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Scanning electron microscopy of collecting lymphatic vessels and their comparison to arteries and veins.
The morphology of canine thoracic duct and peripheral collecting lymphatics was determined using light microscopy together with scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM). The thoracic duct was comp... | {
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Evaluation of the anticonvulsant activity of the essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata in male mice.
In this study, the effect of an essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata (Myrtaceae), an antiepileptic remedy in Iranian folk medicine, against seizures induced by maximal electroshock (MES) or pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) i... | {
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Double balloon enteroscopy: a 2 year experience.
Double balloon enteroscopy is a new technique that enables deep intubation of the endoscope into the small bowel lumen. Through a channel in the endoscope, invasive procedures such as biopsy, polypectomy and hemostasis can be performed, avoiding the need for surgery. To ... | {
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CNS drug targeting: have we travelled in right path?
Brain disorders, their prevalence and central nervous system (CNS) targeting are now at the rise. However, complexities of blood brain barrier (BBB) have limited the success of CNS targeting. Basic criteria necessary for passive diffusion were believed to influence t... | {
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Characterization of the human cytochrome P450 forms involved in metabolism of tamoxifen to its alpha-hydroxy and alpha,4-dihydroxy derivatives.
Tamoxifen is a known hepatocarcinogen in rats and is associated with an increased incidence of endometrial cancer in patients. One mechanism for these actions is via bioactivat... | {
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The increased angiotensin II (type 1) receptor density in myocardium of type 2 diabetic patients is prevented by blockade of the renin-angiotensin system.
The angiotensin II (type 1) (AT1) receptor mediates many biological effects of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), leading to remodelling of cardiac tissue. The pres... | {
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Limited diagnostic value of laryngopharyngeal lesions in patients with gastroesophageal reflux during routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
There is growing evidence that gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may cause typical laryngeal/pharyngeal lesions secondary to tissue irritation. The prevalence of those les... | {
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Kurt Goldstein and his nonlocationist thoughts on aphasia-a pioneer of early network theories at the beginning of the twentieth century?
In between Carl Wernicke's locationist aphasia concept from 1874 and Norman Geschwind's new connectionist model of human brain functions in 1965, little notice was taken of the histor... | {
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Effect of intranasal administration of Lactobacillus fermentum CJL-112 on horizontal transmission of influenza virus in chickens.
The aim of this study was to determine whether intranasal administration of Lactobacillus sp. could prevent horizontal transmission of H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) in specific-pathogen-f... | {
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Solving chemical problems with pattern recognition.
Pattern Recognition is becoming established as a general data analysis tool which has widespread applications in chemistry. Whenever something must be learned from objects (elements, compounds, and mixtures) and a chemical/physical theory has not been sufficiently dev... | {
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Assessing hydroxychloroquine toxicity by the multifocal ERG.
Twenty patients on Plaquenil treatment were evaluated for retinal toxicity using the (EOG) and the mfERG. Group 1 comprises 15 patients (30 eyes) with normal EOG. From these patients 11 (22 eyes) showed normal RRD of mfERG in area 1 and area 2. The rest four ... | {
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Carbon quantum dots encapsulated in super small platinum nanocrystals core-shell architecture/nitrogen doped graphene hybrid nanocomposite for electrochemical biosensing of DNA damage biomarker-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine.
In this work, carbon quantum dots (CQD) encapsulated in super small platinum nanocrystals core-sh... | {
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Stimulatory effects of Euphorbia cheiradenia on cell mediated immunity and humoral antibody synthesis.
Studies have demonstrated that plant extracts possess various biological characteristics including immunomodulatory activity. Euphorbia cheiradenia Boiss et Hohen (Euphorbiaceae), a medicinal herb native to Iran was i... | {
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Three-dimensional knee motion before and after high tibial osteotomy for medial knee osteoarthritis.
High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is an established surgical option for treating medial knee osteoarthritis. HTO moves the mechanical load on the knee joint from the medial compartment to the lateral compartment by changing t... | {
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Minimally invasive thoracotomy for myocardial revascularisation. A study of 32 cases.
This study aimed to evaluate the advantages offered by a myocardial revascularisation technique proposed by Kolessov in 1967: minimally invasive thoracotomy for myocardial revascularisation. The aim was to assess its short and medium-... | {
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Characterization of nonpoint source microbial contamination in an urbanizing watershed serving as a municipal water supply.
Inland watersheds in the southeastern United States are transitioning from agricultural and forested land uses to urban and exurban uses at a rate greater than the national average. This study sam... | {
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Effect of ethnicity and age or menopause on the structure and geometry of iliac bone.
We measured indices of bone volume (cancellous, cortical) and bone surface (cancellous, endocortical, and intracortical) in intact full-thickness transiliac bone biopsies obtained from 144 healthy women aged 20-74 (35 black and 109 wh... | {
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Intracellular barriers to non-viral gene transfer.
