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Machine learning for the identification of scaling laws and dynamical systems directly from data in fusion
Original methods to extract equations directly from experimental signals are presented. These techniques have been applied first to the determination of scaling laws for the threshold between the L and H mode of confinement in Tokamaks. The required equations can be extracted from the weights of neural networks and the separating hyperplane of Support Vector Machines. More powerful tools are required for the identification of differential equations directly from the time series of the signals. To this end, recurrent neural networks have proved to be very effective to properly identify ordinary differential equations and have been applied to the coupling between sawteeth and ELMs
Accuracy of several maternal seric markers for predicting histological chorioamnionitis after preterm premature rupture of membranes: a prospective and multicentric study
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Trans-abdominal in vivo placental vessel occlusion using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
Persistent infection of thymic epithelial cells with coxsackievirus B4 results in a decreased expression of insulin-like growth factor 2
It has been hypothesized that a disturbance of central self-tolerance to islet β-cell may
play a role in the enteroviral pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Whether enteroviruses can
induce an impaired expression of β-cell self-antigens in thymic epithelial cells has been
investigated in a murine thymic epithelial (MTE) cell line. This cell line was permissive to
the diabetogenic strain CV-B4 E2 and spontaneously expressed type 2 insulin-like growth
factor (Igf2), the dominant self-antigen of the insulin family. In this model, a persistent
replication of CV-B4 E2 was obtained as attested by the prolonged detection of
intracellular positive and negative-strand viral RNA by RT-PCR, and capsid protein VP1
by IF and by the release of infectious particles in culture supernatant fluids. The chronic
stage of the infection was characterized by a low proportion of VP1-positive cells (1-2%)
whereas many cells harbored enteroviral RNA as displayed by RT-PCR without extraction
applied directly on a few cells. Igf2 mRNA and IGF-2 protein were dramatically decreased
in CV-B4 E2-infected MTE cultures compared with mock-infected cultures, whereas
housekeeping and Il6 genes expression were maintained and Igf1 mRNA was decreased but
at a lower extent. Inoculation of CV-B3-, CV-B4 JVB- or Echovirus 1 resulted in a low
level of IGF-2 in culture supernatant fluids as well, whereas HSV-1 stimulated the
production of the protein. Thus, a persistent infection of a thymic epithelial cell line with
enteroviruses, like CV-B4 E2 can result in a disturbed production of IGF-2, a protein
involved in central self-tolerance towards islet β-cells.FP6 Integrated Project Eurothymaid