elucidate the causes of unknown-origin xerostomia. PMID:25512755
DNA sequence templates adjacent nucleosome and ORC sites at gene amplification origins in Drosophila
Liu, Jun; Zimmer, Kurt; Rusch, Douglas B.; Paranjape, Neha; Podicheti, Ram; Tang, Haixu; Calvi, Brian R.
2015-01-01
Eukaryotic origins of DNA replication are bound by the origin recognition complex (ORC), which scaffolds assembly of a pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) that is then activated to initiate replication. Both pre-RC assembly and activation are strongly influenced by developmental changes to the epigenome, but molecular mechanisms remain incompletely defined. We have been examining the activation of origins responsible for developmental gene amplification in Drosophila. At a specific time in oogenesis, somatic follicle cells transition from genomic replication to a locus-specific replication from six amplicon origins. Previous evidence indicated that these amplicon origins are activated by nucleosome acetylation, but how this affects origin chromatin is unknown. Here, we examine nucleosome position in follicle cells using micrococcal nuclease digestion with Ilumina sequencing. The results indicate that ORC binding sites and other essential origin sequences are nucleosome-depleted regions (NDRs). Nucleosome position at the amplicons was highly similar among developmental stages during which ORC is or is not bound, indicating that being an NDR is not sufficient to specify ORC binding. Importantly, the data suggest that nucleosomes and ORC have opposite preferences for DNA sequence and structure. We propose that nucleosome hyperacetylation promotes pre-RC assembly onto adjacent DNA sequences that are disfavored by nucleosomes but favored by ORC. PMID:26227968
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 18 February 1908 (original ...
Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 18 February 1908 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "LAKE KACHESS CRIB DAM. TAKEN FROM UPSTREAM SIDE. 4 FEET OF SNOW" - Kachess Dam, 1904 Cascade Canal Company Crib Dam, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
28. Photocopy of photograph dated ca. 1940; photographer unknown; original ...
28. Photocopy of photograph dated ca. 1940; photographer unknown; original filed as MR2.9/SP8/r373 in Audio-Visual Collection of Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul; WEST SIDE AFTER SECOND-STORY ADDITION; LOOKING EAST - Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
24. Photographic copy of undated photo; Photographer unknown; Original in ...
24. Photographic copy of undated photo; Photographer unknown; Original in Rath collection at Iowa State University Libraries, Ames, Iowa; Filed under: Rath Packing Company, Printed Photographs, Symbol M, Box 2; REMOVING HIDES ON THE MOVING SKINNING TABLE; LOOKING NORTH - Rath Packing Company, Beef Killing Building, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA
Sudden suffocation with cancer of unknown primary: a case report and review of diagnostic approach.
Tehrani, Omid S; Ahmad, Omar; Vypritskaya, Ekaterina; Chen, Emily; Hasan, Saba
2012-10-01
A case of a 31-year-old woman with sudden respiratory distress is presented. Preliminary evaluations and imaging studies did not reveal the underlying cause. Workup during hospital stay showed advanced metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin. This is an unusual presentation of cancer of an unknown primary involving the thyroid with sudden suffocation. It suggests that malignancies involving the thyroid gland should be considered in patients with abrupt onset of respiratory distress. Also, this case shows the application of fine needle aspiration in diffuse thyroid enlargements mimicking thyroiditis without nodules. Diagnostic approach to cancer of unknown primary origin (CUP) is reviewed in further detail.
[Focal myositis: An unknown disease].
Gallay, L; Streichenberger, N; Benveniste, O; Allenbach, Y
2017-10-01
Focal myositis are inflammatory muscle diseases of unknown origin. At the opposite from the other idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, they are restricted to a single muscle or to a muscle group. They are not associated with extramuscular manifestations, and they have a good prognosis without any treatment. They are characterized by a localized swelling affecting mostly lower limbs. The pseudo-tumor can be painful, but is not associated with a muscle weakness. Creatine kinase level is normal. Muscle MRI shows an inflammation restricted to a muscle or a muscle group. Muscle biopsy and pathological analysis remain necessary for the diagnosis, showing inflammatory infiltrates composed by macrophages and lymphocytes without any specific distribution within the muscle. Focal overexpression of HLA-1 by the muscle fibers is frequently observed. The muscle biopsy permits to rule out differential diagnosis such a malignancy (sarcoma). Spontaneous remission occurs within weeks or months after the first symptoms, relapse is unusual. Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier SAS.
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. View of building 133 being moved; 1933. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. View of sawmill after earthquake of 1898. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. View of waterfront during World War II; N.D. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. Isometric drawing, "early plan for Mare Island", 1870. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
41. Photocopy of progress photograph ca. 1974, photographer unknown. Original ...
41. Photocopy of progress photograph ca. 1974, photographer unknown. Original photograph Property of United States Air Force, 21" Space Command. This is the source for views 41 to 47. CAPE COD AIR STATION PAVE PAWS FACILITY - SHOWING BUILDING "RED IRON" STEEL STRUCTURE NEARING COMPLETION. - Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA
26. Photocopy of photograph dated 1930; photographer unknown; original filed ...
26. Photocopy of photograph dated 1930; photographer unknown; original filed as MR2.9/SP8/p343 in Audio-Visual Collection of Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul; THREE-QUARTER VIEW SHOWING WEST SIDE AND SOUTH FRONT SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETION; LOOKING NORTHEAST - Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
27. Photocopy of photograph dated ca. 1940; photographer unknown; original ...
27. Photocopy of photograph dated ca. 1940; photographer unknown; original filed as MR2.9/SP8/r374 in Audio-Visual Collection Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul; THREE-QUARTER VIEW SHOWING WEST SIDE AND SOUTH FRONT AFTER SECOND-STORY ADDITION; LOOKING NORTHEAST - Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
25. Photographic copy of undated photo; Photographer unknown; Original in ...
25. Photographic copy of undated photo; Photographer unknown; Original in Rath collection at Iowa State University Libraries, Ames, Iowa; Filed under: Rath Packing Company, Printed Photographs, Symbol M, Box 2; REMOVING HIDES ON THE SKINNING TABLE; CARCASSES IN HALF-HOIST POSITION; LOOKING SOUTH - Rath Packing Company, Beef Killing Building, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. View of ammunition depot from across Mare Island Strait; 1961. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
Ghaber, Sidi M; Trabelsi, Nawel; Salem, Mohamed L; Haddad, Faten; Abba, Aminetou; Darragi, Imen; Abbes, Salem
2018-01-01
Unstable hemoglobins (Hbs) are a group of Hb disorders that could be the origin of chronic hemolytic anemia. Most of these disorders are caused by point mutations taking place in the globin genes and affecting the stability of the Hb molecule. They are inherited as autosomal dominant diseases and described worldwide. Herein we report a new observation of an unstable variant in the Mauritanian population. The patient was a young girl of Mauritanian origin. She presented with chronic hemolytic anemia with an unknown etiology after being referred to several medical centers. Laboratory investigations based on routine analyses, capillary electrophoresis (CE), cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and DNA sequencing revealed an abnormal unstable Hb known as Hb Moscva [β24(B6)Gly→Asp (GGT>GAT), HBB: c.74G>A] that occurred as a de novo mutation newly detected in an African girl of Mauritanian origin.
Viral Communities Associated with Human Pericardial Fluids in Idiopathic Pericarditis
Fancello, Laura; Monteil, Sonia; Popgeorgiev, Nikolay; Rivet, Romain; Gouriet, Frédérique; Fournier, Pierre-Edouard; Raoult, Didier; Desnues, Christelle
2014-01-01
Pericarditis is a common human disease defined by inflammation of the pericardium. Currently, 40% to 85% of pericarditis cases have no identified etiology. Most of these cases are thought to be caused by an infection of undetected, unsuspected or unknown viruses. In this work, we used a culture- and sequence-independent approach to investigate the viral DNA communities present in human pericardial fluids. Seven viral metagenomes were generated from the pericardial fluid of patients affected by pericarditis of unknown etiology and one metagenome was generated from the pericardial fluid of a sudden infant death case. As a positive control we generated one metagenome from the pericardial fluid of a patient affected by pericarditis caused by herpesvirus type 3. Furthermore, we used as negative controls a total of 6 pericardial fluids from 6 different individuals affected by pericarditis of non-infectious origin: 5 of them were sequenced as a unique pool and the remaining one was sequenced separately. The results showed a significant presence of torque teno viruses especially in one patient, while herpesviruses and papillomaviruses were present in the positive control. Co-infections by different genotypes of the same viral type (torque teno viruses) or different viruses (herpesviruses and papillomaviruses) were observed. Sequences related to bacteriophages infecting Staphylococcus, Enterobacteria, Streptococcus, Burkholderia and Pseudomonas were also detected in three patients. This study detected torque teno viruses and papillomaviruses, for the first time, in human pericardial fluids. PMID:24690743
Hesse, E; Brand, J; Bastian, L; Krettek, C; Meller, R
2008-07-01
Melorheostosis is a rare, benign, and sporadically occurring osteosclerosis of unknown cause. The onset of the disease is usually in early adulthood. Melorheostosis affects both genders, develops progressively, and is usually limited to one side of the human body. The sclerosis originates predominantly from the cortices of the long bones of the lower limbs and rarely the upper limbs. Frequently, the sclerosis involves the soft tissue surrounding the affected bones which may cause limitations in the range of motion, contractures, deformities, and pain. Melorheostosis is usually diagnosed by radiograms. Pain relief and restoration of the full range of motion are the primary goals of the therapeutic approach. A good outcome cannot always be achieved and a recurrence of the disease happens very often.
Pathophysiology of Hyperhidrosis.
Schick, Christoph H
2016-11-01
Studies and case reports on excessive sweating frequently state that hyperhidrosis is a disease whose origin and mechanism are unknown. However, the term excessive is rarely based on systematic diagnostic measurements, instead being a description of the symptoms from patient histories, which suggests that hyperhidrosis is purely a problem involving the quantity of sweat, whereas it is a change in the control mechanism of sweating in which the need for and production of sweat are strongly disproportionate. This lack of proportion is perceived by those affected to be a limitation of activities of daily living and is thus pathologic. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Jimson, Sudha; Rajesh, E.; Krupaa, R. Jayasri; Kasthuri, M.
2015-01-01
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a complex disorder that is characterized by warm or burning sensation in the oral mucosa without changes on physical examination. It occurs more commonly in middle-aged and elderly women and often affects the tip of the tongue, lateral borders, lips, hard and soft palate. This condition is probably of multi-factorial origin, often idiopathic, and its etiopathogensis is unknown. BMS can be classified into two clinical forms namely primary and secondary BMS. As a result, a multidisciplinary approach is required for better control of the symptoms. In addition, psychotherapy and behavioral feedback may also help eliminate the BMS symptoms. PMID:26015707
Partial segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum: imaging findings.
Moya-Sánchez, E; Medina-Benítez, A; Medina-Salas, V; Fernández-Navarro, L
2018-03-05
Partial segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum is an unusual clinical condition of unknown origin that mainly affects young males, whose characteristic presentation is the appearance of unexplained perineal pain associated with a palpable perineal mass. This entity consists of thrombosis in the perineal portion of the corpus cavernosum, usually unilateral and it is associated with underlying malignant pathologies and predisposing factors such as microtrauma. After the adequate adherence to conservative treatment, the appearance of complications such as erectile dysfunction is very uncommon. Copyright © 2018 SERAM. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
Ma, Yifei; He, Shaohui; Liu, Tielong; Yang, Xinghai; Zhao, Jian; Yu, Hongyu; Feng, Jiaojiao; Xu, Wei; Xiao, Jianru
2017-10-04
Patients with spinal metastasis from cancer of unknown primary origin have limited life expectancy and poor quality of life. Surgery and radiation therapy remain the main treatment options, but, to our knowledge, there are limited data concerning quality-of-life improvement after surgery and radiation therapy and even fewer data on whether surgical intervention would affect quality of life. Patients were enrolled between January 2009 and January 2014 at the Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The quality of life of 2 patient groups (one group that underwent surgery followed by postoperative radiation therapy and one group that underwent radiation therapy only) was assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) questionnaire during a 6-month period. A subgroup analysis of quality of life was performed to compare different surgical strategies in the surgical group. A total of 287 patients, including 191 patients in the group that underwent surgery and 96 patients in the group that underwent radiation therapy only, were enrolled in the prospective study; 177 patients completed all 5 checkpoints and 110 patients had died by the final checkpoint. The surgery group had significantly higher adjusted quality-of-life scores than the radiation therapy group in each domain of the FACT-G questionnaire (all p < 0.05). Subgroup analysis showed that adjusted functional and physical well-being scores were higher in the circumferential surgical decompression group. Surgery followed by postoperative radiation therapy improved and maintained quality of life in patients with spinal metastasis from cancer of unknown primary origin in the 6-month assessment. In terms of surgical strategies, circumferential decompression seems better than laminectomy alone in quality-of-life improvement. Therapeutic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
29. Photocopy of photograph dated 1930; photographer unknown; original filed ...
29. Photocopy of photograph dated 1930; photographer unknown; original filed as HE17/p7 in Audio-Visual Collection of Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul; HANGAR AREA, INTERIOR, SHOWING LONGITUDINAL 'CARRYING' TRUSS AND CANTILEVERED SECTION OF ROOF TRUSSES; LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM SOUTHEAST FRONT CORNER - Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
8. Photocopy of photograph, date unknown (original print on file ...
8. Photocopy of photograph, date unknown (original print on file at U.S. Army Intelligence Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia). VIEW OF SULLINS COLLEGE, BRISTOL, VIRGINIA. SULLINS COLLEGE PRESIDENT WILLIAM MARTIN FOUNDED ARLINGTON HALL JUNIOR COLLEGE, AND APPEARS TO HAVE LOOSELY BASED THE DESIGN OF THE NEW SCHOOL'S BUILDINGS UPON THOSE AT SULLINS. - Arlington Hall Station, 4000 Arlington Boulevard, Arlington, Arlington County, VA
Risk Factors for Speech Delay of Unknown Origin in Three-Year-Old Children.
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Campbell, Thomas F.; Dollaghan, Christine A.; Rockette, Howard E.; Paradise, Jack L.; Feldman, Heidi M.; Shriberg, Lawrence D.; Sabo, Diane L.; Kurs-Lasky, Marcia
2003-01-01
Compared 100 three-year-olds with speech delay of unknown origin and 539 same-age peers with respect to 6 speech disorder variables; also examined abnormal hearing in a subset of 279 children. Found significant odds ratios only for low maternal education, male sex, and positive family history; a child with all 3 factors was 7.71 times as likely to…
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. Coal sheds with coals; 1906. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Coal Sheds, Waterfront Avenue, northwest corner of Waterfront Avenue & Fourth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. Building H1; 1920. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west side at intersection of Johnson Lane & Cossey Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent child: a case report and literature review.
Othman, Norlijah; Abdullah, Nor Atiqah Ng; Wahab, Zubaidah Abdul
2004-12-01
An immunocompetent 5 year-old girl presented with pyrexia of unknown origin associated with headache. Initial investigations showed leukocytosis and an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate. A Widal-Weil Felix test, blood film for malarial parasites, mycoplasma IgM antibody, cultures from blood and urine, full blood picture, Mantoux test, and chest x-ray were all negative. A lumbar puncture was done as part of a work-up for pyrexia of unknown origin. Cryptococcus neoformans was seen on India ink examination and confirmed on culture. She was treated with 10 weeks of intravenous amphotericin B and 8 weeks of fluconazole. Further immunological tests did not reveal any defect in the cell-mediated immune system. C. neoformans meningitis may present with non-specific symptoms and should be considered in a work-up for pyrexia of unknown origin.
13. Photocopy of photograph. Photographer unknown, circa 1940. Original photograph ...
13. Photocopy of photograph. Photographer unknown, circa 1940. Original photograph can be found in Marvine Colliery folder in the archives of the Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, Pennsylvania. VIEW SHOWING SOUTH AND EAST FACADES OF BREAKER, WITH OVERHEAD PIPING IN FOREGROUND AND RETAIL SCALES OFFICE AT FAR RIGHT, LOOKING NORTHWEST - Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original ...
Photocopy of photograph (original located at Mare Island Archives). Original photographer unknown. Lithograph of Mare Island, "showing the works already completed in the Navy Yard and the US. Frigate "Independence"; 1855. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, East of Nave Drive, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
11. Photocopy of photograph. Photographer unknown, circa 1955. Original photograph ...
11. Photocopy of photograph. Photographer unknown, circa 1955. Original photograph can be found in Marvine Colliery folder in the archives of the Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, Pennsylvania. VIEW SHOWING EAST AND NORTH FACADES OF BREAKER, WITH BOILER HOUSE AT FAR LEFT AND RETAIL SCALES OFFICE DIRECTLY EAST OF BREAKER, LOOKING SOUTHWEST - Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Fever of unknown origin as the first manifestation of colonic pathology.
Belhassen-García, Moncef; Velasco-Tirado, Virginia; López-Bernus, Amparo; Alonso-Sardón, Montserrat; Carpio-Pérez, Adela; Fuentes-Pardo, Lucía; Pardo-Lledías, Javier; Alvela-Suárez, Lucia; Romero-Alegría, Angela; Iglesias-Gomez, Alicia; Sánchez, Miguel Cordero
2013-04-01
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is an entity caused by more than 200 diseases. Haematologic neoplasms are the most common malignant cause of FUO. Fever as a first symptom of colonic tumour pathology, both benign and malignant, is a rare form of presentation. Our work is a descriptive study of a series of 23 patients with colonic tumoral pathology who presented with fever of unknown origin. The mean age was 67.6 years; 56.5% of patients were men and 43.5% were women. Primary malignant neoplasia was the most common diagnosis. Blood cultures were positive in 45% of the samples. Coagulase-negative staphylococci were the most common cause of bacteraemia. Nine of 10 faecal occult blood tests performed were positive. Fever secondary to colon neoplasms, both benign and malignant, usually presents with a bacteraemic pattern, with positive results for blood-culture tests in a high percentage of cases.
Vinzens, Fabrizio; Zumstein, Valentin; Bieg, Christian; Ackermann, Christoph
2016-05-26
Patients presenting with abdominal pain and pneumoperitoneum in radiological examination usually require emergency explorative laparoscopy or laparotomy. Pneumoperitoneum mostly associates with gastrointestinal perforation. There are very few cases where surgery can be avoided. We present 2 cases of pneumoperitoneum with unknown origin and successful conservative treatment. Both patients were elderly women presenting to our emergency unit, with moderate abdominal pain. There was neither medical intervention nor trauma in their medical history. Physical examination revealed mild abdominal tenderness, but no clinical sign of peritonitis. Cardiopulmonary examination remained unremarkable. Blood studies showed only slight abnormalities, in particular, inflammation parameters were not significantly increased. Finally, obtained CTs showed free abdominal gas of unknown origin in both cases. We performed conservative management with nil per os, nasogastric tube, total parenteral nutrition and prophylactic antibiotics. After 2 weeks, both were discharged home. 2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Effect of maternal PCOS and PCOS-like phenotype on the offspring’s health
Puttabyatappa, Muraly; Cardoso, Rodolfo C.; Padmanabhan, Vasantha
2015-01-01
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder with both reproductive and metabolic abnormalities affecting women of reproductive age. While the exact origin of PCOS is unknown, observations from clinical and animal studies suggest that maternal hyperandrogenism may be a contributing factor. Because women with PCOS manifest hyperandrogenism during pregnancy, changes in the gestational endocrine milieu may play a role in the vertical transmission of this syndrome. This review discusses the potential developmental origins of PCOS, the impact of maternal PCOS on the offspring’s health and contributions of the postnatal environment, capitalizing on findings from animal models that exhibit a PCOS-like phenotype. In addition, this review highlights the scarcity of data at early gestational stages in humans and the importance of animal experimentation to better understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the programming of adult diseases, therefore, helping identify therapeutic targets for preventive and treatment strategies. PMID:26639019
Effects of ethnicity and gender on motion sickness susceptibility.
Klosterhalfen, Sibylle; Kellermann, Sandra; Pan, Fang; Stockhorst, Ursula; Hall, Geoffrey; Enck, Paul
2005-11-01
Susceptibility to motion sickness (MS) is known to be affected by gender and ethnic origin, but whether gender and ethnicity are interacting is unknown. We investigated MS development in healthy Caucasian subjects (n = 227), and in subjects of Chinese origin (n = 82). All subjects were exposed to nausea-inducing body rotations in a rotation chair, and rotated around the yaw axis for 5 x 1 min, while they were instructed to move their heads. Prior to rotation, subjects had to fill out a motion-sickness susceptibility questionnaire (MSSQ). Total rotation tolerance time (RT) was noted. Symptom ratings (SR) were performed at the beginning, and immediately after the end of each rotation, and 15 and 30 min later. The average RT was significantly higher in Caucasian (163 +/- 6 s) than in Chinese subjects (111 +/- 7 s) (F = 24.84, p < 0.0001). The adult MSSQ score was significantly lower in Caucasians (17.8 +/- 1.1) than in Chinese volunteers (24.2 +/- 2.1) (F = 6.05, p = 0.014). Maximal SR post rotation was similar in Chinese and Caucasian subjects. RT was highly predictable from the MSSQ scores, but separate for both genders. Susceptibility to MS is affected by both ethnic origin and by gender in a rather complex fashion. The most reliable prediction of RT can be based on the individual's history as assessed by the MSSQ.
Isotope effect on electron-phonon interaction in the multiband superconductor MgB 2
Mou, Daixiang; Manni, Soham; Taufour, Valentin; ...
2016-04-07
We investigate the effect of isotope substitution on the electron-phonon interaction in the multiband superconductor MgB 2 using tunable laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The kink structure around 70 meV in the σ band, which is caused by electron coupling to the E 2g phonon mode, is shifted to higher binding energy by ~3.5 meV in Mg 10B 2 and the shift is not affected by superconducting transition. Furthermore, these results serve as the benchmark for investigations of isotope effects in known, unconventional superconductors and newly discovered superconductors where the origin of pairing is unknown.
Khattar, Nikhil; Guleria, Sandeep; Sharma, Sanjeev
2012-04-01
Nonspecific aortoarteritis or Takayasu's disease (TD) is a chronic pan endarteritis of unknown origin involving the aorta and its major branches affecting young adults especially women. The disease is more common in eastern Asian countries. Hypertension in these patients generally reflects as renal artery stenosis, which is seen in 28-75% of patients. Surgical revascularization is occasionally needed in patients with failed medical management or endovascular interventions. We report two cases of Takayasu's arteritis in young women where renal revascularization was done using free internal iliac artery hepatorenal bypass graft with excellent control of hypertension in the postoperative period.
16. Photocopy of original USRS photograph (from original print in ...
16. Photocopy of original USRS photograph (from original print in the Umatilla Project History 1918, on file at National Archives, Rocky Mountain Region, Denver, Colorado) Photographer unknown, ca. 1918. Office of U.S. Reclamation Service - Hermiston, Umatilla Project, Oregon - Former Umatilla Project Headquarters Buildings, Office, Hermiston, Umatilla County, OR
Marked improvement of vulvovaginitis of unknown origin in a pediatric patient--case report.
Check, J H; Cohen, R
2014-01-01
To present a novel therapy for pediatric vulvovaginitis. An eight-year-old girl with persistent severe vulvovaginitis of unknown origin also complained of unexplained weight gain and sudden academic difficulties. She was treated with dextroamphetamine sulfate. She not only showed very quick and excellent relief from her vulvovaginitis but she also lost weight and improved her mentality. Sympathomimetic amine therapy may benefit pediatric vulvovaginitis when an infectious cause cannot be ascertained.
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) due to Legionnaire's disease.
Muñoz-Gómez, Sigridh; Cunha, Burke A
2015-01-01
Fevers of unknown origin (FUOs) may be due to any of over 200 different disorders. We present a most unusual case of an FUO in a returning traveler from the Dominican Republic. Work-up for Q fever, Brucellosis, Bartonella, malaria and HIV were negative, but very highly elevated ESRs and ferritin levels suggested possible Legionnaire's disease. This is the third reported case of Legionnaire's disease presenting as an FUO. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Gázquez, Fernando; Rull, Fernando; Medina, Jesús; Sanz-Arranz, Aurelio; Sanz, Carlos
2015-10-01
Precipitation of salts-mainly hydrated Mg-Na sulfates-in building materials is rated as one of the most severe threats to the preservation of our architectural and cultural heritage. Nevertheless, the origin of this pathology is still unknown in many cases. Proper identification of the cause of damage is crucial for correct planning of future restoration actions. The goal of this study is to identify the source of the degradation compounds that are affecting the 15th-century limestone sculptures that decorate the retro-choir of Burgos Cathedral (northern Spain). To this end, detailed characterization of minerals by in situ (Raman spectroscopy) and laboratory techniques (XRD, Raman and FTIR) was followed by major elements (ICP and IC) and isotopic analysis (δ(34)S and δ(15)N) of both the mineral phases precipitated on the retro-choir and the dissolved salts in groundwater in the vicinity of the cathedral. The results reveal unequivocal connection between the damage observed and capillary rise of salts-bearing water from the subsoil. The multianalytical methodology used is widely applicable to identify the origin of common affections suffered by historical buildings and masterpieces.
10. Photocopy of photograph (original print from Southern Pacific Transportation ...
10. Photocopy of photograph (original print from Southern Pacific Transportation Company) ca. 1916, photographer unknown VIEW OF ORIGINAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY LYNWOOD SHELTER SHED - Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot, 11453 Long Beach Boulevard, Lynwood, Los Angeles County, CA
Variability of the Labrador Sea Surface Eddy Kinetic Energy Observed by Altimeter From 1993 to 2012
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Zhang, Weiwei; Yan, Xiao-Hai
2018-01-01
A merged along track altimeter data set is used to study the variability of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Labrador Sea from 1993 to 2012. The EKE near the west Greenland current (WGC) has strong interannual variability without long-term trend from 1993 to 2012. The propagation direction of the Irminger Rings (IRs) originating from the WGC can be inferred from the EKE derived from altimeter, and the southward propagation of the IRs varies interannually. The central Labrador Sea EKE increases significantly from 1993 to 2012. The central Labrador Sea temperature difference between the end and the beginning of the winter convections is defined as restratification index to measure the restratification strengths. The relation between the central Labrador Sea EKE and the restratification index shows that the enhanced eddy activity originating from the west of the central Labrador Sea may cool the central Labrador Sea significantly. The interannual variability of the WGC EKE is likely to be driven by the large scale Subpolar Gyre (SPG) circulation variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The NAO also affects the central Labrador Sea EKE through its fingerprint in the local wind stress and surface heat flux. The NAO affects the WGC EKE by changing the SPG circulation strength, which will subsequently affect the WGC EKE through unknown physical processes.
Lesson of the month 1: Subacute thyroiditis: a rare cause of fever of unknown origin.
Bahowairath, Fatima Amar; Woodhouse, Nicholas; Hussain, Samir; Busaidi, Mujahid Al
2017-02-01
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is sometimes a diagnostic dilemma for clinicians. Endocrine causes reported in the literature include subacute thyroiditis, thyrotoxicosis, adrenal insufficiency and pheochromocytoma. Among these, subacute thyroiditis is often overlooked as it can occasionally lack typical symptoms. This case illustrates the fact that subacute thyroiditis should be considered as a possible cause of fever even if signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism and thyroid tenderness are absent. © Royal College of Physicians 2017. All rights reserved.
7. Photographic copy of photograph, date unknown (original print in ...
7. Photographic copy of photograph, date unknown (original print in possession of James E. Zielinski Earth Tech, Huntsville, AL). Pan American World Airways, photographer. Aerial view (north to south) of missile launch area. Warhead handling building can be seen at the bottom center of the picture and the universal missile building in the middle right. In the distance can be seen the missile site control building and related structures - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
Fever of Unknown Origin in Childhood.
Chusid, Michael J
2017-02-01
Childhood fever of unknown origin (FUO) is most often related to an underlying infection but can also be associated with a variety of neoplastic, rheumatologic, and inflammatory conditions. Repeated, focused reviews of patient history and physical examination are often helpful in suggesting a likely diagnosis. Diagnostic workup should be staged, usually leaving invasive testing for last. Advances in molecular genetic techniques have increased the importance of these assays in the diagnosis of FUO in children. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
... the brain, the type of tissue involved, the original location of the tumor, and other factors. In rare cases, doctors do not know the original location. This is called cancer of unknown primary ( ...
18. Photocopy of original postcard, (original in Forest Service Office, ...
18. Photocopy of original postcard, (original in Forest Service Office, Elkins, WV, 'U. S. Forest Nursery with CCC Camp in Background-Parsons, W. Va.'), photographer unknown, ca. 1936. AERIAL VIEW EAST, ORIGINAL WASH HOUSE, WORKSHOP/WAREHOUSE, TWO EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS (DEMOLISHED) IN FOREGROUND, CCC CAMP PARSONS IN BACKGROUND. - Parsons Nursery, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
Recchia, Gabriel L; Louwerse, Max M
2016-11-01
Computational techniques comparing co-occurrences of city names in texts allow the relative longitudes and latitudes of cities to be estimated algorithmically. However, these techniques have not been applied to estimate the provenance of artifacts with unknown origins. Here, we estimate the geographic origin of artifacts from the Indus Valley Civilization, applying methods commonly used in cognitive science to the Indus script. We show that these methods can accurately predict the relative locations of archeological sites on the basis of artifacts of known provenance, and we further apply these techniques to determine the most probable excavation sites of four sealings of unknown provenance. These findings suggest that inscription statistics reflect historical interactions among locations in the Indus Valley region, and they illustrate how computational methods can help localize inscribed archeological artifacts of unknown origin. The success of this method offers opportunities for the cognitive sciences in general and for computational anthropology specifically. Copyright © 2015 Cognitive Science Society, Inc.
31. Photocopy of photograph (original print in Helgesen Collection) Photographer ...
31. Photocopy of photograph (original print in Helgesen Collection) Photographer unknown 1928 MEN'S MEZZANINE SMOKING ROOM - B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Jia, Hongjun; Martinez, Aleix M
2009-05-01
The task of finding a low-rank (r) matrix that best fits an original data matrix of higher rank is a recurring problem in science and engineering. The problem becomes especially difficult when the original data matrix has some missing entries and contains an unknown additive noise term in the remaining elements. The former problem can be solved by concatenating a set of r-column matrices that share a common single r-dimensional solution space. Unfortunately, the number of possible submatrices is generally very large and, hence, the results obtained with one set of r-column matrices will generally be different from that captured by a different set. Ideally, we would like to find that solution that is least affected by noise. This requires that we determine which of the r-column matrices (i.e., which of the original feature points) are less influenced by the unknown noise term. This paper presents a criterion to successfully carry out such a selection. Our key result is to formally prove that the more distinct the r vectors of the r-column matrices are, the less they are swayed by noise. This key result is then combined with the use of a noise model to derive an upper bound for the effect that noise and occlusions have on each of the r-column matrices. It is shown how this criterion can be effectively used to recover the noise-free matrix of rank r. Finally, we derive the affine and projective structure-from-motion (SFM) algorithms using the proposed criterion. Extensive validation on synthetic and real data sets shows the superiority of the proposed approach over the state of the art.
