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An investigation of the affects of typefaces upon reader's perception of the meanings of messages using the semantic differential testing technique /Hofman, Veronica M. January 1988 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1988. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-76).
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An alphabetical metamorphosis /Granfield, Monica. January 1990 (has links)
Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1990. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-29).
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Rôle de l'interleukine-33 dans des modèles expérimentaux d'inflammation chronique / Role of Interleukin-33 in experimental models of chronic inflammationKhaleghparast Athari, Sara 17 November 2015 (has links)
La polyarthrite rhumatoïde (PR) est une maladie inflammatoire chronique d’étiologie inconnue. Les mécanismes physiopathologiques de cette maladie mettent en jeu un réseau cellulaire et cytokinique dont l’étude permet de définir des cibles thérapeutiques potentielles. L’IL-33 est une cytokine impliquée dans plusieurs maladies inflammatoires mais son rôle dans l’inflammation chronique comme la PR reste peu étudié. L’objectif de ce travail a été d’étudier le rôle de l’IL-33 et son mode d’action dans deux modèles expérimentaux d’inflammation chronique, l’arthrite au collagène (AEC) et le psoriasis induit par l’imiquimod (IMQ) chez la souris. Nous avons montré pour la première fois que l’administration d’IL-33 recombinante pendant les phases précoce et tardive de l’AEC, permet d’inhiber presque totalement les signes cliniques de la maladie. Cet effet protecteur passe par le déclenchement d’une réponse immunitaire de type 2 y compris l'expansion des ILC2, des éosinophiles et des cellules Th2. En outre, nous avons démontré que l’administration d’IL-33 dans notre modèle induit l’expansion de lymphocytes T régulateurs ST2L+ et une activité suppressive accrue. Dans un second temps, nous avons démontré que malgré l’expression de l’IL-33 dans les articulations ou la peau de souris développant une AEC ou un psoriasis induit par imiquimod, l’IL-33 endogène n’est pas nécessaire pour le développement de ces deux pathologies. En outre, l’absence de cette cytokine ne modifie pas la réponse des lymphocytes T ni dans l’AEC et ni dans le psoriasis. L'ensemble de ces résultats suggère que cette cytokine n’est pas cruciale pour le développement de l'inflammation chronique, et que la mise au point de traitement ciblant l’axe IL-33 / ST2 doit être envisagée avec précautions. / Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that is associated with severalmediators. The physiopathological mechanisms of this disease involve cellular and cytokinenetworks whose study helps to define potential therapeutic targets. IL-33 is a cytokine involved inmany inflammatory diseases although its role in chronic inflammation such as RA remainsunclear. The aim of this work is to study the role of IL-33 and its mode of action in twoexperimental models of chronic inflammation, collagen induced arthritis (CIA) and imiquimod(IMQ) induced psoriasis. First, we showed for that the administration of recombinant IL-33 duringthe early and late phases of CIA inhibits the clinical signs of the disease in mice C57BL/6. Thisprotective effect is associated with the response type 2 including expansion of ILC2, eosinophilsand Th2 cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated that access of IL-33 in our model induced TregST2L and promotes the acquisition of regulatory phenotypes of Tregs. These Tregs achieve animportant suppressive activity leading inhibition of CIA. Secondly, despite the expression of IL-33 in the joint and skin of mice with CIA and IMQ induced psoriasis, endogenous IL-33 is notnecessary for the development of these two chronic inflammation models. In addition, the absenceof this cytokine does not alter the T cell response in the CIA or psoriasis. [...]
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Sulfide-poor platinum-group element deposits:a mineralogical approach with case studies and examples from the literatureKaukonen, R. (Risto) 11 November 2008 (has links)
Abstract
Sulfide-poor deposits of platinum-group elements (PGE) occur in two main types: silicate-type and oxide-type. In the silicate-type mineralization PGE form discrete platinum-group minerals (PGM) that occur as inclusions in various silicate minerals. In the oxide-type mineralization PGM may have different modes of occurrence. They may be associated with silicates or they may occur as inclusions in chromite, magnetite or ilmenite, for example. In some cases they may even be associated with base metal sulfides.
The approach chosen in this work is mainly a mineralogical one. PGM parageneses, their modes of occurrence and associations with other minerals were studied from different deposits. These are then compared to some well-recorded examples of PGE deposits.
The case studies presented, the Duluth Complex in Minnesota, U.S.A., the Hanumalapur Complex in Karnataka, India, and the Penikat Layered Intrusion in northern Finland, are examples that illustrate the multitude of possibilities regarding PGE mineralization versus the traditional approach where any significant quantities of PGE are supposed to occur only in association with base metal sulfides.
