Vehicles driving in urban canyons are always confronted with a degraded Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal environment.The surrounding obstacles may cause signal reflections or blockages, which lead to large multipath noises and intermittent GNSS reception.Under these circumstances, it is not feasible to use conventional real-time kin
Carbonation of concretes is a natural physico-chemical process that can be described as a reaction between the carbon dioxide contained in the air and the cement matrix.Carbonation concerns all concretes types in contact with the ambient air but also concretes in ground, from production stage to use and end-of-life stages.The amount of carbon dioxi
In mammals, sex chromosomes start to program autosomal gene expression and epigenetic patterns very soon after fertilization.Yet whether the resulting sex differences are perpetuated throughout development and how they connect to the sex-specific expression patterns in adult tissues is not known.There is a dearth of information on the timing and co
ABSTRACT Group A Streptococcus (GAS) can be internalized by epithelial cells, including keratinocytes from human skin or pharyngeal epithelium.Internalization of GAS by epithelial cells has been postulated both to play a role in host defense and to provide a sanctuary site for GAS survival.The cholesterol-binding cytolysin streptolysin O (SLO) appe
The increasing number of Training Chair multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria presents a serious threat to global health.However, colistin-resistant Acinetobacter junii has rarely been reported.We identified a colistin-resistant A.junii clinical isolate, AJ6079, in blood.The colony of AJ6079 presented a dry phenotype, and it was difficult to f