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The present case report, concerning a person with incomplete spinal cord injury, reflects on the possible integration of massage to complement rehabilitation goals . Approximately 259,000 people with a spinal cord injury (sci) live in the united states . Of those recently injured, approximately 30.1% are classified as ... |
Protozoa of the trypanosomatidae family are agents of parasitic diseases that have a high incidence and a negative economic impact in developing countries . In the case of leishmaniasis, caused by several species of leishmania, about sixteen million people are infected in africa, asia, parts of europe, and latin americ... |
Cardiovascular disease (cvd) constitutes a major public health burden and is the greatest cause of mortality globally . Stroke alone is the second greatest cause of death, while venous thromboembolism (vte) is considered the third most common acute cvd . Their pathogenesis differ, but studies suggest a common etiology ... |
Zirconia (zro2) is widely used in heterogeneous catalysis and is known as an excellent support (e.g., for ni nanoparticles of reforming catalysts) and as a catalyst itself, due to its favorable chemical and mechanical stability . However, molecular mechanisms of the functionality of zro2 and, in particular, of the oxid... |
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (psc) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease and one of the most common indications for liver transplantation in adults . Psc is characterized by recurrent fever, pain, and jaundice, resulting from fibrosing and inflammatory obstruction of the bile ducts.13 diagnosis of psc is based on ty... |
By using site - directed mutagenesis and reverse genetics as described (9), we generated recombinant viruses with na from the pandemic (h1n1) 2009 virus a / auckland/1/2009 and the remaining genes from a / pr/8/34 . Recombinant viruses were constructed with no na mutations, with single i117v or i117 m na mutations, and... |
Predicting melting points (mps) is very important for medicinal and environmental chemistry, as the mp is frequently used as one of the parameters to estimate the solubility of chemical compounds by means of yalkowsky general solubility equation (gse) or / and similar approaches . The recent increase in interest in mp ... |
Capsule endoscopy allows direct visualization of the entire small bowel in a non - invasive manner and has become the gold standard in evaluating obscure gastrointestinal (gi) bleed which is unidentified by traditional endoscopic techniques . Since its conception in 2000, wireless capsule endoscopy has become an establ... |
Ewing sarcoma (es) is the most frequent malignant tumor under ten year - old children . In the second decade of life initially, the histopathological diagnosis was made when a tumor consisted of blue small round cells on heamatoxylin - eosin staining with no evidence of a cell origin . A number of reports have characte... |
African - american adolescent women in the southern united states have a disproportionately high burden of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection compared to adolescents of different race, ethnicity, or geographic location . Repeat cases are significantly more common in adolescents than in their older counterparts, which co... |
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12014 - 010 - 9050 - 3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users . Squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is a common type of cancer originating in epithelial cells . Survival rates of sccs of the upper respiratory tract 5 years post - diagnosis are... |
Atopic dermatitis is a common, chronic, relapsing, inflammatory skin disease that primarily affects young children . Atopy is defined as an inherited tendency to produce immunoglobulin e (ige) antibodies in response to minute amounts of common environmental proteins such as pollen, house dust mites, and food allergens ... |
Adult male long - evans rats (harlan, indianapolis, in), glp-1r mice, and their wild - type c57bl/6j littermates were housed individually in plastic rodent cages and maintained on a 12-h light / dark cycle with ad libitum access to water and pelleted rodent diet (harlan teklad). Rats and mice were outfitted with cannul... |
Another brick in the wall of knowledge on renal resistive index (ri) was provided by dewitte and colleagues in the previous issue of critical care . It is additional evidence that much remains to be done to understand what describes this parameter, as rightly concluded by the authors . The overall messages repeatedly e... |
Melanoma of the head and neck area is a rare pathology, accounting for about 0.2% of all melanomas . Most of these lesions (80%) have occurred on the maxillary anterior gingival area, generally on the palatal and alveolar mucosa . Oral malignant melanoma is relatively common, with about 50% of cases occurring in the ha... |
Imaging rna in living cells is important for understanding the function and regulation of diverse classes of cellular rnas encoded by the genome . Fusion rnas that comprise the rna of interest along with an additional rna tag that confers fluorescence to the rna of interest . One major approach is to use rna tags that ... |