As the traditional orthomagmatic and hydrothermal models cannot explain the genesis of some sulfide-poor PGE occurrences, a new theory of PGE mineralization was developed. This “redox theory” is an attempt at explaining the association of PGE with various oxide minerals, most importantly chromite.
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Some properties of superconductorsFrench, Robin A. January 1966 (has links)
No description available.
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The incidence of executive cognitive dysfunction detected by a bedside executive screening tool (BEST) in a cohort of type 2 diabetes attending a tertiary diabetic clinicDe Wet, Hayley Beryl 24 February 2011 (has links)
MMed, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,University of the Witwatersrand / Aims: To determine whether impairment of the executive functioning domain of cognition
could be detected by a battery of simple bedside cognitive tests of executive function
associated with inadequate glycaemic control.
Methods: People with type 2 diabetes attending a tertiary referral diabetic clinic who
consented to participate in the study underwent a brief battery of cognitive testing (the
Bedside Executive Screening Test) designed to detect executive function impairment.
Glycaemic control was determined using glycated haemoglobin levels (HbA1c). Inadequate
glycaemic control was defined as HbA1c ≥ 7.0%.
Results: Executive function impairment was detected in 51 (52%) of the 98 study
participants. The presence of executive function impairment was significantly associated
with poor glycaemic control (HbA1c ≥ 7.0%) (odds ratio 4.9, 95% confidence interval 1.3 –
18.8, p=0.019). There were no significant differences between patients with and without
executive function impairment with regard to age, target organ damage, patient reported
adherence, and hypoglycaemic therapy. Patients with a lower level of education were more
likely to demonstrate executive impairment when glycaemic control was poor (p=0.013).
Conclusion: Executive function impairment is common in a population of people with
difficult-to-manage type 2 diabetes. The presence of executive impairment is significantly
associated with poor glycaemic control.
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The comparison of periodontal health status and metabolic control in diabetic children and adolescents at Tygerberg hospitalScholtz-Evans, Lèzaan January 2021 (has links)
Magister Chirurgiae Dentium (MChD) / Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for Periodontal disease. Research has established that the prevalence of Periodontal disease is directly related to the glycaemic control of DM in adults and only a few research studies explore this prevalence in diabetic children and adolescents in South Africa. The aim of this study is to determine the periodontal health status of diabetic patients which include children and adolescents attending the Paediatric Diabetic Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital and compare periodontal status with diabetic control. cross-sectional study was employed to determine periodontal status and data relating to the HbA1c% level, the type and duration of DM, the body mass index (BMI) percentile, age, sex, and puberty and treatment regimens were collected from patient records and entered into data collection sheets.
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Détection et caractérisation moléculaire des rétrovirus d'origine simienne chez l'Homme : cas du virus foamy et du virus T-lymphotrope de type 4 / Detection and molecular characterization of retroviruses of simian origin in humans : foamy virus and T-lymphotropic virus type 4 casesRichard, Léa 22 September 2016 (has links)
Les primates non-humains (PNH) sont un important réservoir de pathogènes et notamment de rétrovirus. Plusieurs agents infectieux ont émergé dans la population humaine à partir de ce réservoir animal, comme par exemple le virus de l’immunodéficience humaine ou le virus T lymphotrope humain (HTLV) de type 1 qui se sont répandus mondialement et causent de graves pathologies. L’émergence de rétrovirus chez l’Homme nécessite plusieurs étapes passant par la transmission primaire du virus du PNH à l’Homme, la persistance du virus dans l’organisme,la transmission secondaire inter-humaine et enfin sa diffusion dans la population. Mes deux projets de thèse ont porté sur l’étude de deux rétrovirus qui ont un potentiel d’émergence chez l’Homme, le virus foamy simien (SFV) et le virus T-lymphotrope de type 4, dans des cohortes d’individus à risque vivant au Cameroun et au Gabon. Les SFV sont des rétrovirus ubiquitaires chez de nombreux PNH. Plus d’une centaine de cas d’infection d’humains par des SFV ont été observés à ce jour, l’origine étant un contact(principalement par morsure) avec un PNH. L’infection est chronique et semble asymptomatique.De plus, aucune transmission secondaire n’a été détectée à ce jour. Le laboratoire a pu isoler, chez deux individus camerounais, deux souches de SFV de gorille et a constaté une forte variabilité génétique au niveau du gène d’enveloppe. Nous avons donc étudié la variabilité du gène d’enveloppe de SFV de gorille mais également de chimpanzé infectant une soixantaine de chasseurs camerounais et gabonais et une trentaine de