Radio Resource Dimensioning for Low Delay Access in Licensed OFDMA IoT Networks.

In this paper, we focus on the radio resource planning in the uplink of licensed Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) based Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The average behavior of the network is considered by assuming that active sensors and collectors are distributed according to independent random Poisson Point Process (PPP) marked by channel randomness. Our objective is to statistically determine the optimal total number of Radio Resources (RRs) required for a typical cell.

Prolonged survival of mouse skin allografts after transplantation of fetal liver cells transduced with hIL-10 gene.

Introduction: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a cytokine with a moleculary weight of 18 kDa, that was first identified as being produced by Th2 cells. It appears to have anti-inflammatory action by diminishing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by Th1 cells. IL-10 also regulates the differentiation and proliferation of several immune cells such as T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, antigen-presenting cells, mast cells and granulocytes.

Allozyme variation of oleaster populations (wild olive tree) (Olea europaea L.) in the Mediterranean Basin.

As a result of the early domestication and extensive cultivation of the olive tree throughout the Mediterranean Basin, the wild-looking forms of olive (oleasters) presently observed constitute a complex, potentially ranging from wild to feral forms. Allozyme variation was analysed at 10 loci in 31 large and 44 small oleaster populations distributed in various habitats of the Mediterranean Basin and in two populations of the wild subspecies Olea europaea subsp (ssp) guanchica, endemic to the Canary islands and closely related to oleasters. At eight polymorphic loci, 25 alleles were identified.

Antibody-induced modulation of the leukocyte CD11b integrin prevents mild but not major renal ischaemic injury.

Background: CD11/CD18 beta(2) integrins are involved in leukocyte adhesion to the activated endothelium, and therefore represent a possible therapeutic target in the prevention of ischaemic acute renal failure (ARF).

Methods: To assess the effect of an anti-CD11b monoclonal antibody (mAb) in ischaemic ARF, uninephrectomized Fischer rats were subjected to 45 or 60 min of warm renal ischaemia, then received 1 mg of anti-CD11b mAb 5 min before reperfusion.

Results: After 45 min of ischaemia, renal function tests at 24 and 48 h were less altered in mAb-treated than in control rats, but after 60 min of ischaemia the same level of renal insufficiency was observed in the two groups.

In vivo effects of monoclonal antibodies against rat beta(2) integrins on kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Background: Ischemia-reperfusion (IR) involves adhesion of leukocytes to the activated endothelium, leading to tissue damage. CD11/CD18 beta(2) integrins interact with their ligands on endothelial cells and may therefore represent a therapeutic target for the prevention of IR. We investigated the effects of three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that recognize epitopes of heavy or light chain of the beta(2) integrins on IR in kidneys.