Predictive neuromechanical simulations indicate why walking performance declines with ageing.
Song, Seungmoon; Geyer, Hartmut
2018-04-01
Although the natural decline in walking performance with ageing affects the quality of life of a growing elderly population, its physiological origins remain unknown. By using predictive neuromechanical simulations of human walking with age-related neuro-musculo-skeletal changes, we find evidence that the loss of muscle strength and muscle contraction speed dominantly contribute to the reduced walking economy and speed. The findings imply that focusing on recovering these muscular changes may be the only effective way to improve performance in elderly walking. More generally, the work is of interest for investigating the physiological causes of altered gait due to age, injury and disorders. Healthy elderly people walk slower and energetically less efficiently than young adults. This decline in walking performance lowers the quality of life for a growing ageing population, and understanding its physiological origin is critical for devising interventions that can delay or revert it. However, the origin of the decline in walking performance remains unknown, as ageing produces a range of physiological changes whose individual effects on gait are difficult to separate in experiments with human subjects. Here we use a predictive neuromechanical model to separately address the effects of common age-related changes to the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems. We find in computer simulations of this model that the combined changes produce gait consistent with elderly walking and that mainly the loss of muscle strength and mass reduces energy efficiency. In addition, we find that the slower preferred walking speed of elderly people emerges in the simulations when adapting to muscle fatigue, again mainly caused by muscle-related changes. The results suggest that a focus on recovering these muscular changes may be the only effective way to improve performance in elderly walking. © 2018 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology © 2018 The Physiological Society.
Tennoune, N; Chan, P; Breton, J; Legrand, R; Chabane, Y N; Akkermann, K; Järv, A; Ouelaa, W; Takagi, K; Ghouzali, I; Francois, M; Lucas, N; Bole-Feysot, C; Pestel-Caron, M; do Rego, J-C; Vaudry, D; Harro, J; Dé, E; Déchelotte, P; Fetissov, S O
2014-01-01
The molecular mechanisms at the origin of eating disorders (EDs), including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia and binge-eating disorder (BED), are currently unknown. Previous data indicated that immunoglobulins (Igs) or autoantibodies (auto-Abs) reactive with α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) are involved in regulation of feeding and emotion; however, the origin of such auto-Abs is unknown. Here, using proteomics, we identified ClpB heat-shock disaggregation chaperone protein of commensal gut bacteria Escherichia coli as a conformational antigen mimetic of α-MSH. We show that ClpB-immunized mice produce anti-ClpB IgG crossreactive with α-MSH, influencing food intake, body weight, anxiety and melanocortin receptor 4 signaling. Furthermore, chronic intragastric delivery of E. coli in mice decreased food intake and stimulated formation of ClpB- and α-MSH-reactive antibodies, while ClpB-deficient E. coli did not affect food intake or antibody levels. Finally, we show that plasma levels of anti-ClpB IgG crossreactive with α-MSH are increased in patients with AN, bulimia and BED, and that the ED Inventory-2 scores in ED patients correlate with anti-ClpB IgG and IgM, which is similar to our previous findings for α-MSH auto-Abs. In conclusion, this work shows that the bacterial ClpB protein, which is present in several commensal and pathogenic microorganisms, can be responsible for the production of auto-Abs crossreactive with α-MSH, associated with altered feeding and emotion in humans with ED. Our data suggest that ClpB-expressing gut microorganisms might be involved in the etiology of EDs. PMID:25290265
45. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
45. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, undated RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
40. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
40. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, 1935 RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
42. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
42. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, 1942 RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
43. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
43. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, 1950 RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
46. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
46. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, undated RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
17. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
17. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
51. Ground floor, southeast corner, looking southeast in mezzanine (original ...
51. Ground floor, southeast corner, looking southeast in mezzanine (original function unknown) - Sheffield Farms Milk Plant, 1075 Webster Avenue (southwest corner of 166th Street), Bronx, Bronx County, NY
12. Photocopy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, Elkins, ...
12. Photocopy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, Elkins, WV, photo #305568, 'show me tour'), photographer and date unknown. VIEW SOUTHWEST, NURSERY MANAGER'S RESIDENCE, NURSERY OFFICE, WORKSHOP/WAREHOUSE, ORIGINAL WASH HOUSE. - Parsons Nursery, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
16. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
16. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, c.1917 LILLIANA AND HILDEGARD ERICKSON IN FRONT OF RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
19. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
19. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF CITRUS EXPERIMENT STATION - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
5. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
5. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS CITRUS GROVES - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
10. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
10. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF DUFFERIN AVENUE AND VEHICLE - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
Thrombocytopenia associated with vaccination of a dog with a modified-live paramyxovirus vaccine.
McAnulty, J F; Rudd, R G
1985-06-01
Thrombocytopenia (10,000/mm3), with hematochezia and melena, appeared in a dog 8 days after it was given modified-live canine distemper, virus vaccine and persisted for approximately 5 days. Clinical investigation discounted other possible causes of thrombocytopenia; the condition was considered to be associated with vaccination. The problem spontaneously resolved. The appearance of thrombocytopenia after modified-live canine distemper virus vaccination is not unknown and may assume a severe form. This condition may be mistaken for idiopathic thrombocytopenia of immune origin, and in other instances, it may contribute significantly to surgical risk if concurrent coagulation disorders are present. Administration of levamisole HCl may alleviate the decrease in platelet count in affected animals.
Calcifying (juvenile) aponeurotic fibroma of the scalp.
Thakur, Jagdeep S; Diwana, Vijay K; Sharma, Sudarshan; Thakur, Anamika
2011-10-01
Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma is a benign tumor with a predilection for distal parts of the extremities; it is very rare in the head and neck region. It commonly affects young patients-hence the term juvenile in the name. It is fibroblastic in origin and considered a cartilage analogue of fibromatosis, but its exact etiology remains unknown. Clinically, this tumor needs to be differentiated from fibromatosis, nodular fasciitis, chondroma, schwannoma, and rheumatoid nodule. A 24-year-old woman presented with swelling in the forehead for the previous 6 months. Wide surgical excision of the lesion was performed, and histopathologic examination revealed a calcifying aponeurotic fibroma. We reviewed the literature on this rare clinical entity and present our hypothesis on its etiology.
Infectious causes of fever of unknown origin.
McGregor, Alastair C; Moore, David A
2015-06-01
The causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) are changing because advances in clinical practice and diagnostics have facilitated the identification of some infections. A variety of bacterial infections can cause FUO, and these can be divided into those that are easy to identify using culture and those that require serological or molecular tests for identification. A number of viral, parasitic and fungal infections can also cause prolonged fever. This article summarises the clinical features and diagnostic strategy of these infections. © Royal College of Physicians 2015. All rights reserved.
Non-alcoholic beverages, unknown influence on cell proliferation - an in vitro study.
Nowacki, Maciej; Adamowicz, Jan; Olkowska, Joanna; Pietkun, Katarzyna; Kloskowski, Tomasz; Bajek, Anna; Drewa, Tomasz
2014-01-01
The aim of the presented study was to check differences between 'Diet' and 'non-Diet' soft drinks on cell proliferation. Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola of different origin and their dietetic versions were examined at concentrations of 2% and 4%. Fructose and glucose as well as medium alone (control) were examined. Cell number was higher in media supplemented with soft drinks, compared to control. Proliferation depended on the soft drink concentration and its origin, but not on sugar and calorific content. An unknown factor is responsible for the increase in proliferation.
4. Photocopy of photograph, JANE MOSELEY (VESSEL 53) TIED UP ...
4. Photocopy of photograph, JANE MOSELEY (VESSEL 53) TIED UP AT DOCK IN UNKNOWN LOCATION. Date and photographer unknown. (Original in Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, negative #625) - Shooters Island, Ships Graveyard, Vessel No. 53, Newark Bay, Staten Island (subdivision), Richmond County, NY
37. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of WACC), photographer ...
37. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, c.1930 VIEW OF MAIN HOUSE LOOKING NORTHEAST - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
47. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
47. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument) photographer unknown, undated RANCH HOUSE AND ORCHARD IN SNOW - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
1. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
1. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3810) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 GRANADA PLAZA AND GRANADA BOULEVARD - Granada Plaza, Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
16. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
16. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE WITH ELECTRIC STREET CAR - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
19. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic ...
19. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic Development Corp.) Photographer and date unknown PIER 4 CONNECTING BRIDGE AND WAREHOUSE A - Brooklyn Army Supply Base, Pier 4, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
11. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
11. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF WORKERS HARVESTING ORANGES IN GROVES - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
18. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
18. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF MISSION INN, SEVENTH STREET ENTRANCE - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
Unitarity and predictiveness in new Higgs inflation
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Fumagalli, Jacopo; Mooij, Sander; Postma, Marieke
2018-03-01
In new Higgs inflation the Higgs kinetic terms are non-minimally coupled to the Einstein tensor, allowing the Higgs field to play the role of the inflaton. The new interaction is non-renormalizable, and the model only describes physics below some cutoff scale. Even if the unknown UV physics does not affect the tree level inflaton potential significantly, it may still enter at loop level and modify the running of the Standard Model (SM) parameters. This is analogous to what happens in the original model for Higgs inflation. A key difference, though, is that in new Higgs inflation the inflationary predictions are sensitive to this running. Thus the boundary conditions at the EW scale as well as the unknown UV completion may leave a signature on the inflationary parameters. However, this dependence can be evaded if the kinetic terms of the SM fermions and gauge fields are non-minimally coupled to gravity as well. Our approach to determine the model's UV dependence and the connection between low and high scale physics can be used in any particle physics model of inflation.
38. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 26 March 1915 ...
38. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 26 March 1915 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). " Dredge after failure of control dam." - Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
39. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 26 March 1915 ...
39. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 26 March 1915 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "View of control dam after failure." - Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
44. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
44. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. May 4, 1949. PERSPECTIVE DRAWING, BIRD'S-EYE VIEW - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
38. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of WACC) photographer ...
38. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of WACC) photographer unknown, c.1930 'GARFIELD' FIREPLACE AND PART OF NORTH BACK WALL - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
39. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of WACC), photographer ...
39. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, c.1930's GUEST DINING ROOM WITH TABLE LAID FOR GUESTS - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
14. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer ...
14. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, c.1908 EMMA AND NEIL ERICKSON IN FRONT OF BOARD AND BATTEN SOUTH WALL OF MAIN HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
34. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Western Archeological ...
34. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Western Archeological and Conservation Center, (WACC), Tucson, Arizona), photographer unknown, c.1910 MAIN HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
7. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic ...
7. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic Development Corp.) Photographer unknown, circa 1983) OVERALL VIEW OF THE BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL, LOOKING NORTHEAST - Brooklyn Army Supply Base, Pier 2, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
9. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riveside Library, Local ...
9. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riveside Library, Local History Collection), photographer unknown, ca. 1916. VIEW OF MAUDE STREET AT VICTORIA AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
14. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
14. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF OSBORNE CAMP AND STABLES, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FRUIT COMPANY - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
7. Photocopy of drawing (Original in collection of the Department ...
7. Photocopy of drawing (Original in collection of the Department of Treasury) William Martin Aiken, Supervising architect, date unknown TOWER - U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
7. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
7. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3828) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 SEGOVIA PLAZA - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
9. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
9. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3812) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 DESOTO PLAZA FOUNTAIN - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
14. Photocopy of photograph (Original in the collection of Baltimore ...
14. Photocopy of photograph (Original in the collection of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) Unknown, Photographer, November 1956 PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF EAST (FRONT) AND SOUTH SIDE - John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Courjon, Johan; Demonchy, Elisa; Degand, Nicolas; Risso, Karine; Ruimy, Raymond; Roger, Pierre-Marie
2017-05-19
Bacteremia of unknown origin (BUO) are associated with increased mortality compared to those with identified sources. Microbiological data of those patients could help to characterize an appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment before bloodcultures results are available during sepsis of unknown origin. Based on the dashboard of our ward that prospectively records several parameters from each hospitalization, we report 101 community-acquired BUO selected among 1989 bacteremic patients from July 2005 to April 2016, BUO being defined by the absence of clinical and paraclinical infectious focus and no other microbiological samples retrieving the bacteria isolated from blood cultures. The in-hospital mortality rate was 9%. We retrospectively tested two antibiotic associations: amoxicillin-clavulanic acid + gentamicin (AMC/GM) and 3rd generation cephalosporin + gentamicin (3GC/GM) considered as active if the causative bacteria was susceptible to at least one of the two drugs. The mean age was 71 years with 67% of male, 31 (31%) were immunocompromised and 52 (51%) had severe sepsis. Eleven patients had polymicrobial infections. The leading bacterial species involved were Escherichia coli 25/115 (22%), group D Streptococci 12/115 (10%), viridans Streptococci 12/115 (10%) and Staphylococcus aureus 11/115 (9%). AMC/GM displayed a higher rate of effectiveness compared to 3GC/GM: 100/101 (99%) vs 94/101 (93%) (p = 0.04): one Enterococcus faecium strain impaired the first association, Bacteroides spp. and Enterococcus spp. the second. In case of community-acquired sepsis of unknown origin, AMC + GM should be considered.
14. Photographic copy of original Survey Data drawing of the ...
14. Photographic copy of original Survey Data drawing of the Loleta Dams, date and engineer unknown (original in possession of United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service-Allegheny National Forest). - Loleta Recreation Area, Lower Dam, 6 miles Southeast of interesection of State Route 24041 & State Route 66, Loleta, Elk County, PA
13. Photographic copy of original Design For New Sluice Gate ...
13. Photographic copy of original Design For New Sluice Gate drawing, date and engineer unknown (original in possession of United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service-Allegheny National Forest). - Loleta Recreation Area, Lower Dam, 6 miles Southeast of interesection of State Route 24041 & State Route 66, Loleta, Elk County, PA
30. Photocopy of blueprint. PLAN, ELEVATION, END SECTION, DETAIL OF ...
30. Photocopy of blueprint. PLAN, ELEVATION, END SECTION, DETAIL OF DECK SYSTEM AND LOAD COMPUTATION. Preparer unknown, date unknown, but probably ca. 1932. (Original in possession of the Washington County Highway Department.) - Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Greenwich, Easton, Washington County, NY
46. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 24 July 1916 ...
46. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 24 July 1916 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "Scheme for shelter for cransemen on bucyrus steam shovel." - Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
6. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
6. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. October 31, 1950. BEV-331. MAGNET ROOM. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
18. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
18. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. January 12, 1950. BEV-195. ION GUN INJECTOR. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
43. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
43. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. March 28, 1950. BEV-226. BEVATRON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
27. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
27. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. August 18, 1958. Bubble Chamber 605. BUBBLE CHAMBER ASSEMBLY - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
14. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
14. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. November 22, 1963. BEV-3467. ACCELERATION DIAGRAM. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
13. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
13. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 4, 1957. BEV-128. PROGRESS--MAGNET REPAIR. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
56. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
56. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. December 4, 1953. BEV-627. OVERALL VIEW OF BEVATRON - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
40. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
40. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. March, 1949. BEV 4903-00020. GRADING-SITE WORK FOR BEVATRON - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
30. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
30. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. October 6, 1955. BEV-943. ANTI-PROTON EXPERIMENT. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
5. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
5. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. August 25, 1950. BEV-307. BEVATRON MAGNET FOUNDATION. B-51 - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
4. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Western Archeological ...
4. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), Tucson, Arizona), photographer unknown, undated NEIL ERICKSON WORKING OUTSIDE OFFICE/GARAGE WHEN IT WAS NEW - Faraway Ranch, Office-Garage, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
4. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
4. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3686) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 GRANADA ENTRANCE, TAMIAMI TRAIL - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
9. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic ...
9. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic Development Corp.) Photographer and date unknown VIEW BETWEEN PIERS 2 AND 3, LOOKING FROM WAREHOUSE ROOF - Brooklyn Army Supply Base, Pier 2, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
8. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Coronado ...
8. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Coronado Historical Association). Photographer Unknown, circa 1922. HEILMAN VILLAS FROM ORANGE AVENUE - Heilman Villas, 706-720 Orange Avenue & 1060-1090 Seventh Street, Coronado, San Diego County, CA
12. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
12. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3110) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 BALBOA PLAZA, DESOTO BOULVARD - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
6. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
6. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3791) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 ALHAMBRA ENTRANCE (COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE) - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
Immunohistochemical characterization of neoplastic cells of breast origin.
Noriega, Mariadelasmercedes; Paesani, Fernando; Perazzo, Florencia; Lago, Néstor; Krupitzki, Hugo; Nieto, Silvana; Garcia, Alejandro; Avagnina, Alejandra; Elsner, Boris; Denninghoff, Valeria Cecilia
2012-06-22
After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Tumors of unknown origin account for 5-15% of malignant neoplasms, with 1.5% being breast cancer. An immunohistochemical panel with conventional and newer markers, such as mammaglobin, was selected for the detection of neoplastic cells of breast origin. The specific objectives are: 1) to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the panel, with a special emphasis on the inclusion of the mammaglobin marker, and 2) to compare immunohistochemistry performed on whole tissue sections and on tissue micro-array. Twenty-nine metastatic breast tumors were included and assumed as tumors of unknown origin. Other 48 biopsies of diverse tissues were selected and assumed as negative controls. Tissue Micro-Array was performed. Immunohistochemistry for mammaglobin, gross cystic disease fluid protein-15, estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and cytokeratin 7 was done. Mammaglobin positive staining was observed in 10/29 cases, in 13/29 cases for gross cystic disease fluid protein-15, in 20/29 cases for estrogen receptor, in 9/29 cases for progesterone receptor, and in 25/29 cases for cytokeratin 7. Among the negative controls, mammaglobin was positive in 2/48, and gross cystic disease fluid protein-15 in 4/48. The inclusion of MAG antibody in the immunohistochemical panel for the detection of tumors of unknown origin contributed to the detection of metastasis of breast cancer. The diagnostic strategy with the highest positive predictive value (88%) included hormone receptors and mammaglobin in serial manner.
42. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Sacramento ...
42. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, Sacramento, California) Original photographer and year unknown. BEANS GROWING ON THE PHILIP S. DRIVER ESTATE LANDS IN NATOMAS DISTRICT NO. 1000. - Reclamation District 1000, Northwest Sacramento County & southwest Sutter County, bisected by State Highway No. 99, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
36. Photocopy of Photograph (original print located in the Twin ...
36. Photocopy of Photograph (original print located in the Twin Falls Library, Twin Falls, Idaho). Original Photograph, Bisbee Photo, William H. Eaton, Photographer, date unknown. COTTONWOOD FLUME SOUTH OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
Ivanova, Stefka Kr; Angelova, Svetla G; Stoyanova, Asya P; Georgieva, Irina L; Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira K; Mihneva, Zafira G; Korsun, Neli St
2016-12-01
Inflammatory diseases of the heart (myocarditis, pericarditis) are commonly caused by viruses. Among the human cardiotropic viruses, parvovirus B19, Coxsackie B viruses, and adenoviruses play a leading role. The aim of the present study was to determine the presumptive causative role of parvovirus B19, Coxsackie B viruses, and adenoviruses in the development of myocarditis, pericarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy by demonstrating the presence of specific antiviral antibodies or viral DNA in patients' serum samples. We tested serum samples collected between 2010 and 2014 from 235 patients with myocarditis (n=108), pericarditis (n=79), myopericarditis (n=19), dilated cardiomyopathy (n=7), and fever of unknown origin accompanied by cardiac complaints (n=22). The mean age of patients with the standard deviation was 33 ± 18 years. Serological and molecular methods (ELISA for specific IgM/IgG antibodies to parvovirus B19 and IgM antibodies to Coxsackie B viruses and adenoviruses, and PCR for detection of parvovirus B19 in serum samples, respectively) were used in the study. Of all tested 235 serum samples, in 60 (25.5%) positive results for at least one of the three tested viruses were detected. Forty out of these 235 serum samples (17%) were Coxsackie B virus IgM positive. They were found in 17% (18/108) of the patients with myocarditis, in 15% (12/79) of those with pericarditis, in 16% (3/19) of those with myopericarditis and in 32% (7/22) in those with fever of unknown origin. The 63 Coxsackie B virus IgM negative patient's serum samples were tested by ELISA for presence of adenovirus IgM antibodies. Such were found in 4 patients with pericarditis and in 2 patients with fever of unknown origin. Every IgM negative sample (n=189) for Coxsackie B and adenovirus was further tested by ELISA for parvovirus B19 IgM/IgG antibodies. B19-IgM antibodies were detected in 14 patients (7.4%). The percentages for B19-IgM antibodies was 8% (7/90), 5% (3/63) and 31% (4/13) in the patients affected with myocarditis, pericarditis, and fever of unknown origin, respectively. Protective B19-IgG antibodies were found in 108 (57%) of the samples. A B19-PCR signal was detected in all the patients who were B19-IgM positive, and in only 1 patient with positive B19-IgG result, the latter presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy. The present study shows the involvement of Coxsackie B, parvovirus B19 and adenoviruses in the development of inflammatory diseases of the heart (myocarditis and pericarditis). It is the first ever study in the country that simultaneously analyzes the prevalence of the three major human cardiotropic viruses.
61. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
61. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 1994. CBB 944-3190. AERIAL VIEW OF B-51 BEVATRON - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
23. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
23. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. March 26, 1953. BEV-551. OVERALL VIEW OF ION GUN. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
57. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
57. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. December 29, 1953. BEV-657. WEST TANK OPEN, CLOSE-UP. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
58. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
58. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. December 11, 1956. BEV-1206. PUMP ROOM WITH W. CHUPP IN BACKGROUND - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
8. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
8. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. July 2, 1953. BEV-574. QUADRANT POLE TIP INSTALLATION. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
12. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
12. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. February 5, 1954. BEV-681. GENERATOR ROOM FOR BEVATRON MAGNET. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
17. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
17. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. October 20, 1958. BEV-1654. OVERALL VIEW WITH PROTON INJECTOR. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
51. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
51. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 22, 1950. BEV-248. INTERIOR OF BEVATRON BUILDING. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
3. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
3. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. November 22, 1963. BEV-3470 INTERNAL BEAM EXPERIMENT DIAGRAM. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
16. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
16. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. December 29, 1953. BEV-654. INJECTOR, INJECTOR TANK-WIDE ANGLE; MARIO CAROTTA. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
55. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
55. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. November 29, 1950. BEV-359. GENERATOR ROOM, LOOKING SOUTH, B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
45. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
45. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 28, 1954. BEV-733. MAIN CONTROL ROOM; BOB RICHTER. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
54. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
54. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. September 29, 1950. BEV-328. NORTH SIDE OF BEVATRON BUILDING. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
2. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
2. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. November 22, 1963. BEV-3469 EXTERNAL BEAM EXPERIMENT DIAGRAM. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
20. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer ...
20. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, c.1920's BOY WITH DEER STANDING IN EAST YARD OF MAIN HOUSE WITH WELL AND SCREENED PORCH PICTURED IN LEFT BACKGROUND - Faraway Ranch, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
41. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer ...
41. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, 1935 NEIL ERICKSON IN FRONT OF 'GARFIELD' FIREPLACE/CHIMNEY (NOTE: REAR PORCH IS ENCLOSED) - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
36. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Chiricahua National ...
36. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of Chiricahua National Monument), photographer unknown, c.1915 EMMA ERICKSON AND MRS. COLLINS ON BALCONY OF RANCH HOUSE - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
35. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer ...
35. Photocopy of negative (original in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, c.1915 FARAWAY RANCH AS COMPLETED WITH ADOBE BRICK WALLS AND WOOD SHINGLE ROOF - Faraway Ranch, Erickson-Riggs Ranch House, State Highway 181, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
1. Photocopy of measured drawing (original delineated by the Royal ...
1. Photocopy of measured drawing (original delineated by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Kunstakademiets), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1961) Photographer and date of photograph unknown HOSPITALSGADE (FRONT) ELEVATION - Hospitalsgade 23 (House), 23 Hospital Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
14. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
14. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, CK 109) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 ALHANBRA CIRCLE, VIEW TOWARDS GRANADA PLAZA - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
6. Photo copy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, ...
6. Photo copy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, Elkins, WV, photo #246860), photographer unknown, ca. 1935. EQUIPMENT DETAIL, SEED WING REMOVER. - Parsons Nursery, Seed Extractor Building, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
9. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
9. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer unknown, ca. 1903-04. VIEW OF WORKERS AND BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Spanning Santa Anna River, west of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
30. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local ...
30. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF SANTA FE RAILROAD TRACKS AND PACHAPPA AVENUE (COMMERCE STREET) LOOKING NORTH - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
41. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
41. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. August 29, 1949. BEV-101. BEVATRON AREA LOOKING SOUTHEAST. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
15. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
15. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3872) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 VIEW OF COUNTRY CLUB PRADO BOULEVARD - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
5. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
5. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3292) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 AERIAL VIEW OF CORAL GABLES BUSINESS SECTION - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
13. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
13. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3327) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 LE JEUNE PLAZA, VIEW FROM CORAL WAY - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
8. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
8. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3829) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 SEGOVIA PLAZA AT NORTH GREENWAY DRIVE - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
Registration of 'Hidden Valley' meadow fescue
USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database
'Hidden Valley' (Reg. No. CV-xxxx, PI xxxxxx) meadow fescue [Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.; syn. Festuca pratensis Huds.; syn. Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.] is a synthetic population originating from 561 parental genotypes. The original germplasm is of unknown central or northern Europ...
44. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
44. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the Claremont Historical Society) No date, photographer unknown HORSE TEAM HAULING A T-CONNECTION FOR A PENSTOCK. - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
13. Photocopy of photograph (original in Documents Collection, College of ...
13. Photocopy of photograph (original in Documents Collection, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, CA) Circa 1910, photographer unknown VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST - Howard B. Gates House, 62 South Thirteenth Street, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
17. Photocopy of original USRS photograph (from original print in ...
17. Photocopy of original USRS photograph (from original print in the Umatilla Project History 1920, on file at National Archives, Rocky Mountain Region, Denver, Colorado) Photographer unknown, ca. 1920. Project office and employees - reading from left to right: Una H. Keck, Geo. C. Patterson, H.M. Schilling, Maurice D. Scroggs, Carl M. Voyen, Chas. Taylor, C.D. Porter - Former Umatilla Project Headquarters Buildings, Office, Hermiston, Umatilla County, OR
40. Photocopy of building model photograph, ca., 1974, photographer unknown. ...
40. Photocopy of building model photograph, ca., 1974, photographer unknown. Original photograph property of United States Air Force, 21" Space Command. CAPE COD AIR STATION PAVE PAWS FACILITY MODEL - ELEVATION SHOWING FLOOR AND EQUIPMENT LAYOUT. - Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA
39. Photocopy of building model photograph, ca. 1974, photographer unknown. ...
39. Photocopy of building model photograph, ca. 1974, photographer unknown. Original photograph property of United States Air Force, 21" Space Command. CAPE COD AIR STATION PAVE PAWS FACILITY MODEL - SHOWING "A" AND "B" FACES. - Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA
6. Photographic copy of historic photograph (date and photograph unknown) ...
6. Photographic copy of historic photograph (date and photograph unknown) of upper dam showing retaining walls (original in possession of United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service-Allegheny National Forest). VIEW WEST - Loleta Recreation Area, Upper Dam, 6 miles Southeast of interesection of State Route 24041 & State Route 66, Loleta, Elk County, PA
The role of invasive and non-invasive procedures in diagnosing fever of unknown origin.
Mete, Bilgul; Vanli, Ersin; Yemisen, Mucahit; Balkan, Ilker Inanc; Dagtekin, Hilal; Ozaras, Resat; Saltoglu, Nese; Mert, Ali; Ozturk, Recep; Tabak, Fehmi
2012-01-01
The etiology of fever of unknown origin has changed because of the recent advances in and widespread use of invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tools. However, undiagnosed patients still constitute a significant number. To determine the etiological distribution and role of non-invasive and invasive diagnostic tools in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin. One hundred patients who were hospitalized between June 2001 and 2009 with a fever of unknown origin were included in this study. Clinical and laboratory data were collected from the patients' medical records retrospectively. Fifty three percent of the patients were male, with a mean age of 45 years. The etiology of fever was determined to be infectious diseases in 26, collagen vascular diseases in 38, neoplastic diseases in 14, miscellaneous in 2 and undiagnosed in 20 patients. When the etiologic distribution was analyzed over time, it was noted that the rate of infectious diseases decreased, whereas the rate of rheumatological and undiagnosed diseases relatively increased because of the advances in imaging and microbiological studies. Seventy patients had a definitive diagnosis, whereas 10 patients had a possible diagnosis. The diagnoses were established based on clinical features and non-invasive tests for 61% of the patients and diagnostic benefit was obtained for 49% of the patients undergoing invasive tests. Biopsy procedures contributed a rate of 42% to diagnoses in patients who received biopsies. Clinical features (such as detailed medical history-taking and physical examination) may contribute to diagnoses, particularly in cases of collagen vascular diseases. Imaging studies exhibit certain pathologies that guide invasive studies. Biopsy procedures contribute greatly to diagnoses, particularly for malignancies and infectious diseases that are not diagnosed by non-invasive procedures.
Bryan, M B; Zalinski, D; Filcek, K B; Libants, S; Li, W; Scribner, K T
2005-10-01
Invasions by exotic organisms have had devastating affects on aquatic ecosystems, both ecologically and economically. One striking example of a successful invader that has dramatically affected fish community structure in freshwater lakes of North America is the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). We used eight microsatellite loci and multiple analytical techniques to examine competing hypotheses concerning the origins and colonization history of sea lamprey (n = 741). Analyses were based on replicated invasive populations from Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, populations of unknown origins from Lakes Ontario, Champlain, and Cayuga, and populations of anadromous putative progenitor populations in North America and Europe. Populations in recently colonized lakes were each established by few colonists through a series of genetic bottlenecks which resulted in lower allelic diversity in more recently established populations. The spatial genetic structure of invasive populations differed from that of native populations on the Atlantic coast, reflecting founder events and connectivity of invaded habitats. Anadromous populations were found to be panmictic (theta(P) = 0.002; 95% CI = -0.003-0.006; P > 0.05). In contrast, there was significant genetic differentiation between populations in the lower and upper Great Lakes (theta(P) = 0.007; P < 0.05; 95% CI = 0.003-0.009). Populations in Lakes Ontario, Champlain, and Cayuga are native. Alternative models that describe different routes and timing of colonization of freshwater habitats were examined using coalescent-based analyses, and demonstrated that populations likely originated from natural migrations via the St Lawrence River.