A clear fundus image of the surgical field is one of the most important factors influencing the surgical outcome . Recently, use of a wide - angle viewing system has become popular, because it can easily provide a panoramic view of the surgical field . Two types of wide - angle viewing system exist, with both contact a... |
In diffusion - weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dw - mri), only a few white matter visualization approaches have gained clinical relevance despite the introduction of several novel imaging techniques, such as high angular resolution diffusion imaging (hardi). Among these, color - coded fa maps and tractography - ba... |
The most frequently seen are echinococcus granulosus and e. multilocularis, leading to alveolar echinococcosis . Intrathoracic extrapulmonary disease is generally located in the mediastinum, pleura, pericardium and the thoracic wall . The incidence of the disease in turkey was reported as 6.3/100 000, while the inciden... |
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (gliptins) are effective drugs in management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (dm). There are reports implicating them in causing acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic duct metaplasia; leading to widespread concern . Although gliptins are increasingly being used in clinic... |
Swordsmanship can be traced back to ancient civilizations, and the inclusion of fencing in the first modern olympic games (athens 1896) secured its status as a major sport1 . In a fencing match, it is important to move swiftly and score while avoiding the opponents attack and guard2 . Therefore, fencers need to improve... |
Radical resection remains the primary aim of surgery in most pediatric tumors . Given the limitations of conventional microscopic visualization of tumor - brain interface, a suitable intraoperative adjunct to enhance this information intraoperative magnetic resonance (iomr) remains the gold standard for visualization o... |
Osteoporosis is a significant health problem, particularly in postmenopausal women and the geriatric population, in whom oestrogen withdrawal results in further decreases in bone density . Low bone mass and micro - architectural deterioration of osteoporotic bone structure leads to bone fragility and increased suscepti... |
Inflammation functions as a subcomponent of the immune response, which is a system of cells and tissues that evolved to maintain the boundaries between specialized cell populations and tissues of multicellular organisms . Immunity and inflammation block invasion by microbial pathogens and pathological effects may resul... |
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (adpkd) is an inherited disorder mainly associated with renal cyst formation and renal function deterioration . Adpkd may also provoke cyst formation in other organs such as liver, spleen and pancreas . Development of these cysts not only may cause tissue dysfunction in the ... |
The genetic modification of somatic cells, for both bench research and clinical purposes, is a fundamental goal of modern molecular and cellular biology . Retroviral vectors, which irreversibly integrate into the genome, remain a popular tool to permanently modify the dna of the host . Clinical success has been achieve... |
The compact rehamovepro system, depicted in fig.1, addresses the need to alter the predefined waveform beyond amplitude, pulse width and frequency . Electrode arrays are directly supported through a demultiplexer extension, and semg can be recorded from the stimulation electrodes even during active stimulation . The st... |
Vesicovaginal fistulas occur mostly after pelvic irradiation or following gynecologic surgery with or without irradiation . Their most frequent predisposing factor in patients with gynecological malignancy is cervical cancer treated with irradiation therapy, and they are reported to develop in 1 - 10% of such patients ... |
Age is a relevant risk factor, with a proven histological pca being found in 60% of men by the age of 70 years and 80% by the age of 80 . In fact, pca is considered a chronic disease, needing a long period for initiation, development, and progression, through the development of early and later precancerous modification... |
To predict protein function, assign family identity or detect remote homologues, searches against signature databases, also known as secondary databases (1), are essential . Scanprosite provides a web interface to identify protein matches against signatures from the prosite database (2). The prosite database consists o... |
Salmonella is a rod - shaped, gram - negative, oxidase negative, nonspore forming, predominantly peritrichous enterobacterium . It has been reported and recognized as one of the leading causes of food borne illness, causing diarrheal diseases and enteric fever that may be complicated by extraintestinal infections, such... |
Mercury can be found in three forms: elemental mercury, inorganic salts and organic compounds . Elemental mercury (the only metal which is in liquid form at room temperature) is poorly absorbed (<0.01% of the dose) from gastrointestinal (gi) tract after ingestion so systemic toxicity is not expected 1 . On the other ha... |
Hg (ii), a widespread heavy metal, has been widely recognized as one of the most hazardous pollutants and highly carcinogenic materials due to its accumulative and toxic properties in the environment . Moreover, hg (ii) can be transformed into methylmercury by bacteria, from which several serious disorders may arise, i... |
