A scoping review on associations between paratuberculosis and productivity in cattle.

Paratuberculosis (PTB), or Johne's disease, is a disease with worldwide distribution caused by subsp (MAP) that leads to chronic enteritis, primarily in ruminants. Even subclinical infection significantly reduces the animals' performance, and consequences of the disease lead to high economic losses for the cattle industry. To estimate the economic burden of bovine PTB and to evaluate the benefits of a potential control program, accurate estimates of the production effects associated with the disease are required.

Self-reports of treatment for secondary health conditions: results from a longitudinal community survey in spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Longitudinal community survey.

Objectives: To describe the treatment for secondary health conditions as reported by individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to identify potential predictors of treatment.

Setting: Community (people with SCI living in Switzerland).

Perceived sleep problems after spinal cord injury: Results from a community-based survey in Switzerland.

To investigate the burden of sleep problems within the Spinal Cord injured (SCI) community with respect to the general population (GP) in Switzerland. The study further explored potential predictors for receiving treatment for sleep problems after SCI. Cross-sectional study.

All-cause and cause-specific mortality following non-traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence from a population-based cohort study in Switzerland.

Study Design: Observational cohort study.

Objective: To benchmark all-cause and cause-specific mortality following NTSCI to the general population (GP).

Setting: Specialized rehabilitation centers in Switzerland.

Excess burden of a chronic disabling condition: life lost due to traumatic spinal cord injury in a Swiss population-based cohort study.

Objectives: To estimate excess mortality and life years lost in a Swiss cohort of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI).

Methods: This study uses population-based data collected in the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort (SwiSCI) study, which covers all specialized rehabilitation centres. Flexible parametric survival models were used to model life years remaining (LYR), potential years life lost (PYLL), relative survival and excess hazard ratios.

Comparison of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality of Persons with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries to the General Swiss Population: Results from a National Cohort Study.

Background: Traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCI) are a neurological condition associated with reduced well-being, increased morbidity and reductions in life expectancy. Estimates of all-cause and cause-specific mortality can aid in identifying targets for prevention and management of contributors for premature mortality.

Objectives: To compare all-cause and cause-specific rates of mortality to that of the Swiss general population; to identify differentials in risk of cause-specific mortality according to lesion characteristics.

Survival after non-traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence from a population-based rehabilitation cohort in Switzerland.

Study Design: Observational cohort study.

Objective: To investigate survival and life expectancy after NTSCI in Switzerland according to etiology.

Setting: Specialized rehabilitation centers in Switzerland.

Genome Sequence and Analysis of a Stress-Tolerant, Wild-Derived Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Used in Biofuels Research.

The genome sequences of more than 100 strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been published. Unfortunately, most of these genome assemblies contain dozens to hundreds of gaps at repetitive sequences, including transposable elements, tRNAs, and subtelomeric regions, which is where novel genes generally reside. Relatively few strains have been chosen for genome sequencing based on their biofuel production potential, leaving an additional knowledge gap.

Action of urea on tobacco mosaic virus. II. The bonds between protein subunits.

The rate of urea degradation is not uniform over the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) rod, as might be expected since the protein subunits appear to be chemically identical. Only two stable intermediates are formed; the four components with sedimentation constants, S(40) (20), about 80, 120, 140, and 165 correspond to the two intermediates with and without RNA tails. Analysis of the reaction kinetics for the disappearance of whole virus and of the first intermediate was made in terms of a new hypothesis concerning protein bonding.