A rare case of urinary tract infection due to Trichosporonasahii in a diabetic patient

Trichosporonasahii is a basidiomycete yeast responsible for white piedra and onychomycosis in the immunocompetent host. In the immunocompromised patients, invasive infections are reported; their diagnosis is difficult and they are associated with high mortality rate. Urinary infection due to Trichosporon Asahi is rare but its incidenceis increasing. We report the case of a 58 year old diabetic patient. The yeast was isolated from urine samples of three  consecutive crops in pure form. The patient improved after antifungal therapy

Self-stabilizing algorithms for Connected Vertex Cover and Clique decomposition problems

In many wireless networks, there is no fixed physical backbone nor centralized network management. The nodes of such a network have to self-organize in order to maintain a virtual backbone used to route messages. Moreover, any node of the network can be a priori at the origin of a malicious attack. Thus, in one hand the backbone must be fault-tolerant and in other hand it can be useful to monitor all network communications to identify an attack as soon as possible. We are interested in the minimum \emph{Connected Vertex Cover} problem, a generalization of the classical minimum Vertex Cover problem, which allows to obtain a connected backbone. Recently, Delbot et al.~\cite{DelbotLP13} proposed a new centralized algorithm with a constant approximation ratio of $2$ for this problem. In this paper, we propose a distributed and self-stabilizing version of their algorithm with the same approximation guarantee. To the best knowledge of the authors, it is the first distributed and fault-tolerant algorithm for this problem. The approach followed to solve the considered problem is based on the construction of a connected minimal clique partition. Therefore, we also design the first distributed self-stabilizing algorithm for this problem, which is of independent interest

Early and reversible changes to the hippocampal proteome in mice on a high-fat diet

Funding LMW, FMC, CG, ACM and C-DM were funded by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS). FHM was supported by an EASTBIO DTP BBSRC studentship. DS was supported by a SULSA studentship.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Jugular vein thrombosis due to Behçet disease

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0.9 eV POTENTIAL BARRIER SCHOTTKY DIODE ON 0.75-0.5 eV GAP GaxIn1-xAS\a-Si:H\Pt

Les courbes I(V,T) de ces structures pour 1000 Å de a-Si : H et x = 0.2 et 0.47 sont similaires à celles des diodes Pt/a-Si : H et en conséquence contrôlées par l'interface Pt/a-Si : H. Ceci ouvre de nouvelles perspectives pour les MESFET sur GaxIn1-xAs.The I(V,T) curves of such structures for 1000 Å of a-Si : H and x = 0.2 and 0.47 are both similar to those of Pt/a-Si : H diodes, so controlled by the Pt/a-Si : H interface. This opens new perspectives for MESFET on GaxIn1-xAs

The underlying physiological basis of the desert rodent Meriones shawi's survival to prolonged water deprivation: Central vasopressin regulation on peripheral kidney water channels AQPs-2

International audienceMerlons shawl (M. shawl) is a particular semi-desert rodent known by its resistance to long periods of thirst. The aim of the present investigation is to clarify the underlying mechanisms allowing M. shawl to resist to hard conditions of dehydration. For this reason we used two different approaches: i) a morphometric study, which consists In measuring the effect of dehydration on body and kidneys weights as well as the report kidney weight/body weight, ii) By immunohistochemistry, we proceed to study the effect of dehydration on the immunoreactivity of central vasopressin (AVP) and the kidney aquaporin-2 (AQP-2) which is a channel protein that allows water to permeate across cell membranes. Our results showed both a body mass decrease accompanied by a remarkable kidneys hypertrophy. The immunohistochemical study showed a significant increase of AQP-2 immunoreactivity in the medullar part of Meriones kidneys allowing probably to Meriones a great ability to water retention. Consistently, we demonstrate that the increased AQP-2 expression occurred together with an increase in vasopressin (AVP) expression in both hypothalamic supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN), which are a major hub in the osmotic control circuitry. These various changes seen either in body weight and kidneys or at the cellular level might be the basis of peripheral control of body water homeostasis, providing to M. shawia strong resistance against chronic dehydration

RPyR : Nouvelle Structure d'Indexation avec Classification par Projections Aléatoires

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RPyR: Nouvelle Structure d'Indexation avec Classification par Projections Aléatoires

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