A Probabilistic Model for Real-Time Semantic Prediction of Human Motion Intentions from RGBD-Data.

For robots to execute their navigation tasks both fast and safely in the presence of humans, it is necessary to make predictions about the route those humans intend to follow. Within this work, a model-based method is proposed that relates human motion behavior perceived from RGBD input to the constraints imposed by the environment by considering typical human routing alternatives. Multiple hypotheses about routing options of a human towards local semantic goal locations are created and validated, including explicit collision avoidance routes.

A previously unknown mechanism in viral pathogenesis leading to effective new vaccines and post-exposure immune treatments of viral infections.

Investigations with the rabies virus identified a previously unknown mechanism of viral pathogenesis. After ultracentrifugation of a suspension of rabid dog brain and rabies vaccine strains, the supernatant was found to contain active components, as evaluated in an in vitro plaque test. The unexpected detection of active components in non-sedimented material prompted further research and the finding that these components, and not the complete virus, were responsible for paralysis and death.

Development and use of the H strain of avian infectious bronchitis virus from the Netherlands as a vaccine: a review.

The H strain of infectious bronchitis (IB) was one of the earliest live attenuated IB vaccines to be developed and has continued to be use in most parts of the world for almost 50 years. It was developed for used at both the 52nd (H52) and 120th (H120) vaccine levels and, because of it ability to provide heterologous cross-protection against a number of IB viruses of different serotypes, has proved to be one of the most enduring live attenuated IB vaccines. In fact, the H120 vaccine is possibly the most widely used live attenuated IB vaccine globally to this day.

The efficacy of a new single post-exposure treatment of rabies in mice without vaccination.

Local application of rabies immune serum and isoprinosine, an immunomodulator with antiviral activity was effective in mice infected with a sylvatic rabies virus. In this way, a single medical or veterinary treatment is only required, which is particularly important for developing but also for developed countries. The importance of using a post-exposure potency test to monitor rabies vaccines is emphasized.

[Myxomatosis in the sub-antarctic islands of Kerguelen, without vectors, thirty years after its introduction].

Myxoma virus was introduced into the Kerguelen archipelago in 1955-1956. Thirty years after its introduction, the virus is present in most areas inhabited by rabbits. Rabbit fleas and mosquitoes are absent from this group of islands and the disease is transmitted by contact.

Isolation and plaque purification of a syncytial forming component of myxoma virus.

Using the endpoint dilution and plaque purification technique performed on rabbit kidney cells, two stable syncytial clones of myxoma virus have been isolated. No eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies nor intranuclear granulations could be detected in cells infected with these clones. Traditional plaques with the central area of detached cells surrounded by round cells also could not be recognized.

[Isolation and in vitro and in vivo characteristics of a clone of a wild Aujeszky disease virus resistant to bromovinyldeoxyuridine].

The antiviral activity of bromovinyldeoxyuridine has been studied on the wild type of pseudorabies virus. A heterogenicity of viral populations has been observed. A resistant clone presented special characteristics both in vitro (large syncytia, round cells) and in vivo (reduced pathogenicity and immunogenic power).

[The phenomenon of "early and stimulated death" in mice infected and then vaccinated against rabies].

Live (diluted) and inactivated rabies vaccines of low antigen content induce early and enhanced death in mice, inoculated before vaccination with a wild type of rabies virus. Such vaccines, which neither induce interferon nor protect, produce a low level of antibodies which appear later than with vaccines of higher antigenicity. It is recommended to examine rabies vaccines not only by the usual (pre-exposure) potency test-NIH test or modified NIH test (one vaccination), but also by a post-exposure potency test.

A plaque-purified rabies virus (strains V-319) derived from a vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in Mexico: vaccine potential.

A plaque-purified experimental rabies vaccine was developed from an isolate (strain V-319) made from a naturally infected vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). Two different vaccines were prepared; one was live virus and the second was an inactivated rabies virus preparation. The live virus vaccine, as well as a betapropiolactone-inactivated vaccine, gave complete protection to challenge inoculation after 1 year.

A rabies virus persistent infection in BHK21 cells.

A rabies virus persistent infection in BHK21 S13 cells was established and maintained in culture for more than 4 years. Initially, the cultures produced a large plaque virus similar to that produced by the original virus, but between the 10th and 20th passage, this was replaced by a small plaque variant. By the 200th passage, infectious virus could no longer be detected in the medium.

A potency test which simulates natural exposure for measuring post-exposure activity of rabies vaccines. A proposal for preparing a relevant international reference preparation.

There is a basic difference between the mechanism of immunity at the pre- and post-exposure level. Due to the fact that vaccination precedes challenge in the available potency tests (Habel and NIH) they do not measure post-exposure activity of rabies vaccines. For these reasons a potency test in mice has been developed which measures post-exposure activity of rabies vaccines.

Comparative studies of atherosclerosis in swine.

A survey of spontaneously occurring fatty streaks and fibrous plaques, considered as atherosclerosis, in 1637 swine in different European countries and the USA, using a standardized procedure, was undertaken to determine whether significant differences exist in the occurrence and extent of the disease in various groups of animals. At the same time a preliminary study on the possible relation of any differences observed in atherosclerosis to certain environmental and constitutional factors was carried out with the ultimate goal of contributing to the understanding of analogous problems in man.STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OF FATTY STREAKS AND FIBROUS PLAQUES WERE NOTED IN RELATION TO: (a) increasing age, starting at 6 to 7 months, the earliest age period studied; (b) geographical locality; and (c) considerable as compared with moderate or slight physical activity at 1 year of age.