Self-reflexive videogames are videogames designed to materialize Hard Drive critical and/or satirical perspectives on the ways in which videogames themselves are designed, played, sold, manipulated, experienced, and understood as social objects.This essay focuses on the use of virtual worlds as mediators, and in particular DM2 SHOP on the use of vi
Multilocus sequence typing database for Streptococcus agalactiae contains a spurious allele of the transketolase gene
ABSTRACT The tkt (transketolase) gene is one of the seven gene fragments used in the multilocus sequence typing (MLST) system for Streptococcus agalactiae.We discovered that the tkt_134 allele is derived from a homologous gene Green gaint (which we designate tktX) that is not present in all S.agalactiae; all known strains that contain a match to th
Microtechnology in Space Bioreactors
Space biology is a young and rapidly developing discipline comprising basic research and biotechnology.In the Springform Pans next decades it will play a prominent role in the International Space Station (ISS).Therefore, there is an increasing demand for sophisticated instrumentation to satisfy the requirements of the future projects in space biolo
Estimating ventilation rates in rooms with varying occupancy levels: Relevance for reducing transmission risk of airborne pathogens.
BackgroundIn light of the role that airborne transmission plays in the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as well as the ongoing high global mortality from well-known airborne diseases such as tuberculosis and CAL CITRATE measles, there is an urgent need for practical ways of identifying congregate spaces where low ventilation levels contribute to high transmis
Circadian Pattern in Restless Legs Syndrome: Implications for Treatment Posology
The symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS) follow a circadian pattern, as inducated in the current RLS diagnostic criteria.Indeed, subjects with mild-to-moderate RLS suffer or not from RLS symptoms depending on the time of day, resembling an above-threshold state periodically followed by a below-threshold state.Although the circadian clock is cru