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We report a novel putative serine/threonine protein kinase containing a leucine-zipper domain, isolated from an human neuronal cell line. The teratocarcinoma cell line NT2 was differentiated to postmitotic NT2-N neurons by treatment with retinoic acid, and degenerate oligonucleotide primers to the catalytic domains of ... |
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to study the effect of the metal composition on the electrical and thermal properties of Au/Pd/Ti/Pd contacts to SiC. No reactions and interdiffusion between the contact components and SiC are found for the as-deposited contact layer. The steep metal/SiC interface corresponds to... |
A comparison was made between cardiac output values determined by the dye dilution and electrical impedance methods in ten subjects at rest and during graded exercise on a bicycle ergometer. The cardiac output values determined by the two methods were linearly related and significantly (P less than 0.001) correlated (r... |
Biomarkers may play a role as predictive and prognostic factors in colorectal cancer patients. The aims of the study were to verify the prognostic role of pre‐operative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in predicting overall survival and risk of recurrence in a cohort of colorectal cancer patients and to evalu... |
In rough fuzzy set, equivalence relation is used for approximating the target concept, which is a fuzzy set. In this paper, we extend the equivalence relation in rough fuzzy set to tolerance relation, and propose an extended model named tolerance rough fuzzy set. Furthermore, the properties of the extended model are in... |
Background: The aim of this study is to determine systolic and diastolic velocity profiles of the left and right ventricles by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and to reveal the associations between TDI parameters and early atherosclerotic changes in adult hypopituitary patients with GH deficiency. Patients and Methods: Th... |
This paper is the first of a two-part paper presenting a multiperiod generalized network flow model of the integrated energy system in the United States. Part I describes the modeling approach used to evaluate the economic efficiencies of the system-wide energy flows, from the coal and natural gas suppliers to the elec... |
Students from four health sciences programs (Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy) participated in a two-day Sexuality Workshop and completed pre- and post-workshop questionnaires dealing with sexual attitudes, comfort, and knowledge. Eighteen months later, these students were asked to complete the... |
Aurora-B is an evolutionally conserved protein kinase that regulates several mitotic events including cytokinesis. We previously demonstrated the possible existence of a protein kinase that phosphorylates at least Ser-72 on vimentin, the most widely expressed intermediate filament protein, in the cleavage furrow-specif... |
tunned myocardium" is a condition of prolonged but reversible contractile dysfunction of "S the cardiac ventricle, after a brief period of coronary ischemia and subsequent reperfusion, despite full restoration of blood flow and oxygen supply (1-4). Stunned myocardium can be created experimentally by, for example, coron... |
The grafts of fetal substantia cell suspension grafts could bring into a behavioral effect and characteristics of histology and immunocytochemistry in rat models of PD after the grafts were transplanted either into the lateral ventricles or directly into the striatum. It was found that the intraparenchymal tromsplantat... |
In this paper, head–neck boundary conditions and modeling of the head are studied circumspectly. The neck is modeled using discrete elements and the head model is three‐dimensional. In the study presented here, a viscoelastic foundation (i.e., foundation defined by both springs and dampers) concept is introduced to sim... |
The deterministic generation of collimated single and entangled photons is of crucial importance in several applications in quantum information. Most of the methods require the use of high-Q cavities, something which is very demanding in practice. In this work we propose a new method to produce single-and entangled-pho... |
This Study Participant's Bill of Rights is a call to action for researchers in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) to proactively design clinical studies that provide the option for research participants to learn their individual research results if they choose, and in a manner that ensures study integrity... |
In the years 1980-1983 M. xenopi was isolated from the sputum of 37 persons, 30 of them living in the agglomeration of the regional town in the region of Northern Bohemia with 1,175,000 inhabitants. Only 7 of these 30 had manifestation of pulmonary disease. M. xenopi was found repeatedly in the sputum in 5 patients out... |
A new method is tested to compensate for attenuation losses through the intervening layers in quantitative ultrasound imaging. The method subtracts the echo signal power spectrum acquired from a uniform region beneath the overlying layers from the signal power spectrum obtained from a reference phantom using the same i... |
microRNAs (miRNAs) are fundamental gene regulators that can control cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis during tumor development. These molecules can function as oncogenes or tumor suppressors in human cancers. In gastric cancer (GC), miRNAs play a dual role of either promoting or inhibiting cancer invas... |
The paper is a short reply to the comments given on the paper ‘Social Networks for Researchers on the Internet: A New Sociality?’. The author emphasizes some essential differences of such communities from the traditional forms of scientific communication. Agreeing with the argument about the danger that social networks... |
Abstract Background Understanding the dynamics and aspects of how activity choices impact health and well-being in people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is important to inform rehabilitation. Aim To describe, firstly, how much time people living with COPD spend on work, daily living tasks, rec... |
. The structural and functional model of forming the readiness of the future social worker for the socialization of orphans and children– deprived of parental care is theoretically grounded in the article. In the process of scientific research it was found out that the components of professional training of specialists... |
Antioquia is a Colombian department where 6.7 million people live. Currently, it is the region of the country with the newest cases of tuberculosis reported in 2021, about 18.8%. In addition, the incidence rate of tuberculosis was 36.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. Public government health policy regarding tuberculosis shou... |
BACKGROUND |
Recent guidelines recommend a target hemoglobin range of 11 to 12 g/dL in pediatric and adult dialysis patients. We compared anemia prevalence in United States Medicare pediatric and adult dialysis patients. |
METHODS |