Non-viral vector mediated gene transfer, compared to viral vector mediated one, is a promising tool for the safe delivery of therapeutic DNA in genetic and acquired human diseases. Although the lack of specific immune response favor the clinical application of non-vira... | {
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Important factors for pain during photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an efficient treatment for actinic keratosis. A common problem, however, is pain. The aim of this study was to investigate pain during PDT for actinic keratosis. The possibility of using capsaicin cream for pain ... | {
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Effectiveness of an anti-inflammatory drug, loxoprofen, for patients with nocturia.
There is increasing evidence that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective for the treatment of nocturia. In this study, we attempted to investigate the role of loxoprofen sodium (loxoprofen) in the therapeutic management of ... | {
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Experimental primary and secondary infections of domestic dogs with Ehrlichia ewingii.
In this study, the infection dynamics of Ehrlichia ewingii, causative agent of granulocytotropic ehrlichiosis in dogs and humans, was examined in experimentally infected dogs by using a combination of physical examination, hematologi... | {
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Spatial perception errors do not predict pointing errors by individuals with brain lesions.
We examined the relationship between errors in sensorimotor transformations (SMT) for reaching to external targets and visual and kinesthetic spatial perception of those targets by participants with damage to the posterior parie... | {
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Aerosol deposition and airway obstruction.
Intrapulmonary deposition of 1-mum-diameter particles of dioctyl sebacate was studied in 58 working coalminers. Total deposition was found to be significantly correlated with lung function measurements characterizing airway obstruction. The closest relationship was between dep... | {
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Initial oxygen saturation values can predict the need to hospitalise children with mild wheezing.
Mild wheezing during respiratory infections is a common cause of paediatric hospital admissions. This study aimed to identify factors predicting this condition in children over six months of age. We reviewed the medical re... | {
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Radiation therapy as exclusive treatment for medically inoperable patients with stage I and II endometrioid carcinoma with endometrium.
From 1975 to 1992, 54 patients with clinical Stage I and II endometrioid carcinoma of the endometrium, representing 3.5% of all such patients, were deemed medically inoperable and excl... | {
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Iatrogenic Wernicke encephalopathy in a patient with severe hyperemesis gravidarum.
Hyperemesis gravidarum complicates 0.5-2.0% of pregnancies and may lead to substantial nutritional deficiencies. Total parenteral nutrition can be used in severe cases in an attempt to avoid such deficiencies. Rarely, thiamine deficienc... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Heterologous biosynthesis and manipulation of alkanes in Escherichia coli.
Biosynthesis of alkanes in microbial foundries offers a sustainable and green supplement to traditional fossil fuels. The dynamic equilibrium of fatty aldehydes, key intermediates, played a critical role in microbial alkanes production, due to t... | {
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Pvclust: an R package for assessing the uncertainty in hierarchical clustering.
Pvclust is an add-on package for a statistical software R to assess the uncertainty in hierarchical cluster analysis. Pvclust can be used easily for general statistical problems, such as DNA microarray analysis, to perform the bootstrap ana... | {
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Note: Localization based on estimated source energy homogeneity.
Acoustic signal localization is a complex problem with a wide range of industrial and academic applications. Herein, we propose a localization method based on energy attenuation and inverted source amplitude comparison (termed estimated source energy homo... | {
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Signaling pathways coordinating the alkaline pH response confer resistance to the hevein-type plant antimicrobial peptide Pn-AMP1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Genome-wide screening of Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed that signaling pathways related to the alkaline pH stress contribute to resistance to plant antimicrob... | {
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N-acetylation phenotyping with sulphadimidine in a Turkish population.
The distribution of acetylator phenotypes was studied in 244 unrelated Turkish subjects. Sulphadimidine and its acetylated metabolite were measured in 6 h plasma and 0-6 h urine samples after an oral dose of 10 mg/kg. Subjects with 37.5% or less ace... | {
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Anesthetic management of a pregnant living related liver donor.
Pregnancy is often considered a contraindication to living related liver donation. There are serious medical and ethical considerations if a pregnant woman insists on undergoing partial hepatectomy to save her sick child. Herein we report a case of living ... | {
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[Experimental study of Qiyeling Decoction inducing apoptosis of transplanted human lung adenocarcinoma cells A549 in nude mice].
To study the function of Qiyeling Decoction in inducing apoptosis of transplanted human lung adenocarcinoma cells A549 in nude mice. Nude mice with transplanted A549 tumor were randomly divid... | {
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A prospective randomized comparison of 270 degrees fusions to 360 degrees fusions (circumferential fusions).
Prospective randomized comparison of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) plus transpedicular instrumentation plus posterolateral fusion (PLF) (360 degrees fusion) to ALIF plus transpedicular instrumentation ... | {
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Tumoral markers in tumors of the pineal region.
