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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53907#.VNsH7izQrzE Author(s)  Dedi Rachmadi 1* , Ani Melani 2 , Leo Monnens 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia . 2 Medical Faculty, Health Research Unit, Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia . 3 Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands . ABSTRACT Objective: Although several NPHS2 gene mutations and polymorphisms were described and associated with clinical manifestation of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), the occurrence of these genetic abnormalities or variants appeared to be influenced by race and ethnic group. We have investigated probable mutations and variants in NPHS2 gene involved in SRNS and their association with clinical manifestations. Methods: We e...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47415#.VMijiCzQrzE Author(s) Yoshifumi Touyama , Fuminori Ito Affiliation(s) Niho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Japan . Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Ikenobe, Japan . ABSTRACT Argentine ant invasion changed colour-polymorphic composition of ant-mimetic jumping spider Myrmarachne in southwestern Japan. In Argentine ant-free sites, most of Myrmarachne exhibited all-blackish colouration. In Argentine ant-infested sites, on the other hand, blackish morph decreased, and bicoloured ( i.e. partly bright-coloured) morphs increased in dominance. Invasive Argentine ant drives away native blackish ants. Disappearance of blackish model ants supposedly led to malfunction of Batesian mimicry of Myrmarachne . KEYWORDS Batesian Mimicry , Biological Invasion , Linepithema humile , Myrmecomorphy , Myrmarachne , Polymorphism C...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47444#.VFnEFGfHRK0 Author(s) Hee Nam Kim , Nan Young Kim , Li Yu , Il-Kwon Lee , Min-Ho Shin , Hee Jo Baek , Hoon Kook , Hyeoung-Joon Kim Affiliation(s) Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea . Environmental Health Center for Childhood Leukemia and Cancer, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea . Environmental Health Center for Childhood Leukemia and Cancer, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea . Environmental Health Center for Childhood Leukemia and Cancer, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea . Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea . Environmenta...