Social Context Disambiguates the Interpretation of Laughter
Curran, William; McKeown, Gary J.; Rychlowska, Magdalena; André, Elisabeth; Wagner, Johannes; Lingenfelser, Florian
2018-01-01
Despite being a pan-cultural phenomenon, laughter is arguably the least understood behaviour deployed in social interaction. As well as being a response to humour, it has other important functions including promoting social affiliation, developing cooperation and regulating competitive behaviours. This multi-functional feature of laughter marks it as an adaptive behaviour central to facilitating social cohesion. However, it is not clear how laughter achieves this social cohesion. We consider two approaches to understanding how laughter facilitates social cohesion – the ‘representational’ approach and the ‘affect-induction’ approach. The representational approach suggests that laughter conveys information about the expresser’s emotional state, and the listener decodes this information to gain knowledge about the laugher’s felt state. The affect-induction approach views laughter as a tool to influence the affective state of listeners. We describe a modified version of the affect-induction approach, in which laughter is combined with additional factors – including social context, verbal information, other social signals and knowledge of the listener’s emotional state – to influence an interaction partner. This view asserts that laughter by itself is ambiguous: the same laughter may induce positive or negative affect in a listener, with the outcome determined by the combination of these additional factors. Here we describe two experiments exploring which of these approaches accurately describes laughter. Participants judged the genuineness of audio–video recordings of social interactions containing laughter. Unknown to the participants the recordings contained either the original laughter or replacement laughter from a different part of the interaction. When replacement laughter was matched for intensity, genuineness judgements were similar to judgements of the original unmodified recordings. When replacement laughter was not matched for intensity, genuineness judgements were generally significantly lower. These results support the affect-induction view of laughter by suggesting that laughter is inherently underdetermined and ambiguous, and that its interpretation is determined by the context in which it occurs. PMID:29375448
Social Context Disambiguates the Interpretation of Laughter.
Curran, William; McKeown, Gary J; Rychlowska, Magdalena; André, Elisabeth; Wagner, Johannes; Lingenfelser, Florian
2017-01-01
Despite being a pan-cultural phenomenon, laughter is arguably the least understood behaviour deployed in social interaction. As well as being a response to humour, it has other important functions including promoting social affiliation, developing cooperation and regulating competitive behaviours. This multi-functional feature of laughter marks it as an adaptive behaviour central to facilitating social cohesion. However, it is not clear how laughter achieves this social cohesion. We consider two approaches to understanding how laughter facilitates social cohesion - the 'representational' approach and the 'affect-induction' approach. The representational approach suggests that laughter conveys information about the expresser's emotional state, and the listener decodes this information to gain knowledge about the laugher's felt state. The affect-induction approach views laughter as a tool to influence the affective state of listeners. We describe a modified version of the affect-induction approach, in which laughter is combined with additional factors - including social context, verbal information, other social signals and knowledge of the listener's emotional state - to influence an interaction partner. This view asserts that laughter by itself is ambiguous: the same laughter may induce positive or negative affect in a listener, with the outcome determined by the combination of these additional factors. Here we describe two experiments exploring which of these approaches accurately describes laughter. Participants judged the genuineness of audio-video recordings of social interactions containing laughter. Unknown to the participants the recordings contained either the original laughter or replacement laughter from a different part of the interaction. When replacement laughter was matched for intensity, genuineness judgements were similar to judgements of the original unmodified recordings. When replacement laughter was not matched for intensity, genuineness judgements were generally significantly lower. These results support the affect-induction view of laughter by suggesting that laughter is inherently underdetermined and ambiguous, and that its interpretation is determined by the context in which it occurs.
7. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
7. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. November 29, 1950. BEV-360. GENERAL VIEW, MAGNET ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
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42. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. September 29, 1949. BEV-132. LOOKING NORTHWEST AT INITIAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
35. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
35. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 27, 1960. BEV-2050. CLYDE WIEGAND; ANTI-PROTON SET-UP. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
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48. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. February 10, 1960. BEV-2003. COAXIAL, MAIN CONTROL ROOM CONSOLE MODIFICATIONS. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
52. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
52. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. June 28, 1950. BEV-267. INTERIOR OF BEVATRON BUILDING LOOKING WEST. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
32. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
32. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. October 6, 1955. BEV-937. ANTI-PROTON SET-UP, EXTERIOR VIEW. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
31. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
31. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. October 6, 1955. BEV-933. ANTI-PROTON SET-UP, INTERIOR VIEW. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
11. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
11. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. December 17, 1952. BEV-517. MOVING CURVE TANK INTO MAGNET FOR STORAGE. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
53. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
53. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. June 28, 1950. BEV-268. EXTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BEVATRON BUILDING. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
10. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
10. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. November 11, 1950. BEV-336. MAGNET CORE SHOWING FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTS. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
48. Photocopy of photograph (original print in possession of Historic ...
48. Photocopy of photograph (original print in possession of Historic Bethlehem, Inc., Bethlehem, PA) photographer unknown, 1922. Concrete handling method along the main street ramp - Hill to Hill Bridge, Spans Lehigh River at State Route 378, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA
7. Photograph is copy of historic photo (original print located ...
7. Photograph is copy of historic photo (original print located in Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Ogden Arsenal, Primer Loading Building for 37mm Shell Loading, 7726 North Carolina Way, Layton, Davis County, UT
1. Photocopy of photograph (original print #17 located in ...
1. Photocopy of photograph (original print #17 - located in Pope & Talbot Archives. Port Gamble, WA). Unknown Photographer, September 1906. View of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, facing southwest from Rainier Avenue. - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rainier Avenue, Port Gamble, Kitsap County, WA
9. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Coronado ...
9. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Coronado Historical Association). Photographer Unknown, circa 1922. HEILMAN VILLAS FROM CORNER OF ORANGE AVENUE AND SEVENTH STREET - Heilman Villas, 706-720 Orange Avenue & 1060-1090 Seventh Street, Coronado, San Diego County, CA
10. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables ...
10. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3109) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 COLUMBUS PLAZA, COLUMBUS STREET AND INDIAN MOUNTAIN TRAIL - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
22. Photocopy of photograph (original print in files of Theatre ...
22. Photocopy of photograph (original print in files of Theatre Historical Society, P.O. Box 101, Notre Dame, IN 46556) Photographer unknown 1938 TREMONT STREET ANNEX, LOOKING SOUTHEAST - B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Photocopy of original blackandwhite silver gelatin print, AERIAL VIEW OF ...
Photocopy of original black-and-white silver gelatin print, AERIAL VIEW OF FEDERAL TRIANGLE, IRS BUILDING EAST SIDE OF THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING, 1936, photographer unknown - Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Asperger's syndrome in adulthood.
Roy, Mandy; Dillo, Wolfgang; Emrich, Hinderk M; Ohlmeier, Martin D
2009-01-01
Asperger's syndrome is one of the autism spectrum disorders. Affected individuals display considerably impaired capacity for social interaction, unusual special interests, and a tendency towards ritualized behavior. The etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Asperger's syndrome in adulthood are outlined on the basis of a selective literature review via Medline and information in relevant reference books. Furthermore, the authors report their personal experience at a special clinic for adults. Asperger's syndrome in adulthood can be diagnosed by thorough anamnesis, heteroanamnesis-with emphasis on childhood-and painstaking clinical examination. The considerable psychosocial impairments affect the patients' professional, social, and private lives. The precise etiology is still unknown, but a multifactorial origin with genetic, neurobiological, and psychosocial components appears probable. Although no specific, empirically tested treatment concepts have yet been established, psychotherapeutic elements (structuring and directive interventions) seem to be helpful, together with pharmacotherapy-if indicated-in the presence of comorbidity. Asperger's syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of adults who display the corresponding symptoms. The etiopathogenesis and treatment of Asperger's syndrome in adulthood should be further investigated.
Karabagias, Ioannis K; Karabournioti, Sofia
2018-05-03
Twenty-two honey samples, namely clover and citrus honeys, were collected from the greater Cairo area during the harvesting year 2014⁻2015. The main purpose of the present study was to characterize the aforementioned honey types and to investigate whether the use of easily assessable physicochemical parameters, including color attributes in combination with chemometrics, could differentiate honey floral origin. Parameters taken into account were: pH, electrical conductivity, ash, free acidity, lactonic acidity, total acidity, moisture content, total sugars (degrees Brix-°Bx), total dissolved solids and their ratio to total acidity, salinity, CIELAB color parameters, along with browning index values. Results showed that all honey samples analyzed met the European quality standards set for honey and had variations in the aforementioned physicochemical parameters depending on floral origin. Application of linear discriminant analysis showed that eight physicochemical parameters, including color, could classify Egyptian honeys according to floral origin ( p < 0.05). Correct classification rate was 95.5% using the original method and 90.9% using the cross validation method. The discriminatory ability of the developed model was further validated using unknown honey samples. The overall correct classification rate was not affected. Specific physicochemical parameter analysis in combination with chemometrics has the potential to enhance the differences in floral honeys produced in a given geographical zone.
Karabournioti, Sofia
2018-01-01
Twenty-two honey samples, namely clover and citrus honeys, were collected from the greater Cairo area during the harvesting year 2014–2015. The main purpose of the present study was to characterize the aforementioned honey types and to investigate whether the use of easily assessable physicochemical parameters, including color attributes in combination with chemometrics, could differentiate honey floral origin. Parameters taken into account were: pH, electrical conductivity, ash, free acidity, lactonic acidity, total acidity, moisture content, total sugars (degrees Brix-°Bx), total dissolved solids and their ratio to total acidity, salinity, CIELAB color parameters, along with browning index values. Results showed that all honey samples analyzed met the European quality standards set for honey and had variations in the aforementioned physicochemical parameters depending on floral origin. Application of linear discriminant analysis showed that eight physicochemical parameters, including color, could classify Egyptian honeys according to floral origin (p < 0.05). Correct classification rate was 95.5% using the original method and 90.9% using the cross validation method. The discriminatory ability of the developed model was further validated using unknown honey samples. The overall correct classification rate was not affected. Specific physicochemical parameter analysis in combination with chemometrics has the potential to enhance the differences in floral honeys produced in a given geographical zone. PMID:29751543
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery: toward a standardized approach.
Mery, Carlos M; Lawrence, Silvana M; Krishnamurthy, Rajesh; Sexson-Tejtel, S Kristen; Carberry, Kathleen E; McKenzie, E Dean; Fraser, Charles D
2014-01-01
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) is a congenital abnormality of the origin or course of a coronary artery that arises from the aorta. It is the second most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Its exact prevalence, the pathophysiological mechanisms that cause sudden cardiac death, the actual risk of death for the different types of AAOCA, the optimal way to evaluate these patients, and whether any treatment strategies decrease the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients diagnosed with AAOCA are unknown. This article analyzes what is currently known and unknown about this disease. It also describes the creation of a dedicated multidisciplinary coronary anomalies program and the development of a framework in an initial attempt to standardize the evaluation and management of these patients. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
28. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
28. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 1, 1959. Bubble Chamber 722. BUBBLE CHAMBER, WIDE-ANGLE INTERIOR VIEW OF BUILDING 59 - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
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33. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 10, 1958. BEV-1515. ANTI-PROTON SET-UP; BRUCE CORK, GLENN LAMBERTSON. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
Photocopy of a photograph (original taken for the Edison Co.) ...
Photocopy of a photograph (original taken for the Edison Co.) Unknown, Photographer, 1939 AERIAL VIEW (SOUTH) SHOWING NORTH ELEVATION AND OTHER LABORATORY BUILDINGS AROUND THE COURTYARD - Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Machine Shop & Library, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ
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9. Photocopy of photograph (original print in possession of WACC), photographer unknown, c.1900's NEIL ERICKSON ON LEDGE OVERLOOKING BONITA CANYON WITH STAFFORD CABIN IN FOREGROUND AND ERICKSON HOUSE IN DISTANCE (BOARD AND BATTEN PERIOD) - Faraway Ranch, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ
11. Photocopy of Photograph (original Print in the Coral Gables ...
11. Photocopy of Photograph (original Print in the Coral Gables Public Library, Fishbaugh Collection, M 3809) Photographer unknown, 1923-25 PONCE DE LEON PLAZA, FROM CORAL WAY AND GRANADA BOULEVARD - Coral Gables (Entrances, Streets, Gates, & Squares), Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, FL
59. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
59. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. April 25, 1957. BEV-1311. VACUUM SNOUT IN NORTH TARGET AREA; BOB RICHTER. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
Isolated muscular sarcoidosis causing fever of unknown origin: The value of gallium-67 imaging
DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)
Patel, N.; Krasnow, A.; Sebastian, J.L.
1991-02-01
An unusual case of a patient with a long-standing fever of unknown origin (FUO) is presented whose gallium-67 ({sup 67}Ga) images revealed increased activity only in the calf muscles bilaterally. Other imaging modalities also failed to show chest or other abnormal findings. Subsequent biopsy of the right gastrocnemius muscle revealed noncaseating granulomas consistent with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. When using {sup 67}Ga to evaluate a patient with a FUO, imaging of the extremities should always be included. Also, when abnormal Ga-67 uptake is present in the extremities, sarcoidosis should be included in the differential diagnosis.
Drogendijk, Annelieke N; van der Velden, Peter G; Kleber, Rolf J
2012-05-01
It is unknown to what extent acculturation among disaster-affected immigrants is associated with mental health problems (MHP) compared to non-affected immigrants. We examined the associations between acculturation and post-disaster MHP among affected and non-affected immigrants in The Netherlands. Among the affected group, keeping norms and values of original culture and limited skills to cope with the demands of the new society were independently associated with PTSD-symptomatology, anxiety, depression, hostility, and somatic problems at 18 months post-event. In the non-affected comparison group no associations were found. Interestingly, levels of acculturation did not differ between both groups, in contrast to MHP. The acculturation levels could be influenced by the experience of a disaster. However, levels did not differ statistically between the study groups. Furthermore, the groups were reasonably small and the response rates were, although not uncommon in health studies among immigrants, relatively low. The findings of this unique study clearly suggest that post-disaster mental health policies should target low levels of skills to survive in the new society. Furthermore, the acculturation domain of keeping traditional norms and values can be contrary to the Dutch care after a disaster where self-efficacy and individualistic, cognitive functioning are the central goals. Further research is warranted to explore and examine post-event interventions aimed at increasing the levels of acculturation that may facilitate recovery. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
1988-11-01
Formed 1975. Estimated Membership Unknown. Headquarters Unknown. Area of Operations Worldwide. Leadership ASALA-RM: Monte Melkonian. ASALA-M: Hagop...release. Black Sea are. Stan ulSOVIEIT UNION ®ANKARA ~ Ararat TURKEY Moditerroneen Sea LES- BEIRUT ’ . Historic area claimed by Armenian terrorists...Lima, Peru. - Leadership Ernesto Montes Aliaga (AKA Raul Perez). Other Names Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (original language). Armed members of
29. Photocopy of photograph. VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, OF NORTHEAST SECTION ...
29. Photocopy of photograph. VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, OF NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE STRUCTURE, SHOWING ORIGINAL WOOD DECK, RAILING AND EARLY 1930'S PACKARD AUTOMOBILE IN BACKGROUND. Photographer unknown, date unknown. (Print in possession of the Washington County Highway Department). - Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Greenwich, Easton, Washington County, NY
7. Photocopy of photograph, date unknown. VIEW OF WEST HIGH ...
7. Photocopy of photograph, date unknown. VIEW OF WEST HIGH STREET BRIDGE OVER SOUTH BRANCH OF FRENCH CREEK, WITH PENN RAILROAD BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND. (Original in Union City Historical Museum.) 8'x10' enlargement from 4'x5' negative. - Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, Union City, Erie County, PA
Merkel Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin
Deneve, Jeremiah L.; Messina, Jane L.; Marzban, Suroosh S.; Gonzalez, Ricardo J.; Walls, Brooke M.; Fisher, Kate J.; Ann Chen, Y.; Wayne Cruse, C.; Sondak, Vernon K.; Zager, Jonathan S.
2015-01-01
Background Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. MCC from an unknown primary origin (MCCUP) can present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We describe our single-institution experience with the diagnosis and management of MCCUP presenting as metastases to lymph nodes. Methods After institutional review board approval, our institutional database spanning the years 1998–2010 was queried for patients with MCCUP. Clinicopathologic variables and outcomes were assessed. Results From a database of 321 patients with MCC, 38 (12%) were identified as having nodal MCCUP. Median age was 67 years, and 79% were men. Nodal basins involved at presentation were cervical (58%), axillary/epitrochlear (21%), or inguinal/iliac (21%). CK20 staining was positive in 93% of tumors tested, and all were negative for thyroid transcription factor-1. Twenty-nine patients (76%) underwent complete regional lymph node dissection (LND): 3 had LND alone, ten had LND and adjuvant radiotherapy, and 16 underwent LND followed by chemoradiotherapy. Definitive chemoradiotherapy without surgery was provided to six patients (16%), while radiotherapy alone was provided to three (8%). Recurrence was observed in 34% of patients. Median recurrence-free survival was 35 months. Ten patients (26%) died, five of disease and five of other causes. The median overall survival was 104 months. Conclusions Nodal MCCUP is a rare disease affecting primarily elderly white men. Recurrence is observed in approximately one-third of patients, with a 104 month median overall survival after a multimodal treatment approach consisting of surgery along with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the majority of patients. PMID:22271206
7. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic ...
7. Photocopy of photograph (original in possession of NYC Economic Development Corp.) Photographer unknown, circa 1983) OVERALL VIEW OF THE BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL, LOOKING NORTHEAST - Wood's Grist Mill, South bank of Indian River, 1 mile east of Breached Mill Dam, Antwerp, Jefferson County, NY
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9. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer unknown, October 1916. FORMER 'VICTORIA BRIDGE' (HOWE DECK TRUSS SUPPORTED BY TRESTLE) LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING STREETCAR AND THATCH-ROOFED, CANTILEVERED PEDESTRIAN PLATFORM - Victoria Bridge, Spanning Tequesquite Arroyo, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
36. Photographic copy of historic photo, c1915 (original print in ...
36. Photographic copy of historic photo, c1915 (original print in Still Photo Branch of the National Archives, RG-155-JC, Washington, DC; photographer unknown). VIEW OF NORTH SIDE OF BOISE PROJECT OFFICE. - Boise Project, Boise Project Office, 214 Broadway, Boise, Ada County, ID
20. Photo copy of photograph, (original owned by John King, ...
20. Photo copy of photograph, (original owned by John King, Berea, KY), photographer unknown, ca. 1935. VIEW SOUTH, CCC CAMP PARSONS IN BACKGROUND, BLACKSMITH SHOP ON LEFT, TRUCK STORAGE GARAGE IN FOREGROUND. - Parsons Nursery, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
11. Photocopy of photograph (original copy in Edison collection). Photographer ...
11. Photocopy of photograph (original copy in Edison collection). Photographer and date unknown, although photo taken prior to 1930 reconstruction of Project flumes. VIEW OF ORIGINAL SOUTH FORK OF THE TULE RIVER MIDDLE FORK "BOX" WOOD FLUME BRANCH SHOWING NORTH FORK OF TULE RIVER MIDDLE FORK CROSSING. VIEW TO NORTHWEST. - Tule River Hydroelectric Project, Water Conveyance System, Middle Fork Tule River, Springville, Tulare County, CA
Geographic origins and population genetics of bats killed at wind-energy facilities.
Pylant, Cortney L; Nelson, David M; Fitzpatrick, Matthew C; Gates, J Edward; Keller, Stephen R
2016-07-01
An unanticipated impact of wind-energy development has been large-scale mortality of insectivorous bats. In eastern North America, where mortality rates are among the highest in the world, the hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) and the eastern red bat (L. borealis) comprise the majority of turbine-associated bat mortality. Both species are migratory tree bats with widespread distributions; however, little is known regarding the geographic origins of bats killed at wind-energy facilities or the diversity and population structure of affected species. We addressed these unknowns by measuring stable hydrogen isotope ratios (δ 2 H) and conducting population genetic analyses of bats killed at wind-energy facilities in the central Appalachian Mountains (USA) to determine the summering origins, effective size, structure, and temporal stability of populations. Our results indicate that ~1% of hoary bat mortalities and ~57% of red bat mortalities derive from non-local sources, with no relationship between the proportion of non-local bats and sex, location of mortality, or month of mortality. Additionally, our data indicate that hoary bats in our sample consist of an unstructured population with a small effective size (N e ) and either a stable or declining history. Red bats also showed no evidence of population genetic structure, but in contrast to hoary bats, the diversity contained in our red bat samples is consistent with a much larger N e that reflects a demographic expansion after a bottleneck. These results suggest that the impacts of mortality associated with intensive wind-energy development may affect bat species dissimilarly, with red bats potentially better able to absorb sustained mortality than hoary bats because of their larger N e . Our results provide important baseline data and also illustrate the utility of stable isotopes and population genetics for monitoring bat populations affected by wind-energy development. © 2016 by the Ecological Society of America.
Abrams, Joseph Y; Blase, Jennifer L; Belay, Ermias D; Uehara, Ritei; Maddox, Ryan A; Schonberger, Lawrence B; Nakamura, Yosikazu
2018-06-01
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitis, which primarily affects children. The etiology of KD is unknown; while certain characteristics of the disease suggest an infectious origin, genetic or environmental factors may also be important. Seasonal patterns of KD incidence are well documented, but it is unclear whether these patterns are caused by changes in climate or by other unknown seasonal effects. The relationship between KD incidence and deviations from expected temperature and precipitation were analyzed using KD incidence data from Japanese nationwide epidemiologic surveys (1991-2004) and climate data from 136 weather stations of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Seven separate Poisson-distributed generalized linear regression models were run to examine the effects of temperature and precipitation on KD incidence in the same month as KD onset and the previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months, controlling for geography as well as seasonal and long-term trends in KD incidence. KD incidence was negatively associated with temperature in the previous 2, 3, 4 and 5 months and positively associated with precipitation in the previous 1 and 2 months. The model that best predicted variations in KD incidence used climate data from the previous 2 months. An increase in total monthly precipitation by 100 mm was associated with increased KD incidence (rate ratio [RR] 1.012, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.005-1.019), and an increase of monthly mean temperature by 1°C was associated with decreased KD incidence (RR 0.984, 95% CI: 0.978-0.990). KD incidence was significantly affected by temperature and precipitation in previous months independent of other unknown seasonal factors. Climate data from the previous 2 months best predicted the variations in KD incidence. Although fairly minor, the effect of temperature and precipitation independent of season may provide additional clues to the etiology of KD.
[Erythema nodosum during the course of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis].
Fahmy, J; Halabi-Tawil, M; Bagot, M; Tournant, B; Petit, A
2015-01-01
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a benign, aseptic inflammatory disease of unknown origin, which must be distinguished from tumoral and infectious processes that affect the breast, including tuberculosis. IGM is a rare cause of erythema nodosum, but it is useful for dermatologists to be aware of this association. A 32-year-old nulliparous woman presented with erythema nodosum, arthralgia and fever. On examination, she had a firm and painful mass of 5cm in the right breast with retraction and axillary adenopathy. The breast lump developed gradually over the preceding 4 months. Although two biopsies showed no evidence of atypical cells, inflammatory areas and a granulomatous process were seen. Culture of breast tissue for mycobacteria was negative. A diagnostic of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis was made. Systemic corticosteroids led to a reduction in size of the mass, but relapse occurred in the contralateral breast on dose-reduction of the corticosteroids. IGM is a rare disease of unknown aetiology. Diagnosis is based on characteristic histological features and exclusion of other granulomatous diseases. Extra-mammary signs are rare and include erythema nodosum, arthralgia and episcleritis. Management is poorly codified. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in chronic idiopathic pericarditis: report of four cases.
Peterlana, D; Puccetti, A; Simeoni, S; Tinazzi, E; Corrocher, R; Lunardi, C
2005-02-01
Human intravenous immunoglobulins (hIVIgs) are used in two broad categories of diseases: immunodeficiency and autoimmunity. Among the immune-mediated diseases hIVIgs are of benefit in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and dermatomyositis. Chronic idiopathic pericarditis (CIP) is a chronic disease of unknown origin characterized by recurrent episodes of pericardial inflammation. The cause of the recurrence is unknown, although in some cases it may be traced to a viral infection and to the presence of antimyocardial antibodies. Since a viral infection can induce an autoimmune process through a mechanism of molecular mimicry, and since the optimal therapy for prevention of the recurrences has not been established, we reasoned that treatment with hIVIgs could be beneficial in our patients unresponsive to previous immunosuppressive therapies. We describe four patients affected by CIP treated with monthly high-dose hIVIgs (0.4 g/kg daily for 5 consecutive days) for five times followed by administration every 2 months. Three of the four patients could permanently discontinue steroid therapy and are still in remission after years of follow-up. Our experience suggests that hIVIgs therapy may be a useful and safe treatment for CIP in steroid-dependent patients.
4. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
4. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. August, 1955. XBB 689-5508. BEVATRON MODEL (L. TO R.) WITH L. SMITH, McMILLAN, E.O. LAWRENCE, LOFGREN, BROBECK, AND SEWELL - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
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29. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. July, 1959. Morgue 1959-46 (P-1). ALVAREZ BUBBLE CHAMBER GROUP (L. TO R.) HERNANDEZ, McMILLAN, ALVAREZ, GOW - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
Iatrogenic Buschke's disease (Michelin man syndrome)
Ahmad, N; Lawrence, J R; Macdonald, J W
1988-02-01
Scleredema [corrected] adultorum as originally described by Buschke in 1900, is cutaneous thickening of unknown aetiology. Since then several cases have been reported which have illustrated different aspects of the disease but the exact aetiology, pathogenesis and prognosis remain uncertain. Disease of possible iatrogenic origin appears not to have been described previously.
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47. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph property of The Wichita Eagle newspaper, Wichita, Kansas), photographer unknown, date on photograph 1948. View of southeast, Building 8 - Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Kellogg (Legal Address); 5500 East Kellogg (Common Address), Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
13. Photocopy of photograph (original print in the private collection ...
13. Photocopy of photograph (original print in the private collection of Mr. Orton Camp, Waterbury, Connecticut) ca. 1890, photographer unknown DEXTER'S DRUG STORE IN SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HOTCHKISS BLOCK ON EAST MAIN STREET - Hotchkiss Block (Irving Block), 11 East Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT
James A. Allen
2002-01-01
The genus Cocos is monotypic. Cocos nucifera is believed to have originated in the Old World tropics, but the natural range is unknown and the origin of the species is the subject of considerable debate (Harries 1978, Parrotta 1993). Dispersal by humans has played a major role in the naturalization of the species on tropical...
[A fever of finally known origin].
Jenni, Stefan; Kositz, Christian; Diethelm, Markus; Albrich, Werner
2014-05-21
We present the case of a 77 year old man with fever of unknown origin. Despite a thorough assessment in hospital the diagnosis could only be made after discharge when positive results for C. burnetii serology revealed acute Q-fever. However, retrospectively history and clinical findings matched well with acute Q-fever.
26. Photo copy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, ...
26. Photo copy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, Elkins, WV), photographer unknown, ca. 1936. VIEW NORTHWEST, GARAGE (DEMOLISHED), NURSERY MANAGER'S GARAGE AND RESIDENCE, AND PACKING BUILDING, TRANSPLANT SHEDS AND PLOW IN FOREGROUND. - Parsons Nursery, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
20. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
20. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative BUILDING OF DAM No. 3, LOOKING SOUTH - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
19. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
19. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative BUILDING OF DAM No. 3, FROM THE NORTH - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
22. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
22. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative BUILDING OF DAM NO. 3, LOOKING SOUTH - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
4. Photocopy of an engraving (original in the collection of ...
4. Photocopy of an engraving (original in the collection of the Claremont Historical Society) artist unknown, no date FIRST COAL CUTTER MANUFACTURED BY THE SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY. THIS DEVICE WAS POWERED BY HAND. - Sullivan Machinery Company, Main Street between Pearl & Water Streets, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
17. Photocopy of drawing (original 8 x 101/2 inch plate ...
17. Photocopy of drawing (original 8 x 10-1/2 inch plate located in: USDA Forest Service, North Pacific Region, recreation handbook, date unknown). COMMUNITY BLDG., PLATE A-9 (enlarged from a 4x5 negative) - Austin Pass Warming Hut, Washington Highway 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA
4. Photocopy of photograph, original negative in the possession of ...
4. Photocopy of photograph, original negative in the possession of John R. Morison, Peterborough, New Hampshire. Photographer unknown, 14 September 1888. INSIDE CAISSON PIER IV, 60 FEET BELOW WATER LINE, 25 POUNDS AIR PRESSURE - Sioux City Bridge, Spanning the Missouri River, Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA
Photocopy of photograph (original in collection of U.S. Coast Guard ...
Photocopy of photograph (original in collection of U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence, Warwick, RI) photographer unknown, 1975 Aerial view directly above - U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West of intersection of Canfield Road & Hartshorne Drive, Highlands, Monmouth County, NJ
Photocopy of photograph (original in collection of U.S. Coast Guard ...
Photocopy of photograph (original in collection of U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence, Warwick, RI) photographer unknown, 1977 Aerial view looking northeast - U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West of intersection of Canfield Road & Hartshorne Drive, Highlands, Monmouth County, NJ
Thomann, Philipp Arthur; Fuchs, Thomas
2013-01-01
Objectives In 1950, Kurt Schneider proposed that a considerable number of schizophrenia patients develop first-rank symptoms (FRS). In such cases, patients report made experiences, replaced control of will, thought insertion, broadcast or withdrawal and delusional perception, respectively. Although a number of recent studies tend to explain FRS in terms of neurobiological and neuropsychological processes, the origin of these symptoms still remains unknown. In this paper, we explore the subjective experience of patients with the following two FRS: (1) "made" impulses and (2) “made" volitional acts. Method The method applied for the study of two FRS consists first in the overview of psychiatric and philosophical literature and second in the further investigation of subjective experience in patients with FRS. Psychopathological and phenomenological aspects of FRS are discussed by means of patient cases. Results We discovered a profound transformation of intentionality and agency in schizophrenia patients with body-affecting FRS. This concept offers an insight into the interrelatedness between particular FRS. Conclusion We propose that the subjective experience of schizophrenia patients with body-affecting FRS is rooted in the disturbance of intentionality and diminished sense of agency. This theoretical account of body-affecting FRS will open up new directions in both phenomenological and neurobiological psychiatric research. PMID:24019932
Orbitotomy for retrobulbar malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a dog.
Lassaline, Mary E; Gelatt, Kirk N; Brooks, Dennis E; Ellison, Gary W
2005-01-01
A retrobulbar malignant fibrous histiocytoma was diagnosed in a 12-year-old castrated male Keeshond dog. The mass was excised with a lateral orbitotomy and zygomatic arch resection. Vision was preserved in the affected eye, and no recurrence was noted up to 10 months postoperatively. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma originates from primitive mesenchymal stem cells. The malignant fibrous histiocytoma seen in our patient was most consistent with the storiform-pleomorphic variant, given the storiform arrangement of spindle cells, the presence of histiocytoid cells, and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate, without giant cells. The metastatic potential of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in general, and the storiform variant in particular, is unknown. Seventeen months later the dog was presented to the referring veterinarian with anorexia, diarrhea, weight loss and bilateral purulent nasal exudates. The dog was euthanized without necropsy.