Flunixin (2-[[2-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino]pyridine-3-carboxylic acid) (fxn) (scheme 1) is a nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drug (nsaid). The major effect of fxn, as all the nsaids, is the nonselective reversible inhibition of both isoforms of cyclooxygenase, cox, an enzyme responsible for inflammation an... |
Stroke is one of the most common causes of death and the leading cause of chronic disability . . One of the neuroscience rehabilitation methods, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms), was used to modulate cortical excitability in the lesioned hemisphere ., high - frequency rtms (> 5 hz) stimulates the les... |
This increase in support is useful to the managers and those involved in the public health area, as guidance for future actions . The campaigns are also a means to educate the population to adopt preventive actions and to demonstrate the acceptance rate of the proposed treatment.5 brazil has a extensive experience in s... |
It was discovered in drosophila melanogaster as a pathway controlling organ size and of which mutations lead to tumorigenesis . This pathway is highly conserved, and its activation or repression could lead to the following most extreme outcomes: proliferation / transformation and death / tumor suppression . The hippo p... |
Many a time the skin acts as a window to a variety of systemic illnesses . Multiple endrocrine neoplasia (men) type 1 is a complex hereditary disorder encompassing pancreatic and pituitary tumors and hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands and it has a variety of skin manifestations . This is a case report of a patient w... |
Discovery of novel biomarkers using minimally invasive approaches is increasingly required to expedite drug development in the era of mechanism - based therapeutics and patient stratification . Achieving high confidence in the discovered biomarkers is a major challenge for clinical researchers, highlighted by a dearth ... |
The rationale for dosing detemir twice daily and the study methods we used have been detailed before (4). In brief, this multinational, open - label trial randomized insulin - naive type 2 diabetic subjects treated for 3 months with stable oglds (including metformin 1 g / day) and with a1c of 7.010.5%, to 24-week treat... |
We compared the incidence of delirium between two groups of patients who were treated with h2 blockers (h2 group) or proton pump inhibitors (ppi group) for anastomotic ulcer prevention following surgical treatment of esophageal cancer . The incidence and severity of delirium were retrospectively compared in patients of... |
Eurycoma longifolia jack (el), a herb found in south - east asia, has been widely used in traditional medicine . Antibacterial,3 cytotoxic,4,5 aphrodisiac6, 7 and antimalarial effects.8, 9 reduced fertility in males is related to hormonal, male - related diseases, such as varicocele, cryptorchidism and testicular cance... |
End - stage renal disease (esrd) patients need lifelong renal replacement therapy (rrt), be it dialysis or renal transplantation . Frequently described risk factors for development of anti - hla antibodies are previous transplantations, blood transfusions and pregnancies . Vascular allografts are rarely mentioned as im... |
Takotsubo syndrome (tts) is a transient cardiomyopathy of unknown origin, clinically manifesting as acute coronary syndrome (acs). This syndrome mainly occurs in postmenopausal women and has a temporary relationship with emotional or physical stress . Tts occurred in 46-year - old female patient on the first day after ... |
A bacterial artificial chromosome dna containing the kif5b gene (bacterial artificial chromosome clone 307d12) was partially digested with xbai and subcloned into a pbluescript ii - ks plasmid . A plasmid containing a 14.5-kb dna insert, pbs - kif5b, was identified by southern blotting using a labeled probe containing ... |
Twenty cases (t1t20) of invasive ductal carcinoma (idc) were selected from the pathologic archives of seoul national university bundang hospital after reviewing the ki-67 immunostained slides upon diagnosis . All cases were surgically resected tissue specimens fixed in 10% formalin and paraffin - embedded in 2012 . To ... |
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ecco2r), or partial ecmo, is a form of extracorporeal life support therapy which has received renewed interest as an adjunct or alternative to invasive mechanical ventilatory support for patients suffering from reversible acute hypercapnic respiratory lung failure . A clinical nee... |
Mechanisms regarding the receptor - independent viral entry into cells have not been fully elucidated . To investigate the role of exosomes on cellular viral entry, we employed neural stem cell - derived exosomes and adenovirus type 5 (ad5) for the proof - of - principle study . Exosomes significantly enhanced ad5 entr... |
Current cancer biomarkers, such as prostate - specific antigen (psa) and carbohydrate antigens, are plagued by problems such as false - negatives, false - positives and lack of tumour - type specificity (11). Consequently, tumour biopsy, a potentially invasive and damaging method, is the only definitive method of diagn... |
The renewable production of co via the 2e/2h reduction of co2 is an energy conversion half reaction of prime importance for the sustainable production of carbon - based fuels . Reaction of co with water via the water gas shift (wgs) reaction produces h2, and this co / h2 mixture (syngas) can be used to generate synthet... |
Pd first occurs usually during adolescence after ovulatory cycles become established, and pain severity decreases with increasing age.2 the contributing risk factors include younger age, low and high body mass index, earlier age at menarche (aam), smoking, prolonged or aberrant menstrual flow, family history of dysmeno... |
Inflammation is a body defense system that protects us from exogenous pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi [1, 2]. To recognize these pathogens, toll - like receptors (tlrs) play a critical role in delivering information on the state of infection to the cell so that it can initiate a host protection response... |
It affects almost exclusively pre - menopausal women and is exacerbated by pregnancy and exogenous estrogens, thus suggesting a role for estrogens in its etiology and pathology . Lam is predominantly sporadic, owing to somatic mutations in tuberous sclerosis genes, but it may also manifest in the context of tuberous sc... |
About 2 billion people worldwide have been in contact with the hepatitis b virus (hbv), and according to the latest estimation of the world health organization (who), 240 million are chronically infected with hbv . Every year around 780,000 people die due to the consequences of hbv infection.1 hbv belongs to the hepadn... |
The pdgfrbcre line (foo et al ., 2006), where cre recombinase expression is driven by a transgenic fragment of the gene for plateletderived growth factor receptor (pdgfrb), has been used extensively to specifically target mural cells, namely vascular smooth muscle cells, pericytes and hepatic stellate cells; examples a... |
Hiv / aids has claimed millions of lives in the global workforce and continues to remain a threat to businesses . An estimated 36.5 million of working people are living with hiv; the global labor force has lost 28 million people from aids since the beginning of the epidemic . In the absence of access to treatment, this... |
The condition of lumbar stenosis results from a formation of a neural arch that is abnormally small in diameter, and triangular rather than round in shape . Developmental narrowing of the lumbar vertebral canal has been known to cause radicular syndrome, with symptoms correlating to the severity and level of the stenos... |
Phenytoin (pht) was first synthesized in 1908 at the university of kiel in germany . Anticonvulsant properties of this compound were first described by merritt and putnam in 1938, and pht was brought to market by parke davis later that year [13]. Since its introduction as an anticonvulsant, pht, marketed under the trad... |
Because of the potential risk of damage to cranial nerves and brain stem respiratory center during surgery, patients undergoing infratentorial craniotomy represent the special populations who have high risk of extubation failure after surgery . Failed extubation is associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation (mv),... |
In cancer during pregnancy the commonly encountered cancers are breast cancer, choriocarcinomas, leukemias and lymphomas, central nervous system tumors, cancer cervix and soft tissue tumors . The management of chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) during pregnancy poses a therapeutic dilemma because of the potential teratogen... |
In 2011, approximately 20 million americans were affected by thyroid disorders . Individuals with diabetes are at greater risk for developing thyroid disorders and have a higher prevalence of thyroid disorders compared to the general population . Prevalence of thyroid disorders among individuals with diabetes ranges fr... |
A large variety of products could be suggested for the treatment of iron deficiency in children and since the absorption of fe (ii) is more effective than that of other oral iron products, its consumption is more common . It is usually prescribed to prevent iron deficiency in children from 6 months to 2 years of age . ... |
The introduction of newer bleaching materials in the recent years has witnessed impressive esthetic outcomes clinically . However, an additional restorative treatment is often needed to attain the desired esthetics, even after bleaching . The adverse effects of bleaching dental enamel are of considerable clinical relev... |
Retinol - binding protein 4 (rbp4) was originally identified as a signal molecule, which transfers the intercellular signals for insulin resistance . Previous clinical studies have reported that rbp4 is associated with the extent of systemic insulin resistance and obesity [2, 3]. Rbp4 has been shown to significantly co... |
Technology has created a new dimension for visual teaching and learning with web - delivered interactive media . With new web technologies, rich online learning media can supply current biomedical information to the students and the faculty of medical sciences and promote their technology proficiencies, contributing to... |
Renal cell carcinoma (rcc) with extensive mucin production is extremely rare, with only one similar case recently reported by val - bernal et al . As mucin - secreting clear cell rcc . Renal epithelial tumors with mucin production other than mucinous tubular spindle cell carcinoma and collecting duct carcinoma with muc... |
Metastatic salivary and thyroid gland tumours are very rare among reported clinical cases . With regards to salivary gland metastasis, often the primary site of origin of tumour is the skin or mucosal lining of the head and neck structures, with melanomas and squamous cell carcinomas being the most common primary tumou... |
Color change assessment is a complex and psycho - physiological process which depends on many variables . The dentin tissue which shows variable translucency and has various thickness is considered to be the main source for tooth color . The perceived tooth color is a result of returning light which reflects from the e... |
Many aspects of our personality are internal . Our patterns of thoughts, feelings, desires, and sensations all occur within our own minds and are not directly observable to others . Thus, it seems natural to presume that reflecting on our pattern of mental states and behaviors should help us learn about our own persona... |
Food - based nutrients have been and continue to be investigated for their role in the modulation of metabolic pathways involved in detoxification processes . Several publications to date have leveraged cell, animal, and clinical studies to demonstrate that food - derived components and nutrients can modulate processes... |
The world health organisation (2005) define a central giant cell granuloma as a benign intraosseous lesion consisting of fibrous tissue containing foci of haemorrhage and haemosiderin deposits, aggregations of giant cells and reactive bone formation . (1) although they represent benign pathology they can be subdivided ... |
Radiofluorinated aromatic amines and amino acids are important diagnostic tools in modern positron emission tomography (pet) imaging (figure 1). 6-[f]fluoro-3,4-l - dihydroxyphenylalanine (6-[f]fdopa, [f]1 a) is applied in clinical practice as a biomarker of catecholamine synthesis, storage and metabolism, and enables ... |
Sugarcane (saccharum spp .) Is a valuable crop once it accumulates high levels of sucrose in the stems [1, 2]. In 2011, the twenty largest sugarcane producers generated about 1.7 billion tons of sucrose worldwide, valued about 52.5 billion dollars . However, abiotic stresses can reduce the potential yield of these cult... |
Pcr performed at a miniaturized scale in l - nl volumes continue to attract the attention of the research community; a diverse range of chip, card and array devices have been created . This article focuses on developments that have occurred in this field during the last five years . A number of recent reviews have surv... |
Ampelopsin, isolated from the tender stem and leaves of the plant species ampelopsis grossedentata (hand - mazz) w. t. wang, was one of the most common flavonoids (figure 1). Ampelopsin was reported to possess numerous pharmacological activities, such as anti - inflammatory, antimicrobial activity, relieving cough, ant... |
Nearly all vertebrate cells express molecules of the major histocompatibility complex class i (mhc) on their surface . Thus, the peptide repertoire presented by mhc i reflects the intracellular protein milieu and, in infected or transformed cells, includes additional proteins such as those derived from intracellular pa... |
The hydro chemical study reveals quality of water that is suitable for drinking, agriculture and industrial purposes . Further, it is possible to understand the change in [1, 2] quality due to rock - water interaction or any type of anthropogenic influence . Groundwater often consists of seven major chemical elements- ... |
Ankylosing spondylitis (as) is a chronic inflammatory disease which is characterized by pain and progressive stiffness, which could mainly affect spinal columns and sacroiliac joints3). The sacroiliac joints and lumbar spines are most commonly affected, but with advanced disease, the entire spinal column may be involve... |
Stinging nettle (urtica dioica l.) has a long history as one among plants foraged from the wild and eaten as a vegetable [1, 2]. Although not fully domesticated, the species remains popular even in the current era for food and medicine as reported, for example, in nepal and poland . Despite u. dioica being recognized a... |
Aesthetics has become a significant aspect of dentistry and clinicians are faced with achieving acceptable gingival aesthetics as well as addressing biologic and functional problems . Melanin, a brown pigment, is the most common natural pigment contributing to endogenous pigmentation of gingiva . Various methods of de ... |
Vision plays an important role in postural stability for body balance1, 2, safe negotiation of steps and stairs3, and the avoidance of obstacles in the path of travel4 . The most common causes of visual impairment in older adults are cataract and refractive error5, 6; the resultant poor vision reduces postural stabilit... |
The prevalence of smoking tobacco is comparable to the european average, although the age at consumption onset showed signs of decline over the last decade [3, 5]. While this observation might be in line with a slight decline of tobacco use among youth, it is significant as during adolescence nicotine dependence develo... |
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, as well as the leading cause of cancer death in men and the second leading cause in females globally . Nonsmall cell lung cancer (nsclc) accounts for more than 85% of all lung cancers . The prevailing treatment options for nsclc comprise surgery, radiotherapy,... |
Parkinson s disease (pd) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder that clinically presents with motor and non - motor features . The motor features mainly comprise bradykinesia, rigidity, postural instability, and resting tremor, which are the clinical hallmarks of pd . The non - motor features include a variety of sym... |
Proprotein convertases (pcs) are a family of serine endoproteases that cleave inactive pro - peptides into biologically active peptides . Two family members, proprotein convertase subtilisin / kexin types 1 and 2 (pcsk1 and pcsk2) are selectively expressed in neuroendocrine tissues where they cleave a broad but specifi... |
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) are soil inhabitants that are able to colonize plant roots, stimulate plant growth, and increase crop yields . The bacteria from soil aggressively colonize the root zone and promote plant growth are generally termed as pgpr . Pgpr directly enhance plant growth by a variety of... |
Fueled by massive settlements under the civil false claims act and concerns that the influence of drug manufacturers now extends beyond marketing to affect the practice of medicine itself, the fight over off - label drug promotion is a rancorous one with little middle ground . For some, the longstanding food and drug a... |
With conventional direct laryngoscopy, it is important to align the oral, laryngeal and tracheal axes to obtain the direct view of the glottic aperture to facilitate tracheal intubation . With indirect laryngoscopes (idl) and videolaryngoscopes (vl) an enhanced view of the glottis is obtained as the optics is present n... |
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd) is an important treatment option for patients who are at the end stage of renal disease . Although the rate of peritonitis has declined in recent years because of improvements in the capd technique, peritonitis remains the leading cause for discontinuation of capd . Sphi... |
We purchased 17 conventionally raised weaned pigs and housed them until 9 weeks of age at the campus of the agricultural research service, national animal disease center, us department of agriculture (ames, ia, usa), in accordance with institutional animal care and use committee protocols (protocol acup 2867). At this ... |
Osteochondritis dessicans (ocd) is a localized condition where a section of articular cartilage and underlying subchondral bone separate from the joint surface . It is important to diagnose unstable ocd early and fix the fragments primarily as the results of any surgical management at late presentations are guarded . U... |
Bacterial biofilms are complex, matrix - enclosed microbial communities that adhere to and proliferate at surfaces . Though biofilms were initially viewed as a peculiar subcategory of bacterial life, it has become clear that complex interfacial communities of microorganisms are common in diverse ecosystems, representin... |
An increasing number of people are diagnosed with rectal cancer in the united states each year, with approximately 50,000 new cases expected for the year 2010.1 the past two decades have been marked by advances in rectal cancer treatment, particularly the widespread adoption of total mesorectal excision2 - 4 and use of... |
Caries and subsequent endodontic treatment may lead to a significant reduction in the capability of a tooth to resist different conditions to which it is exposed in the oral environment . Several methods have been proposed to overcome the problems of corono - radicular stabilization, with post - and - core system being... |
As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors . Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re - organized for online delivery, but are not copy - edited or typeset . Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) s... |
In this article, we analyze the extent to which medicare beneficiaries travel across geographic borders to receive physician services and identify the types of services for which this occurs most frequently . Border crossing has important implications for future refinements of the medicare volume performance standards ... |
Reconstructing genome histories is a major challenge in evolutionary biology and the subject of a large body of literature (maddison 1997; snel et al . 2002; mirkin et al . 2003; hahn 2007; csrs 2010; boussau et al . 2013; szllsi et al . 2013, 2015). In a recent study, nelson - sathi et al . (ns) devised an ad hoc meth... |
Proteases are involved in numerous essential biological processes including blood clotting, controlled cell death, and tissue differentiation . Prostasin is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-(gpi-)anchored and/or secreted serine protease purified from human seminal fluid and is expressed in the kidney, prostate, liver, lu... |
Occurrence of disturbed ameloblast function in the later mineralization phase of amelogenesis results in defective enamel with a significantly increased protein content . Due to the varied pattern exhibited by affected molars and incisors, the causative disturbances could take place between the end of the second gestat... |
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