46 research outputs found

    Aspects criminologiques de l’oeuvre de F. J. Gall

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    O autor aborda neste artigo a frenologia e, particularmente,as suas concepções criminologicas: prevençâo, instruçâo do processo, julgamento e escolha de sançâo, determinisrno dos comportamentos.Cauteur expose la phrénologie et particulièrement ses conceptions criminologiques: prevention, instruction, jugement et choix de la peine, determinisme des comportements.The author explains in this article the conceptual body of phrenology and above al1 its criminological points of view: prevention, instruction, judgement and penal sanction, behaviour determinism

    Fenomenologia e crítica dos fundamentos da psiquiatria

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    Identification of SNP and SSR markers in eggplant using RAD tag sequencing

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The eggplant (<it>Solanum melongena </it>L.) genome is relatively unexplored, especially compared to those of the other major <it>Solanaceae </it>crops tomato and potato. In particular, no SNP markers are publicly available; on the other hand, over 1,000 SSR markers were developed and publicly available. We have combined the recently developed Restriction-site Associated DNA (RAD) approach with Illumina DNA sequencing for rapid and mass discovery of both SNP and SSR markers for eggplant.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>RAD tags were generated from the genomic DNA of a pair of eggplant mapping parents, and sequenced to produce ~17.5 Mb of sequences arrangeable into ~78,000 contigs. The resulting non-redundant genomic sequence dataset consisted of ~45,000 sequences, of which ~29% were putative coding sequences and ~70% were in common between the mapping parents. The shared sequences allowed the discovery of ~10,000 SNPs and nearly 1,000 indels, equivalent to a SNP frequency of 0.8 per Kb and an indel frequency of 0.07 per Kb. Over 2,000 of the SNPs are likely to be mappable via the Illumina GoldenGate assay. A subset of 384 SNPs was used to successfully fingerprint a panel of eggplant germplasm, producing a set of informative diversity data. The RAD sequences also included nearly 2,000 putative SSRs, and primer pairs were designed to amplify 1,155 loci.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The high throughput sequencing of the RAD tags allowed the discovery of a large number of DNA markers, which will prove useful for extending our current knowledge of the genome organization of eggplant, for assisting in marker-aided selection and for carrying out comparative genomic analyses within the <it>Solanaceae </it>family.</p

    T Regulatory Cells Control Susceptibility to Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Mice

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    Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important human pathogen responsible for a spectrum of diseases including pneumonia. Immunological and pro-inflammatory processes induced in the lung during pneumococcal infection are well documented, but little is known about the role played by immunoregulatory cells and cytokines in the control of such responses. We demonstrate considerable differences in the immunomodulatory cytokine transforming growth factor (TGF)-β between the pneumococcal pneumonia resistant BALB/c and susceptible CBA/Ca mouse strains. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry reveal higher levels of TGF-β protein in BALB/c lungs during pneumococcal pneumonia that correlates with a rapid rise in lung Foxp3+Helios+ T regulatory cells. These cells have protective functions during pneumococcal pneumonia, because blocking their induction with an inhibitor of TGF-β impairs BALB/c resistance to infection and aids bacterial dissemination from lungs. Conversely, adoptive transfer of T regulatory cells to CBA/Ca mice, prior to infection, prolongs survival and decreases bacterial dissemination from lungs to blood. Importantly, strong T regulatory cell responses also correlate with disease-resistance in outbred MF1 mice, confirming the importance of immunoregulatory cells in controlling protective responses to the pneumococcus. This study provides exciting new evidence for the importance of immunomodulation during pulmonary pneumococcal infection and suggests that TGF-β signalling is a potential target for immunotherapy or drug design

    Psicopatologia descritiva: aspectos históricos e conceituais

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