Successful Treatment of Endometriosis-Related Hemorrhagic Ascites: A Report of Three Cases.
Mendes, Sofia; Carvalho, Catarina; Rodrigues, GonÇalo; Barata, Sónia; Calhaz-Jorge, Carlos; Osório, Filipa
2018-06-01
Endometriosis-related ascites is rare and is frequently confused with an ovarian malignancy. Since it affects women in reproductive age, its diagnosis and therapy are even more challenging. These patients usually present with abdominal distension, pelvic pain, and weight loss, but a careful questioning usually reveals the typical endometriosis symptoms-such as dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia. We present three cases of endometriosis-related ascites, one of them with pleural effusion. All cases were associated with extensive disease and required laborious laparoscopic surgery, medical therapy with gonadotropin releasing hormone analogs, and long-term follow-up. One of the patients delivered twins following an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle without recurrence of ascites. We aim to raise awareness toward the importance of considering endometriosis in a patient with ascites of unknown origin.
Targeting CD4+ T cells for the treatment of sarcoidosis: a promising strategy?
Celada, Lindsay J; Drake, Wonder P
2017-01-01
Sarcoidois is an inflammatory disease of unknown origin characterized by the abnormal accumulation of noncaseating granulomas at sites of disease activity in multiple organs throughout the body with a predilection for the lungs. Because the exact trigger that leads to disease activity is still under investigation, current treatment options are contingent on the organ or organs affected. Corticosteroids are the therapy of choice, but antimalarials and TNF-α antagonists are also commonly prescribed. Recent findings provide evidence for the use of CD20 B-cell-depleting therapy as an alternative method of choice. However, because sarcoidosis is predominantly a T-helper cell-driven disorder, an overwhelming amount of compelling evidence exists for the use of CD4+ T-cell targeted therapy. PMID:25572480
11. Photocopy of photograph in the collection of Photographic Branch, ...
11. Photocopy of photograph in the collection of Photographic Branch, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Original is labelled: Yard Photo 42. Date unknown, probably 1940's. Photographer unknown. HABS negative is a 4x5' copy negative. Perspective view of NE corner of Building 78. - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Administration Building, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA
Yago, Kazuhiro; Yanagita, Soshi; Aono, Maki; Matsuo, Ken; Shimada, Hideto
2009-06-01
A 76-year-old man presented with fever of unknown origin and renal dysfunction. Laboratory examination revealed anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, proteinuria, and elevations of C-reactive protein, lactic dehydrogenase, creatinine and ferritin. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) imaging showed FDG accumulation in the renal cortex and spleen. Based on the imaging study, renal biopsy was performed and histological diagnosis of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) was made. Renal impairment due to IVLBCL is uncommon and is often difficult to diagnose early. FDG-PET/CT may be a useful tool for the early diagnosis of IVLBCL.
The origin of aliphatic hydrocarbons in olive oil.
Pineda, Manuel; Rojas, María; Gálvez-Valdivieso, Gregorio; Aguilar, Miguel
2017-11-01
There are many substances that can interfere with olive oil quality. Some of them are well characterized, but many others have an unknown origin. Saturated hydrocarbons make an extraordinary complex family of numerous molecules, some of them present naturally in vegetable oils. When major natural saturated hydrocarbons are analyzed by standard chromatographic methods, this complex mixture of saturated hydrocarbons appears as a hump in the chromatogram and is commonly named as unresolved complex mixture (UCM), whose origin remains unknown. In this work we studied the occurrence and the origin of aliphatic saturated hydrocarbons in olive oil. Hydrocarbons were analyzed in olive oil and along the industrial process of oil extraction. We also analyzed n-alkanes and the UCM fraction of hydrocarbons in leaf, fruit and oil from different varieties and different locations, and we also analyzed the soils at these locations. We conclude that the hydrocarbons present in olive oil do not necessarily have their origin in a contamination during olive oil elaboration; they seem to have a natural origin, as a result of olive tree metabolism and/or as the result of an intake and accumulation by the olive tree directly from the environment during its entire life cycle. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
Delaney, Sean P.; Julian, Lisa M.; Stanford, William L.
2014-01-01
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare neoplastic disease, best characterized by the formation of proliferative nodules that express smooth muscle and melanocytic antigens within the lung parenchyma, leading to progressive destruction of lung tissue and function. The pathological basis of LAM is associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), a multi-system disorder marked by low-grade tumors in the brain, kidneys, heart, eyes, lung and skin, arising from inherited or spontaneous germ-line mutations in either of the TSC1 or TSC2 genes. LAM can develop either in a patient with TSC (TSC-LAM) or spontaneously (S-LAM), and it is clear that the majority of LAM lesions of both forms are characterized by an inactivating mutation in either TSC1 or TSC2, as in TSC. Despite this genetic commonality, there is considerable heterogeneity in the tumor spectrum of TSC and LAM patients, the basis for which is currently unknown. There is extensive clinical evidence to suggest that the cell of origin for LAM, as well as many of the TSC-associated tumors, is a neural crest cell, a highly migratory cell type with extensive multi-lineage potential. Here we explore the hypothesis that the types of tumors that develop and the tissues that are affected in TSC and LAM are dictated by the developmental timing of TSC gene mutations, which determines the identities of the affected cell types and the size of downstream populations that acquire a mutation. We further discuss the evidence to support a neural crest origin for LAM and TSC tumors, and propose approaches for generating humanized models of TSC and LAM that will allow cell of origin theories to be experimentally tested. Identifying the cell of origin and developing appropriate humanized models is necessary to truly understand LAM and TSC pathology and to establish effective and long-lasting therapeutic approaches for these patients. PMID:25505789
Sciarretta, G; Furno, A; Morrone, B; Malaguti, P
1994-07-01
Chronic diarrhea of unknown origin is often associated with bile acid malabsorption, the pathogenetic role of which is uncertain. The aim of this study was to identify morphological abnormalities in the ileal and colonic mucosa in patients with this disorder. We performed a prospective and blinded histopathological study (between June 1991 and November 1992) of endoscopic biopsies of the distal ileum and colon of 23 patients suffering from chronic diarrhea of unknown origin. In 14, the SeHCAT (75-selena-homo-cholic acid taurine) test was abnormal owing to bile acid malabsorption; in the other nine, the diarrhea control group, the test results were normal. A detailed evaluation of surface epithelium, immune response and inflammatory changes was made. in two patients and two controls, mild villous atrophy was observed; there was also slight inflammation of the ileal and colonic mucosa occurring with the same frequency in both groups. A slight replacement of goblet cells was more evident in the diarrhea control group. Chronic diarrhea of unknown origin associated with bile acid malabsorption does not involve specific morphological changes of ileal or colonic mucosa, and its pathogenesis must be looked for in dysfunction of the ileum and/or colon.
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Recchia, Gabriel L.; Louwerse, Max M.
2016-01-01
Computational techniques comparing co-occurrences of city names in texts allow the relative longitudes and latitudes of cities to be estimated algorithmically. However, these techniques have not been applied to estimate the provenance of artifacts with unknown origins. Here, we estimate the geographic origin of artifacts from the Indus Valley…
36. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
36. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. September 21, 1956. BEV-1154. DISCOVERERS OF ANTI-NEUTRON--(L. to R.) W. WENZEL, B. CORK, G. LAMBERTSON, AND O. PICCIONI, WITH FOCUS MAGNET. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
34. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo ...
34. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in LBNL Photo Lab Collection). Photographer unknown. October 6, 1955. BEV-938. ANTI-PROTON SET-UP WITH WORK GROUP; E. SEGRE, C. WIEGAND, E. LOFGREN, O. CHAMBERLAIN, T. YPSILANTIS. B-51. - University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
13. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of 30th ...
13. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of 30th Audiovisual Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California). Photography by United States Air Force, date unknown. THRUST AUGMENTED THOR PREPARED FOR LAUNCH FROM SLC-3W. - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA
3. Photographic copy of historic photograph. JulyDec. 1947 OAMA. (Original ...
3. Photographic copy of historic photograph. July-Dec. 1947 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
4. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.June 1948 OAMA. (Original ...
4. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.-June 1948 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
10. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.June 1954 OAMA. (Original ...
10. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.-June 1954 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
7. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.June 1951 OAMA. (Original ...
7. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.-June 1951 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
8. Photographic copy of historic photograph. JulyDec. 1951 OAMA. (Original ...
8. Photographic copy of historic photograph. July-Dec. 1951 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
6. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.June 1951 OAMA. (Original ...
6. Photographic copy of historic photograph. Jan.-June 1951 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
5. Photographic copy of historic photograph. JulyDec. 1950 OAMA. (Original ...
5. Photographic copy of historic photograph. July-Dec. 1950 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
2. Photographic copy of historic photograph. JulyDec. 1947 OAMA. (Original ...
2. Photographic copy of historic photograph. July-Dec. 1947 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
1. Photographic copy of historic photograph. JulySept. 1946 OAMA. (Original ...
1. Photographic copy of historic photograph. July-Sept. 1946 OAMA. (Original print located at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah). Photographer unknown. - Hill Field, North of State Highway 193, East of Interstate 15, South of Davis-Weber Canal, West of Wherry Road, Layton, Davis County, UT
3. Photocopy of photograph (Original print, Phillip McCracken, courtesy of ...
3. Photocopy of photograph (Original print, Phillip McCracken, courtesy of Bill Mitchell.) Photographer unknown, 1924. Cold Storage Warehouse on the left, north and west facades. On the right, north facade of the Hay and Grain Warehouse. - Curtis Wharf, Cold Storage Warehouse, O & Second Streets, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA
46. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph property ...
46. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph property of The Wichita Eagle newspaper, Wichita, Kansas), photographer unknown, date on photograph 1943. View southeast, Building 8 is first structure on right - Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Kellogg (Legal Address); 5500 East Kellogg (Common Address), Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
10. Photographic copy of photograph (original print in possession of ...
10. Photographic copy of photograph (original print in possession of CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. Comparison of Spartan and sprint missiles. The sprint missile is on the left; the Spartan missile is on the right - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
14. Photocopy of photograph original print located at University Archives, ...
14. Photocopy of photograph original print located at University Archives, Hayden Library, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Photographer unknown, 1902 VIEW SHOWING TRAIN WRECK ON MARICOPA AND PHOENIX RAILROAD CAUSED BY BRIDGE FAILURE RESULTING FROM FLOOD DAMAGE - Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ
34. Photographic copy of photograph (ca. 1962, original print in ...
34. Photographic copy of photograph (ca. 1962, original print in possession of Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia) Photographer unknown. View of launch control facility under construction, security gate at left - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior, Jackson County, SD
2. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Atlanta ...
2. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, GA). Photographer unknown, circa 1940. Aerial view of Clark Howell Homes, center, Techwood Homes, left, Georgia Institute of Technology, bottom. - Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy Street, Mills Street & Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
1. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Atlanta ...
1. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, GA). Photographer unknown, circa 1940. Aerial view, Clark Howell Homes, left, Techwood Homes, right, Georgia Institute of Technology, top, right. - Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy Street, Mills Street & Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
The origin of Ceratocystis fagacearum, the oak wilt fungus
Jennifer Juzwik; Thomas C. Harrington; William L. MacDonald; David N. Appel
2008-01-01
The oak wilt pathogen, Ceratocystis fagacearum, may be another example of a damaging, exotic species in forest ecosystems in the United States. Though C. fagacearum has received much research attention, the origin of the fungus is unknown. The pathogen may have been endemic at a low incidence until increased disturbances, changes...
24. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
24. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative VIEW OF THE OLD TIMBER CRIB DAM, LOOKING EAST FROM THE NORTH BANK - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
11. Photographic copy of photograph (original print in possession of ...
11. Photographic copy of photograph (original print in possession of CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. View of rocket models, allowing a comparison of the Spartan, galosh (USSR), minute man III, and SS-9 (USSR) missiles - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
23. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los ...
23. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 'Report on Salinas Dam, Salinas River, California,' June 15, 1943. (Photographer unknown; report located at City of San Luis Obispo.) CONSTRUCTION PHOTO SHOWING CURVED CONCRETE CHUTE SPILLWAY. - Salinas Dam, Salinas River near Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, CA
21. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los ...
21. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 'Report on Salinas Dam, Salinas River, California,' June 15, 1943. (Photographer unknown; report located at City of San Luis Obispo.) SALINAS DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1941. - Salinas Dam, Salinas River near Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, CA
24. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los ...
24. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 'Report on Salinas Dam, Salinas River, California,' June 15, 1943. (Photographer unknown, report located at City of San Luis Obispo.) SALINAS DAM COMPLETION PHOTO. - Salinas Dam, Salinas River near Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, CA
76. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
76. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. DISASSEMBLING CRANE TOWER FROM SOUTH ISLAND SPILLWAY. REMOVING CABLE TOWER. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
Photocopy of photograph (original in collection of U.S. Coast Guard ...
Photocopy of photograph (original in collection of U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence, Warwich, RI), photographer unknown, 1977 view south, showing western docking structure and ordnance wharf - U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West of intersection of Canfield Road & Hartshorne Drive, Highlands, Monmouth County, NJ
Globally Convergent Numerical Methods for Coefficient Inverse Problems
2008-09-23
backgrounds. Probing radiations are usually thought as electric and acoustic waves for the first two applications and light originated by lasers in...fundamental laws of physics. Electric , acoustic or light scattering properties of both unknown targets and the backgrounds are described by coefficients of...with the back-reflected data here, Army applications are quite feasible. The 2-D inverse problem of the determination of the unknown electric
15. Photographic copy of photograph dated ca. 1929; Photographer unknown; ...
15. Photographic copy of photograph dated ca. 1929; Photographer unknown; Original in Rath collection at Grout Museum, Waterloo, Iowa; Filed under: Rath Packing Company, Box 4; THE RATH COMPLEX IN THE LATE 1920S; LOOKING WEST FROM 18TH STREET; LARGE BUILDING AT CENTER IS HOG KILL (BUILDING 40) - Rath Packing Company, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA
"A Marriage on the Rocks": An Unknown Letter by William H. Kilpatrick about His Project Method
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Knoll, Michael
2010-01-01
William H. Kilpatrick is worldwide known as "Mr. Project Method." But the origin of his celebrated paper of 1918 has never been explored. The discovery of a hitherto unknown letter reveals that Kilpatrick was an educational entrepreneur who, without regard for language and tradition, adopted the term "project" and used it in a provocative new way…
Homocarnosinosis: A historical update and findings in the SPG11 gene.
Sjaastad, O; Blau, N; Rydning, S L; Peters, V; Rødningen, O; Stray-Pedersen, A; Krossnes, B; Tallaksen, C; Koht, J
2018-05-06
A family with homocarnosinosis was reported in the literature in 1976. Three affected siblings had spastic paraplegia, retinitis pigmentosa, mental retardation, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homocarnosine concentrations 20 times higher than in controls. Based on the clinical findings and new genetic techniques, we have been able to establish a precise genetic diagnosis. The medical records were re-evaluated, and genetic analyses were performed post-mortem in this original family. SNP array-based whole genome homozygosity mapping and Sanger sequencing of the SPG11 gene were performed. Seven additional Norwegian SPG11 patients and their disease-causing variants and clinical findings were evaluated. Homocarnosine levels in CSF were measured in four of these seven patients. A homozygous pathogenic splice-site variant in the SPG11 gene, c.2316 + 1G>A, was found. The clinical findings in the original family correlate with the heterogeneous SPG11 phenotype. The same variant was found in seven other Norwegian SPG11 patients, unrelated to the original family, either as homozygous or compound heterozygous constellation. Normal homocarnosine levels were found in the CSF of all unrelated SPG11 patients. A re-evaluation of the clinical symptoms and findings in the original family correlates with the SPG11 phenotype. The increased levels of homocarnosine do not seem to be a biomarker for SPG11 in our patients. Homocarnosinosis is still a biochemical aberration with unknown clinical significance. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
[The effects of TorR protein on initiation of DNA replication in Escherichia coli].
Yuan, Yao; Jiaxin, Qiao; Jing, Li; Hui, Li; Morigen, Morigen
2015-03-01
The two-component systems, which could sense and respond to environmental changes, widely exist in bacteria as a signal transduction pathway. The bacterial CckA/CtrA, ArcA/ArcB and PhoP/PhoQ two-component systems are associated with initiation of DNA replication and cell division, however, the effects of the TorS/TorR system on cell cycle and DNA replication remains unknown. The TorS/TorR system in Escherichia coli can sense changes in trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) concentration around the cells. However, it is unknown if it also affects initiation of DNA replication. We detected DNA replication patterns in ΔtorS and ΔtorR mutant strains by flow cytometry. We found that the average number of replication origins (oriCs) per cell and doubling time in ΔtorS mutants were the same while the average number of oriCs in ΔtorR mutants was increased compared with that in wild-type cells. These results indicated that absence of TorR led to an earlier initiation of DNA replication than that in wild-type cells. Strangely, neither overexpression of TorR nor co-expression of TorR and TorS could restore ΔtorR mutant phenotype to the wild type. However, overexpression of SufD in both wild type and ΔtorR mutants promoted initiation of DNA replication, while mutation of SufD delayed it in ΔtorR mutants. Thus, TorR may affect initiation of DNA replication indirectly through regulating gene expression of sufD.
Torres-Hernández, Bianca A; Colón, Luis R; Rosa-Falero, Coral; Torrado, Aranza; Miscalichi, Nahira; Ortíz, José G; González-Sepúlveda, Lorena; Pérez-Ríos, Naydi; Suárez-Pérez, Erick; Bradsher, John N; Behra, Martine
2016-07-01
Ethnopharmacology has documented hundreds of psychoactive plants awaiting exploitation for drug discovery. A robust and inexpensive in vivo system allowing systematic screening would be critical to exploiting this knowledge. The objective of this study was to establish a cheap and accurate screening method which can be used for testing psychoactive efficacy of complex mixtures of unknown composition, like plant crude extracts. We used automated recording of zebrafish larval swimming behavior during light vs. dark periods which we reproducibly altered with an anxiogenic compound, pentylenetetrazole (PTZ). First, we reversed this PTZ-altered swimming by co-treatment with a well-defined synthetic anxiolytic drug, valproic acid (VPA). Next, we aimed at reversing it by adding crude root extracts of Valeriana officinalis (Val) from which VPA was originally derived. Finally, we assessed how expression of neural activity-regulated genes (c-fos, npas4a, and bdnf) known to be upregulated by PTZ treatment was affected in the presence of Val. Both VPA and Val significantly reversed the PTZ-altered swimming behaviors. Noticeably, Val at higher doses was affecting swimming independently of the presence of PTZ. A strong regulation of all three neural-activity genes was observed in Val-treated larvae which fully supported the behavioral results. We demonstrated in a combined behavioral-molecular approach the strong psychoactivity of a natural extract of unknown composition made from V. officinalis. Our results highlight the efficacy and sensitivity of such an approach, therefore offering a novel in vivo screening system amenable to high-throughput testing of promising ethnobotanical candidates.
Histone acetylation regulates the time of replication origin firing.
Vogelauer, Maria; Rubbi, Liudmilla; Lucas, Isabelle; Brewer, Bonita J; Grunstein, Michael
2002-11-01
The temporal firing of replication origins throughout S phase in yeast depends on unknown determinants within the adjacent chromosomal environment. We demonstrate here that the state of histone acetylation of surrounding chromatin is an important regulator of temporal firing. Deletion of RPD3 histone deacetylase causes earlier origin firing and concurrent binding of the replication factor Cdc45p to origins. In addition, increased acetylation of histones in the vicinity of the late origin ARS1412 by recruitment of the histone acetyltransferase Gcn5p causes ARS1412 alone to fire earlier. These data indicate that histone acetylation is a direct determinant of the timing of origin firing.
Killer, Jiří; Skřivanová, Eva; Hochel, Igor; Marounek, Milan
2015-06-01
Cronobacter spp. are bacterial pathogens that affect children and immunocompromised adults. In this study, we used multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to determine sequence types (STs) in 11 Cronobacter spp. strains isolated from retail foods, 29 strains from dust samples obtained from vacuum cleaners, and 4 clinical isolates. Using biochemical tests, species-specific polymerase chain reaction, and MLST analysis, 36 strains were identified as Cronobacter sakazakii, and 6 were identified as Cronobacter malonaticus. In addition, one strain that originated from retail food and one from a dust sample from a vacuum cleaner were identified on the basis of MLST analysis as Cronobacter dublinensis and Cronobacter turicensis, respectively. Cronobacter spp. strains isolated from the retail foods were assigned to eight different MLST sequence types, seven of which were newly identified. The strains isolated from the dust samples were assigned to 7 known STs and 14 unknown STs. Three clinical isolates and one household dust isolate were assigned to ST4, which is the predominant ST associated with neonatal meningitis. One clinical isolate was classified based on MLST analysis as Cronobacter malonaticus and belonged to an as-yet-unknown ST. Three strains isolated from the household dust samples were assigned to ST1, which is another clinically significant ST. It can be concluded that Cronobacter spp. strains of different origin are genetically quite variable. The recovery of C. sakazakii strains belonging to ST1 and ST4 from the dust samples suggests the possibility that contamination could occur during food preparation. All of the novel STs and alleles for C. sakazakii, C. malonaticus, C. dublinensis, and C. turicensis determined in this study were deposited in the Cronobacter MLST database available online ( http://pubmlst.org/cronobacter/).
Fever of unknown origin (FUO): CMV infectious mononucleosis or lymphoma?
Cunha, Burke A; Chawla, Karishma
2018-07-01
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) refers to fevers of > 101 °F that persist for > 3 weeks and remain undiagnosed after a focused inpatient or outpatient workup. FUO may be due to infectious, malignant/neoplastic, rheumatic/inflammatory, or miscellaneous disorders. The FUO category determines the focus of the diagnostic workup. In the case presented of an FUO in a young woman, there were clinical findings of both CMV infectious mononucleosis or a lymphoma, e.g., highly elevated ESR, elevated ferritin levels, and elevated ACE level, β-2 microglobulins. The indium scan showed intense splenic uptake. Lymph node biopsy, PET scan, and flow cytometry were negative for lymphoma. CMV infectious mononucleosis was the diagnosis, and she made a slow recovery.
Pujani, Mukta; Hassan, Mohd Jaseem; Jetley, Sujata; Raina, Prabhat Kumar; Kumar, Mukesh
2017-01-01
The most common site of primary malignant melanoma is the skin, however, virtually any organ system may be involved. Metastatic melanoma of unknown primary origin accounts for approximately 2-6% of all melanoma cases. The mediastinum as the site for malignant melanoma is extremely rare, both as a primary or metastatic lesion. Primary malignant melanoma of mediastinum is very rare with only a handful of reports in the literature. We hereby report a rare case of malignant melanoma of mediastinum in a 31 year old male who was initially misdiagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology as adenocarcinoma for which he received chemotherapy with clinical deterioration. Even on extensive meticulous search, no primary was discovered.
Bretagne, Charles-Henri; Petitjean, Alain; Felix, Sophie; Bedgedjian, Isabelle; Algros, Marie-Paule; Delabrousse, Eric; Valmary-Degano, Séverine
2016-04-01
Peritoneal malignant mesothelioma is a rare and extremely aggressive tumor that is sometimes difficult to diagnose. We report two cases of metastatic malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. In one case, malignant metastatic cells were identified in cervical lymph nodes while in the other case, the cells were found in the liver. In both cases, metastases were identified before discovering the primary tumor. This led to the misdiagnosis of carcinoma of unknown origin. Nevertheless, the histological and immuno-histochemical patterns were typical of malignant mesothelioma. Regarding metastasis of unknown origin, a differentiation of epithelioid peritoneal malignant mesothelioma and adenocarcinoma proved to be difficult. Therefore, we discuss the diagnostic usefulness of immuno-histochemical mesothelioma markers. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Aging Converts Innate B1a Cells into Potent CD8+ T Cell Inducers
Lee-Chang, Catalina; Bodogai, Monica; Moritoh, Kanako; Chen, Xin; Wersto, Robert; Sen, Ranjan; Young, Howard A.; Croft, Michael; Ferrucci, Luigi; Biragyn, Arya
2016-01-01
B-cell dysregulation in aging is thought to mostly occur in conventional B2 cells without affecting innate B1 cells. Elderly humans and mice also accumulate 4-1BBL+ MHC class-IHi CD86Hi B cells of unknown origin. Here we report that these cells, termed 4BL cells, are activated murine and possibly human B1a cells. The activation is mediated by aging human monocytes and murine peritoneal macrophages. The 4BL cells induce expression of 4-1BBL and IFNγR1 on B1a cells resulting in subsequent up regulation of membrane TNFα (mTNFα) and CD86. As a result, B1a cells induce expression of granzyme B in CD8+T cells by targeting TNFR2 via mTNFα while providing co-stimulation with CD86. Thus, for the first time, these results indicate that aging affects the function of B1a cells. Upon aging, these cells lose their tumor-supporting activity and become inducers of potentially antitumor and autoimmune CD8+T cells. PMID:26983789
Black, Laura J; Hechler, Ashley C; Duffy, Maura E; Beatty, Sarah S K
2017-06-01
A neutered male Mexican Hairless dog was presented for generalized weight loss and weakness. Initial laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging revealed thrombocytopenia and an interstitial to miliary lung pattern affecting all lung fields. Mild joint effusion was found on physical examination affecting the stifle, tarsal, carpal, and elbow joints. Examination of synovial fluid demonstrated an inflammatory polyarthropathy in 3 joints. Cytocentrifuged and direct preparations of the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid sample were made and cells consistent with lupus erythematosus (LE) cells and ragocytes were found. Based on these findings, the anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) titer was determined as 1:640. A clinical diagnosis of systemic LE was made based on the satisfaction of 2 major criteria (thrombocytopenia and inflammatory polyarthritis), 4 minor criteria (central nervous system signs, lymphadenopathy, fever of unknown origin, and pleuritis), positive ANA titer, and the identification of presumed LE cells in BAL fluid. This case report highlights a novel finding of LE cells in respiratory secretions and provides a review of diagnostic criteria of systemic LE. © 2017 American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology.
Chiral Templating of Self-Assembling Nanostructures by Circularly Polarized Light
Yeom, Jihyeon; Yeom, Bongjun; Chan, Henry; Smith, Kyle W.; Dominguez-Medina, Sergio; Bahng, Joong Hwan; Zhao, Gongpu; Chang, Wei-Shun; Chang, Sung Jin; Chuvilin, Andrey; Melnikau, Dzmitry; Rogach, Andrey L.; Zhang, Peijun; Link, Stephan; Král, Petr; Kotov, Nicholas A.
2015-01-01
Chemical reactions affected by spin angular momenta of circularly polarized photons are rare and display low enantiomeric excess. High optical and chemical activity of nanoparticles (NPs) should facilitate the transfer of spin angular momenta of photons to nanoscale materials but such processes are unknown. Here we demonstrate that circularly polarized light (CPL) strongly affects self-assembly of racemic CdTe NPs. Illumination of NP dispersions with right- and left-handed CPL induces the formation of right- and left-handed twisted nanoribbons, respectively. Enantiomeric excess of such reactions exceeds 30% which is ~10 times higher than other CPL-induced reactions. Illumination with linearly polarized light and assembly in the dark led to straight nanoribbons. The mechanism of “templation” of NP assemblies by CPL is associated with selective photoactivation of chiral NPs and clusters followed by their photooxidation. Chiral anisotropy of interactions translates into chirality of the assembled ribbons. The ability of NPs to retain polarization information, or the “imprint” of incident photons opens new pathways for the synthesis of chiral photonic materials and allows for better understanding of the origins of biomolecular homochirality. PMID:25401922
11. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 2 July 1938 ...
11. Photographic copy of photograph, photographer unknown, 2 July 1938 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "Inspecting concrete on upstream face of Keechelus Dam spillway. Joseph Jacobs, consulting engineer; M.B. Lemon, Gatetender; Paul Taylor, assistant engineer; and C.H. Paul, consulting engineer." - Keechelus Dam, Spillway, Yakim River, 10 miles northwest of Easton, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
Iron overload patients with unknown etiology from national survey in Japan.
Ikuta, Katsuya; Hatayama, Mayumi; Addo, Lynda; Toki, Yasumichi; Sasaki, Katsunori; Tatsumi, Yasuaki; Hattori, Ai; Kato, Ayako; Kato, Koichi; Hayashi, Hisao; Suzuki, Takahiro; Kobune, Masayoshi; Tsutsui, Miyuki; Gotoh, Akihiko; Aota, Yasuo; Matsuura, Motoo; Hamada, Yuzuru; Tokuda, Takahiro; Komatsu, Norio; Kohgo, Yutaka
2017-03-01
Transfusion is believed to be the main cause of iron overload in Japan. A nationwide survey on post-transfusional iron overload subsequently led to the establishment of guidelines for iron chelation therapy in this country. To date, however, detailed clinical information on the entire iron overload population in Japan has not been fully investigated. In the present study, we obtained and studied detailed clinical information on the iron overload patient population in Japan. Of 1109 iron overload cases, 93.1% were considered to have occurred post-transfusion. There were, however, 76 cases of iron overload of unknown origin, which suggest that many clinicians in Japan may encounter some difficulty in correctly diagnosing and treating iron overload. Further clinical data were obtained for 32 cases of iron overload of unknown origin; median of serum ferritin was 1860.5 ng/mL. As occurs in post-transfusional iron overload, liver dysfunction was found to be as high as 95.7% when serum ferritin levels exceeded 1000 ng/mL in these patients. Gene mutation analysis of the iron metabolism-related genes in 27 cases of iron overload with unknown etiology revealed mutations in the gene coding hemojuvelin, transferrin receptor 2, and ferroportin; this indicates that although rare, hereditary hemochromatosis does occur in Japan.
Engel, Dominique; Seutin, Vincent
2015-11-15
The hyperpolarization-activated cation current Ih is expressed in dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra, but the subcellular distribution of the current and its role in synaptic integration remain unknown. We used cell-attached patch recordings to determine the localization profile of Ih along the somatodendritic axis of nigral dopamine neurons in slices from young rats. Ih density is higher in axon-bearing dendrites, in a membrane area close to the axon origin, than in the soma and axon-lacking dendrites. Dual current-clamp recordings revealed a similar contribution of Ih to the waveform of single excitatory postsynaptic potentials throughout the somatodendritic domain. The Ih blocker ZD 7288 increased the temporal summation in all dendrites with a comparable effect in axon- and non-axon dendrites. The strategic position of Ih in the proximity of the axon may influence importantly transitions between pacemaker and bursting activities and consequently the downstream release of dopamine. Dendrites of most neurons express voltage-gated ion channels in their membrane. In combination with passive properties, active currents confer to dendrites a high computational potential. The hyperpolarization-activated cation current Ih present in the dendrites of some pyramidal neurons affects their membrane and integration properties, synaptic plasticity and higher functions such as memory. A gradient of increasing h-channel density towards distal dendrites has been found to be responsible for the location independence of excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) waveform and temporal summation in cortical and hippocampal pyramidal cells. However, reports on other cell types revealed that smoother gradients or even linear distributions of Ih can achieve homogeneous temporal summation. Although the existence of a robust, slowly activating Ih current has been repeatedly demonstrated in nigral dopamine neurons, its subcellular distribution and precise role in synaptic integration are unknown. Using cell-attached patch-clamp recordings, we find a higher Ih current density in the axon-bearing dendrite than in the soma or in dendrites without axon in nigral dopamine neurons. Ih is mainly concentrated in the dendritic membrane area surrounding the axon origin and decreases with increasing distances from this site. Single EPSPs and temporal summation are similarly affected by blockade of Ih in axon- and non-axon-bearing dendrites. The presence of Ih close to the axon is pivotal to control the integrative functions and the output signal of dopamine neurons and may consequently influence the downstream coding of movement. © 2015 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology © 2015 The Physiological Society.