Prevalent hemodialysis patients (0 to 19 years, pediatric: N= 1692; adult: N= 352,291) and peritoneal dialysis patients (pediatric: N= 597; adult: N= 39,136) treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) from 1996 to 2000 were selected. Mean annual hemoglobin values were calculated by modality, age, sex, and r... |
RESULTS |
Among hemodialysis patients, mean annual hemoglobin values less than 11 g/dL were present in pediatric and adult patients during 54.1% versus 39.8% patient years, respectively (P < 0.0001); for peritoneal dialysis patients, 69.5% versus 55.1% (P < 0.0001). Mean hemoglobin values increased over time and were 11.2, 11.5,... |
CONCLUSION |
Hemoglobin values in rHuEPO-treated pediatric dialysis patients lagged behind those of adult patients, with pediatric patients achieving target hemoglobin values only a minority of the time (45.9% and 30.5% patient years, respectively, for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis). Trends show recent improvement in anemia ... |
An optimization based method for determining relative disturbance gain array (RDGA) range for uncertain system is presented and is then applied to control structure analysis of the ALSTOM gasifier benchmark process. Reduced order linear models were identified from simulated plant operating data. Several different model... |
Background/Aims: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can depict random motions of water molecules in biological tissues during magnetic resonance (MR) examinations. Few papers have tested its application to pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs). The aim of this paper is to assess the clinical value of DWI regardin... |
Cows milked in a pasture-based automatic milking system tend to have a lower daily milking frequency in comparison with cows milked in indoor systems. Milking events with intervals beyond 16h have been reported to have a negative effect on milk yield and udder health, and therefore it is important to minimize their occ... |
In the era of potentially disease‐modifying agents such as Janus kinase inhibitors, accurate grading and differentiation of bone marrow (BM) fibrosis has become more relevant to assess staging of disease and therapeutic effects. However, different fibrosis grading models have been used in the past without uniformity, i... |
The surgical results of ossicular chain reconstruction using a hydroxyapatite prosthesis were evaluated in 106 ears of 101 patients who were followed up for > 5 years. Successful reconstruction was defined as: (1) postoperative air-bone gap of </= 20 db; or (2) postoperative air conduction better than 40 db; or (3) hea... |
Abstract The events in Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, and the Russian attitude towards Ukraine show an evident change in European relations. The escalation of conflict between Russia and Ukraine however does not affect only those two countries, but also those in the nearest vicinity. Especially in Scandinavian and ... |
Gold is used for various purposes because of its resistance to oxidation and its electrical, magnetic, optical, and other physical properties. Gold is one of the most important materials in the electronics industry, for optics, and in electrochemistry as an electrode material. The surface smoothness and cleanness of go... |
The differences on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, yield and water use efficiency of dryland maize were compared among full plastic film mulching on double ridges and planting in catchment furrows (FFDRF), half plastic film mulching on double ridges and planting in catchment furrows (HFDRF), plastic film mulching ... |
Several experiments were performed with the Isotope Separation System (ISS) at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) from 1988 through 1989. These experiments included two-column experiments with D-T mixtures and four-column experiments with D-T mixtures and impurities (He and H/sub 2/). The objectives of these expe... |
There is a rapid development of the performance of state-of-the-art analog to digital converters (ADC). Resolution and sampling rate are increasing continuously. Sampling rates in the high intermediate frequency (IF) range with sufficient dynamic range for communication applications were introduced about the turn of th... |
The purpose of this study was to develop an MR‐based technique for quantitative analysis of joint surface size, surface curvature, and joint incongruity and to assess its reproducibility under in vivo imaging conditions. The surface areas were determined after 3D reconstruction of the joint by triangulation and the inc... |
Plasma exchange has gained widespread acceptance as an effective mode of blood purification in patients suffering from acute hepatic failure. However, it is still undetermined whether a single use of plasma exchange is capable of removing inflammatory cytokines completely or of preventing the development of citrate tox... |
The early steps in germination and development of angiosperm seedlings often occur in the dark, inducing a special developmental programme called skoto-morphogenesis. Under these conditions photosynthesis cannot work and all energetic requirements must be fulfilled by mitochondrial metabolization of storage energies. H... |
Abstract Introduction/Objective: This paper reports the results of an initial effort to develop and test measure of the various sources of job-related stress in firefighter and paramedic emergenc service workers. Methods: A 57-item paper and pencil measure of occupational stressor in firefighter/Emergency Medical Techn... |
The purpose of the present study was to determine the change in bone mineral density (BMD) measured with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in patients with Kock reservoirs for urinary diversion who were examined with the same technique 3 years earlier, and relate the changes to kidney function and variables reflec... |
Introduction: Health literacy is defi ned as the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic information needed to make appropriate health decisions. Health literacy has a major impact on the improvement of quality of healthcare. In 2005, a tool was introduced to assess health literacy called new vital sign by Wei... |
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The U.S. Army emplaces physician assistants (PAs) in its maneuver battalions. When contingencies arise, clinic-based physicians join them to augment capability. Because both entities operate similarly, the policy permits a comparison of perceptions of optimal skill sets for the battalion medical mission. |
METHODS |
We conducted a survey to discover associations in opinion regarding the best qualifications for battalion care. We asked deployed PAs and physicians to rate themselves and their counterparts in eight domains. We hypothesized that both entities would rate PAs as superior based on their permanent presence at battalion le... |
RESULTS |
Among 26 respondents, PAs awarded themselves a score of 8.3 +/- 0.3 out of 10 and a score of 6.5 +/- 0.5 to physicians. Physicians awarded PAs a score of 8.4 +/- 0.3 and themselves a score of 8.3 +/- 0.3. |
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