11 research outputs found
The effect of electron beam pitch angle and density gradient on solar type III radio bursts
No full textCopyright 2012 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. This article appeared in Physics of Plasmas 19, 112903 (2012) and may be found at .supplemental material at http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/sp.htmlsupplemental material at http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/sp.htm
Electron cyclotron maser emission mode coupling to the z-mode on a longitudinal density gradient in the context of solar type III bursts
No full textCopyright 2012 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. This article appeared in Physics of Plasmas 19, 110702 (2012) and may be found at .supplemental material at http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/sp.htmlsupplemental material at http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/sp.htm
38. Test verschiedener Methoden einer Ameisensäure-Langzeitbehandlung zur Varroabekämpfung
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14. Die botanische Herkunftsbestimmung des Honigs: zum Problem der Aussagekraft der Honigpollenanalyse
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Ten years of fire blight in Austria: Survey and control measures. International Workshop on Fire Blight, Bologna 2004.
No full textBardet-Biedl syndrome improved diagnosis criteria and management: Inter European Reference Networks consensus statement and recommendations
No full textBardet-Biedl syndrome improved diagnosis criteria and management: Inter European Reference Networks consensus statement and recommendations
No full textFour European Reference Networks (ERN-EYE, ERKNet, Endo-ERN, ERN-ITHACA) have teamed up to establish a consensus statement and recommendations for Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). BBS is an autosomal recessive ciliopathy with at least 26 genes identified to date. The clinical manifestations are pleiotropic, can be observed in utero and will progress with age. Genetic testing has progressively improved in the last years prompting for a revision of the diagnostic criteria taking into account clinical Primary and Secondary features, as well as positive or negative molecular diagnosis. This consensus statement also emphasizes on initial diagnosis, monitoring and lifelong follow-up, and symptomatic care that can be provided to patients and family members according to the involved care professionals. For paediatricians, developmental anomalies can be at the forefront for diagnosis (such as polydactyly) but can require specific care, such as for associated neuro developmental disorders. For ophthalmology, the early onset retinal degeneration requires ad hoc functional and imaging technologies and specific care for severe visual impairment. For endocrinology, among other manifestations, early onset obesity and its complications has benefited from better evaluation of eating behaviour problems, improved lifestyle programs, and from novel pharmacological therapies. Kidney and urinary track involvements warrants lifespan attention, as chronic kidney failure can occur and early management might improve outcome. This consensus recommends revised diagnostic criteria for BBS that will ensure certainty of diagnosis, giving robust grounds for genetic counselling as well as in the perspective of future trials for innovative therapies
Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of honey bee viruses, Nosema microsporidia, protozoan parasites, and parasitic mites in China
No full textChina has the largest number of managed honey bee colonies, which produce the highest quantity of honey and royal jelly in the world; however, the presence of honey bee pathogens and parasites has never been rigorously identified in Chinese apiaries. We thus conducted a molecular survey of honey bee RNA viruses, Nosema microsporidia, protozoan parasites, and tracheal mites associated with nonnative Apis mellifera ligustica and native Apis cerana cerana colonies in China. We found the presence of black queen cell virus (BQCV), chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV), deformed wing virus (DWV), Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV), and sacbrood virus (SBV), but not that of acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) or Kashmir bee virus (KBV). DWV was the most prevalent in the tested samples. Phylogenies of Chinese viral isolates demonstrated that genetically heterogeneous populations of BQCV, CBPV, DWV, and A. cerana-infecting SBV, and relatively homogenous populations of IAPV and A. meliifera-infecting new strain of SBV with single origins, are spread in Chinese apiaries. Similar to previous observations in many countries, Nosema ceranae, but not Nosema apis, was prevalent in the tested samples. Crithidia mellificae, but not Apicystis bombi was found in five samples, including one A. c. cerana colony, demonstrating that C. mellificae is capable of infecting multiple honey bee species. Based on kinetoplast-encoded cytochrome b sequences, the C. mellificae isolate from A. c. cerana represents a novel haplotype with 19 nucleotide differences from the Chinese and Japanese isolates from A. m. ligustica. This suggests that A. c. cerana is the native host for this specific haplotype. The tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi, was detected in one A. m. ligustica colony. Our results demonstrate that honey bee RNA viruses, N. ceranae, C. mellificae, and tracheal mites are present in Chinese apiaries, and some might be originated from native Asian honey bees
Natural History of Autosomal Recessive <i>IMPG2</i>-Associated Retinal Dystrophy
No full textPurpose: To describe the natural history of autosomal recessive IMPG2-associated retinal dystrophy. Design: Multicenter international retrospective case series. Methods: Review of clinical notes, retinal imaging including fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), and molecular genetic testing, of sixty patients with molecularly confirmed IMPG2-associated retinal dystrophy from 14 tertiary eye centers. Qualitative OCT and FAF imaging analysis. Results: In total, 60 patients from 52 pedigrees with likely disease-causing variants in IMPG2 from 14 tertiary referral centers in 11 countries were ascertained for phenotyping. Twenty-two patients were females (36.7%). Of those with documented age of disease onset, 23% had “late onset” (>18 years old [yo]) with a mean age of onset of 34.3 yo, and 77% had “early onset” disease (<18 yo) with a mean age of onset of 10.8 yo. Mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.55 LogMAR at a mean age of 33 yo. Forty-eight percent of the patients presented with nyctalopia and 38% presented with decreased BCVA. Eighty-eight percent of the patients were myopic. Foveal involvement with atrophic changes was a common finding on OCT and FAF. Fifty-three variants were identified: 13 missense (25%), 12 nonsense (23%), 11 splicing variants (21%), 16 frameshifts (30%), and one large deletion (2%). Twenty-one (40%) of the variants were not previously clinically characterized. Conclusion: Autosomal recessive IMPG2-retinal dystrophy is typically an early onset retinal dystrophy associated with poor visual acuity. Younger patients are more likely to benefit from intervention in future trials due to early macular involvement in most patients.</p