Unknown foundation determination for scour.
DOT National Transportation Integrated Search
2012-04-01
Unknown foundations affect about 9,000 bridges in Texas. For bridges over rivers, this creates a problem : regarding scour decisions as the calculated scour depth cannot be compared to the foundation depth, and a : very conservative costly approach m...
Leaping into the Unknown: Developing Thinking in the Primary Science Classroom
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
Serret, Natasha
2004-01-01
The original project, the foundation for all subsequent work, was set up in 1981 by Michael Shayer, with Philip Adey and Carolyn Yates, and became known as CASE @ KS3 (Adey and Shayer, 1994). CASE stands for Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education. The original CASE project drew on Piaget's work on the stage theory of cognitive…
12. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of 30th ...
12. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of 30th Audiovisual Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California). Photography by United States Air Force, date unknown. LAUNCH OF AN ATLAS FROM SLC-3. MOBILE SERVICE TOWER (MST) IN PARKED POSITION. - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA
42. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph displayed ...
42. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph displayed in office at Veterans Administration in Wichita, Kansas), photographer unknown, ca. 1935. Panoramic of campus, view of north and east, Building 8 is first structure on right - Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Kellogg (Legal Address); 5500 East Kellogg (Common Address), Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
43. Photographic copy of photograph (ca. 1962, original print in ...
43. Photographic copy of photograph (ca. 1962, original print in possession of Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., Omaha, Nebraska) Photographer unknown. View of launch closure, launch closure apron at left, personnel access hatch open at right - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior, Jackson County, SD
84. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
84. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. ROCK CREEK SIPHON, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO; WEST VIEW OF SIPHON PIPE. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
85. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
85. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. ROCK CREEK SIPHON, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO; EAST VIEW OF SIPHON PIPE. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
83. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
83. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. DRY CREEK GATES, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF MURTAUGH, IDAHO; GATES FROM THE LOWER SIDE. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
12. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Atlanta ...
12. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, GA). Photographer unknown, circa 1945. View across park and playground between Techwood Homes and Clark Howell Homes, facing west with Clark Howell Homes in background. - Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy Street, Mills Street & Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
12. Photocopy of antique postcard. (Original postcard is in the ...
12. Photocopy of antique postcard. (Original postcard is in the possession of the Venice Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, publisher/photographer unknown.) VIEW OF PRE-EXISTING GRAND CANAL COURT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER CARROLL CANAL, LOOKING EAST TOWARD DELL AVENUE VEHICULAR BRIDGE - Venice Canals, Community of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
9. Photographic copy of photograph (circa 1908, original print in ...
9. Photographic copy of photograph (circa 1908, original print in Archives, Public Affairs Department, Sears Merchandise Group, Hoffman Estates, Illinois), Photographer unknown. OVERALL VIEW OF PRINTING AND ADVERTISING BUILDING, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND MERCHANDISE BUILDING, VIEW TO WEST-SOUTHWEST - Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Bounded by Lexington & Grenshaw Streets, Kedzie Avenue & Independence Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
130. Photographic copy of drawing (undated, original drawing in Archives, ...
130. Photographic copy of drawing (undated, original drawing in Archives, Public Affairs Department, Sears Merchandise Group, Hoffman Estates, Illinois). Engineer unknown. Full size. Pneumatic tube cartridges used at the time of the Plant closing. 4' PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM - 11' LEATHER CARRIER - Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
131. Photographic copy of drawing (undated, original drawing in Archives, ...
131. Photographic copy of drawing (undated, original drawing in Archives, Public Affairs Department, Sears Merchandise Group, Hoffman Estates, Illinois). Engineer unknown. Full size. Pneumatic tube cartridges used at the time of the Plant closing. 4' PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM - 11' LEATHER CARRIER - Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Merchandise Building, 924 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew
2009-06-25
STS009-35-1622 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- In the Coral Sea to the last of Australia?s Great Barrier Reed, a massive area is covered with floating material. Its origin is presently unknown nor is it known to be of biological origin or man-made. However, it covers thousands of square miles, thus massive, and is unreported.
25. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
25. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative VIEW OF THE NORTH END OF THE OLD TIMBER DAM AT DAM SITE No. 3 - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
15. Photocopy of photograph (original 43/4 x 33/4 inch print ...
15. Photocopy of photograph (original 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inch print located in the Recreation files, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie N. F.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1941 SKI WARMING HUT, AUSTIN PASS, GLACIER DISTRICT. (NOTE PLANK SPANNING GAP BETWEEN KNOLL AND PORCH) - Austin Pass Warming Hut, Washington Highway 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA
35. Photographic copy of historic photo, c1915 (original print in ...
35. Photographic copy of historic photo, c1915 (original print in Still Photo Branch of the National Archives, RG-155-JC, Washington, DC; photographer unknown). FRONT VIEW OF BOISE PROJECT OFFICE SHOWING UNITED STATES RECLAMATION SERVICE BOISE PROJECT CLERICAL AND ENGINEERING STAFF. - Boise Project, Boise Project Office, 214 Broadway, Boise, Ada County, ID
Pain Part 8: Burning Mouth Syndrome.
Beneng, Kiran; Renton, Tara
2016-04-01
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a rare but impactful condition affecting mainly post-menopausal women resulting in constant pain and significant difficulty with eating, drinking and daily function. The aetiology of BMS remains an enigma. Recent evidence suggests it likely to be neuropathic in origin, the cause of which remains unknown. There is no cure for this condition and the unfortunate patients remain managed on a variety of neuropathic pain medication, salivary substitutes and other non-medical interventions that help the patient 'get through the day'. Some simple strategies can assist both clinician and patient to manage this debilitating condition. CPD/Clinical Relevance: The dental team will recognize patients presenting with burning mouth syndrome. They are difficult patients to manage and are often referred to secondary care and, ultimately, depend on their general medical practitioners for pain management.
Marcella, J J; Ursell, P C; Goldberger, M; Lovejoy, W; Fenoglio, J J; Weiss, M B
1983-08-01
Kawasaki syndrome, an acute systemic inflammatory illness of unknown origin usually affecting children, may develop into a serious illness complicated by coronary artery aneurysms or myocarditis. This report describes an adult with Kawasaki syndrome studied by right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy and cardiac catheterization during the acute and recovery phases of illness. The initial biopsy specimen showed acute myocarditis and was associated with hemodynamic evidence of biventricular dysfunction, a severely depressed left ventricular ejection fraction and global hypokinesia. With time, there was spontaneous and rapid resolution of the inflammatory cell infiltrate with concurrent return to normal myocardial function. Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy studies early in the course of the cardiac disease associated with Kawasaki syndrome may correlate with ventricular function and may be useful for monitoring immunosuppressive therapy in patients with this syndrome.
Zhao, Kaihui; Li, Peng; Zhang, Changfan; Li, Xiangfei; He, Jing; Lin, Yuliang
2017-12-06
This paper proposes a new scheme of reconstructing current sensor faults and estimating unknown load disturbance for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)-driven system. First, the original PMSM system is transformed into two subsystems; the first subsystem has unknown system load disturbances, which are unrelated to sensor faults, and the second subsystem has sensor faults, but is free from unknown load disturbances. Introducing a new state variable, the augmented subsystem that has sensor faults can be transformed into having actuator faults. Second, two sliding mode observers (SMOs) are designed: the unknown load disturbance is estimated by the first SMO in the subsystem, which has unknown load disturbance, and the sensor faults can be reconstructed using the second SMO in the augmented subsystem, which has sensor faults. The gains of the proposed SMOs and their stability analysis are developed via the solution of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme was verified by simulations and experiments. The results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can reconstruct current sensor faults and estimate unknown load disturbance for the PMSM-driven system.
Fever of unknown origin: analysis of 71 consecutive cases.
Colpan, Aylin; Onguru, Pinar; Erbay, Ayse; Akinci, Esragul; Cevik, Mustafa Aydin; Eren, Selim Sirri; Bodur, Hurrem
2007-08-01
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is still an important problem in clinical practice. Evaluation of patient characteristics may clarify the utility of diagnostic tests and etiologies of FUO. Fever of unknown origin in 71 patients was investigated at Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital in Turkey between February 2001 and December 2004. Mean hospital stay and fever duration was 20.5 days and 44 days, respectively. Etiologies of FUO were as follows: infections 32 (45.1%), collagen vascular disease 19 (26.8%), neoplasm 10 (14.1%), and miscellaneous diseases 4 (5.6%). Diagnosis remained obscure in 6 patients (8.5 %). Tuberculosis was found to be 40% of the infectious causes of FUO. Mean hospital stay and fever duration were prolonged in infectious cases. Female predominance was observed in collagen vascular diseases (P = 0.047). Splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy were common in the neoplasm group (P = 0.017, P = 0.017, respectively). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and lactate hydrogenase levels were elevated in patients with collagen vascular diseases. Nine (12.7%) patients died during the follow-up period. Hospital stay and fever duration were prolonged in the infectious group of FUO patients. Infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, were the most important cause of FUO in our series. Tuberculosis should be kept in mind as an important etiology of FUO countries where tuberculosis is endemic.
Maslehaty, Homajoun; Petridis, Athanassios K; Barth, Harald; Doukas, Alexandros; Mehdorn, Hubertus Maximilian
2011-01-01
Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) without evidence of a bleeding source on the first digital subtraction angiogram (DSA) - also called SAH of unknown origin - is observed in up to 27% of all cases. Depending on the bleeding pattern on CT scanning, SAH can be differentiated into perimesencephalic (PM-SAH) and non-perimesencephalic SAH (NON-PM-SAH). The aim of our study was to investigate the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting a bleeding source in SAH of unknown origin. We retrospectively reviewed 1,226 patients with spontaneous SAH between January 1991 and December 2008 in our department. DSA was performed in 1,068 patients, with negative results in 179 patients. Forty-seven patients were categorized as having PM-SAH and 132 patients as having NON-PM-SAH. MRI of the brain and the craniocervical region was performed within 72 h after diagnosis of SAH and demonstrated no bleeding sources in any of the PM-SAH and NON-PM-SAH patients (100% negative). In our experience MRI did not produce any additional benefit for detecting a bleeding source after SAH with a negative angiogram. The costs of this examination exceeded the clinical value. Despite our results MRI should be discussed on a case-by-case basis because rare bleeding sources are periodically diagnosed in cases of NON-PM-SAH.
Gudmundsson, Sanna; Johansson, Josefin; Ameur, Adam; Stattin, Eva‐Lena; Annerén, Göran; Malmgren, Helena; Frykholm, Carina
2017-01-01
Abstract Objective De novo mutations contribute significantly to severe early‐onset genetic disorders. Even if the mutation is apparently de novo, there is a recurrence risk due to parental germ line mosaicism, depending on in which gonadal generation the mutation occurred. Methods We demonstrate the power of using SMRT sequencing and ddPCR to determine parental origin and allele frequencies of de novo mutations in germ cells in two families whom had undergone assisted reproduction. Results In the first family, a TCOF1 variant c.3156C>T was identified in the proband with Treacher Collins syndrome. The variant affects splicing and was determined to be of paternal origin. It was present in <1% of the paternal germ cells, suggesting a very low recurrence risk. In the second family, the couple had undergone several unsuccessful pregnancies where a de novo mutation PTPN11 c.923A>C causing Noonan syndrome was identified. The variant was present in 40% of the paternal germ cells suggesting a high recurrence risk. Conclusions Our findings highlight a successful strategy to identify the parental origin of mutations and to investigate the recurrence risk in couples that have undergone assisted reproduction with an unknown donor or in couples with gonadal mosaicism that will undergo preimplantation genetic diagnosis. PMID:28921562
Wilbe, Maria; Gudmundsson, Sanna; Johansson, Josefin; Ameur, Adam; Stattin, Eva-Lena; Annerén, Göran; Malmgren, Helena; Frykholm, Carina; Bondeson, Marie-Louise
2017-11-01
De novo mutations contribute significantly to severe early-onset genetic disorders. Even if the mutation is apparently de novo, there is a recurrence risk due to parental germ line mosaicism, depending on in which gonadal generation the mutation occurred. We demonstrate the power of using SMRT sequencing and ddPCR to determine parental origin and allele frequencies of de novo mutations in germ cells in two families whom had undergone assisted reproduction. In the first family, a TCOF1 variant c.3156C>T was identified in the proband with Treacher Collins syndrome. The variant affects splicing and was determined to be of paternal origin. It was present in <1% of the paternal germ cells, suggesting a very low recurrence risk. In the second family, the couple had undergone several unsuccessful pregnancies where a de novo mutation PTPN11 c.923A>C causing Noonan syndrome was identified. The variant was present in 40% of the paternal germ cells suggesting a high recurrence risk. Our findings highlight a successful strategy to identify the parental origin of mutations and to investigate the recurrence risk in couples that have undergone assisted reproduction with an unknown donor or in couples with gonadal mosaicism that will undergo preimplantation genetic diagnosis. © 2017 The Authors Prenatal Diagnosis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Beak deviations in the skull of Franciscana dolphins Pontoporia blainvillei from Argentina.
Denuncio, Pablo; Panebianco, M Victoria; Del Castillo, Daniela; Rodríguez, Diego; Cappozzo, H Luis; Bastida, Ricardo
2016-06-15
The Franciscana dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei is characterized by a long rostrum, a feature that is shared with the families formerly classified as river dolphins (Pontoporiidae, Platanistidae, Iniidae, Lipotidae). Although there are occasional reports on the existence of beak deformations, very little published information exists describing this process. The object of the present study was to describe and quantify the beak anomalies of Franciscana dolphins from the coastal waters of Argentina. Of 239 skulls analyzed 12% showed beak deviations (BD), affecting the premaxillary-maxillary and dentary bones to different extents. The occurrence of BD in the dentary bone represented 58%, whereas premaxillary-maxillary BDs were observed in 14% of the studied specimens, while the complete rostrum (dentary, premaxillary and maxillary) was affected in 28% of the skulls. Dorsoventral axis BD was more frequent than lateral BD (48 and 38%, respectively), and double BD was only observed in the dentary bone. Most of the BD observed in this study could be classified as mild/moderate, and we assume that it did not affect the feeding activities of individuals; however, 2 specimens (<1%) showed a severe and complex curvature that probably did affect them. The cause of these anomalies (natural or anthropogenic origins) is unknown but may be related to important parasite loads, heavy metal and organic contaminants and plastic ingestion that could affect the coastal dolphin in different ways. A more detailed and thorough study of these cranial anomalies is necessary.
Taylor, M B; Bromham, N R; Arnold, S E
2012-01-01
Carcinoma of unknown primary origin (CUP) accounts for 3–5% of cancer cases and is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the UK. CUP management is challenging, partly owing to the heterogeneity of the condition and its presentation, but also owing to the lack of dedicated clinical services for these patients. The recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on metastatic malignancy of unknown primary origin were developed to improve the co-ordination of diagnostic and clinical services at hospitals treating cancer patients in England and Wales, in particular by the setting up of CUP teams to manage these patients. Radiologists have a vital role in the diagnosis of these patients and should work closely with the CUP team to streamline the diagnostic pathway. This article summarises areas of the NICE guidelines relevant to radiology and discusses the radiological management of patients with CUP, including initial investigation, the importance of biopsy, the management of specific presentations, special investigations and organisational issues. PMID:22374278
11. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Val ...
11. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of Val Brose, General Dynamics Space Systems Division, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California). Photographer unknown, circa July 1961. CREW OF FIRST LAUNCH FROM POINT ARGUELLO LAUNCH COMPLEX 1, PAD 2, (SLC-3E) ON LAUNCH PAD. - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA
165. Photocopy of Photograph (original in Roger Lewis' private collection). ...
165. Photocopy of Photograph (original in Roger Lewis' private collection). Photographer and date unknown. MILNER DAM, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, MILNER IDAHO; CRANES USED TO PLACE ROCK ON DAM; NOTE ELECTRIC RAILROAD CAR AT LEFT. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
1. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in Pope & ...
1. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in Pope & Talbot Archives Port Gamble, WA). Unknown Photographer, 1907. View of Gamble Bay, facing west from east shore. S'klallam Village of Boston in foreground, Puget Mill in background. - Port Gamble National Historic Landmark, Bounded by Hood Canal, Port Gamble Bay, State Road 104, & Town Limits, Port Gamble, Kitsap County, WA
82. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
82. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. DRY CREEK HEADGATES, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF MURTAUGH, IDAHO; CHECK GATES ACROSS THE MAIN CANAL BELOW DRY CREEK. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
161. Photocopy of Photograph (original in Roger Lewis' private collection, ...
161. Photocopy of Photograph (original in Roger Lewis' private collection, Twin Falls, Idaho). Photographer and date unknown. MILNER DAM, SOUTH SIDE CANAL, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, MILNER, IDAHO; WORKERS AT CAMP AT HEAD OF CANAL. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
87. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
87. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. ROCK CREEK SIPHON, LOW LINE CANAL, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO; UPPER END OF THE SIPHON. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
81. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
81. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. DRY CREEK DAM, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF MURTAUGH, IDAHO; DRIVING SHEET PILING TO SHUT OFF SEEPAGE. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
86. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver ...
86. Photocopy of Photograph (original located in Univ. of Denver collection). C.R. Savage, Photographer, date unknown. ROCK CREEK SIPHON, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, SOUTH OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO; MEN WORKING ON THE EAST END OF THE SIPHON. - Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID
12. Photographic copy of photograph (circa 1920's, original print in ...
12. Photographic copy of photograph (circa 1920's, original print in Archives, Public Affairs Department, Sears Merchandise Group, Hoffman Estates, Illinois), Photographer unknown. OVERALL VIEW OF PRINTING AND ADVERTISING BUILDING, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND MERCHANDISE BUILDING, VIEW TO SOUTHEAST - Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, Bounded by Lexington & Grenshaw Streets, Kedzie Avenue & Independence Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Benjamin N. Sacks; Mark J. Statham; John D. Perrine; Samantha M. Wisely; Keith B. Aubry
2010-01-01
Most native red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the western contiguous United States appear to be climatically restricted to colder regions in the major mountain ranges and, in some areas, have suffered precipitous declines in abundance that may be linked to warming trends. However, another population of unknown origin has occurred in arid habitats in the...
Photographic copy of photograph, ca. 1919 (original print located in ...
Photographic copy of photograph, ca. 1919 (original print located in the National Archives & Records Administration, Still Picture Branch, Panama Canal Collection Series 185-G, #352, Washington, D.C.). Photographer unknown. View of El Prado from administration building with Balboa Elementary School on left side, looking west. - Balboa School, Northeast end of El Prado, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ
19. Photographic copy of photograph (ca. 1962, original print in ...
19. Photographic copy of photograph (ca. 1962, original print in possession of Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., Omaha, Nebraska) Photographer unknown. Road signs for Alpha Flight Launch Facility sites 8-11 and Bravo Flight Launch Facility sites 2 and 11 - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior, Jackson County, SD
31. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
31. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1934, photographer unknown 3 1/4 X 4 5/8 inch negative EAST END OF THE TIMBER CRIB DAM AT THE GRIST MILL (right) AND THE SAW MILL (center). - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
21. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
21. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative BUILDING OF DAM No. 3, LOOKING EAST FROM THE NORTH BANK, SHOWING THE WOODEN FORMWORK FOR THE CONCRETE DAM - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
26. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
26. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative GENERAL VIEW OF THE POND OF DAM No.4. THE OLD TIMBER CRIB DAM No. 3 IS VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
22. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los ...
22. Photocopy of original photo from Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 'Report on Salinas Dam, Salinas River, California,' June 15, 1943. (Photographer unknown; report located at City of San Luis Obispo.) CONSTRUCTION PHOTO SHOWING THE STRUTS, POURED TO ALIGN WITH THE RIGHT (WEST) BUTTRESS. - Salinas Dam, Salinas River near Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, CA
Fundamental Principles of Tremor Propagation in the Upper Limb.
Davidson, Andrew D; Charles, Steven K
2017-04-01
Although tremor is the most common movement disorder, there exist few effective tremor-suppressing devices, in part because the characteristics of tremor throughout the upper limb are unknown. To clarify, optimally suppressing tremor requires a knowledge of the mechanical origin, propagation, and distribution of tremor throughout the upper limb. Here we present the first systematic investigation of how tremor propagates between the shoulder, elbow, forearm, and wrist. We simulated tremor propagation using a linear, time-invariant, lumped-parameter model relating joint torques and the resulting joint displacements. The model focused on the seven main degrees of freedom from the shoulder to the wrist and included coupled joint inertia, damping, and stiffness. We deliberately implemented a simple model to focus first on the most basic effects. Simulating tremorogenic joint torque as a sinusoidal input, we used the model to establish fundamental principles describing how input parameters (torque location and frequency) and joint impedance (inertia, damping, and stiffness) affect tremor propagation. We expect that the methods and principles presented here will serve as the groundwork for future refining studies to understand the origin, propagation, and distribution of tremor throughout the upper limb in order to enable the future development of optimal tremor-suppressing devices.
Fundamental Principles of Tremor Propagation in the Upper Limb
Davidson, Andrew D.; Charles, Steven K.
2017-01-01
Although tremor is the most common movement disorder, there exist few effective tremor-suppressing devices, in part because the characteristics of tremor throughout the upper limb are unknown. To clarify, optimally suppressing tremor requires a knowledge of the mechanical origin, propagation, and distribution of tremor throughout the upper limb. Here we present the first systematic investigation of how tremor propagates between the shoulder, elbow, forearm, and wrist. We simulated tremor propagation using a linear, time-invariant, lumped-parameter model relating joint torques and the resulting joint displacements. The model focused on the seven main degrees of freedom from the shoulder to the wrist and included coupled joint inertia, damping, and stiffness. We deliberately implemented a simple model to focus first on the most basic effects. Simulating tremorogenic joint torque as a sinusoidal input, we used the model to establish fundamental principles describing how input parameters (torque location and frequency) and joint impedance (inertia, damping, and stiffness) affect tremor propagation. We expect that the methods and principles presented here will serve as the groundwork for future refining studies to understand the origin, propagation, and distribution of tremor throughout the upper limb in order to enable the future development of optimal tremor-suppressing devices. PMID:27957608
Wimalawansa, Sunil J
2016-06-01
The pollution of water and food through human waste and anthropogenic activities, including industrial waste and agricultural runoff, is a mounting problem worldwide. Water pollution from microbes causes identifiable diarrhoeal illnesses. The consumption of water contaminated with heavy metals, fluoride, and other toxins causes insidious illnesses that lead to protracted, non-communicable diseases and death. Chronic kidney disease of unusual/uncertain/unknown aetiology is one such example, began to manifest in the mid-1960s in several dry-zonal agricultural societies in developing economies that are located around the equator. In Sri Lanka, such a disease is affecting the North Central Province, the rice bowl of the country that first appeared in the mid-1990s. Several potential causes have been postulated, including heavy metals, fluoride, cyanobacterial and algae toxins, agrochemicals, and high salinity and ionicity in water, but no specific source or causative factor has been identified for CKD of multifactorial origin (CKDmfo). Three large studies conducted in the recent past failed to find any of the postulated components (heavy metals, cyanobacterial toxins, fluoride, salinity, or agrochemicals) at levels higher than those deemed safe by the World Health Organization and the US Environmental Protection Agency. At the reported low levels in water and with the heterogeneous geographical distribution, it is unrealistic to expect any of these components individually could cause this disease. However, the additive or synergistic effects of a combination of factors and components, even at lower exposure levels, together with malnutrition and harmful behaviours, and/or a yet-unidentified (or not investigated) toxin, can cause this epidemic. Because the cause is unknown, scientists need to work on broader hypotheses, so that key causative elements are not missed. Taken together the plausibility of multiple factors in the genesis of this disease, the appropriate terminology is CKDmfo, a name that also indicates the need for multi-disciplinary research programs to facilitate identifying the cause(s) and the need for multiple approaches to eradicate it. While some potential causes remain to be investigated, existing data point to polluted water as the main source of this disease. This article evaluates pros and cons of each hypothesis and highlights the importance of among others, providing clean water to all affected and surrounding communities. Available data do not support any of the postulated agents, chemicals, heavy metals, fluoride, salinity/ionicity, or individual agrochemical components, such as phosphate or glyphosate, as causative factors for CKDmfo in Sri Lanka. However, as the CKDmfo name implies, a combination of these factors (or an unknown toxin) together with harmful behaviour and chronic dehydration may cause this disease. Irrespective of the cause, prevention is the only way forward for eradication.
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Chen, Allen M., E-mail: allen.chen@ucdmc.ucdavis.ed; Li Baoqing; Farwell, D. Gregory
2011-03-01
Purpose: To compare differences in dosimetric, clinical, and quality-of-life endpoints among a cohort of patients treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and conventional radiotherapy (CRT) for head-and-neck cancer of unknown primary origin. Methods and Materials: The medical records of 51 patients treated by radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck presenting as cervical lymph node metastasis of occult primary origin were reviewed. Twenty-four patients (47%) were treated using CRT, and 27 (53%) were treated using IMRT. The proportions of patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy were 54% and 63%, respectively. Results: The 2-year estimates of overall survival, local-regional control,more » and disease-specific survival for the entire patient population were 86%, 89%, and84%, respectively. There were no significant differences in any of these endpoints with respect to radiation therapy technique (p > 0.05 for all). Dosimetric analysis revealed that the use of IMRT resulted in significant improvements with respect to mean dose and V30 to the contralateral (spared) parotid gland. In addition, mean doses to the ipsilateral inner and middle ear structures were significantly reduced with IMRT (p < 0.05 for all). The incidence of severe xerostomia in the late setting was 58% and 11% among patients treated by CRT and IMRT, respectively (p < 0.001). The percentages of patients who were G-tube dependent at 6 months after treatment were 42% and 11%, respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusions: IMRT results in significant improvements in the therapeutic ratio among patients treated by radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer of unknown primary origin.« less
Nicolas, Pierre; Repoila, Francis; Bardowski, Jacek; Aymerich, Stéphane
2017-01-01
In eukaryotes, RNA species originating from pervasive transcription are regulators of various cellular processes, from the expression of individual genes to the control of cellular development and oncogenesis. In prokaryotes, the function of pervasive transcription and its output on cell physiology is still unknown. Most bacteria possess termination factor Rho, which represses pervasive, mostly antisense, transcription. Here, we investigate the biological significance of Rho-controlled transcription in the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Rho inactivation strongly affected gene expression in B. subtilis, as assessed by transcriptome and proteome analysis of a rho–null mutant during exponential growth in rich medium. Subsequent physiological analyses demonstrated that a considerable part of Rho-controlled transcription is connected to balanced regulation of three mutually exclusive differentiation programs: cell motility, biofilm formation, and sporulation. In the absence of Rho, several up-regulated sense and antisense transcripts affect key structural and regulatory elements of these differentiation programs, thereby suppressing motility and biofilm formation and stimulating sporulation. We dissected how Rho is involved in the activity of the cell fate decision-making network, centered on the master regulator Spo0A. We also revealed a novel regulatory mechanism of Spo0A activation through Rho-dependent intragenic transcription termination of the protein kinase kinB gene. Altogether, our findings indicate that distinct Rho-controlled transcripts are functional and constitute a previously unknown built-in module for the control of cell differentiation in B. subtilis. In a broader context, our results highlight the recruitment of the termination factor Rho, for which the conserved biological role is probably to repress pervasive transcription, in highly integrated, bacterium-specific, regulatory networks. PMID:28723971
Engagement of Patients With Advanced Cancer
2017-05-12
End of Life; Advanced Cancer; Lung Neoplasm; Gastric Cancer; Colon Cancer; Glioblastoma Multiforme; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Rectum Cancer; Melanoma; Kidney Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Testicular Neoplasms; Liver Cancer; Cancer of Unknown Origin
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, George J. Vaillancourt, Photographer, 1938, ...
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, George J. Vaillancourt, Photographer, 1938, from a film by unknown, VIEW OF ORIGINAL ROOF TRUSSES. - Market House, Market Square, Providence, Providence County, RI
14. Photographic copy of photograph dated ca. 1925; Photographer unknown; ...
14. Photographic copy of photograph dated ca. 1925; Photographer unknown; Original in Rath collection at Iowa State University Libraries, Department of Special Collection, Ames, Iowa; Filed under: Rath Packing Company, Public Relations, Symbol N, Box 106, File 6: THE RATH COMPLEX IN THE MID 1920; LARGE BUILDING TO LEFT OF SMOKESTACK IS HOG KILL (BUILDING 40); LOOKING NORTH FROM ACROSS CEDAR RIVER - Rath Packing Company, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA
14. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of 30th ...
14. Photocopy of photograph (original photograph in possession of 30th Audiovisual Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California). Photography by United States Air Force, date unknown. ATLAS VEHICLE BEING PREPARED FOR LAUNCH FROM SLC-3E. NOTE EXTERNAL SHEATHING AND CUPOLA ON MOBILE SERVICE TOWER. - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA
40. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph on ...
40. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph on file at Veterans Administration in Wichita, Kansas), photographer unknown, ca. 1933. Panoramic aerial view of Veterans Administration Center, view north, City of Wichita in background, Building 8 is first structure on right - Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Kellogg (Legal Address); 5500 East Kellogg (Common Address), Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
3. Photo copy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, ...
3. Photo copy of photograph, (original in Forest Service Office, Elkins, WV, photo #292222), photographer unknown, ca. 1935. VIEW EAST, CCC CAMP PARSONS, FOREST SERVICE TRUCK STORAGE ON LEFT, WATER TANK (DEMOLISHED), MESS HALL (DEMOLISHED). (see also historic photograph WV-237-20, WV-237-35) - Parsons Nursery, Civilian Conservation Corps Garage, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
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The influenza A (H7N9) virus is of avian origin and is responsible for infections in human in large urban areas of China in spring 2013. The original source of the virus from poultry farms is unknown but the live poultry market (LPM) system has served as an amplifier of the virus, especially in whol...
2. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in Pope & ...
