BACKGROUND: The central paradigm of ecological immunology postulates that selection acts on immunity as to minimize its cost/benefit ratio.Costs of immunity may arise because the energetic requirements of the immune response divert resources that are no longer available for other vital functions.In addition to these resource-based costs, mis-direct
Responses of vertical soil moisture to rainfall pulses and land uses in a typical loess hilly area, China
Soil moisture animationbengal.com plays a key role in vegetation restoration and ecosystem stability in arid and semiarid regions.The response of soil moisture to rainfall pulses is an important hydrological process, which is strongly influenced by land use during the implementation of vegetation restoration.In this study, vertical soil moisture va
Prenatal diagnosis of mosaicism for double aneuploidy of 47,XXY and trisomy 7 (48,XXY,+7) at amniocentesis in a pregnancy with a favorable outcome
Objective: We present prenatal diagnosis of mosaicism for double aneuploidy of 47, XXY and trisomy 7 (48,XXY,+7) at amniocentesis in a pregnancy with a favorable outcome.Case ashy bines protein powder report: A 33-year-old woman underwent amniocentesis at 17 weeks of gestation because of an increased risk for Down syndrome in maternal serum screeni