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Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and expression profile influence upon the immunological imbalance in Turner syndrome
Turner syndrome (TS) patients display considerable immune misregulation, and it is hypothesized that Vitamin D (VTD) activity may fluctuate according to Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms and/or expression pr...
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UGT2B17 minor histocompatibility mismatch and clinical outcome after HLA-identical sibling donor stem cell transplantation
Minor histocompatibility Ags (mHags) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Uridine diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase 2B17 (UGT2B17) gene...
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Open AccessThe EChO science case
The discovery of almost two thousand exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. We see gas giants in few-day orbits, whole multi-planet systems within the orbit of Mercury, and new popu...
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Open AccessFood allergy in adults: the experience of a center in the north of Portugal
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ESPRESSO: A High Resolution Spectrograph for the Combined Coudé Focus of the VLT
In the frame of the call for proposal for the E-ELT instrumentation studies, the CODEX team carried out the feasibility study for a spectrograph for extremely stable Doppler measurements. The CODEX project and...
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The AMGA Metadata Service
We present the AMGA metadata catalogue, which was developed as part of the EGEE (enabling Grids for EsciencE) project’s gLite Grid middleware. AMGA provides access to meta data for files stored on the Grid, as...
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Extrasolar Planets in the Southern Hemisphere: The CORALIE Survey
We are conducting a large survey to detect extrasolar planets by high precision Doppler spectroscopy using the new swiss Euler telescope and the spetrograph CORALIE. The sample includes 1600 nearby G and K sta...
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The CORALIE Planet-Search Sample
This short contribution presents a description of the CORALIE sample selection of more than 1600 dwarf stars for the planet-search programme on the 1.2-m Euler Swiss telescope at La Silla. The instrumentation,...
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Session 22 other topics
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Simulation of Medium and Short Term Mine Production Scheduling Using Geostatistical Modelling
This paper presents results of a research project carried on with the aim of develo** a software package dealing with the main phases of a mining project: The ultimate project of the mining method and the pr...
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A generalization of the concept of adiabatic index for non-adiabatic systems
The concept of adiabatic index, measuring the stiffness of the equation of state for adiabatic systems, and which plays a fundamental role in the study of gravitational collapse, is extended to systems emittin...