2. Photocopy of photograph (original print located in Pope & Talbot Archives Port Gamble, WA). Unknown Photographer, Circa 1953. View of Port Gamble and surroundings, aerial shot facing west. Port Gamble Bay, townsite and millsite in foreground, Hood Canal and Olympic Mountains in the background. - Port Gamble National Historic Landmark, Bounded by Hood Canal, Port Gamble Bay, State Road 104, & Town Limits, Port Gamble, Kitsap County, WA
3. Photographic copy of a photograph, dated June 1993 (original ...
3. Photographic copy of a photograph, dated June 1993 (original print in the possession of CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Gerald Greenwood, photographer. Interior of remote launch operations building, room unknown, demonstrating the result of salvaging operations. Note the ceiling tiles have been removed - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Building, Near Service Road exit from Patrol Road, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
53. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
53. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1960. View of Whitney Water Filtration Plant Laboratory. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
50. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
50. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1959. The sand washer designed by New Haven Water Company. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
29. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
29. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative VIEW OF THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF DAM No.4, TAKEN FROM BELOW; THE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE. THE BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED. - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
49. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
49. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1935. Sand cleaning at the Whitney Filtration Plant. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
16. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 ...
16. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 black and white print in the Army Port Contractors' 'Completion Report' at the Engineering Office, Oakland Army Base, California). Photograph taken prior to June 1942 by unknown photographer. SOUTHWEST BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF WAREHOUSES (BLDGS. 802-805). - Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
1. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
1. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the Claremont Historical Society) photographer unknown, no date ALBERT BALL, MECHANICAL ENGINEER FOR THE SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY, WITH AN EARLY DIAMOND CHANNELER. BALL HELD OVER 130 PATENTS ON MINING EQUIPMENT WHICH INCREASED MINE PRODUCTION AND REVOLUTIONIZED THE PRODUCTION OF COAL FUEL. - Sullivan Machinery Company, Main Street between Pearl & Water Streets, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
Yu, Zhaoxu; Li, Shugang; Yu, Zhaosheng; Li, Fangfei
2018-04-01
This paper investigates the problem of output feedback adaptive stabilization for a class of nonstrict-feedback stochastic nonlinear systems with both unknown backlashlike hysteresis and unknown control directions. A new linear state transformation is applied to the original system, and then, control design for the new system becomes feasible. By combining the neural network's (NN's) parameterization, variable separation technique, and Nussbaum gain function method, an input-driven observer-based adaptive NN control scheme, which involves only one parameter to be updated, is developed for such systems. All closed-loop signals are bounded in probability and the error signals remain semiglobally bounded in the fourth moment (or mean square). Finally, the effectiveness and the applicability of the proposed control design are verified by two simulation examples.
Li, Xiangfei; Lin, Yuliang
2017-01-01
This paper proposes a new scheme of reconstructing current sensor faults and estimating unknown load disturbance for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)-driven system. First, the original PMSM system is transformed into two subsystems; the first subsystem has unknown system load disturbances, which are unrelated to sensor faults, and the second subsystem has sensor faults, but is free from unknown load disturbances. Introducing a new state variable, the augmented subsystem that has sensor faults can be transformed into having actuator faults. Second, two sliding mode observers (SMOs) are designed: the unknown load disturbance is estimated by the first SMO in the subsystem, which has unknown load disturbance, and the sensor faults can be reconstructed using the second SMO in the augmented subsystem, which has sensor faults. The gains of the proposed SMOs and their stability analysis are developed via the solution of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme was verified by simulations and experiments. The results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can reconstruct current sensor faults and estimate unknown load disturbance for the PMSM-driven system. PMID:29211017
Masia, D-R; Castus, P; Delia, G; Casoli, V; Martine, D
2008-02-01
Scrotal elephantiasis is a pathology of often unknown etiology. Symptomatology is characterized by an oedematius infiltration of skin and subcutaneous tissue, hard-bound aspect and purplished color. The scrotum, the penis and the perineal area are gradually affected. This pathology is very invalidating for the patient, on functional, sexual and aesthetic aspects. The authors present the case of a 58-year-old man with an enormous scrotal mass invading the penis and drowning the testicular elements, which were impossible to palpate. The aetiology was determined by exclusion and an iatrogenic origin following the cure of bilateral inguinal hernia was retained. Resection of the scrotal mass was performed. The reconstruction of the scrotal purse and the cutaneous sleeve of the penis were carried out using local flaps of the remaining healthy skin.
Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds
Sankey, Joel B.; Kreitler, Jason R.; Hawbaker, Todd; McVay, Jason L.; Miller, Mary Ellen; Mueller, Erich R.; Vaillant, Nicole M.; Lowe, Scott E.; Sankey, Temuulen T.
2017-01-01
The area burned annually by wildfires is expected to increase worldwide due to climate change. Burned areas increase soil erosion rates within watersheds, which can increase sedimentation in downstream rivers and reservoirs. However, which watersheds will be impacted by future wildfires is largely unknown. Using an ensemble of climate, fire, and erosion models, we show that post-fire sedimentation is projected to increase for nearly nine-tenths of watersheds by > 10% and for more than one-third of watersheds by > 100% by the 2041 to 2050 decade in the western USA. The projected increases are statistically significant for more than eight-tenths of the watersheds. In the western USA, many human communities rely on water from rivers and reservoirs that originates in watersheds where sedimentation is projected to increase. Increased sedimentation could negatively impact water supply and quality for some communities, in addition to affecting stream channel stability and aquatic ecosystems.
Isolated monolateral neurosensory hearing loss as a rare sign of neuroborreliosis.
Iero, I; Elia, M; Cosentino, F I I; Lanuzza, B; Spada, R S; Toscano, G; Tripodi, M; Belfiore, A; Ferri, R
2004-04-01
Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is a zoonosis transmitted by Borrelia burgdorferi which also involves the central nervous system (CNS), in 15% of affected individuals, with the occurrence of aseptic meningitis, fluctuating meningoencephalitis, or neuropathy of cranial and peripheral nerves. Encephalopathy with white matter lesions revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in late, persistent stages of Lyme disease has been described. In this report, we describe a patient with few clinical manifestations involving exclusively the eighth cranial nerve, monolaterally and diffuse bilateral alterations of the white matter, particularly in the subcortical periventricular regions at cerebral MRI. This single patient study shows that the search for antibodies against Borrelia burgdoferi should always be performed when we face a leukoencephalopathy of unknown origin. An isolated lesion of the eighth cranial nerve can be the only neurologic sign in patients with leukoencephalopathy complicating Lyme disease.
On the generalization of attitude accessibility after repeated attitude expression
Spruyt, Adriaan; Fazio, Russell H.; Hermans, Dirk
2016-01-01
Abstract The more accessible an attitude is, the stronger is its influence on information processing and behavior. Accessibility can be increased through attitude rehearsal, but it remains unknown whether attitude rehearsal also affects the accessibility of related attitudes. To investigate this hypothesis, participants in an experimental condition repeatedly expressed their attitudes towards exemplars of several semantic categories during an evaluative categorization task. Participants in a control condition performed a non‐evaluative task with the same exemplars and evaluated unrelated attitude objects. After a 30‐minute interval, participants in the experimental condition were faster than controls to evaluate not only the original exemplars but also novel exemplars of the same categories. This finding suggests that the effect of attitude rehearsal on accessibility generalizes to attitudes towards untrained but semantically related attitude objects. © 2016 The Authors. European Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. PMID:28701803
On the origin of the moon, with emphasis on bulk composition
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Kaula, W. M.
1977-01-01
A new analysis of altimetric, gravimetric, and seismological results, together with petrological and thermal history constraints, obtains an estimated Al2O3 content of 5.0%, 2.1 times chondritic. Hence the moon definitely has a refractory lithophile excess as well as an iron deficiency. In addition, the lunar surface is characterized by refractory siderophile depletions. The combination of these properties appears to require a previous stage of differentiation in a planetary body or bodies. Siderophile and chalcolphile depletions and dispersions in eucrites suggest that these bodies are not necessarily large. Possible mechanisms of lunar formation include impacting of a very large body into the earth; tidal disruption of sizeable differentiated planetesimals by the earth; and selective capture of differentiated planetesimal material by small moonlets. Each mechanism has its difficulties; the major unknown affecting all of them is the size distribution of planetesimals.
Deterministic Assisted Clone of an Arbitrary Two- and Three-qubit States via Multi-qubit Brown State
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Hou, Kui; Zhu, Cheng-Jie; Yang, Ya-Ping
2017-08-01
We present two schemes for deterministic assisted clone(DAC) of an unknown two- and three-qubit entangled states with assistance via muti-qubit Brown state. In the schemes, the sender wish to teleport an unknown original entangled state which from the state preparer, and then create a perfect copy of the unknown state at her place. The DAC schemes include two stages. The first stage requires teleportation with Bell-state measurements via a five-qubit Brown state(or seven-qubit Brown state) as the quantum channel. In the second stage, to help the sender realize the quantum cloning, the state preparer performs projective measurements on their own particles which from the sender, then the sender can acquire a perfect copy of the unknown state by means of some appropriate unitary operations. Furthermore, the total success probability for assisted cloning a perfect copy of the unknown state can reach 1 in our schemes.
Implementation of an improved adaptive-implicit method in a thermal compositional simulator
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Tan, T.B.
1988-11-01
A multicomponent thermal simulator with an adaptive-implicit-method (AIM) formulation/inexact-adaptive-Newton (IAN) method is presented. The final coefficient matrix retains the original banded structure so that conventional iterative methods can be used. Various methods for selection of the eliminated unknowns are tested. AIM/IAN method has a lower work count per Newtonian iteration than fully implicit methods, but a wrong choice of unknowns will result in excessive Newtonian iterations. For the problems tested, the residual-error method described in the paper for selecting implicit unknowns, together with the IAN method, had an improvement of up to 28% of the CPU time over the fullymore » implicit method.« less
PSYCHOLOGY. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science.
2015-08-28
Reproducibility is a defining feature of science, but the extent to which it characterizes current research is unknown. We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered designs and original materials when available. Replication effects were half the magnitude of original effects, representing a substantial decline. Ninety-seven percent of original studies had statistically significant results. Thirty-six percent of replications had statistically significant results; 47% of original effect sizes were in the 95% confidence interval of the replication effect size; 39% of effects were subjectively rated to have replicated the original result; and if no bias in original results is assumed, combining original and replication results left 68% with statistically significant effects. Correlational tests suggest that replication success was better predicted by the strength of original evidence than by characteristics of the original and replication teams. Copyright © 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Mixed Donor Chimerism Following Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant.
Rashidi, Armin; Brennan, Daniel C; Amarillo, Ina E; Wellen, Jason R; Cashen, Amanda
2018-06-01
Graft-versus-host disease after solid-organ transplant is exceedingly rare. Although the precise pathogenetic mechanisms are unknown, a progressive increase in donor chimerism is a requirement for its development. The incidence of mixed donor chimerism and its timeline after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant is unknown. After encountering 2 cases of graft-versus-host disease after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant at our institution over a period of < 2 years, a collaborative pilot study was conducted by the bone marrow transplant, nephrology, and abdominal transplant surgery teams. We enrolled all consecutive patients undergoing sex-mismatched simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant over 1 year and longitudinally monitored donor chimerism using fluorescence in situ hybridization for sex chromosomes. We found no evidence for chimerism in our 7 patients. In a comprehensive literature review, we found a total of 25 previously reported cases of graft-versus-host disease after kidney, pancreas, and simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants. The median onset of graft-versus-host disease was approximately 5 weeks after transplant, with a median of about 2 weeks of delay between first presentation and diagnosis. Skin, gut, and bone marrow were almost equally affected at initial presentation, and fever of unknown origin occurred in more than half of patients. The median survival measured from the first manifestation of graft-versus-host disease was only 48 days. Within the limitations related to small sample size, our results argue against an unusually high risk of graft-versus-host disease after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant. Collaboration between solid-organ and stem cell transplant investigators can be fruitful and can improve our understanding of the complications that are shared between the 2 fields.
7. Photocopy of photograph (original print in possession of Mary ...
7. Photocopy of photograph (original print in possession of Mary Lane Knott, 508 Central Avenue, Ridgely MD 21660). Photographer and date unknown, Circa 1900. VIEW EAST, SOUTHWEST FRONT, NORTHWEST SIDE Front and side elevations. Note the duplication of the recessed store front with display windows. Note the break in the original clapboard siding toward the rear on the Northwest side and the new clapboard siding near the buggy. Near the buggy wheel an original brick pier. Note the panelling below the display windows and the penny gumball machine on the wall marked 'Adams Tutti-Frutti'. - 510 Central Avenue (Commercial Building), Ridgely, Caroline County, MD
Cross, Deanna S; Ivacic, Lynn C; Stefanski, Elisha L; McCarty, Catherine A
2010-06-17
There is a lack of knowledge regarding the frequency of disease associated polymorphisms in populations and population attributable risk for many populations remains unknown. Factors that could affect the association of the allele with disease, either positively or negatively, such as race, ethnicity, and gender, may not be possible to determine without population based allele frequencies.Here we used a panel of 51 polymorphisms previously associated with at least one disease and determined the allele frequencies within the entire Personalized Medicine Research Project population based cohort. We compared these allele frequencies to those in dbSNP and other data sources stratified by race. Differences in allele frequencies between self reported race, region of origin, and sex were determined. There were 19544 individuals who self reported a single racial category, 19027 or (97.4%) self reported white Caucasian, and 11205 (57.3%) individuals were female. Of the 11,208 (57%) individuals with an identifiable region of origin 8337 or (74.4%) were German.41 polymorphisms were significantly different between self reported race at the 0.05 level. Stratification of our Caucasian population by self reported region of origin revealed 19 polymorphisms that were significantly different (p = 0.05) between individuals of different origins. Further stratification of the population by gender revealed few significant differences in allele frequencies between the genders. This represents one of the largest population based allele frequency studies to date. Stratification by self reported race and region of origin revealed wide differences in allele frequencies not only by race but also by region of origin within a single racial group. We report allele frequencies for our Asian/Hmong and American Indian populations; these two minority groups are not typically selected for population allele frequency detection. Population wide allele frequencies are important for the design and implementation of studies and for determining the relevance of a disease associated polymorphism for a given population.
Trisomy 21 Alters DNA Methylation in Parent-of-Origin-Dependent and -Independent Manners
Alves da Silva, Antônio Francisco; Machado, Filipe Brum; Pavarino, Érika Cristina; Biselli-Périco, Joice Matos; Zampieri, Bruna Lancia; da Silva Francisco Junior, Ronaldo; Mozer Rodrigues, Pedro Thyago; Terra Machado, Douglas; Santos-Rebouças, Cíntia Barros; Gomes Fernandes, Maria; Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Susana Marina; Lopes Rios, Álvaro Fabricio
2016-01-01
The supernumerary chromosome 21 in Down syndrome differentially affects the methylation statuses at CpG dinucleotide sites and creates genome-wide transcriptional dysregulation of parental alleles, ultimately causing diverse pathologies. At present, it is unknown whether those effects are dependent or independent of the parental origin of the nondisjoined chromosome 21. Linkage analysis is a standard method for the determination of the parental origin of this aneuploidy, although it is inadequate in cases with deficiency of samples from the progenitors. Here, we assessed the reliability of the epigenetic 5mCpG imprints resulting in the maternally (oocyte)-derived allele methylation at a differentially methylated region (DMR) of the candidate imprinted WRB gene for asserting the parental origin of chromosome 21. We developed a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme-specific PCR assay, based on the WRB DMR, across single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to examine the methylation statuses in the parental alleles. In genomic DNA from blood cells of either disomic or trisomic subjects, the maternal alleles were consistently methylated, while the paternal alleles were unmethylated. However, the supernumerary chromosome 21 did alter the methylation patterns at the RUNX1 (chromosome 21) and TMEM131 (chromosome 2) CpG sites in a parent-of-origin-independent manner. To evaluate the 5mCpG imprints, we conducted a computational comparative epigenomic analysis of transcriptome RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and histone modification expression patterns. We found allele fractions consistent with the transcriptional biallelic expression of WRB and ten neighboring genes, despite the similarities in the confluence of both a 17-histone modification activation backbone module and a 5-histone modification repressive module between the WRB DMR and the DMRs of six imprinted genes. We concluded that the maternally inherited 5mCpG imprints at the WRB DMR are uncoupled from the parental allele expression of WRB and ten neighboring genes in several tissues and that trisomy 21 alters DNA methylation in parent-of-origin-dependent and -independent manners. PMID:27100087
Ali, Sajid; Gladieux, Pierre; Leconte, Marc; Gautier, Angélique; Justesen, Annemarie F.; Hovmøller, Mogens S.; Enjalbert, Jérôme; de Vallavieille-Pope, Claude
2014-01-01
Analyses of large-scale population structure of pathogens enable the identification of migration patterns, diversity reservoirs or longevity of populations, the understanding of current evolutionary trajectories and the anticipation of future ones. This is particularly important for long-distance migrating fungal pathogens such as Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici (PST), capable of rapid spread to new regions and crop varieties. Although a range of recent PST invasions at continental scales are well documented, the worldwide population structure and the center of origin of the pathogen were still unknown. In this study, we used multilocus microsatellite genotyping to infer worldwide population structure of PST and the origin of new invasions based on 409 isolates representative of distribution of the fungus on six continents. Bayesian and multivariate clustering methods partitioned the set of multilocus genotypes into six distinct genetic groups associated with their geographical origin. Analyses of linkage disequilibrium and genotypic diversity indicated a strong regional heterogeneity in levels of recombination, with clear signatures of recombination in the Himalayan (Nepal and Pakistan) and near-Himalayan regions (China) and a predominant clonal population structure in other regions. The higher genotypic diversity, recombinant population structure and high sexual reproduction ability in the Himalayan and neighboring regions suggests this area as the putative center of origin of PST. We used clustering methods and approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) to compare different competing scenarios describing ancestral relationship among ancestral populations and more recently founded populations. Our analyses confirmed the Middle East-East Africa as the most likely source of newly spreading, high-temperature-adapted strains; Europe as the source of South American, North American and Australian populations; and Mediterranean-Central Asian populations as the origin of South African populations. Although most geographic populations are not markedly affected by recent dispersal events, this study emphasizes the influence of human activities on recent long-distance spread of the pathogen. PMID:24465211
48. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
48. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1935. Loading dirty sand into an ejector for transport to the sand washer. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
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Silva Bautista, Jesús; Herrera Escobar, Venazir; Corona Miranda, Rodolfo
2018-01-01
The present work proposes a psychological study via beliefs, about the origin of life, death, and life after death. Beliefs have played a decisive role in the development of humanity, from the primitive man who gave to the unknown divine forces, the judgments of the Holy Inquisition in the Medieval Age, the impact provoked by the conviction that…
42. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
42. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer and date unknown. Mixing concrete for the construction of the slow sand filter circa 1903. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
44. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
44. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1904. View of bricklayers erecting exterior walls on the slow sand filter. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
47. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
47. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer and date unknown. View of main gallery between filter beds at Whitney Filtration Plant. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
43. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
43. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer and date unknown. View of forms used to create walls for the slow sand filter. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
17. Photocopy of photograph (original copy in Edison collection). Photographer ...
17. Photocopy of photograph (original copy in Edison collection). Photographer and date unknown, although probably taken before 1920. VIEW OF NORTH END OF TULE RIVER POWERHOUSE SHOWING POWERHOUSE AT PHOTO CENTER, TRANSFORMER BUILDING TO RIGHT OF POWERHOUSE, GARAGE TO LEFT OF POWERHOUSE, AND OPERATOR COTTAGE BEHIND POWERHOUSE AND TRANSFORMER HOUSE. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST. - Tule River Hydroelectric Project, Water Conveyance System, Middle Fork Tule River, Springville, Tulare County, CA
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15. Photocopy of photograph (Original print, Wallie V. Funk Collection.) Photographer unknown. Published in the Anacortes American, 12 October 1911; 'Plant of the Anacortes Ice Company and Curtis Dock.' Photograph probably earlier. View looking northwest, left to right; Cement and Plaster Warehouse; Ice Plant (with towers); Cold Storage Warehouse; Freight Warehouse; a warehouse; and early ticket office. - Curtis Wharf, O & Second Streets, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA
51. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
51. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1960. Dr. Samuel Jacobson examining samples of water cultured on agar material. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
45. Photographic copy of photograph, dated October 1970 (original print ...
45. Photographic copy of photograph, dated October 1970 (original print in possession of CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. Aerial mid-construction view (northeast to southwest) of perimeter acquisition radar building and par power plant. These buildings were approximately 33% complete at the time - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
Mark J. Statham; Benjamin N. Sacks; Keith B. Aubry; John D. Perrine; Samantha M. Wisely
2012-01-01
Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are native to boreal and western montane portions of North America but their origins are unknown in many lowland areas of the United States. Red foxes were historically absent from much of the East Coast at the time of European settlement and did not become common until the mid-1800s. Some early naturalists described an...
30. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
30. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1934, photographer unknown 3 1/4 X 4 5/8 inch negative INTAKE TO THE POWER CANAL AT DAM No. 5. IDE'S 'ROUND BUILDING' IN THE FREEMAN AND O'NEIL COMPLEX IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT. - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
23. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
23. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative BUILDING OF DAM No. 3, LOOKING EASTWARDS FROM THE NORTH BANK. CONSTRUCTION OF THE WOODEN FORMWORK USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE DAM IS VISIBLE IN THE FOREGROUND - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
46. Photographic copy of photograph, dated 21 August 1972 (original ...
46. Photographic copy of photograph, dated 21 August 1972 (original print in possession of CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. View from below of the sloping perimeter acquisition radar building face or "radar eye", emphasizing a portion of the over 6,800 radar penetrations - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
52. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
52. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1960. The Whitney Filtration Plant Laboratory with Dr. Samuel Jacobson at work. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
6. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 ...
6. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 black and white print in the Army Port Contractors' 'Completion Report' at the Engineering Office, Oakland Army Base, California). Photograph taken April 6, 1942 by unknown photographer. SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OBLIQUE VIEW OF PRIVATE VEHICLE INSPECTION BUILDING (VEHICLE SHED, BLDG. 4). - Oakland Army Base, Private Vehicle Inspection Building, Africa Street & Bataan Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
11. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 ...
11. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 black and white print in the Army Port Contractors' 'Completion Report' at the Engineering Office, Oakland Army Base, California). Photograph taken January 31, 1942 by unknown photographer. EAST AND NORTH SIDES OBLIQUE VIEW OF EXCHANGE CAFETERIA (BLDG. 60). - Oakland Army Base, Private Exchange Cafeteria, Bataan Avenue & Attu Street, facing Post Headquarters Building, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Genomic Testing and Resulting Medical Decisions
2017-10-03
Cancer of Unknown Origin; Cancer Refractory; Cancer of Stomach; Cancer Head Neck; Cancer of Skin; Cancer, Lung; Cancer Colorectal; Cancer of Esophagus; Cancer, Bladder; Cancer, Uterus; Cancer Cervix; Cancer Liver; Cancer, Kidney; Cancer, Breast; Hematologic Neoplasms
Aging Converts Innate B1a Cells into Potent CD8+ T Cell Inducers.
Lee-Chang, Catalina; Bodogai, Monica; Moritoh, Kanako; Chen, Xin; Wersto, Robert; Sen, Ranjan; Young, Howard A; Croft, Michael; Ferrucci, Luigi; Biragyn, Arya
2016-04-15
B cell dysregulation in aging is thought to mostly occur in conventional B2 cells without affecting innate B1 cells. Elderly humans and mice also accumulate 4-1BBL(+)MHC class-I(Hi)CD86(Hi)B cells of unknown origin. In this article, we report that these cells, termed 4BL cells, are activated murine and possibly human B1a cells. The activation is mediated by aging human monocytes and murine peritoneal macrophages. They induce expression and activation of 4-1BBL and IFN-γR1 on B1a cells to subsequently upregulate membrane TNF-α and CD86. As a result, activated B1a/4BL cells induce expression of granzyme B in CD8(+)T cells by targeting TNFR2 via membrane TNF-α and providing costimulation with CD86. Thus, for the first time, to our knowledge, these results indicate that aging affects the function of B1a cells. Upon aging, these cells lose their tumor-supporting activity and become inducers of potentially antitumor and autoimmune CD8(+)T cells. Copyright © 2016 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
Chiral templating of self-assembling nanostructures by circularly polarized light
Yeom, Jihyeon; Yeom, Bongjun; Chan, Henry; ...
2014-11-17
Chemical reactions affected by spin angular momenta of circularly polarized photons are rare and display low enantiomeric excess. High optical and chemical activity of nanoparticles (NPs) should facilitate the transfer of spin angular momenta of photons to nanoscale materials but such processes are unknown. Here we demonstrate that circularly polarized light (CPL) strongly affects self-assembly of racemic CdTe NPs. Illumination of NP dispersions with right- and left-handed CPL induces the formation of right- and left-handed twisted nanoribbons, respectively. Enantiomeric excess of such reactions exceeds 30% which is ~10 times higher than other CPL-induced reactions. Illumination with linearly polarized light andmore » assembly in the dark led to straight nanoribbons. The mechanism of “templation” of NP assemblies by CPL is associated with selective photoactivation of chiral NPs and clusters followed by their photooxidation. Chiral anisotropy of interactions translates into chirality of the assembled ribbons. Lastly, the ability of NPs to retain polarization information, or the “imprint” of incident photons opens new pathways for the synthesis of chiral photonic materials and allows for better understanding of the origins of biomolecular homochirality.« less
Kotteas, E A; Pavlidis, N
2015-04-01
Merkel cell nodal carcinoma of unknown primary (MCCUP) is a rare neuroendocrine tumour with distinct clinical and biological behaviour. We conducted a review of retrospective data extracted from 90 patients focusing on the management and outcome of this disease. We also compared life expectancy of these patients with the outcome of patients with known Merkel primaries and with neuroendocrine cancers of unidentifiable primary. There is a limited body of data for this type of malignancy, however, patients with Merkel cell nodal carcinoma of unknown primary site, seem to have better survival when treated aggressively than patients with cutaneous Merkel tumours of the same stage and equal survival with patients with low-grade neuroendocrine tumour of unknown origin. The lack of prospective trials, and the inadequate data, hamper the management of these tumours. Establishment of treatment guidelines is urgently needed. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Tracing the origin of disseminated tumor cells in breast cancer using single-cell sequencing.
Demeulemeester, Jonas; Kumar, Parveen; Møller, Elen K; Nord, Silje; Wedge, David C; Peterson, April; Mathiesen, Randi R; Fjelldal, Renathe; Zamani Esteki, Masoud; Theunis, Koen; Fernandez Gallardo, Elia; Grundstad, A Jason; Borgen, Elin; Baumbusch, Lars O; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; White, Kevin P; Kristensen, Vessela N; Van Loo, Peter; Voet, Thierry; Naume, Bjørn
2016-12-09
Single-cell micro-metastases of solid tumors often occur in the bone marrow. These disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) may resist therapy and lay dormant or progress to cause overt bone and visceral metastases. The molecular nature of DTCs remains elusive, as well as when and from where in the tumor they originate. Here, we apply single-cell sequencing to identify and trace the origin of DTCs in breast cancer. We sequence the genomes of 63 single cells isolated from six non-metastatic breast cancer patients. By comparing the cells' DNA copy number aberration (CNA) landscapes with those of the primary tumors and lymph node metastasis, we establish that 53% of the single cells morphologically classified as tumor cells are DTCs disseminating from the observed tumor. The remaining cells represent either non-aberrant "normal" cells or "aberrant cells of unknown origin" that have CNA landscapes discordant from the tumor. Further analyses suggest that the prevalence of aberrant cells of unknown origin is age-dependent and that at least a subset is hematopoietic in origin. Evolutionary reconstruction analysis of bulk tumor and DTC genomes enables ordering of CNA events in molecular pseudo-time and traced the origin of the DTCs to either the main tumor clone, primary tumor subclones, or subclones in an axillary lymph node metastasis. Single-cell sequencing of bone marrow epithelial-like cells, in parallel with intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity profiling from bulk DNA, is a powerful approach to identify and study DTCs, yielding insight into metastatic processes. A heterogeneous population of CNA-positive cells is present in the bone marrow of non-metastatic breast cancer patients, only part of which are derived from the observed tumor lineages.
Diagnostic workup for fever of unknown origin: a multicenter collaborative retrospective study.
Naito, Toshio; Mizooka, Masafumi; Mitsumoto, Fujiko; Kanazawa, Kenji; Torikai, Keito; Ohno, Shiro; Morita, Hiroyuki; Ukimura, Akira; Mishima, Nobuhiko; Otsuka, Fumio; Ohyama, Yoshio; Nara, Noriko; Murakami, Kazunari; Mashiba, Kouichi; Akazawa, Kenichiro; Yamamoto, Koji; Senda, Shoichi; Yamanouchi, Masashi; Tazuma, Susumu; Hayashi, Jun
2013-12-20
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) can be caused by many diseases, and varies depending on region and time period. Research on FUO in Japan has been limited to single medical institution or region, and no nationwide study has been conducted. We identified diseases that should be considered and useful diagnostic testing in patients with FUO. A nationwide retrospective study. 17 hospitals affiliated with the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine. This study included patients ≥18 years diagnosed with 'classical fever of unknown origin' (axillary temperature ≥38°C at least twice over a ≥3-week period without elucidation of a cause at three outpatient visits or during 3 days of hospitalisation) between January and December 2011. A total of 121 patients with FUO were enrolled. The median age was 59 years (range 19-94 years). Causative diseases were infectious disease in 28 patients (23.1%), non-infectious inflammatory disease in 37 (30.6%), malignancy in 13 (10.7%), other in 15 (12.4%) and unknown in 28 (23.1%). The median interval from fever onset to evaluation at each hospital was 28 days. The longest time required for diagnosis involved a case of familial Mediterranean fever. Tests performed included blood cultures in 86.8%, serum procalcitonin in 43.8% and positron emission tomography in 29.8% of patients. With the widespread use of CT, FUO due to deep-seated abscess or solid tumour is decreasing markedly. Owing to the influence of the ageing population, polymyalgia rheumatica was the most frequent cause (9 patients). Four patients had FUO associated with HIV/AIDS, an important cause of FUO in Japan. In a relatively small number of cases, cause remained unclear. This may have been due to bias inherent in a retrospective study. This study identified diseases that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of FUO.
