Consecutive Image Acquisition without Anomalies.

An image is a visual representation that can be used to obtain information. A camera on a moving vector (e.g.

A Non-Invasive Millimetre-Wave Radar Sensor for Automated Behavioural Tracking in Precision Farming-Application to Sheep Husbandry.

The automated quantification of the behaviour of freely moving animals is increasingly needed in applied ethology. State-of-the-art approaches often require tags to identify animals, high computational power for data collection and processing, and are sensitive to environmental conditions, which limits their large-scale utilization, for instance in genetic selection programs of animal breeding. Here we introduce a new automated tracking system based on millimetre-wave radars for real time robust and high precision monitoring of untagged animals.

Autonomous RFID Sensor Node Using a Single ISM Band for Both Wireless Power Transfer and Data Communication.

This paper addresses the implementation of autonomous radiofrequency identification sensor nodes based on wireless power transfer. For size reduction, a switching method is proposed in order to use the same frequency band for both supplying power to the nodes and wirelessly transmitting the nodes' data. A rectenna harvests the electromagnetic energy delivered by the dedicated radiofrequency source for charging a few-mF supercapacitor.

In-Situ Wireless Pressure Measurement Using Zero-Power Packaged Microwave Sensors.

This paper reports the indoor wireless measurement of pressure from zero-power (or passive) microwave (24 GHz) sensors. The sensors are packaged and allow the remote measurement of overpressure up to 2.1 bars.

Two-dimensional electrophoresis highlights haptoglobin beta chain as an additional biomarker of congenital disorders of glycosylation.

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs) are rare inherited disorders affecting glycosylation of proteins and lipids and sharing very heterogeneous multivisceral symptoms. The biochemical screening of these diseases is currently limited to electrophoresis or HPLC separation/quantification of serum transferrin glycoforms and is relatively frequently hampered by genetic polymorphism. Further, it has been shown that transferrin glycosylation can be very poorly affected in confirmed CDGs.

A new missense mutation in the L ferritin coding sequence associated with elevated levels of glycosylated ferritin in serum and absence of iron overload.

Background: Elevated serum ferritin levels are frequently encountered in clinical situations and once iron overload or inflammation has been ruled out, many cases remain unexplained. Genetic causes of hyperferritinemia associated to early cataract include mutations in the iron responsive element in the 5' untranslated region of the L ferritin mRNA, responsible for the hereditary hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome.

Design And Methods: We studied 91 probands with hyperferritinemia comprising 25 family cases belonging to families with at least two cases of unexplained hyperferritinemia, and 66 isolated cases.

TLR9 activation induces normal neutrophil responses in a child with IRAK-4 deficiency: involvement of the direct PI3K pathway.

Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) play a key role in innate immunity. Their activation and survival are tightly regulated by microbial products via pattern recognition receptors such as TLRs, which mediate recruitment of the IL-1R-associated kinase (IRAK) complex. We describe a new inherited IRAK-4 deficiency in a child with recurrent pyogenic bacterial infections.

Severe X-linked chronic granulomatous disease in two unrelated females.

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency caused by mutations of one of the subunits of phagocyte reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase leading to decreased or complete absence of neutrophil oxidative burst. We report the clinical and laboratory findings in two young unrelated females 14 and 9 years of age and natives of Tahiti and Reunion Islands, respectively, with severe X-linked granulomatous disease. In both cases, the infectious pattern was unusual, with convergent symptoms suggesting underlying mycobacterial infection.