An Integrated Semantic Web Service Discovery and Composition Framework

In this paper we present a theoretical analysis of graph-based service composition in terms of its dependency with service discovery. Driven by this analysis we define a composition framework by means of integration with fine-grained I/O service discovery that enables the generation of a graph-based composition which contains the set of services that are semantically relevant for an input-output request. The proposed framework also includes an optimal composition search algorithm to extract the best composition from the graph minimising the length and the number of services, and different graph optimisations to improve the scalability of the system. A practical implementation used for the empirical analysis is also provided. This analysis proves the scalability and flexibility of our proposal and provides insights on how integrated composition systems can be designed in order to achieve good performance in real scenarios for the Web.Comment: Accepted to appear in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing 201

Live imaging of neolymphangiogenesis identifies acute antimetastatic roles of dsRNA mimics.

Long-range communication between tumor cells and the lymphatic vasculature defines competency for metastasis in different cancer types, particularly in melanoma. Nevertheless, the discovery of selective blockers of lymphovascular niches has been compromised by the paucity of experimental systems for whole-body analyses of tumor progression. Here, we exploit immunocompetent and immunodeficient mouse models for live imaging of Vegfr3-driven neolymphangiogenesis, as a versatile platform for drug screening in vivo. Spatiotemporal analyses of autochthonous melanomas and patient-derived xenografts identified double-stranded RNA mimics (dsRNA nanoplexes) as potent inhibitors of neolymphangiogenesis, metastasis, and post-surgical disease relapse. Mechanistically, dsRNA nanoplexes were found to exert a rapid dual action in tumor cells and in their associated lymphatic vasculature, involving the transcriptional repression of the lymphatic drivers Midkine and Vegfr3, respectively. This suppressive function was mediated by a cell-autonomous type I interferon signaling and was not shared by FDA-approved antimelanoma treatments. These results reveal an alternative strategy for targeting the tumor cell-lymphatic crosstalk and underscore the power of Vegfr3-lymphoreporters for pharmacological testing in otherwise aggressive cancers.The authors thank previous and present colleagues in the CNIO Melanoma Group, particularly Damia Tormo and Lisa Osterloh for help and support at the initial stages of this study; Jose A Esteban (CSIC-UAM) for critical reading of this manuscript; Lionel Larue (INSERM; France) and Martin McMahon (Hunstman Cancer Center, USA) for the Tyr:CreERT2 and BrafCA mouse strains, respectively; and Ignacio Melero at Hospital Clinico, Pamplona, Spain, for Ifnar1-deficient mice. The authors thank Isabel Blanco, Soraya Ruiz, and Virginia Granda (CNIO-Animal Facility Unit), Diego Megias (CNIO-Confocal Unit), and Eduardo Jose Caleiras and Patricia Gonzalez (CNIO-Histopathology Unit) for technical assistance. M.S.S. is funded by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Innovation (SAF2017-89533-R), the Asociacion Espanola Contra el Cancer (AECC), Fundacion La Caixa, and an Established Investigator Award by the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA). D.O. is funded by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Health (AES-PIS PI18/1057) and "Beca Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales 2018 de la Fundacion BBVA". The CNIO Proteomics Unit belongs to ProteoRed, PRB3-ISCIII, supported by grant PT17/0019. S.O. is also supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (BFU2015-71376-R).S

Localization through omnivision for a tour-guide robot

The localization of a mobile robot in a real environment is a complex task. In this paper, an algorithm that solves the global localization is presented. The proposal is based on a merit function that ranks different possible poses obtained from the acquired image, together with an iterative process for the minimization of that function using a particle filter. Landmark detection has been done with an omnidirectional camera pointing to the ceiling, combined with an infrared passband filter which extracts the lights. Several real experiments, both for global localization and the kidnapped robot problem, have been done in a museum. Results show a high accuracy, robustness, and real-time execution in this complex and crowded environment.This work has been partially supported by the Galician Regional Government and the Spanish Government through grants PGIDIT- TIC206011PR, TIN2005-03844, INCITE08PXIB262202PR and TIN2008-04008/TSI