Rizvi, Meher; Sultan, Asfia; Chowdhry, Madhav; Azam, Mohd; Khan, Fatima; Shukla, Indu; Khan, Haris M
2018-01-01
Scrub typhus is lesser known cause of fever of unknown origin in India. Even if there have been reports documenting the prevalence of scrub typhus in different parts of India, it is still an unknown entity, and clinicians usually do not consider it as differential diagnosis. The present study was performed to document the prevalence of scrub typhus among febrile patients in western part of Uttar Pradesh and to assess the clinical profile of infected patients on the one hand and knowledge, attitude, and practices among clinicians on the other. A total of 357 adult patients with fever of more than 5-day duration were recruited. All patients underwent complete physical examination, and detailed clinical history was elicited as per predesigned pro forma. After primary screening to rule out malaria, enteric fever, and leptospirosis infection, secondary screening for scrub typhus was done by rapid screen test and IgM ELISA. Scrub typhus infection was positive in 91 (25.5%) cases. The most common symptoms among the patients were fever (100%), pain in abdomen (79.1%), pedal edema 56 (61.5%), rash 44 (48.3%), headache 44 (48.3%), vomiting 42 (46.1%), constipation 33 (36.2%), cough 28 (30.7%), and lymphadenopathy 20 (21.9%). The median values of interleukin-8, interferon-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in healthy controls were 15.54 pg/ml, 7.77 pg/ml, and 54.1 pg/ml, respectively, while the median values of these cytokines in scrub typhus-positive patients were 21.04 pg/ml, 8.74 pg/ml, and 73.8 pg/ml, respectively. Our results highlight that scrub typhus infection is an important cause of pyrexia of unknown origin, and active surveillance is necessary to assess the exact magnitude and distribution of the disease.
Edirisinghe, E A N V; Manthrithilake, H; Pitawala, H M T G A; Dharmagunawardhane, H A; Wijayawardane, R L
2018-06-01
Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is the main health issue in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Despite many studies carried out, causative factors have not been identified yet clearly. According to the multidisciplinary researches carried out so far, potable water is considered as the main causative factor for CKDu. Hence, the present study was carried out with combined isotopic and chemical methods to understand possible relationships between groundwater; the main drinking water source, and CKDu in four endemic areas in the dry zone. Different water sources were evaluated isotopically ( 2 H, 3 H and 18 O) and chemically from 2013 to 2015. Results revealed that prevalence of CKDu is significantly low with the groundwater replenished by surface water inputs. It is significantly high with the groundwater stagnated as well as groundwater recharged from regional flow paths. Thus, the origin, recharge mechanism and flow pattern of groundwater, as well as geological conditions which would be responsible for natural contamination of groundwater appear as the main causative factors for CKDu. Therefore, detailed investigations should be made in order to identify the element(s) in groundwater contributing to CKDu. The study recommends providing drinking water to the affected zones using water sources associated with surface waters.
Adaptive suboptimal second-order sliding mode control for microgrids
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Incremona, Gian Paolo; Cucuzzella, Michele; Ferrara, Antonella
2016-09-01
This paper deals with the design of adaptive suboptimal second-order sliding mode (ASSOSM) control laws for grid-connected microgrids. Due to the presence of the inverter, of unpredicted load changes, of switching among different renewable energy sources, and of electrical parameters variations, the microgrid model is usually affected by uncertain terms which are bounded, but with unknown upper bounds. To theoretically frame the control problem, the class of second-order systems in Brunovsky canonical form, characterised by the presence of matched uncertain terms with unknown bounds, is first considered. Four adaptive strategies are designed, analysed and compared to select the most effective ones to be applied to the microgrid case study. In the first two strategies, the control amplitude is continuously adjusted, so as to arrive at dominating the effect of the uncertainty on the controlled system. When a suitable control amplitude is attained, the origin of the state space of the auxiliary system becomes attractive. In the other two strategies, a suitable blend between two components, one mainly working during the reaching phase, the other being the predominant one in a vicinity of the sliding manifold, is generated, so as to reduce the control amplitude in steady state. The microgrid system in a grid-connected operation mode, controlled via the selected ASSOSM control strategies, exhibits appreciable stability properties, as proved theoretically and shown in simulation.
c-mip impairs podocyte proximal signaling and induces heavy proteinuria
Zhang, Shao-Yu; Kamal, Maud; Dahan, Karine; Pawlak, André; Ory, Virginie; Desvaux, Dominique; Audard, Vincent; Candelier, Marina; Mohamed, Fatima Ben; Matignon, Marie; Christov, Christo; Decrouy, Xavier; Bernard, Veronique; Mangiapan, Gilles; Lang, Philippe; Guellaën, Georges; Ronco, Pierre; Sahali, Djillali
2010-01-01
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome comprises several podocyte diseases of unknown origin, affecting the glomerular podocyte, which plays a key role in controlling the permeability of the kidney filter to proteins. It is characterized by the daily loss of more than 3 g of protein in urine, with no inflammatory lesions or cell infiltration. Nephrotic syndrome may be associated with serious complications, including sodium retention, hyperlipidemia, infectious diseases and thromboembolic events. The molecular mechanisms underlying non genetic nephrotic syndromes are unknown. We report here that the abundance of c-mip (c-maf inducing protein) increases in the podocytes of patients with acquired idiopathic nephrotic syndromes, including minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS), a subset of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and membranous nephropathy (MN), in which the podocyte is the main target of injury. Transgenic mice overproducing c-mip in podocytes developed proteinuria without morphological alterations, inflammatory lesions or cell infiltration. We found that c-mip turned off podocyte signaling by preventing the interaction of nephrin with the tyrosine kinase Fyn, thereby decreasing nephrin phosphorylation in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, c-mip inhibited interactions between Fyn and N-WASP and between Nck and nephrin, potentially accounting for cytoskeletal disorganization and the effacement of foot processes. The intravenous injection of a small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting c-mip prevented lipopolysaccharide-induced proteinuria in mice. These results provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of acquired podocyte diseases. PMID:20484117
9. Photocopy of old photo shows a general view of ...
9. Photocopy of old photo shows a general view of the church, date unknown, Original photograph at Idaho Historical Society, Boise, Idaho - St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, High & Wallula Streets, Idaho City, Boise County, ID
2012-02-17
This image captured by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a series of low, concentric ridges is located to the west of Arsia Mons. The origin of these features is unknown, and there are no similar features at the other Tharsis volcanoes.
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Murphy, K. A.
1988-01-01
A parameter estimation algorithm is developed which can be used to estimate unknown time- or state-dependent delays and other parameters (e.g., initial condition) appearing within a nonlinear nonautonomous functional differential equation. The original infinite dimensional differential equation is approximated using linear splines, which are allowed to move with the variable delay. The variable delays are approximated using linear splines as well. The approximation scheme produces a system of ordinary differential equations with nice computational properties. The unknown parameters are estimated within the approximating systems by minimizing a least-squares fit-to-data criterion. Convergence theorems are proved for time-dependent delays and state-dependent delays within two classes, which say essentially that fitting the data by using approximations will, in the limit, provide a fit to the data using the original system. Numerical test examples are presented which illustrate the method for all types of delay.
Pujani, Mukta; Kushwaha, Shivani; Sethi, Neha; Beniwal, Anu; Shukla, Shailaja
2013-01-01
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune multisystem disease characterized by the development of antinuclear antibodies. Nowadays considered outdated, lupus erythematosus (LE) cell preparation served as a screening test for SLE for decades. However, the importance of discovering LE cells on routine cytology cannot be overemphasized. We report the case of a 30-year-old female in whom bone marrow aspiration (BMA) was performed during an investigative workup for pyrexia of unknown origin. The observation of LE cells in direct bone marrow smears (without the use of an anticoagulant) raised the suspicion of SLE, which was later confirmed by antinuclear antibody testing. In the present case, LE cells were observed on BMA performed for the investigation of fever of unknown origin. The unexpected observation of LE cells in BMA smears emphasizes the fact that good morphological observation of marrow aspirates can provide crucial clues to a previously unsuspected diagnosis.
The Five Year Fermi/GBM Magnetar Burst Catalog
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Collazzi, A. C.; Kouveliotou, C.; van der Horst, A. J.; Younes, G. A.; Kaneko, Y.; Göğüş, E.; Lin, L.; Granot, J.; Finger, M. H.; Chaplin, V. L.; Huppenkothen, D.; Watts, A. L.; von Kienlin, A.; Baring, M. G.; Gruber, D.; Bhat, P. N.; Gibby, M. H.; Gehrels, N.; McEnery, J.; van der Klis, M.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.
2015-05-01
Since launch in 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has detected many hundreds of bursts from magnetar sources. While the vast majority of these bursts have been attributed to several known magnetars, there is also a small sample of magnetar-like bursts of unknown origin. Here, we present the Fermi/GBM magnetar catalog, providing the results of the temporal and spectral analyses of 440 magnetar bursts with high temporal and spectral resolution. This catalog covers the first five years of GBM magnetar observations, from 2008 July to 2013 June. We provide durations, spectral parameters for various models, fluences, and peak fluxes for all the bursts, as well as a detailed temporal analysis for SGR J1550-5418 bursts. Finally, we suggest that some of the bursts of unknown origin are associated with the newly discovered magnetar 3XMM J185246.6+0033.7.
Boudot's Range-Bounded Commitment Scheme Revisited
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Cao, Zhengjun; Liu, Lihua
Checking whether a committed integer lies in a specific interval has many cryptographic applications. In Eurocrypt'98, Chan et al. proposed an instantiation (CFT Proof). Based on CFT, Boudot presented a popular range-bounded commitment scheme in Eurocrypt'2000. Both CFT Proof and Boudot Proof are based on the encryption E(x, r)=g^xh^r mod n, where n is an RSA modulus whose factorization is unknown by the prover. They did not use a single base as usual. Thus an increase in cost occurs. In this paper, we show that it suffices to adopt a single base. The cost of the modified Boudot Proof is about half of that of the original scheme. Moreover, the key restriction in the original scheme, i.e., both the discrete logarithm of g in base h and the discrete logarithm of h in base g are unknown by the prover, which is a potential menace to the Boudot Proof, is definitely removed.
Cunha, Burke A; Petelin, Andrew; George, Sonia
2013-01-01
We describe fever of unknown origin (FUO) in a 57-year-old woman with hepatosplenomegaly. The diagnostic workup was directed at diagnosing a lymphoma. Her history of travel and exposures to food and water did not make typhoid fever a likely diagnostic possibility. Because she presented with prolonged fevers, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and night sweats with hepatosplenomegaly, lymphoma was likely. Initially, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was not considered because of her age, the absence of pharyngitis and cervical adenopathy, and the higher likelihood of another diagnosis, ie, lymphoma. Eventually, her FUO was diagnosed as EBV presenting as "typhoidal mononucleosis." Typhoidal mononucleosis is an extremely rare presentation of EBV as a cause of FUO in an adult. All of her symptoms as well as her clinical and laboratory findings resolved spontaneously. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Cabral, Andrea Maria; da Siveira Rioja, Suzimar; Brito-Santos, Fabio; Peres da Silva, Juliana Ribeiro; MacDowell, Maria Luíza; Melhem, Marcia S C; Mattos-Guaraldi, Ana Luíza; Hirata Junior, Raphael; Damasco, Paulo Vieira
2017-11-01
Introduction. Endocarditis caused by yeasts is currently an emerging cause of infective endocarditis and, when accompanied byfever of unknown origin, is more severe since interferes with proper diagnosis and endocarditis treatment. Case presentation. The Rio de Janeiro Infective Endocarditis Study Group reports a case of infectious endocarditis (IE) with negative blood cultures in a 45-year-old white female resident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, previously submitted to kidney transplantation. After diagnosis and intervention, the valve culture revealed Rhodotorula mucilaginosa . The clinical aspects and overview of endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula spp. demonstrated that R. muscilaginosa have been isolated from the last IE cases from kidney transplanted patients. Conclusion. Though most of the patients (in literature) recovered well from endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula spp., physicians must be aware for diagnosis of fungemia and fungal treatment in kidney transplanted patients suffering of fever of unknown origin in the modern immunosuppressive treatment.
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Murphy, K. A.
1990-01-01
A parameter estimation algorithm is developed which can be used to estimate unknown time- or state-dependent delays and other parameters (e.g., initial condition) appearing within a nonlinear nonautonomous functional differential equation. The original infinite dimensional differential equation is approximated using linear splines, which are allowed to move with the variable delay. The variable delays are approximated using linear splines as well. The approximation scheme produces a system of ordinary differential equations with nice computational properties. The unknown parameters are estimated within the approximating systems by minimizing a least-squares fit-to-data criterion. Convergence theorems are proved for time-dependent delays and state-dependent delays within two classes, which say essentially that fitting the data by using approximations will, in the limit, provide a fit to the data using the original system. Numerical test examples are presented which illustrate the method for all types of delay.
Feltes, Bruno César; de Faria Poloni, Joice; Nunes, Itamar José Guimarães
2014-01-01
Abstract Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a prenatal disease characterized by fetal morphological and neurological abnormalities originating from exposure to alcohol. Although FAS is a well-described pathology, the molecular mechanisms underlying its progression are virtually unknown. Moreover, alcohol abuse can affect vitamin metabolism and absorption, although how alcohol impairs such biochemical pathways remains to be elucidated. We employed a variety of systems chemo-biology tools to understand the interplay between ethanol metabolism and vitamins during mouse neurodevelopment. For this purpose, we designed interactomes and employed transcriptomic data analysis approaches to study the neural tissue of Mus musculus exposed to ethanol prenatally and postnatally, simulating conditions that could lead to FAS development at different life stages. Our results showed that FAS can promote early changes in neurotransmitter release and glutamate equilibrium, as well as an abnormal calcium influx that can lead to neuroinflammation and impaired neurodifferentiation, both extensively connected with vitamin action and metabolism. Genes related to retinoic acid, niacin, vitamin D, and folate metabolism were underexpressed during neurodevelopment and appear to contribute to neuroinflammation progression and impaired synapsis. Our results also indicate that genes coding for tubulin, tubulin-associated proteins, synapse plasticity proteins, and proteins related to neurodifferentiation are extensively affected by ethanol exposure. Finally, we developed a molecular model of how ethanol can affect vitamin metabolism and impair neurodevelopment. PMID:24816220
Feltes, Bruno César; de Faria Poloni, Joice; Nunes, Itamar José Guimarães; Bonatto, Diego
2014-06-01
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a prenatal disease characterized by fetal morphological and neurological abnormalities originating from exposure to alcohol. Although FAS is a well-described pathology, the molecular mechanisms underlying its progression are virtually unknown. Moreover, alcohol abuse can affect vitamin metabolism and absorption, although how alcohol impairs such biochemical pathways remains to be elucidated. We employed a variety of systems chemo-biology tools to understand the interplay between ethanol metabolism and vitamins during mouse neurodevelopment. For this purpose, we designed interactomes and employed transcriptomic data analysis approaches to study the neural tissue of Mus musculus exposed to ethanol prenatally and postnatally, simulating conditions that could lead to FAS development at different life stages. Our results showed that FAS can promote early changes in neurotransmitter release and glutamate equilibrium, as well as an abnormal calcium influx that can lead to neuroinflammation and impaired neurodifferentiation, both extensively connected with vitamin action and metabolism. Genes related to retinoic acid, niacin, vitamin D, and folate metabolism were underexpressed during neurodevelopment and appear to contribute to neuroinflammation progression and impaired synapsis. Our results also indicate that genes coding for tubulin, tubulin-associated proteins, synapse plasticity proteins, and proteins related to neurodifferentiation are extensively affected by ethanol exposure. Finally, we developed a molecular model of how ethanol can affect vitamin metabolism and impair neurodevelopment.
Electrochemical sensing using voltage-current time differential
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Woo, Leta Yar-Li; Glass, Robert Scott; Fitzpatrick, Joseph Jay
2017-02-28
A device for signal processing. The device includes a signal generator, a signal detector, and a processor. The signal generator generates an original waveform. The signal detector detects an affected waveform. The processor is coupled to the signal detector. The processor receives the affected waveform from the signal detector. The processor also compares at least one portion of the affected waveform with the original waveform. The processor also determines a difference between the affected waveform and the original waveform. The processor also determines a value corresponding to a unique portion of the determined difference between the original and affected waveforms.more » The processor also outputs the determined value.« less
9. Photographic copy of photograph, dated June 1971 (original print ...
9. Photographic copy of photograph, dated June 1971 (original print in possession of James E. Zielinski, Earth Tech, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. View of sprint missile silo liners, prior to their installation within the subsurface holes at the missile launch site (June 1971). Not the silo liner at right; atop this is the launch preparation equipment chamber (LPEC). - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
41. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
41. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer and date unknown. Sand and gravel screening equipment used during the construction of the slow sand filter circa 1903. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
45. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
45. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer unknown, circa 1957. View of the northeast of the slow sand filter looking toward Whitney Avenue and east rock. - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
8. Photocopy of printed page (original Page 30 of the ...
8. Photocopy of printed page (original Page 30 of the Souvenir Program 1867-1967 Ridgely Centennial) Photographer unknown. Circa 1967. VIEW NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST FRONT Ridgely's centennial was celebrated in 1967 and included in the souvenir brochure was page 30. This view shows the subject building with the 1950 modifications to provide for automotive traffic. It was a print of a current photograph. - 510 Central Avenue (Commercial Building), Ridgely, Caroline County, MD
19. Photocopy of photograph (original copy in Edison collection). Photographer ...
19. Photocopy of photograph (original copy in Edison collection). Photographer and date unknown, although probably taken before 1920. SOUTH SIDE OF TULE RIVER POWERHOUSE COMPLEX SHOWING OPERATOR COTTAGE AT PHOTO RIGHT AND POWERHOUSE AND TRANSFORMER BUILDING IN BACKGROUND AT PHOTO LEFT. LINE OF BURIED PENSTOCK IS VISIBLE ON SIDE OF HILL AT PHOTO CENTER. VIEW TO NORTH. - Tule River Hydroelectric Project, Water Conveyance System, Middle Fork Tule River, Springville, Tulare County, CA
28. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection ...
28. Photocopy of a photograph (original print in the collection of the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, Concord, New Hampshire) 1927, photographer unknown 2 3/8 X 4 inch negative RIVER WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE, JUST WEST (DOWNSTREAM) OF THE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE. THE FIRE PUMP HOUSE (1927) AND BOILER ROOM (1919) OF THE SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY ARE ALSO VISIBLE. - Claremont Village Industrial District, Between B, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH
14. Photocopy of photograph (original 43/4 x 33/4 inch print ...
14. Photocopy of photograph (original 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inch print located in the Recreation files, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie N. F.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1941 AUSTIN PASS SKI HUT (WITH BAGLEY LAKE BELOW) AT HEATHER MEADOWS RECREATION AREA. WIDE-CONED MOUNTAIN IN CENTER BACKGROUND IS MOUNT LARRABEE; CANADIAN RED MOUNTAIN IS PEAK TO LEFT. GLACIER DISTRICT. - Austin Pass Warming Hut, Washington Highway 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA
14. Photographic copy of photograph, dated 21 July 1971 (original ...
14. Photographic copy of photograph, dated 21 July 1971 (original print in possession of U.S. Space & Strategic Defense Command Historic Office CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. View of missile site control building turret wall during early construction, illustrating the massive amount of rebar utilized in the project. - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND
17. Photocopy of photograph (original slide in possession of the ...
17. Photocopy of photograph (original slide in possession of the Preservation Society of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; Collection of Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Powers, Charleston, South Carolina) Photographer and date unknown SOUTH FRONT (CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPH), LOOKING NORTH; 92 BROAD STREET VISIBLE AT LEFT EDGE OF PHOTOGRAPH, OLD JEWISH ORPHANAGE (HABS NO. SC-13-15) VISIBLE AT RIGHT EDGE OF PHOTOGRAPH - 90 Broad Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston County, SC
A new component of cosmic rays of unknown origin at a few MeV per nucleon
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Gloecker, G.
1974-01-01
Recently discovered anomalies in the abundances and energy spectra of quiet time, extraterrestrial hydrogen, helium, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen require serious revisions of origin theories to account for this new component of cosmic radiation. Abnormally large O/C and N/C ratios, long term intensity variations with time, and radial gradient measurements indicate a non-solar origin for these 2 to 30 MeV/nucleon particles. Ideas suggested to explain these measurements range from acceleration of galactic source material having an unusual composition to local acceleration of particles within the solar cavity. Observations are at present insufficient to choose between these alternate origin models.
8 x 10 and white photographic print made from original ...
8 x 10 and white photographic print made from original 1935, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. JANUARY 28, 1935 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 72 OF CONTRACT NO. 4 SHOWING BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE COMPLETED HIGHWAY SLAB BETWEEN PIERS V TO B. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
The histone H3 variant H3.3 regulates gene body DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Wollmann, Heike; Stroud, Hume; Yelagandula, Ramesh; Tarutani, Yoshiaki; Jiang, Danhua; Jing, Li; Jamge, Bhagyshree; Takeuchi, Hidenori; Holec, Sarah; Nie, Xin; Kakutani, Tetsuji; Jacobsen, Steven E; Berger, Frédéric
2017-05-18
Gene bodies of vertebrates and flowering plants are occupied by the histone variant H3.3 and DNA methylation. The origin and significance of these profiles remain largely unknown. DNA methylation and H3.3 enrichment profiles over gene bodies are correlated and both have a similar dependence on gene transcription levels. This suggests a mechanistic link between H3.3 and gene body methylation. We engineered an H3.3 knockdown in Arabidopsis thaliana and observed transcription reduction that predominantly affects genes responsive to environmental cues. When H3.3 levels are reduced, gene bodies show a loss of DNA methylation correlated with transcription levels. To study the origin of changes in DNA methylation profiles when H3.3 levels are reduced, we examined genome-wide distributions of several histone H3 marks, H2A.Z, and linker histone H1. We report that in the absence of H3.3, H1 distribution increases in gene bodies in a transcription-dependent manner. We propose that H3.3 prevents recruitment of H1, inhibiting H1's promotion of chromatin folding that restricts access to DNA methyltransferases responsible for gene body methylation. Thus, gene body methylation is likely shaped by H3.3 dynamics in conjunction with transcriptional activity.
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Doyle, Jamie L.; Kuhn, Kevin John; Byerly, Benjamin
Nuclear forensic publications, performance tests, and research and development efforts typically target the bulk global inventory of intentionally safeguarded materials, such as plutonium (Pu) and uranium (U). Other materials, such as neptunium (Np), pose a nuclear security risk as well. Trafficking leading to recovery of an interdicted Np sample is a realistic concern especially for materials originating in countries that reprocesses fuel. Using complementary forensic methods, potential signatures for an unknown Np oxide sample were investigated. Measurement results were assessed against published Np processes to present hypotheses as to the original intended use, method of production, and origin for thismore » Np oxide.« less
Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and the effect of multiple-ion interactions.
Dharma-Wardana, M W C
2018-04-01
High incidence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDU) prevalent in many countries (e.g., Sri Lanka, equatorial America) is reviewed in the context of recent experimental work and using our understanding of the hydration of ions and proteins. Qualitative considerations based on Hofmeister-type action of these ions, as well as quantitative electrochemical models for the Gibbs free energy change for ionpair formation, are used to explain why (1) fluoride and water hardness due to magnesium ions (but not due to calcium ions) and similarly (2) cadmium ions in the presence of suitable pairing ions can be expected to be more nephrotoxic, while arsenite in the presence of fluoride and hardness may be expected to be less nephrotoxic. No synergy of arsenic with calcium hardness is found. The analysis is applied to a variety of ionic species that may be found in typical water sources to predict their likely combined electrochemical action. These results clarify the origins of chronic kidney disease that has reached epidemic proportions in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka as being most likely due to the joint presence of fluoride and magnesium ions in drinking water. The conclusion is further strengthened by a study of the dietary load of Cd and other toxins in the affected regions and in the healthy regions where the dietary toxin loads and lifestyles are similar, and found to be safe especially when the mitigating effects of micronutrient ionic forms of Zn, Se, as well as corrections for bioavailability are taken into account. The resulting etiological picture is consistent with the views of most workers in the field who have suspected that fluoride and other ions found in the hard water stagnant in shallow household wells were the major causative factors of the disease. Similar incidence of CKDu found in other hot tropical climates is likely to have similar origins.
Panaitescu, B; Kuribayashi, J; Ruangkittisakul, A; Leung, V; Iizuka, M; Ballanyi, K
2013-01-01
Clinical stimulation of preterm infant breathing with methylxanthines like caffeine and theophylline can evoke seizures. It is unknown whether underlying neuronal hyperexcitability involves the rhythmogenic inspiratory active pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) in the brainstem or preBötC-driven motor networks. Inspiratory-related preBötC interneuronal plus spinal (cervical/phrenic) or cranial hypoglossal (XII) motoneuronal bursting was studied in newborn rat en bloc brainstem-spinal cords and brainstem slices, respectively. Non-respiratory bursting perturbed inspiratory cervical nerve activity in en bloc models at >0.25mM theophylline or caffeine. Rhythm in the exposed preBötC of transected en bloc preparations was less perturbed by 10mM theophylline than cervical root bursting which was more affected than phrenic nerve activity. In the preBötC of slices, even 10mM methylxanthine did not evoke seizure-like bursting whereas >1mM masked XII rhythm via large amplitude 1-10Hz oscillations. Blocking A-type γ-aminobutyric (GABAA) receptors evoked seizure-like cervical activity whereas in slices neither XII nor preBötC rhythm was disrupted. Methylxanthines (2.5-10mM), but not blockade of adenosine receptors, phosphodiesterase-4 or the sarcoplasmatic/endoplasmatic reticulum ATPase countered inspiratory depression by muscimol-evoked GABAA receptor activation that was associated with a hyperpolarization and input resistance decrease silencing preBötC neurons in slices. The latter blockers did neither affect preBötC or cranial/spinal motor network bursting nor evoke seizure-like activity or mask corresponding methylxanthine-evoked discharges. Our findings show that methylxanthine-evoked hyperexcitability originates from motor networks, leaving preBötC activity largely unaffected, and suggest that GABAA receptors contribute to methylxanthine-evoked seizure-like perturbation of spinal motoneurons whereas non-respiratory XII motoneuron oscillations are of different origin. Copyright © 2013 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Historic view just west of powerhouse during reconstruction of penstocks ...
Historic view just west of powerhouse during reconstruction of penstocks and replacement of original Francis Turbine with pelton wheels, in 1912; looking northwest. (photographer unknown, ca. 1912.) - Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA
Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living
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Eusociality has evolved rarely, but repeatedly, in vertebrates and invertebrates, and resulted inconvergent morphological, physiological, and behavioural innovations. It is unknown whether similar evolutionary processes are responsible for the repeated origins and further elaborations of eusociality...
First Stars or Stray Stars? A Cosmic Infrared Mystery
2014-11-06
Our sky is filled with a diffuse background glow, known as the cosmic infrared background. Much of the light is from galaxies we know about, but previous Spitzer measurements have shown an extra component of unknown origin.
WICKIUP RESERVOIR CLEARING BY CCC ENROLLEES. Photocopy of historic photographs ...
WICKIUP RESERVOIR CLEARING BY CCC ENROLLEES. Photocopy of historic photographs (original photograph on file at National Archives, Rocky Mountain Region, Denver, CO). Unknown USBR Photographer, no date - Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR
Serebruany, Victor L; Cherepanov, Vasily; Kim, Moo Hyun; Litvinov, Oleg; Cabrera-Fuentes, Hector A; Marciniak, Thomas A
The US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a global passive surveillance database that relies on voluntary reporting by health care professionals and consumers as well as required mandatory reporting by pharmaceutical manufacturers. However, the initial filers and comparative patterns for oral P2Y12 platelet inhibitor reporting are unknown. We assessed who generated original FAERS reports for clopidogrel, prasugrel, and ticagrelor in 2015. From the FAERS database we extracted and examined adverse event cases coreported with oral P2Y12 platelet inhibitors. All adverse event filing originating sources were dichotomized into consumers, lawyers, pharmacists, physicians, other health care professionals, and unknown. Overall, 2015 annual adverse events were more commonly coreported with clopidogrel (n = 13,234) with known source filers (n = 12,818, or 96.9%) than with prasugrel (2,896; 98.9% out of 2,927 cases) or ticagrelor (2,163, or 82.3%, out of 2,627 cases, respectively). Overall, most adverse events were filed by consumers (8,336, or 44.4%), followed by physicians (5,290, or 28.2%), other health care professionals (2,997, or 16.0%), pharmacists (1,125, or 6.0%), and finally by lawyers (129, or 0.7%). The origin of 811 (4.7%) initial reports remains unknown. The adverse event filing sources differ among drugs. While adverse events coreported with clopidogrel and prasugrel were commonly originated by patients (40.4 and 84.3%, respectively), most frequently ticagrelor reports (42.5%) were filed by physicians. The reporting quality and initial sources differ among oral P2Y12 platelet inhibitors in FAERS. The ticagrelor surveillance in 2015 was inadequate when compared to clopidogrel and prasugrel. Patients filed most adverse events for clopidogrel and prasugrel, while physicians originated most ticagrelor complaints. These differences justify stricter compliance control for ticagrelor manufacturers and may be attributed to the confusion of treating physicians with unexpected fatal, cardiac, and thrombotic adverse events linked to ticagrelor. © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Gérard, A; Schooneman, F; Guine, J M; Roche, G; Canton, P; Dureux, J B; Janot, C; Streiff, F
1982-01-01
The authors report a case of severe hypertriglyceridemia (148.5 mmol/l) in a 27-year-old woman admitted for coma of unknown origin. Initial investigations revealed ketoacidosis, pancreatitis and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. The diabetes was unknown. Ketoacidosis was rapidly controlled. The hypertriglyceridemia was corrected by one course of plasma exchange (4,400 ml) during which the patient returned to consciousness. The patient recovered without any sequelae. Only 2 similar cases, treated by plasma exchange, have been reported in the literature until now.
Update: Cytokine Dysregulation in Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO)
Hofmann, Sigrun R.; Roesen-Wolff, Angela; Hahn, Gabriele; Hedrich, Christian M.
2012-01-01
Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) with its most severe form chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a non-bacterial osteitis of yet unknown origin. Secondary to the absence of both high-titer autoantibodies and autoreactive T lymphocytes, and the association with other autoimmune diseases, it was recently reclassified as an autoinflammatory disorder of the musculoskeletal system. Since its etiology is largely unknown, the diagnosis is based on clinical criteria, and treatment is empiric and not always successful. In this paper, we summarize recent advances in the understanding of possible etiopathogenetic mechanisms in CNO. PMID:22685464
12. Photocopy of photograph in the collection of Photographic Branch, ...
12. Photocopy of photograph in the collection of Photographic Branch, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Original is labelled: Yard Photo 110. Date unknown, probably 1940's. Photographer unknown. HABS negative is a 4x5' copy negative. Perspective view of NW corner of Building 78 with marching band in foreground. Compare to 1917 photo (WA-203-A-1); note removal of chimney and addition of two extra floors at NW corner of building. - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Administration Building, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA
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Woo, Leta Yar-Li; Glass, Robert Scott; Fitzpatrick, Joseph Jay
2018-01-02
A device for signal processing. The device includes a signal generator, a signal detector, and a processor. The signal generator generates an original waveform. The signal detector detects an affected waveform. The processor is coupled to the signal detector. The processor receives the affected waveform from the signal detector. The processor also compares at least one portion of the affected waveform with the original waveform. The processor also determines a difference between the affected waveform and the original waveform. The processor also determines a value corresponding to a unique portion of the determined difference between the original and affected waveforms.more » The processor also outputs the determined value.« less
Using CRANID to test the population affinity of known crania.
