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The Nearby Supernova Factory
The Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) is an ambitious project to find and
study in detail approximately 300 nearby Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) at
redshifts 0.03<z<0.08. This program will provide an exceptional data set of
well-studied SNe in the nearby smooth Hubble flow that can be used as
calibration for the current and future programs designed to use SNe to measure
the cosmological parameters. The first key ingredient for this program is a
reliable supply of Hubble-flow SNe systematically discovered in unprecedented
numbers using the same techniques as those used in distant SNe searches. In
2002, 35 SNe were found using our test-bed pipeline for automated SN search and
discovery. The pipeline uses images from the asteroid search conducted by the
Near Earth Asteroid Tracking group at JPL. Improvements in our subtraction
techniques and analysis have allowed us to increase our effective SN discovery
rate to ~12 SNe/month in 2003.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures to be published in New Astronomy Review
In vivo study of the GC90/IRIV vaccine for immune response and autoimmunity into a novel humanised transgenic mouse
Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP), a secreted protein produced by prostate carcinoma and other epithelial cancers, is considered a key agent for the development of bone metastases. We investigated the construct GC90/IRIV, composed of immunopotentiating reconstituted influenza virosomes (IRIV) containing PTH-rP gene plasmids (GC90), as a potential tool for human anticancer immunotherapy into humanised mice transgenic for HLA-A(*)02.01, the human-ÎČ2 microglobulin, and the human CD8α molecule. Intranasal administration of GC90/IRIV resulted in the induction of a PTH-rP-specific multiepitope cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) response. Cytotoxic T cells derived from vaccinated mice were capable of lysing in vitro syngenic murine PTH-rP transfectants and human HLA-A(*)02.01+/PTH-rP+ prostate carcinoma LNCaP cells as well. The immune response capacity and the absence of any sign of toxicity and/or autoimmunity in vivo suggest the GC90/IRIV vaccine as a valid tool for active specific immunotherapy of human cancers and metastases overexpressing PTH-rP
Différenciation hémisphérique auditive par analyse de potentiels évoqués auditifs
- Par opposition aux Ă©tudes subjectives adressant le problĂšme de la spĂ©cialisation hĂ©misphĂ©rique auditive, le but de ce travail est de proposer des mesures objectives permettant de diffĂ©rencier le comportement des deux hĂ©misphĂšres vis-Ă -vis des stimuli. Pour ce faire, nous disposons de signaux intracĂ©rĂ©braux enregistrĂ©s en rĂ©ponse Ă divers stimuli. Ce papier ne traite que des rĂ©ponses aux sons verbaux voisĂ© /ba/, non voisĂ© /pa/ et Ă la voyelle /a/ et prĂ©sente trois mĂ©thodes. La premiĂšre calcule le coefficient de corrĂ©lation entre les rĂ©ponses Ă deux stimuli, recueillies sur le mĂȘme plot. La seconde porte sur l'Ă©volution de la corrĂ©lation au cours du temps. Sur les valeurs de corrĂ©lation obtenues est effectuĂ©e une analyse factorielle des correspondances (AFC) suivie d'une classification hiĂ©rarchique ascendante appliquĂ©e sur les facteurs de l'AFC. Finalement, les rĂ©ponses sont caractĂ©risĂ©es selon le nombre d'extrema en fonction de l'hĂ©misphĂšre et du stimulus considĂ©rĂ©s. Les trois mĂ©thodes permettent de mettre en avant certains paramĂštres rĂ©vĂ©lateurs de diffĂ©rence de comportement des deux hĂ©misphĂšres
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The social consequences of minor innovations in construction
Innovation studies in construction focus on a desire to increase economics and efficiency at a large scale. This has resulted in a skewed perspective that sees only major corporations with substantial R&D resources, complex projects, or national interests at the heart of innovation. By adopting anthropological methods, it becomes possible to examine the two aims of this paper: to demonstrate that an accumulation of minor innovations can have significant consequences; and to show that these are inherently social rather than purely economic. Results come from fieldwork studying the improvisatory house-building practices of the Kelabit people of rural Borneo, tracing changes to the technologies used for roofing and foundations, and describes how these are mutually entangled with new social structures. The conclusion is that we should think more broadly about the forms and effects of innovation in construction, and recognise the significance of improvisation at the level of the individual or small group
Host genotype and amoxicillin administration affect the incidence of diarrhoea and faecal microbiota of weaned piglets during a natural multiresistant ETEC infection
Building block libraries and structural considerations in the self-assembly of polyoxometalate and polyoxothiometalate systems
Inorganic metal-oxide clusters form a class of compounds that are unique in their topological and electronic versatility and are becoming increasingly more important in a variety of applications. Namely, Polyoxometalates (POMs) have shown an unmatched range of physical properties and the ability to form structures that can bridge several length scales. The formation of these molecular clusters is often ambiguous and is governed by self-assembly processes that limit our ability to rationally design such molecules. However, recent years have shown that by considering new building block principles the design and discovery of novel complex clusters is aiding our understanding of this process. Now with current progress in thiometalate chemistry, specifically polyoxothiometalates (POTM), the field of inorganic molecular clusters has further diversified allowing for the targeted development of molecules with specific functionality. This chapter discusses the main differences between POM and POTM systems and how this affects synthetic methodologies and reactivities. We will illustrate how careful structural considerations can lead to the generation of novel building blocks and further deepen our understanding of complex systems
RNA fusions involving CD28 are rare in peripheral T-cell lymphomas and concentrate mainly in those derived from follicular helper T cells.
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Correlation effects, charge-transfer energies and covalency in nickel compounds as determined by x-ray absorption spectroscopy
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