PNH. Nous avons pu mettre en évidence la co-circulation de souches de SFV présentant des variants moléculaires du gène d’enveloppe différents chez les gorilles et les chimpanzés. Ces mêmes souches peuvent être transmises à l’Homme à l’occasion de morsures, les deux variants pouvant être transmis simultanément. Ces variants diffèrent au niveau d’une région de 753 pb située dans la région codant la glycoprotéine de surface, au niveau du domaine de liaison au récepteur. Ils pourraient ainsi avoir des propriétés fonctionnelles différentes, notamment au niveau de l’élicitation de la réponse immunitaire de l’hôte. Ces variants sont potentiellement issus d’événements de recombinaison.HTLV-4 a été détecté chez un unique individu, un chasseur camerounais, aujourd’hui décédé.En 2014, le réservoir simien a été identifié comme étant les gorilles. Nous avons recherché la présence de HTLV-4 chez 300 individus camerounais et gabonais qui avaient été mordus par un PNH. Nous avons identifié deux chasseurs gabonais infectés par HTLV-4, qui avaient été mordus par des gorilles 9 à 15 ans avant d’être prélevés. Nous confirmons donc la présence de HTLV-4 infectant de manière persistante des humains et étendons sa répartition au Gabon. Nous suggérons très fortement une origine zoonotique de ces infections. L’une des souches isolées est divergente par rapport aux souches déjà connues et permet donc de définir le sous-type B deHTLV-4.Ces travaux confortent la notion que les PNH, et notamment les gorilles, sont une source importante d’agents infectieux pour l’Homme. Des études supplémentaires seront nécessaires pour mieux caractériser l’infection chez l’Homme et notamment l’éventuelle pathogénicité et transmissibilité de ces deux virus. / Non-human primates (NHPs) are an important reservoir of pathogens, including retroviruses. Several retroviruses have emerged in human population from NHP reservoir, like the human immunodeficiency virus and the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 who have spread globally and are the causative agents of serious pathologies. During my PhD, I interested in two retroviruses who have an emerging potential in human population, the simian foamy virus (SFV) and the human T-lymphotropic virus type 4 (HTLV-4), in cohorts of individuals at risk in Central Africa. SFV are retroviruses ubiquituous in NHPs. A hundred of human infections with SFV are known, originating from contacts with NHP. The infection is chronic, asymptomatic although no secondary transmission has been observed yet. We showed that two envelope molecular variants of SFV are co-circulating in gorilla and chimpanzee populations. These strains can be transmitted to humans through bites. The variants differ in the receptor binding domain on the envelope and could have different functional properties. HTLV-4 had been detected in a single individual (a cameroonese hunter) and the simian reservoir idenfied as gorillas. We have detected two gabonese hunters infected with HTLV-4, who had been bitten by gorillas. Then we confirm the presence of HTLV-4 in humans in Central Africa. One of the strains is divergent and defines the prototype of a new subtype of HTLV-4
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Association of Glycemia with Cystatin C in Youth with DiabetesKanakatti Shankar, Roopa 08 October 2012 (has links)
No description available.
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Use of an Inducible Promoter to Characterize Type IV Pili Homologues in Clostridium perfringensHartman, Andrea H. 18 October 2012 (has links)
Researchers of <i>Clostridium perfringens</i>, a Gram-positive anaerobic pathogen, were lacking a tightlyregulated, inducible promoter system in their genetic toolbox. We constructed a lactose-inducible plasmid-based system utilizing the transcriptional regulator, BgaR. Using the <i>E. coli</i> reporter GusA, we characterized its induction in three different strains of <i>C. perfringens</i>. We then used a newly-developed mutation system to create in-frame deletion mutants in three genes with homology to Type IV pilins, and we used the promoter system described above to complement the mutants. We analyzed each pilin for localization and expression, as well as tested each of the mutants for various phenotypes frequently associated with type IV pili (TFP) and type II secretion systems. PilA2, PilA3, and PilA4 localized to the poles of the cells. PilA2 was expressed in the wildtype when <i>C. perfringens</i> was grown on agar plates, and the PilA3 mutant lacked a von Willebrand factor A domain-containing protein in its secretome. We used our promoter system to express GFP-tagged versions of the TFP ATPase homologues and view them in cells growing on surfaces. We saw that PilB1 and PilB2 co-localized nearly all of the time, while a portion of PilT was independent of the PilB proteins. PilT appeared necessary for the localization of PilB, and it localized independently of TFP proteins in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>. PilT's typical localization in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> was disrupted when the GTPase and polymerization activity of cell division protein FtsZ was blocked, suggesting that PilT associates with cell division proteins. / Master of Science
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