Metástasis de carcinoma de células en anillo de sello al cuello uterino

Las metástasis de carcinomas extragenitales al útero es rara y el compromiso al cuello uterino es excepcional, especialmente del tipo histológico de carcinoma de células en anillo de sello. Se presentan tres casos encontrados en 240 adenocarcinomas cervicales (1,25%) diagnosticados entre 1979-2012. Dos casos se presentaron en pacientes de 48 y 56 años originados en carcinomas lobulillares infiltrantes de la mama diagnosticados previamente. La primera paciente está viva a 19 meses del diagnóstico ginecológico y la segunda falleció a los 14 meses, siendo en ambas un hallazgo histológico incidental en cirugías realizadas por patología ginecológica benigna. El tercer caso se presentó en una paciente de 43 años que debutó por metrorragia y tumor cervical y fue originado en un carcinoma gástrico infiltrante difuso, encontrado en forma sincrónica y fallece a los 2 meses del diagnóstico. Se revisan los criterios diagnósticos entre metástasis y carcinoma primario de células en anillo de sello del cuello uterino y el aporte al diagnóstico de la histología convencional, la inmunohistoquímica y la tipificación molecular de HPV. Conclusión: Se concluye que la metástasis de carcinoma de células en anillo al cuello uterino es rara y el pronóstico es malo. La citoreducción y la quimioterapia podría tener un rol para casos seleccionados de carcinomas metastásicos de origen mamario y que estos casos no deberían ser considerados un evento preterminal

Oncocytoma of the Parotid Gland:A Case Report and Review of the Literature

We report the case of a patient who presented to the ENT service with left facial swelling of 5 months duration. Imaging studies revealed a dense expansive mass confined to the inside of the left deep parotid lobule and moderate enhancement following contrast media injection. Subsequently, a biopsy confirmed the presence of an oncocytoma. The patient was treated with total parotidectomy, complete tumor resection and sparing facial nerve surgery. Today, the patient is disease free and has no complications

Tumor de Krukenberg del ovario asociado a teratoma maduro

Se reporta un caso excepcional de tumor de Krukenberg ovárico bilateral asociado a teratoma maduro encontrado en una mujer de 54 años. La ecografía mostró al lado derecho tumor ovárico sólido de 55 mm y al lado izquierdo tumor quístico de 125 mm. Se realizó histerectomía total, salpingooforectomía bilateral, resección del epiplón mayor y muestras peritoneales. Al tercer día postcirugía, la paciente presentó signos de tromboembolismo pulmonar masivo y aunque recibió terapia anticoagulante falleció al quinto día postoperatorio. El estudio histológico mostró infiltración masiva de carcinoma de células en anillo positivas para citoqueratina en ambos ovarios. El ovario derecho mostró la forma sólida clásica del tumor de Krukenberg mientras que el ovario izquierdo correspondió a un quiste dermoide con infiltración tumoral de carcinoma de células en anillo en la pared

Accuracy and prognostic impact of FDG PET/CT and biopsy in bone marrow assessment of follicular lymphoma at diagnosis : A Nation-Wide cohort study

Backgound: In the workup of follicular lymphoma (FL), bone marrow biopsy (BMB) assessment is a key component of FLIPI and FLIPI2, the most widely used outcome scores. During the previous decade, several studies explored the role of FDG-PET/CT for detecting nodal and extranodal disease, with only one large study comparing both techniques. Methods: The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and the prognostic impact of both procedures in a retrospective cohort of 299 FL patients with both tests performed at diagnosis. In order to avoid a collinearity bias, FLIPI2 was deconstructed in its founding parameters, and the bone marrow involvement (BMI) parameter separately included as: a positive BMB, a positive PET/CT, the combined "PET/CT and BMB positive" or "PET/CT or BMB positive". These variables were also confronted independently with the POD24 in 233 patients treated with intensive regimens. Results: In the total cohort, bone marrow was involved in 124 and 60 patients by BMB and PET/CT, respectively. In terms of overall survival, age > 60 y.o. and the combined "PET/CT or BMB positive" achieved statistical independence as a prognostic factor. In patients treated with an intensive regimen, only the combined "PET/CT or BMB positive" added prognostic value for a shorter overall survival, when confronted with the POD24. Conclusion: Our results show that in FL both BMB and PET/CT should be considered at diagnosis, as their combined assessment provides independent prognostic value in the context of the most widely use clinical scores