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Three-dimensional hydraulic fracture propagation in homogeneous and heterogeneous media

Hydraulic fractures are tensile fractures that occur in solid materials due to the natural intrusion or anthropogenic injection of a viscous fluid into a fracture channel. The deliberate creation of hydraulic fractures is part of an industrial technology h ...

EPFL2023

PUS3-related disorder: Report of a novel patient and delineation of the phenotypic spectrum

Alessandro Borghesi

PUS3 encodes the pseudouridylate synthase 3, an enzyme catalyzing the formation of tRNA pseudouridine, which plays a critical role in tRNA structure, function, and stability. Biallelic pathogenic variants of PUS3 have been previously associated with severe ...

WILEY2021

Analysis and Remediation of Handwriting difficulties

Thibault Lucien Christian Asselborn

Even with correct training, up to 25% of children never master handwriting like their peers. While research shows a correlation between handwriting difficulties and school failure, these difficulties can also impact children in their self esteem and behavi ...

EPFL2020

Nutritional Intervention for Developmental Brain Damage: Effects of Lactoferrin Supplementation in Hypocaloric Induced Intrauterine Growth Restriction Rat Pups

Yohan Van de Looij, Kim Do, Camille Larpin

Introduction: Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) refers to an impaired development of the fetus and hence results in adverse neurodevelopmental and psychiatric consequences later in life. Lactoferrin (Lf) is a glycoprotein present in milk that has alre ...

2019

Glycosphingolipid metabolism in cell fate specification

Giovanni D'Angelo, Laura Capolupo, Jaipreet Singh Loomba

Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic plasma membranes that consist of a ceramide backbone linked to a glycan moiety. Both the ceramide and the glycan parts of GSLs display structural variations that result in a remarkable reper ...

2018

Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease in Otherwise Healthy Infants: Failure of Specific Neonatal Immune Responses

Jacques Fellay, Alessandro Borghesi

Only a small proportion of newborn infants exposed to a pathogenic microorganism develop overt infection. Susceptibility to infection in preterm infants and infants with known comorbidities has a likely multifactorial origin and can be often attributed to ...

Frontiers Media Sa2017

High resolution eddy current inspection and eddy current testing for additive manufacturing

David Florian Hippert

Non-destructive testing (NDT) is one of the key method developed for the safety mechanism of many industrial fields, e.g. aerospace, oil and gas and power industries. Among the NDT techniques, eddy current testing belongs to the well-established ones and h ...

EPFL2016

Protective effects of maternal nutritional supplementation with lactoferrin on growth and brain metabolism

Rolf Gruetter, Yohan Van de Looij, Sylviane Métairon

Background:Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a major risk factor for both perinatal and long-term morbidity. Bovine lactoferrin (bLf) is a major milk glycoprotein considered as a pleiotropic functional nutrient. The impact of maternal supplementati ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Prematurity and prenatal growth restriction differently affects brain connectivity at age 6 years.

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Elda Fischi Gomez, Reto Meuli, Patric Hagmann, Djalel Eddine Meskaldji, Leila Cammoun, François Lazeyras

Survival of children born prematurely or with very low birth weight has increased dramatically but the long term developmental outcome remains a concern with many children having deficits in their cognitive capacities, in particular involving executive dom ...

2010

Differences in corticosterone level due to inter-food interval length: implications for schedule-induced polydipsia

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different food-reinforcement schedules on plasma corticosterone (CORT), and its possible involvement in the acquisition and maintenance of schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP). In Experiment 1, three g ...

2006

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