Kallenberger, Lauren; Pilbrow, Varsha
2012-11-01
CRANID is a statistical program used to infer the source population of a cranium of unknown origin by comparing its cranial dimensions with a worldwide craniometric database. It has great potential for estimating ancestry in archaeological, forensic and repatriation cases. In this paper we test the validity of CRANID in classifying crania of known geographic origin. Twenty-three crania of known geographic origin but unknown sex were selected from the osteological collections of the University of Melbourne. Only 18 crania showed good statistical match with the CRANID database. Without considering accuracy of sex allocation, 11 crania were accurately classified into major geographic regions and nine were correctly classified to geographically closest available reference populations. Four of the five crania with poor statistical match were nonetheless correctly allocated to major geographical regions, although none was accurately assigned to geographically closest reference samples. We conclude that if sex allocations are overlooked, CRANID can accurately assign 39% of specimens to geographically closest matching reference samples and 48% to major geographic regions. Better source population representation may improve goodness of fit, but known sex-differentiated samples are needed to further test the utility of CRANID. © 2012 The Authors Journal of Anatomy © 2012 Anatomical Society.
Fresnel's original interpretation of complex numbers in 19th century optics
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Karam, Ricardo
2018-04-01
In 1823, Fresnel published an original (physical) interpretation of complex numbers in his investigations of refraction and reflection of polarized light. This is arguably the first time that complex numbers were given a physical interpretation, which led to a better understanding of elliptical and circular polarizations. This rather unknown episode of the history of physics is described in this work, and some of the pedagogical lessons that can be extracted from it are discussed.
41. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph on ...
41. Photocopy of photograph (negative made from original photograph on file at Veterans Administration in Wichita, Kansas), photographer unknown, ca. 1933. Aerial view of Veterans Administration Center, view north and east, in the forefront, left to right, are Building 3, Building 1, and Building 2, Buildings 10 through 14 are in background at right - Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Kellogg (Legal Address); 5500 East Kellogg (Common Address), Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
46. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the ...
46. Photocopy of photograph (original negative is property of the Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and preserved in their archives at 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-5966), photographer and date unknown. Undated interior view of one of 12 filter beds at Whitney Filtration Plant (probably from the mid-1930s). - Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
7. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 ...
7. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 black and white print in the Army Port Contractors' 'Completion Report' at the Engineering Office, Oakland Army Base, California). Photograph taken January 28, 1942 by unknown photographer. AT CENTER RIGHT, SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OBLIQUE VIEW OF POST HEADQUARTERS BUILDING (ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BLDG. 1) TAKEN FROM EAST SIDE OF MARITIME STREET. - Oakland Army Base, Maritime Street at West Grand Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Photocopy of aerial photograph taken in 1959, showing Newark Airport. ...
Photocopy of aerial photograph taken in 1959, showing Newark Airport. Photographer unknown. Original photograph property of Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas - Newark International Airport, Between New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. Routes 1 & 9, & Interstate 78, Newark, Essex County, NJ
TEMPORARY CCC TENT CAMP WICKIUP RESERVOIR SITE. Photocopy of historic ...
TEMPORARY CCC TENT CAMP WICKIUP RESERVOIR SITE. Photocopy of historic photographs (original photograph on file at National Archives, Rocky Mountain Region, Denver, CO). Unknown USBR Photographer, October 7, 1938 - Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR
Bellizzi, Andrew M
2013-09-01
The neuroendocrine epithelial neoplasms (NENs) include well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (WDNETs) and poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (PDNECs). Whereas PDNECs are highly lethal, with localized Merkel cell carcinoma somewhat of an exception, WDNETs exhibit a range of "indolent" biologic potentials-from benign to widely metastatic and eventually fatal. Within each of these 2 groups there is substantial morphologic overlap. In the metastatic setting, the site of origin of a WDNET has significant prognostic and therapeutic implications. In the skin, Merkel cell carcinoma must be distinguished from spread of a visceral PDNEC. This review intends to prove the thesis that determining the site of origin of a NEN is clinically vital and that diagnostic immunohistochemistry is well suited to the task. It will begin by reviewing current World Health Organization terminology for the NENs, as well as an embryologic and histologic pattern-based classification. It will present population-based data on the relative frequency and biology of WDNETs arising at various anatomic sites, including the frequency of metastases of unknown primary, and comment on limitations of contemporary imaging techniques, as a means of defining the scope of the problem. It will go on to discuss the therapeutic significance of site of origin. The heart of this review is a synthesis of data compiled from >100 manuscripts on the expression of individual markers in WDNETs and PDNECs, as regards site of origin. These include proteins that are considered "key markers" and others that are either useful "secondary markers," potentially very useful markers that need to be further vetted, or ones that are widely applied despite a lack of efficacy. It will conclude with my approach to the metastatic NEN of unknown origin.
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Basin, M.; Maldonado, J. J.; Zendejo, O.
2016-07-01
This paper proposes new mean-square filter and parameter estimator design for linear stochastic systems with unknown parameters over linear observations, where unknown parameters are considered as combinations of Gaussian and Poisson white noises. The problem is treated by reducing the original problem to a filtering problem for an extended state vector that includes parameters as additional states, modelled as combinations of independent Gaussian and Poisson processes. The solution to this filtering problem is based on the mean-square filtering equations for incompletely polynomial states confused with Gaussian and Poisson noises over linear observations. The resulting mean-square filter serves as an identifier for the unknown parameters. Finally, a simulation example shows effectiveness of the proposed mean-square filter and parameter estimator.
Adaptive neural control for a class of nonlinear time-varying delay systems with unknown hysteresis.
Liu, Zhi; Lai, Guanyu; Zhang, Yun; Chen, Xin; Chen, Chun Lung Philip
2014-12-01
This paper investigates the fusion of unknown direction hysteresis model with adaptive neural control techniques in face of time-delayed continuous time nonlinear systems without strict-feedback form. Compared with previous works on the hysteresis phenomenon, the direction of the modified Bouc-Wen hysteresis model investigated in the literature is unknown. To reduce the computation burden in adaptation mechanism, an optimized adaptation method is successfully applied to the control design. Based on the Lyapunov-Krasovskii method, two neural-network-based adaptive control algorithms are constructed to guarantee that all the system states and adaptive parameters remain bounded, and the tracking error converges to an adjustable neighborhood of the origin. In final, some numerical examples are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control methods.
Waldman, John R.; Fabrizio, Mary C.
1994-01-01
Stock contribution studies of mixed-stock fisheries rely on the application of classification algorithms to samples of unknown origin. Although the performance of these algorithms can be assessed, there are no guidelines regarding decisions about including minor stocks, pooling stocks into regional groups, or sampling discrete substocks to adequately characterize a stock. We examined these questions for striped bass Morone saxatilis of the U.S. Atlantic coast by applying linear discriminant functions to meristic and morphometric data from fish collected from spawning areas. Some of our samples were from the Hudson and Roanoke rivers and four tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. We also collected fish of mixed-stock origin from the Atlantic Ocean near Montauk, New York. Inclusion of the minor stock from the Roanoke River in the classification algorithm decreased the correct-classification rate, whereas grouping of the Roanoke River and Chesapeake Bay stock into a regional (''southern'') group increased the overall resolution. The increased resolution was offset by our inability to obtain separate contribution estimates of the groups that were pooled. Although multivariate analysis of variance indicated significant differences among Chesapeake Bay substocks, increasing the number of substocks in the discriminant analysis decreased the overall correct-classification rate. Although the inclusion of one, two, three, or four substocks in the classification algorithm did not greatly affect the overall correct-classification rates, the specific combination of substocks significantly affected the relative contribution estimates derived from the mixed-stock sample. Future studies of this kind must balance the costs and benefits of including minor stocks and would profit from examination of the variation in discriminant characters among all Chesapeake Bay substocks.
Yeast heterochromatin regulators Sir2 and Sir3 act directly at euchromatic DNA replication origins.
Hoggard, Timothy A; Chang, FuJung; Perry, Kelsey Rae; Subramanian, Sandya; Kenworthy, Jessica; Chueng, Julie; Shor, Erika; Hyland, Edel M; Boeke, Jef D; Weinreich, Michael; Fox, Catherine A
2018-05-01
Most active DNA replication origins are found within euchromatin, while origins within heterochromatin are often inactive or inhibited. In yeast, origin activity within heterochromatin is negatively controlled by the histone H4K16 deacetylase, Sir2, and at some heterochromatic loci also by the nucleosome binding protein, Sir3. The prevailing view has been that direct functions of Sir2 and Sir3 are confined to heterochromatin. However, growth defects in yeast mutants compromised for loading the MCM helicase, such as cdc6-4, are suppressed by deletion of either SIR2 or SIR3. While these and other observations indicate that SIR2,3 can have a negative impact on at least some euchromatic origins, the genomic scale of this effect was unknown. It was also unknown whether this suppression resulted from direct functions of Sir2,3 within euchromatin, or was an indirect effect of their previously established roles within heterochromatin. Using MCM ChIP-Seq, we show that a SIR2 deletion rescued MCM complex loading at ~80% of euchromatic origins in cdc6-4 cells. Therefore, Sir2 exhibited a pervasive effect at the majority of euchromatic origins. Using MNase-H4K16ac ChIP-Seq, we show that origin-adjacent nucleosomes were depleted for H4K16 acetylation in a SIR2-dependent manner in wild type (i.e. CDC6) cells. In addition, we present evidence that both Sir2 and Sir3 bound to nucleosomes adjacent to euchromatic origins. The relative levels of each of these molecular hallmarks of yeast heterochromatin-SIR2-dependent H4K16 hypoacetylation, Sir2, and Sir3 -correlated with how strongly a SIR2 deletion suppressed the MCM loading defect in cdc6-4 cells. Finally, a screen for histone H3 and H4 mutants that could suppress the cdc6-4 growth defect identified amino acids that map to a surface of the nucleosome important for Sir3 binding. We conclude that heterochromatin proteins directly modify the local chromatin environment of euchromatic DNA replication origins.
López-Bueno, Alberto; Mavian, Carla; Labella, Alejandro M.; Castro, Dolores; Borrego, Juan J.; Alcami, Antonio
2016-01-01
ABSTRACT Lymphocystis disease is a geographically widespread disease affecting more than 150 different species of marine and freshwater fish. The disease, provoked by the iridovirus lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV), is characterized by the appearance of papillomalike lesions on the skin of affected animals that usually self-resolve over time. Development of the disease is usually associated with several environmental factors and, more frequently, with stress conditions provoked by the intensive culture conditions present in fish farms. In gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), an economically important cultured fish species in the Mediterranean area, a distinct LCDV has been identified but not yet completely characterized. We have used direct sequencing of the virome of lymphocystis lesions from affected S. aurata fish to obtain the complete genome of a new LCDV-Sa species that is the largest vertebrate iridovirus sequenced to date. Importantly, this approach allowed us to assemble the full-length circular genome sequence of two previously unknown viruses belonging to the papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses, termed Sparus aurata papillomavirus 1 (SaPV1) and Sparus aurata polyomavirus 1 (SaPyV1), respectively. Epidemiological surveys showed that lymphocystis disease was frequently associated with the concurrent appearance of one or both of the new viruses. SaPV1 has unique characteristics, such as an intron within the L1 gene, and as the first member of the Papillomaviridae family described in fish, provides evidence for a more ancient origin of this family than previously thought. IMPORTANCE Lymphocystis disease affects marine and freshwater fish species worldwide. It is characterized by the appearance of papillomalike lesions on the skin that contain heavily enlarged cells (lymphocysts). The causative agent is the lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV), a large icosahedral virus of the family Iridoviridae. In the Mediterranean area, the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), an important farmed fish, is frequently affected. Using next-generation sequencing, we have identified within S. aurata lymphocystis lesions the concurrent presence of an additional LCDV species (LCDV-Sa) as well as two novel viruses. These are members of polyomavirus and papillomavirus families, and here we report them to be frequently associated with the presence of lymphocysts in affected fish. Because papillomaviruses have not been described in fish before, these findings support a more ancient origin of this virus family than previously thought and evolutionary implications are discussed. PMID:27440877
López-Bueno, Alberto; Mavian, Carla; Labella, Alejandro M; Castro, Dolores; Borrego, Juan J; Alcami, Antonio; Alejo, Alí
2016-10-01
Lymphocystis disease is a geographically widespread disease affecting more than 150 different species of marine and freshwater fish. The disease, provoked by the iridovirus lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV), is characterized by the appearance of papillomalike lesions on the skin of affected animals that usually self-resolve over time. Development of the disease is usually associated with several environmental factors and, more frequently, with stress conditions provoked by the intensive culture conditions present in fish farms. In gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), an economically important cultured fish species in the Mediterranean area, a distinct LCDV has been identified but not yet completely characterized. We have used direct sequencing of the virome of lymphocystis lesions from affected S. aurata fish to obtain the complete genome of a new LCDV-Sa species that is the largest vertebrate iridovirus sequenced to date. Importantly, this approach allowed us to assemble the full-length circular genome sequence of two previously unknown viruses belonging to the papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses, termed Sparus aurata papillomavirus 1 (SaPV1) and Sparus aurata polyomavirus 1 (SaPyV1), respectively. Epidemiological surveys showed that lymphocystis disease was frequently associated with the concurrent appearance of one or both of the new viruses. SaPV1 has unique characteristics, such as an intron within the L1 gene, and as the first member of the Papillomaviridae family described in fish, provides evidence for a more ancient origin of this family than previously thought. Lymphocystis disease affects marine and freshwater fish species worldwide. It is characterized by the appearance of papillomalike lesions on the skin that contain heavily enlarged cells (lymphocysts). The causative agent is the lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV), a large icosahedral virus of the family Iridoviridae In the Mediterranean area, the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), an important farmed fish, is frequently affected. Using next-generation sequencing, we have identified within S. aurata lymphocystis lesions the concurrent presence of an additional LCDV species (LCDV-Sa) as well as two novel viruses. These are members of polyomavirus and papillomavirus families, and here we report them to be frequently associated with the presence of lymphocysts in affected fish. Because papillomaviruses have not been described in fish before, these findings support a more ancient origin of this virus family than previously thought and evolutionary implications are discussed. Copyright © 2016, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
... is unknown. Men are affected more often than women, and the condition is most common at around age 45. However, anyone can be affected. Stress appears to be a risk factor. Early studies found that people with aggressive, "type A" personalities who are under a lot ...
Adjustment technique without explicit formation of normal equations /conjugate gradient method/
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Saxena, N. K.
1974-01-01
For a simultaneous adjustment of a large geodetic triangulation system, a semiiterative technique is modified and used successfully. In this semiiterative technique, known as the conjugate gradient (CG) method, original observation equations are used, and thus the explicit formation of normal equations is avoided, 'huge' computer storage space being saved in the case of triangulation systems. This method is suitable even for very poorly conditioned systems where solution is obtained only after more iterations. A detailed study of the CG method for its application to large geodetic triangulation systems was done that also considered constraint equations with observation equations. It was programmed and tested on systems as small as two unknowns and three equations up to those as large as 804 unknowns and 1397 equations. When real data (573 unknowns, 965 equations) from a 1858-km-long triangulation system were used, a solution vector accurate to four decimal places was obtained in 2.96 min after 1171 iterations (i.e., 2.0 times the number of unknowns).
[Fast discrimination of edible vegetable oil based on Raman spectroscopy].
Zhou, Xiu-Jun; Dai, Lian-Kui; Li, Sheng
2012-07-01
A novel method to fast discriminate edible vegetable oils by Raman spectroscopy is presented. The training set is composed of different edible vegetable oils with known classes. Based on their original Raman spectra, baseline correction and normalization were applied to obtain standard spectra. Two characteristic peaks describing the unsaturated degree of vegetable oil were selected as feature vectors; then the centers of all classes were calculated. For an edible vegetable oil with unknown class, the same pretreatment and feature extraction methods were used. The Euclidian distances between the feature vector of the unknown sample and the center of each class were calculated, and the class of the unknown sample was finally determined by the minimum distance. For 43 edible vegetable oil samples from seven different classes, experimental results show that the clustering effect of each class was more obvious and the class distance was much larger with the new feature extraction method compared with PCA. The above classification model can be applied to discriminate unknown edible vegetable oils rapidly and accurately.
Characteristics of Children with Phonologic Disorders of Unknown Origin.
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Shriberg, Lawrence D.; And Others
1986-01-01
Descriptive data are presented from three studies of children referred for assessment of developmental speech disorders. Group findings indicate involvements in mechanism, cognitive, and psychosocial areas. The reliability, learnability, and efficiency of a diagnostic classification system is also considered. (Author/CL)
Pseudo defect of the spleen in an adolescent with fever of unknown origin
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Hinton, A.A.; Sandler, M.P.; Shaff, M.I.
The development of a pseudo defect in the spleen secondary to perforation of the bowel by a 17 cm lead pencil is described. The approach to diagnosis of a foreign body in the abdominal cavity is discussed.
Photocopy of aerial photograph taken on January 31, 1995, showing ...
Photocopy of aerial photograph taken on January 31, 1995, showing Newark Airport. Photographer unknown. Original photograph property of Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas - Newark International Airport, Between New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. Routes 1 & 9, & Interstate 78, Newark, Essex County, NJ
Mendez, Michelle A.; Popkin, Barry M.; Buckland, Genevieve; Schroder, Helmut; Amiano, Pilar; Barricarte, Aurelio; Huerta, José-María; Quirós, José R.; Sánchez, María-José; González, Carlos A
2011-01-01
Misreporting characterized by the reporting of implausible energy intakes may undermine the valid estimation of diet-disease relations, but the methods to best identify and account for misreporting are unknown. The present study compared how alternate approaches affected associations between selected dietary factors and body mass index (BMI) by using data from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Spain. A total of 24,332 women and 15,061 men 29–65 years of age recruited from 1992 to 1996 for whom measured height and weight and validated diet history data were available were included. Misreporters were identified on the basis of disparities between reported energy intakes and estimated requirements calculated using the original Goldberg method and 2 alternatives: one that substituted basal metabolic rate equations that are more valid at higher BMIs and another that used doubly labeled water-predicted total energy expenditure equations. Compared with results obtained using the original method, underreporting was considerably lower and overreporting higher with alternative methods, which were highly concordant. Accounting for misreporters with all methods yielded diet-BMI relations that were more consistent with expectations; alternative methods often strengthened associations. For example, among women, multivariable-adjusted differences in BMI for the highest versus lowest vegetable intake tertile (β = 0.37 (standard error, 0.07)) were neutral after adjusting with the original method (β = 0.01 (standard error, 07)) and negative using the predicted total energy expenditure method with stringent cutoffs (β = −0.15 (standard error, 0.07)). Alternative methods may yield more valid associations between diet and obesity-related outcomes. PMID:21242302
Enzymatic activity of albumin shown by coelenterazine chemiluminescence.
Vassel, N; Cox, C D; Naseem, R; Morse, V; Evans, R T; Power, R L; Brancale, A; Wann, K T; Campbell, A K
2012-01-01
Bioluminescence, the emission of light from live organisms, occurs in 18 phyla and is the major communication system in the deep sea. It has appeared independently many times during evolution but its origins remain unknown. Coelenterazine bioluminescence discovered in luminous jellyfish is the most common chemistry causing bioluminescence in the sea, occurring in seven phyla. Sequence similarities between coelenterazine luciferases and photoproteins from different phyla are poor (often < 5%). The aim of this study was to examine albumin that binds organic substances as a coelenterazine luciferase to test the hypothesis that the evolutionary origin of a bioluminescent protein was the result of the formation of a solvent cage containing just a few key amino acids. The results show for the first time that bovine and human albumin catalysed coelenterazine chemiluminescence consistent with a mono-oxygenase, whereas gelatin and haemoglobin, an oxygen carrier, had very weak activity. Insulin also catalysed coelenterazine chemiluminescence and was increased by Zn(2+). Albumin chemiluminescence was heat denaturable, exhibited saturable substrate characteristics and was inhibited by cations that bound these proteins and by drugs that bind to human albumin drug site I. Molecular modelling confirmed the coelenterazine binding site and identified four basic amino acids: lys195, arg222, his242 and arg257, potentially important in binding and catalysis similar to naturally occurring coelenterazine bioluminescent proteins. These results support the 'solvent cage' hypothesis for the evolutionary origin of enzymatic coelenterazine bioluminescent proteins. They also have important consequences in diseases such as diabetes, gut disorders and food intolerance where a mono-oxygenase could affect cell surface proteins. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Mendez, Michelle A; Popkin, Barry M; Buckland, Genevieve; Schroder, Helmut; Amiano, Pilar; Barricarte, Aurelio; Huerta, José-María; Quirós, José R; Sánchez, María-José; González, Carlos A
2011-02-15
Misreporting characterized by the reporting of implausible energy intakes may undermine the valid estimation of diet-disease relations, but the methods to best identify and account for misreporting are unknown. The present study compared how alternate approaches affected associations between selected dietary factors and body mass index (BMI) by using data from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Spain. A total of 24,332 women and 15,061 men 29-65 years of age recruited from 1992 to 1996 for whom measured height and weight and validated diet history data were available were included. Misreporters were identified on the basis of disparities between reported energy intakes and estimated requirements calculated using the original Goldberg method and 2 alternatives: one that substituted basal metabolic rate equations that are more valid at higher BMIs and another that used doubly labeled water-predicted total energy expenditure equations. Compared with results obtained using the original method, underreporting was considerably lower and overreporting higher with alternative methods, which were highly concordant. Accounting for misreporters with all methods yielded diet-BMI relations that were more consistent with expectations; alternative methods often strengthened associations. For example, among women, multivariable-adjusted differences in BMI for the highest versus lowest vegetable intake tertile (β = 0.37 (standard error, 0.07)) were neutral after adjusting with the original method (β = 0.01 (standard error, 07)) and negative using the predicted total energy expenditure method with stringent cutoffs (β = -0.15 (standard error, 0.07)). Alternative methods may yield more valid associations between diet and obesity-related outcomes.
Multiple Polyploidy Events in the Early Radiation of Nodulating and Nonnodulating Legumes
Cannon, Steven B.; McKain, Michael R.; Harkess, Alex; Nelson, Matthew N.; Dash, Sudhansu; Deyholos, Michael K.; Peng, Yanhui; Joyce, Blake; Stewart, Charles N.; Rolf, Megan; Kutchan, Toni; Tan, Xuemei; Chen, Cui; Zhang, Yong; Carpenter, Eric; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Doyle, Jeff J.; Leebens-Mack, Jim
2015-01-01
Unresolved questions about evolution of the large and diverse legume family include the timing of polyploidy (whole-genome duplication; WGDs) relative to the origin of the major lineages within the Fabaceae and to the origin of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Previous work has established that a WGD affects most lineages in the Papilionoideae and occurred sometime after the divergence of the papilionoid and mimosoid clades, but the exact timing has been unknown. The history of WGD has also not been established for legume lineages outside the Papilionoideae. We investigated the presence and timing of WGDs in the legumes by querying thousands of phylogenetic trees constructed from transcriptome and genome data from 20 diverse legumes and 17 outgroup species. The timing of duplications in the gene trees indicates that the papilionoid WGD occurred in the common ancestor of all papilionoids. The earliest diverging lineages of the Papilionoideae include both nodulating taxa, such as the genistoids (e.g., lupin), dalbergioids (e.g., peanut), phaseoloids (e.g., beans), and galegoids (=Hologalegina, e.g., clovers), and clades with nonnodulating taxa including Xanthocercis and Cladrastis (evaluated in this study). We also found evidence for several independent WGDs near the base of other major legume lineages, including the Mimosoideae–Cassiinae–Caesalpinieae (MCC), Detarieae, and Cercideae clades. Nodulation is found in the MCC and papilionoid clades, both of which experienced ancestral WGDs. However, there are numerous nonnodulating lineages in both clades, making it unclear whether the phylogenetic distribution of nodulation is due to independent gains or a single origin followed by multiple losses. PMID:25349287
Milani, Liliana; Ghiselli, Fabrizio; Guerra, Davide; Breton, Sophie; Passamonti, Marco
2013-01-01
Despite numerous comparative mitochondrial genomics studies revealing that animal mitochondrial genomes are highly conserved in terms of gene content, supplementary genes are sometimes found, often arising from gene duplication. Mitochondrial ORFans (ORFs having no detectable homology and unknown function) were found in bivalve molluscs with Doubly Uniparental Inheritance (DUI) of mitochondria. In DUI animals, two mitochondrial lineages are present: one transmitted through females (F-type) and the other through males (M-type), each showing a specific and conserved ORF. The analysis of 34 mitochondrial major Unassigned Regions of Musculista senhousia F- and M-mtDNA allowed us to verify the presence of novel mitochondrial ORFs in this species and to compare them with ORFs from other species with ascertained DUI, with other bivalves and with animals showing new mitochondrial elements. Overall, 17 ORFans from nine species were analyzed for structure and function. Many clues suggest that the analyzed ORFans arose from endogenization of viral genes. The co-option of such novel genes by viral hosts may have determined some evolutionary aspects of host life cycle, possibly involving mitochondria. The structure similarity of DUI ORFans within evolutionary lineages may also indicate that they originated from independent events. If these novel ORFs are in some way linked to DUI establishment, a multiple origin of DUI has to be considered. These putative proteins may have a role in the maintenance of sperm mitochondria during embryo development, possibly masking them from the degradation processes that normally affect sperm mitochondria in species with strictly maternal inheritance. PMID:23824218
Milani, Liliana; Ghiselli, Fabrizio; Guerra, Davide; Breton, Sophie; Passamonti, Marco
2013-01-01
Despite numerous comparative mitochondrial genomics studies revealing that animal mitochondrial genomes are highly conserved in terms of gene content, supplementary genes are sometimes found, often arising from gene duplication. Mitochondrial ORFans (ORFs having no detectable homology and unknown function) were found in bivalve molluscs with Doubly Uniparental Inheritance (DUI) of mitochondria. In DUI animals, two mitochondrial lineages are present: one transmitted through females (F-type) and the other through males (M-type), each showing a specific and conserved ORF. The analysis of 34 mitochondrial major Unassigned Regions of Musculista senhousia F- and M-mtDNA allowed us to verify the presence of novel mitochondrial ORFs in this species and to compare them with ORFs from other species with ascertained DUI, with other bivalves and with animals showing new mitochondrial elements. Overall, 17 ORFans from nine species were analyzed for structure and function. Many clues suggest that the analyzed ORFans arose from endogenization of viral genes. The co-option of such novel genes by viral hosts may have determined some evolutionary aspects of host life cycle, possibly involving mitochondria. The structure similarity of DUI ORFans within evolutionary lineages may also indicate that they originated from independent events. If these novel ORFs are in some way linked to DUI establishment, a multiple origin of DUI has to be considered. These putative proteins may have a role in the maintenance of sperm mitochondria during embryo development, possibly masking them from the degradation processes that normally affect sperm mitochondria in species with strictly maternal inheritance.
Nuclear forensic analysis of a non-traditional actinide sample
Doyle, Jamie L.; Kuhn, Kevin John; Byerly, Benjamin; ...
2016-06-15
Nuclear forensic publications, performance tests, and research and development efforts typically target the bulk global inventory of intentionally safeguarded materials, such as plutonium (Pu) and uranium (U). Other materials, such as neptunium (Np), pose a nuclear security risk as well. Trafficking leading to recovery of an interdicted Np sample is a realistic concern especially for materials originating in countries that reprocesses fuel. Using complementary forensic methods, potential signatures for an unknown Np oxide sample were investigated. Measurement results were assessed against published Np processes to present hypotheses as to the original intended use, method of production, and origin for thismore » Np oxide.« less
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1933, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. MAY 20, 1933 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 12 OF CONTRACT NO. 3 SHOWING MAIN BRIDGE FALSEWORK MATERIAL READY FOR USE. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1933, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. MAY 5, 1933 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 10 OF CONTRACT NO. 3 SHOWING MAIN BRIDGE PILE RIG AT PIER C. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1933, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. MAY 12, 1933 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 11 OF CONTRACT NO. 3 SHOWING MAIN BRIDGE FALSEWORK AT PIER V. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
Of Mice and ‘Convicts’: Origin of the Australian House Mouse, Mus musculus
Gabriel, Sofia I.; Stevens, Mark I.; Mathias, Maria da Luz; Searle, Jeremy B.
2011-01-01
The house mouse, Mus musculus, is one of the most ubiquitous invasive species worldwide and in Australia is particularly common and widespread, but where it originally came from is still unknown. Here we investigated this origin through a phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences (D-loop) comparing mouse populations from Australia with those from the likely regional source area in Western Europe. Our results agree with human historical associations, showing a strong link between Australia and the British Isles. This outcome is of intrinsic and applied interest and helps to validate the colonization history of mice as a proxy for human settlement history. PMID:22174847
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1933, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. SEPTEMBER 20, 1933 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 12 OF CONTRACT NO. 6 SHOWING EAST APPROACH GROUT AROUND RUST JOINT. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
Nuclear forensic analysis of a non-traditional actinide sample.
Doyle, Jamie L; Kuhn, Kevin; Byerly, Benjamin; Colletti, Lisa; Fulwyler, James; Garduno, Katherine; Keller, Russell; Lujan, Elmer; Martinez, Alexander; Myers, Steve; Porterfield, Donivan; Spencer, Khalil; Stanley, Floyd; Townsend, Lisa; Thomas, Mariam; Walker, Laurie; Xu, Ning; Tandon, Lav
2016-10-01
Nuclear forensic publications, performance tests, and research and development efforts typically target the bulk global inventory of intentionally safeguarded materials, such as plutonium (Pu) and uranium (U). Other materials, such as neptunium (Np), pose a nuclear security risk as well. Trafficking leading to recovery of an interdicted Np sample is a realistic concern especially for materials originating in countries that reprocesses fuel. Using complementary forensic methods, potential signatures for an unknown Np oxide sample were investigated. Measurement results were assessed against published Np processes to present hypotheses as to the original intended use, method of production, and origin for this Np oxide. Published by Elsevier B.V.
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1934, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. MAY 28, 1934 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 164 OF CONTRACT NO. 3 SHOWING MAIN BRIDGE PIER A COMPLETE. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1934, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. NOVEMBER 28, 1934 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 198 OF CONTRACT NO. 3 SHOWING MAIN BRIDGE GENERAL VIEW OF PIERS. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1934, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. DECEMBER 18, 1934 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 181 OF CONTRACT NO. 5 SHOWING WEST APPROACH GRADING TRAFFIC CIRCLE. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1935, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. AUGUST 12, 1935 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 133 OF CONTRACT NO. 4 SHOWING GENERAL VIEW OF EAST APPROACH TO BRIDGE. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from ...
8 x 10 black and white photographic print made from original 1935, 8 x 10 black and white photographic negative. New 4 x 5 archival negative made from print. Original photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 negative located in the files of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad administrative offices at 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70123. OCTOBER 7, 1935 PHOTOGRAPH NO. 145 OF CONTRACT NO. 4 SHOWING ERECTION OF 330 FOOT DECK SPAN. - Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway between nine & twelve mile points upstream from & west of New Orleans, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA