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Diverse activation and differentiation of multiple B-cell subsets in patients with atopic dermatitis but not in patients with psoriasis. Atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis pathogeneses involve skin barrier impairment and immune dysregulation; however, the contribution of B-cell imbalances to these diseases has not ye...
Supraceliac aortomesenteric bypass for intestinal ischemia. The supraceliac aorta has received little attention as an inflow site of bypass graft origin for mesenteric arterial reconstruction; this article describes our experience with its use in 10 patients. Ten patients underwent bypass grafts (three vein and seven p...
Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 induce decorin mRNA in endothelial cells, but interaction with fibrillar collagen is essential for its translation. Decorin, a small multifunctional proteoglycan, is expressed by sprouting endothelial cells (ECs) during inflammation-induced angiogenesis in vivo and by human ECs co-cultured ...
The effects of torrefaction on compositions of bio-oil and syngas from biomass pyrolysis by microwave heating. Microwave pyrolysis of torrefied Douglas fir sawdust pellet was investigated to determine the effects of torrefaction on the biofuel production. Compared to the pyrolysis of raw biomass, the increased concentr...
Regulation in the neural plate of Xenopus laevis demonstrated by genetic markers. To follow the subsequent history of grafted tissue in experiments designed to study regulation and commitment in the amphibian neural plate, previous workers have relied on graft scars, vital dyes applied externally to cells, or xenoplast...
Expression of acetylcholinesterase messenger RNA in human brain: an in situ hybridization study. The distribution of messenger RNA coding for acetylcholinesterase was studied in human post mortem brain and rhesus monkey by in situ hybridization histochemistry and compared to the distribution of acetylcholinesterase act...
Estimation of changes in alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient induced by hypoxia. The alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference provides a useful clinical indication of ventilation-blood flow mismatching in the lungs. In some clinical situations involving alveolar hypoxia (e.g., patients with chronic obstructive lung di...
Occupational stress in veterinary support staff. A mixed-method study was used to characterize the occupational stress, health status, and coping strategies of 104 members of the Alabama Veterinary Technician Association. A Web-based survey was used to administer three validated and reliable instruments to gather the q...
Pedunculated early ampullary carcinoma treated by ampullectomy: report of a case. A 30-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an ampullary tumor. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a pedunculated tumor in the ampulla of Vater with a diameter of 50 mm, which was biopsied and diagnosed as tub...
[Brachytherapy for oesophageal cancer]. The main indication of oesophageal brachytherapy is palliative: it can improve dysphagia in patients with a tumor not suitable for surgery or chemoradiotherapy. A randomized clinical trial showed that survival without dysphagia and quality of life was improved by endoluminal brac...
Antinociceptive activity and preliminary structure-activity relationship of chalcone-like compounds. Chalcones belong to a class of alpha,beta,-unsaturated aromatic ketones which occur abundantly in nature, especially in plants. They are promising and interesting compounds due to their vast applications in pharmaceutic...
Multiple familial seborrheic keratoses. The early occurrence of seborrheic keratoses is described in 3 members of a family. The autosomal dominant transmission of seborrheic keratoses in this family provides further evidence for a genetic (polygenic) predisposition to seborrheic keratoses.
[Neuron-glia interrelations in the cerebral cortex of rabbits in the presence of a polarization dominant]. Neurochemical and morphological studies of individual cellular structures of different cortical layers suggest that the formation of "polarization" dominant is due to the activity of the V cortical layer. Primary ...
The mechanism for emergence of viral drug-resistance. Antiviral drug was firstly reported regarding thiosemicarbazones developed for poxviruses in 1951. Then, human beings have been developed antiviral drugs using the latest technolo- gies including drug-design by computer, selection from huge compounds, antibodies and...
Comparison of acid reduction in antiulcer operations. Three acid-reducing operations have recently been described for the laparoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer disease. These consist of a posterior truncal vagotomy combined with either (1) an anterior seromyotomy (SERO), (2) an anterior highly selective vagotomy (AHSV...
Is decreased appetite for food a physiological consequence of alcohol consumption? Despite the overwhelming evidence linking alcohol to the development of disease, the contribution of alcohol toxicity to ill health remains controversial. One of the major problems facing researchers is the fact that alcoholic beverages,...
Influence of sex-linked feathering phenotypes of parents and progeny upon lymphoid leukosis virus infection status and egg production. Data were collected on egg production, livability, lymphoid leukosis virus and antibody incidence, and hemagglutinin response to sheep red blood cells for slow- and fast-feathering fema...
[Alcohol drinking behavior in a sample of students]. In 1988 we interviewed approximately a quarter (n = 395) of the female students enrolled at Ulm/D. University in order to get knowledge of their alcohol-drinking habits. There was no selection of whom we asked. The results encourage us to the conclusion that we might...
Recent advances in fluorescent and colorimetric conjugated polymer-based biosensors. Conjugated polymers recently have drawn much attention as an emerging sensory material due to their meritorious signal amplification, convenient optical detection, readily tunable properties, and easy fabrication. We review the molecul...
Multifunctional mesoporous silica nanoparticles mediated co-delivery of paclitaxel and tetrandrine for overcoming multidrug resistance. The objective of the study is to fabricate multifunctional mesoporous silica nanoparticles for achieving co-delivery of conventional antitumor drug paclitaxel (PTX) and the multidrug r...
Self-assembled high-strength hydroxyapatite/graphene oxide/chitosan composite hydrogel for bone tissue engineering. Graphene hydrogel has shown greatly potentials in bone tissue engineering recently, but it is relatively weak in the practical use. Here we report a facile method to synthesize high strength composite gra...
From dissipative dynamics to studies of heat transfer at the nanoscale: analysis of the spin-boson model. We study in a unified manner the dissipative dynamics and the transfer of heat in the two-bath spin-boson model. We use the Bloch-Redfield (BR) formalism, valid in the very weak system-bath coupling limit, the noni...
TDP-43 regulates endogenous retrovirus-K viral protein accumulation. The concomitant expression of neuronal TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) and human endogenous retrovirus-K (ERVK) is a hallmark of ALS. Since the involvement of TDP-43 in retrovirus replication remains controversial, we sought to evaluate whether TD...
Bacterial colonisation in the gut of Phlebotomus duboseqi (Diptera: Psychodidae): transtadial passage and the role of female diet. Bacteria isolated from the gut of different developmental stages of Philebotomus duboseqi Neveu-Lcmaire, 1906 belonged almost all to aerobic or facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods. I...
Vitamin B12-binding proteins in serum and plasma in various disorders. Effect of anticoagulants. Because of recent developments in the study of vitamin B12-binding proteins, the levels of the three serum binders were compared in serum and plasma samples from subjects with various disorders. The results allow the follow...
Phase-dependent excitation and ionization in the multiphoton ionization regime. We theoretically study the dependence of atomic excitation and ionization on the carrier envelope phase of few-cycle laser pulses in the multiphoton ionization regime. Our theoretical results for the hydrogen atom based on the solution of t...
Response surface optimization and physicochemical properties of polysaccharides from Nelumbo nucifera leaves. Dynamic high pressure microfluidization (DHPM)-assisted extraction (DHPMAE) of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) leaves polysaccharides (LLPs) was optimized by response surface methodology. The optimal extraction condit...
Exposure to toxic metals and polychlorinated biphenyls of adolescents and adults from two atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia). The atoll of Hao, part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia, hosted an air base which was used by France Air Force and Naval Aviation during the nuclear tests. Follow...
Microarray analysis of differentially expressed genes in placental tissue of pre-eclampsia: up-regulation of obesity-related genes. Susceptibility genes present in both mother and fetus most likely contribute to the risk of pre-eclampsia. Placental biopsies were therefore investigated by high-density DNA microarray ana...
[Massive hemorrhage in the small intestine]. Haemorrhage into the small intestine accounts only for cca 1% of all haemorrhages into the gastrointestinal tract. Profuse haemorrhage is very rare, it occurs in malignant tumours, sarcomas and also haemangiomas. Preoperative diagnosis is practically impossible not only beca...
Spray application of liquid smoke to reduce or eliminate Listeria monocytogenes surface inoculated on frankfurters. In a simulated post process contamination scenario liquid smoke was sprayed on the frankfurters after peeling, and then inoculated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). Samples that did not receive a liquid s...
Prophylaxis of atherosclerosis with marine omega-3 fatty acids. A comprehensive strategy. Traditional approaches to prophylaxis of atherosclerosis have focused on one aspect of the pathogenesis of this multifactorial disease, such as platelet function or blood lipids, and therefore have had limited success. Epidemiolog...
The effect of intermittent scrotal hyperthermia on the Sprague-Dawley rat testicle. Twenty-four mature male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups of 12. One group was exposed to intermittent hot baths for 1 month, while the other group was exposed to room temperature baths. The group that was exposed to the el...
Relationship of classical and non-classical risk factors with genetic variants relevant to coronary heart disease. In addition to the well established cardiovascular risk factors, evidence suggests a possible role of genetic and non-classical risk factors in the development and progression of atherothrombosis. We aimed...
Assessment of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. Seventy-five consecutive patients were selected to evaluate a disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire (UW QOL). The new test was compared to two established equality of life evaluation tools, the Karnofsky scale and the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)...
Struma ovarii: hyperthyroidism in a postmenopausal woman. A rare case of struma ovarii producing hyperthyroidism in a postmenopausal woman is reported. The ovarian tumor demonstrated uptake of both [99mTc]pertechnetate and 131I, allowing preoperative diagnosis of the condition. In females with unexplained hyperthyroidi...
Effect of residual mercury content on creep in dental amalgams. For most of the tested amalgams, the increased mercury content caused by delayed compaction increases the flow or creep. The amalgams that had high creep values when packed early were decidedly affected by the increase in mercury content caused by delay in...
Methanol-inducible gene expression and heterologous protein production in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii. Methylotrophic yeasts can obtain all of their required carbon and energy from methanol, a promising feedstock for biotechnological and chemical processes and a potential replacement for coal and petroleu...
Affecting factors in second language learning. The present study investigated the influence of sex, handedness, level in second language (L2) and Faculty choice on the performance of phonological, syntactical and semantic tasks in L2. Level in L2 and sex were the most affecting factors. Subjects who achieved higher sco...
Peculiarities of the course of bronchial asthma in patients with excessive body weight or obesity. Introduction: Clinical studies that were devoted to the analysis of the asthma course during concomitant obesity or excessive body weight, demonstrated a number of typical features. Both asthma and obesity or overweight a...
Synovial Fluid Leukocyte Esterase in the Diagnosis of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Peri-prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious and frequent complication of total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Recently, synovial fluid leukocyte esterase (LE), measurement of which is convenie...
An in vitro and in vivo assessment of the potential of Vibrio spp. as probiotics for the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. The objective of the work was to determine whether known strains of nonpathogenic vibrios can act as probiotics for the control of Vibrio infections in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenae...
The molecular basis of hemophilia A. Due to new, sensitive methodologies, the rate at which factor VIII gene mutations are found is increasing rapidly. The next five years should lead to the discovery of a wide range of defects as well as potential new hot-spots for mutations. Advances in understanding the protein will...
Occupational injury and illness recording and reporting requirements. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor. Final rule. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is revising its rule addressing the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (2...
Ventilatory response to CO2 in patients with snoring, obstructive hypopnoea and obstructive apnoea. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is caused by an obstruction of the upper airway. Sufficient sensitivity to CO2 in the respiratory centre is known to be a critical factor for adequate tone in the upper airway muscles. The ...
Lymphocyte expansion after unrelated cord blood allogeneic stem cell transplantation in adults. Limited information is available regarding the incidence and features of lymphocyte expansions after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Large granular lymphocytes (LGL) expansions have been repor...
Gaze patterns and audiovisual speech enhancement. In this study, the authors sought to quantify the relationships between speech intelligibility (perception) and gaze patterns under different auditory-visual conditions. Eleven subjects listened to low-context sentences spoken by a single talker while viewing the face o...
Gracilibacillus alcaliphilus sp. nov., a facultative alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation liquor for dyeing. A facultatively alkaliphilic, lactic-acid-producing and halophilic strain, designated SG103(T), was isolated from a fermented Polygonum indigo (Polygonum tinctorium Lour.) liquor sample for dyeing prepa...
Asenjonamides A-C, antibacterial metabolites isolated from Streptomyces asenjonii strain KNN 42.f from an extreme-hyper arid Atacama Desert soil. Bio-guided fractionation of the culture broth extract of Streptomyces asenjonii strain KNN 42.f recovered from an extreme hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil in northern Chile led...
Myocardin and Prx1 contribute to angiotensin II-induced expression of smooth muscle alpha-actin. Previous studies demonstrated that angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) was associated with increased transcription of SM alpha-actin gene. The aim of the present study was to determine ...
Class II transplantation antigens in the late human skin tuberculin reaction. The presence of class II transplantation antigens on keratinocytes and the phenotypes of the inflammatory cells in the late human skin tuberculin reaction were analysed with immunohistochemical double staining techniques in frozen sections of...
Developmental neurotoxicity of chlorpyrifos in vivo and in vitro: effects on nuclear transcription factors involved in cell replication and differentiation. Chlorpyrifos is a widely used organophosphate insecticide that is a suspected developmental neurotoxin. Although chlorpyrifos exerts some effects through cholinest...
Comparison of conventional versus computer-navigated acetabular component insertion. This retrospective study compared the efficacy of computer navigation and conventional freehand techniques to place acetabular component orientation in the target position of acetabular cup inclination of 45 degrees and anteversion of ...
Restorative proctocolectomy with an ileoanal pouch: the role of laparoscopy. The Aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate early experience with laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy by analyzing the perioperative results of surgical treatment. Seven major surgeries were performed in six patients with familial...
Analysis of MUM1/IRF4 protein expression using tissue microarrays and immunohistochemistry. The gene encoding MUM1 was characterized as a possible translocation partner in chromosomal abnormalities involving a significant number of multiple myelomas. The overexpression of the MUM1 protein as a result of translocation t...
Role of gastric emptying on ethanol poisoning in rats. Intraperitoneal glucose was demonstrated to significantly inhibit the absorption of ethanol ( 2 g/kg) administered orally to rats. The effect was due to slowed emptying of the stomach, verified by analysis of the stomach contents and of blood enthanol levels. The o...
Locoregional therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma: which patients are most likely to gain a survival advantage? Locoregional therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are considered to confer a survival advantage, however, the patient group that should be targeted is not clearly defined. This study aimed to determ...
The scientific base for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The main objectives of the Swedish expert seminar on spent nuclear fuel disposal were to identify those safety questions for which there is, or will be, a definitive answer, and to establish the degree of uncertainty surrounding those questions which still can...
Specific anticancer activity of a new bisabolane sesquiterpene against human leukemia cells inducing differentiation in vitro. A bisabolane sesquiterpene, rel-(1S,4R,5S,6R)-4,5-diacetoxy-6- [(R)-5-hydroxy-1,5-dimethylhex-3-enyl]- 3-methylcyclohex-2-enyl (Z)-2-methylbut-2 -enoate, which was newly isolated from the roots...
MSiMass list: a public database of identifications for protein MALDI MS imaging. The clinical application of mass spectrometry imaging has developed into a sizable subdiscipline of proteomics and metabolomics because its seamless integration with pathology enables biomarkers and biomarker profiles to be determined that...
Reference ranges for muscle carnitine concentration in children. We investigated muscle and plasma carnitine concentrations in children to establish reference intervals for use following biopsy of skeletal muscle. The study comprised 50 children from newborns up to 14 years of age, all undergoing elective surgery. They...
The effect of oxygen concentration on arterial blood partial pressure of oxygen in dogs under general anesthesia. Oxygen is used for medical treatment and general anesthesia. However, high concentrations of oxygen can have toxic effects on cells. In veterinary medicine, 100% oxygen is usually used during general anesth...
Self-management, health service use and information seeking for diabetes care among Black Caribbean immigrants in Toronto. The objective of this research was to explore self-management practices and the use of diabetes information and care among Black-Caribbean immigrants with type 2 diabetes. The study population incl...
Trauma centrality and PTSD symptom severity in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Theorists have posited that regarding a trauma as central to one's identity leads to greater posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. To test this hypothesis, we administered the Centrality of Events Scale (CES) to w...
The targets of CAPRI rounds 20-27. Eight CAPRI prediction rounds with a total of 15 targets were held in the years 2010-2012. Only five of the targets were protein assemblies comparable with those of earlier CAPRI rounds. In one target, the solvent positions at the interface had to be predicted; another was a protein-p...
Economical and green biodiesel production process using river snail shells-derived heterogeneous catalyst and co-solvent method. River snail shells-derived CaO was used as a heterogeneous catalyst to synthesize biodiesel via transesterification of palm oil with methanol. The shell materials were calcined in air at 600-...
Effect of clonidine early in life on brain morphofunctional deficits induced by neonatal malnutrition in the rat. A great body of evidence indicates that malnutrition early in life induces central noradrenergic hyperactivity (CNH). On the other hand, it is known that noradrenaline (NA) is an important regulator of the ...
Antioxidant activities of the water-soluble fraction in tempeh-like fermented soybean (GABA-tempeh). Tempeh is a traditional fermented soyfood native to Central Java, Indonesia; tempeh is prepared by salt-free aerobic fermentation using Rhizopus. Similar to miso, tempeh is also reported to be antioxygenic. In this stud...
Microsporidiosis in a Brazilian University Hospital: case report. This is the report on a patient with chronic diarrhea caused by microsporidia. He is married, infected with HIV and has low CD4 cell count. The diagnosis was established through stool parasite search using concentration methods and Gram-chromotrope stain...
Two-Port Pars Plana Anterior and Central Core Vitrectomy (Lam Floaterectomy) in Combination With Phacoemulsification and Intraocular Lens Implantation Under Topical Anesthesia for Patients with Cataract and Significant Floaters: Results of the First 50 Consecutive Cases. To study the safety and efficacy of 2-port pars ...
Discriminative ability of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry site selection in identifying patients with osteoporotic fractures. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the gold standard method for measurement of bone mineral density (BMD). The aims of the current study are to compare the ability of BMD measurements to...
Ab initio structure determination of monoclinic 2,2-dihydroxymethylbutanoic acid from synchrotron radiation powder diffraction data: combined use of direct methods and the Monte Carlo method. The crystal structure of 2,2-dihydroxymethylbutanoic acid (C(6)H(12)O(4)) in monoclinic form has been determined ab initio from ...
Expression, regulation and biological actions of growth hormone (GH) and ghrelin in the immune system. Immune and neuroendocrine systems have bidirectional communications. Growth hormone (GH) and an orexigenic hormone ghrelin are expressed in various immune cells such as T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, monocytes and neut...
IL-12 gene-modified bone marrow cell therapy suppresses the development of experimental metastatic prostate cancer. To investigate the immunomodulatory effects of interleukin-12 (IL-12) for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer, we administered adult bone marrow cells (BMC) that were genetically modified by retrovira...
Comparison of a foam rolling session with active joint motion and without joint motion: A randomized controlled trial. Foam rolling has become a popular form of self-myofascial release or roller massage among health and fitness professionals. Due to this popularity, foam roller devices can be found in many clinical and...
Relevance of accurate Monte Carlo modeling in nuclear medical imaging. Monte Carlo techniques have become popular in different areas of medical physics with advantage of powerful computing systems. In particular, they have been extensively applied to simulate processes involving random behavior and to quantify physical...
Porous liquid zeolites: hydrogen bonding-stabilized H-ZSM-5 in branched ionic liquids. Porous liquids, as a newly emerging type of porous material, have great potential in gas separation and storage. However, the examples and synthetic strategies reported so far likely represent only the tip of the iceberg due to the g...
More efficient breeding systems for controlling inbreeding and effective size in animal populations. A selection scheme and a mating scheme are proposed to control the inbreeding and genetic drift in conserved or control animal populations with different numbers of males and females. Recurrence equations for the inbree...
Arsenic- and mercury-induced phytotoxicity in the Mediterranean shrubs Pistacia lentiscus and Tamarix gallica grown in hydroponic culture. Hg and As resistance and bioaccumulation were studied in hydroponically grown Pistacia lentiscus and Tamarix gallica plants. Both elements caused growth inhibition in roots and shoo...
Human peritoneal macrophages synthesize leukotrienes B4 and C4. Macrophages were isolated from the dialysis fluid of patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and separated by gradient centrifugation and purification on 50% Percoll. The cells were prelabeled with [14C]arachidonic acid for 1.5 h. The...
Diarrhea in children and sanitation and housing conditions in periurban areas in the city of Guarulhos, SP. A cross-sectional study was carried out to identify the association between diarrhea in 0-2 year-old children and children's characteristics, access to sanitation and housing conditions in a periurban area served...
Structural requirements for the growth factor activity of the amino-terminal domain of urokinase. High molecular weight urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in which proteolytic activity was inactivated (diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP)-uPA), its amino-terminal fragment (ATF, amino acids (aa) 1-143), and fucosyl...
Structure-based virtual screening for insect ecdysone receptor ligands using MM/PBSA. The ecdysone receptor (EcR) is an insect nuclear receptor that is activated by the molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone. Because synthetic EcR ligands disrupt the normal growth of insects, they are attractive candidates for new insecti...
The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Europe: a meta-analysis. The primary objective of this meta-analysis was to estimate the prevalence of adult community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Europe, adjusted for possible independent covariates....
Immunologic basis of chronic allergic diseases: clinical messages from the laboratory bench. During the past decade there have been significant advances in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying allergic responses. Immediate hypersensitivity reactions are mediated primarily by mast cells in an IgE-dependent man...
Universal nature of collective plasmonic excitations in finite 1D carbon-based nanostructures. We provide evidence of the plasmon resonances in a number of representative 1D finite carbon-based nanostructures using first-principle computational electronic spectroscopy studies. Our special purpose real-space/real-time a...
Complicated Candida parapsilosis peritonitis on peritoneal dialysis in a neonate with renal failure because of bilateral adrenal abscesses. We present a full-term female infant with a difficult delivery course complicated with Escherichia coli sepsis and bilateral adrenal abscesses. She developed renal failure and rece...
Colicin typing of Shigella sonnei isolated in Northern Taiwan. Eighty-eight strains of Shigella sonnei isolated in northern Taiwan during the period of 1970-1974, were studied for their colicin types by a modified method of Abbott and Shannon. As a result, 67(76%) typable and 21(24%) non-typable strains were found. The...
Vasoactive intestinal peptide as a healing mediator in Crohn's disease. The vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (VIP/PACAP) system is considered as a paradigm for the use of a neuroendocrine-immune mediator in therapy. We review the role of VIP in 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic a...
[Effect of elevated hydrostatic pressure on the shape of human erythrocytes]. Influence of high hydrostatic pressure (2600-4300 atm) on the shape of human red blood cells was studied. An irreversible change of the shape was observed, which was similar to that seen in the case of a shift stress. The model modification d...
Mineral content of complementary foods. To document mineral contents iron, zinc, calcium, energy contents and nutrient densities in complementary foods commonly given to young urban slum children. Information on dietary intake was collected from 892 mothers of children aged 13-24 months, using 24 hour dietary recall an...
Isomers in thioredoxins of spinach chloroplasts. We have developed a method for the concomitant purification of several components of the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system of spinach chloroplasts. By applying this method to spinach-leaf extract or spinach-chloroplast extract we separated and purified three thioredoxins ind...
Assessment of the Contractile Properties of Permeabilized Skeletal Muscle Fibers. Permeabilized individual skeletal muscle fibers offer the opportunity to evaluate contractile behavior in a system that is greatly simplified, yet physiologically relevant. Here we describe the steps required to prepare, permeabilize and ...
Centrin4 coordinates cell and nuclear division in T. brucei. Centrins are Ca(2+)-binding proteins that have been implicated in a number of biological processes, including organelle duplication, mRNA export, DNA repair and signal transduction. In the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei we have previously described TbC...
High-contrast waveguides in sputtered pure TeO2 glass thin films. We present a technological approach to the realization of channeled optical waveguides, starting from reactively sputtered tellurite glass thin films, grown on silica-coated 4" Si wafers. In particular, optical lithographic process and etching recipes ha...
Aripiprazole versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia. In most western industrialised countries, second generation (atypical) antipsychotics are recommended as first line drug treatments for people with schizophrenia. In this review we specifically examine how the efficacy and tolerability of one such age...
Gross anatomy of the human cardiac conduction system with comparative morphological and developmental implications for human application. The main aim of this review is to provide macroscopic anatomical information on the human cardiac conduction system (CCS) with comparative morphological and developmental implication...
Low autonomic arousal as vulnerability to externalising behaviour in infants with hostile mothers. Maternal psychopathology and the child's autonomic nervous system functioning are risk factors for aggressive behaviour later in life. While research has shown that maternal psychopathology already affects young children,...
Calcium efflux from frog twitch muscle fibers. An apparatus is described which collects the effluent from the center 0.7 cm of a single muscle fiber or bundle of muscle fibers. It was used to study the efflux of (45)Ca from twitch muscle fibers. The efflux can be described by three time constants 18 +/- 2 min, 300 +/- ...
Report on the 13th International Society of Blood Transfusion Platelet Immunology Workshop. The aim of the 13th International Society of Blood Transfusion Platelet Immunology Workshop was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the in-house method for the detection of human platelet antigen (HPA) antibodies curre...