Primary EBV infection induces an expression profile distinct from other viruses but similar to hemophagocytic syndromes.

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) causes infectious mononucleosis and establishes lifelong infection associated with cancer and autoimmune disease.To better understand immunity to EBV, we performed a prospective study of natural infection in healthy Bandana humans.Transcriptome analysis defined a striking and reproducible expression profile during acute inf

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The role of decision speed in the construct of intelligence

A theory of general intelligence in Spearman's sense has been frequently verified via two complementary approaches, the one using psychometric and the other using experimental methodology.The results led to the conclusion that both, psychometric tests and elementary cognitive tasks in different experimental paradigms measure the same thing in s

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New lexical blends in The Simpsons: a formal analysis of English nonce formations and their French translations

This contribution examines the conspicuous presence of lexical blends in the long-running US television show The Simpsons and consists of two parts.The first part involves the formal analysis of 237 nonce blends in the original English-language version of the show, working on the underlying hypothesis that, despite their novelty, the audience is Ca

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