In cases of pineal tumors, a germ cell tumor should always be suspected. As some of them are secreting tumors, tumoral markers (AFP and/or hGC) are an important part of the diagnostic process. Their positivity either in the serum and/or in the cerebrospinal fluid may lead... | {
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Administration of Cripto in GRP78 overexpressed human MSCs enhances stem cell viability and angiogenesis during human MSC transplantation therapy.
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of concurrent GRP78 overexpression combined with Cripto on hMSC proliferation and migration both in vitro and in v... | {
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Histone Variants and Disease.
In eukaryotes, the genome is organized into a complex nucleoprotein structure called chromatin. Despite the simplicity of its monomer, DNA and two copies of four histones, the existence of histone variants opens possibilities of multiple chromatin landscapes and fine-tune regulation of mol... | {
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Phase sensitive amplification based on quadratic cascading in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide.
We propose and demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification based on cascaded second harmonic generation and difference frequency generation within a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide. Excellent agreeme... | {
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Anticonvulsant activity of phenobarbital and valproate against maximal electroshock in mice during chronic treatment with caffeine and caffeine discontinuation.
We evaluated the protective activity (expressed as ED50 values in mg/kg of phenobarbital (PB, 120 min before testing) and valproate (30 min) alone or combined ... | {
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Dual use of an amplatzer device in the transcatheter embolization of a large high-flow renal arteriovenous fistula.
Embolization procedures are now considered the first-line therapy in the treatment of renal arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs). However, a risk posed by the use of these minimally invasive techniques is the mi... | {
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Predictive factors for bile leakage after hepatectomy for hepatic tumors: a retrospective multicenter study with 631 cases at Yokohama Clinical Oncology Group (YCOG).
International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS) proposed the standardized definition for bile leakage (BL) after hepatectomy (Hx) at 2011 to precisely... | {
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Off-Label Prescribing and Polypharmacy: Minimizing the Risks.
Off-label prescribing and polypharmacy are commonplace in today's health care environment. Patients are treated with multiple medications obtained through multiple providers, and all too frequently, there is no collaboration amongst professionals. Nurses can... | {
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The full stomach test as a novel diagnostic technique for identifying patients at risk of Brugada syndrome.
Autonomic modulation, particularly high vagal tone, plays an important role in the occurrence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in the Brugada syndrome. Food intake modulates vagal activity. We assessed the usefuln... | {
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[Contraception and Gardnerella vaginalis. First study of the Italian population].
The association between contraception and Gardnerella vaginalis was studied in the population of L'Aquila. This research was conducted in the cytocolposcopic Center of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, and the Department of Biotechno... | {
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Wortmannin inhibition of forskolin-stimulated chloride secretion by T84 cells.
The time- and dose-dependent effects of wortmannin on transepithelial electrical resistance (Rte) and forskolin-stimulated chloride secretion in T84 monolayer cultures were studied. In both instances, maximal effects developed over 2 h and w... | {
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Optimal white light control of the negative to neutral to positive charge transition (NeNePo) in the electronic manifold of the silver trimer.
Control over the electronic state of the Ag(3) cluster is approached via a progression of ultrafast photoinduced transitions within the full electronic manifold of the negative ... | {
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Receptor-based design of cytokine therapeutics.
Cytokines hold huge potential for the treatment of disease due to their often fundamental roles in development and homeostasis. However, it is this same primary biological function that can both cause disease through dysregulation as well as prevent their therapeutic use ... | {
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Improvement of response time with an additional bias beam in a BaTiO(3) self-pumped phase-conjugate mirror.
Improvement of the response time of the BaTiO(3) self-pumped phase-conjugate mirror is demonstrated with a simple configuration. It is based on beam amplification in the crystal driven by an additional bias beam. | {
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Mucosal immunity: overcoming the barrier for induction of proximal responses.
Vaccination represents one of the most efficacious and cost-effective medical interventions. It is the only medical intervention proven to eliminate disease at a global level. Many of the pathogens against which we most require adequate vacci... | {
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Circulating zinc-α2-glycoprotein is reduced in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, but can be increased by exenatide or metformin treatment.
The study was to investigate circulating zinc-α2-glycoprotein (ZAG) concentrations in women with PCOS, and changes in ZAG levels after exenatide or metformin treatment. One hund... | {
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Nonimmune complexed HCV RNA titer in serum as a predictor of interferon response in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported to exist in the circulation of patients in various forms such as free virions, immune complexes, and nucleocapsids. To clarify the clinical significance of ser... | {
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Rat jejunal absorptive function after intestinal transplantation. Effects of extrinsic denervation.
Jejunal absorptive function was evaluated following small intestinal transplantation to determine the effects of extrinsic denervation. In particular, water and sodium absorption were measured following transplantation (... | {
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Leukocyte adhesion in local versus hemorrhage-induced ischemia.
The objective of this study was to compare the leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesive interactions elicited in postcapillary venules by either local ischemia-reperfusion or hemorrhage-reperfusion. Leukocyte rolling, adherence, and emigration were monitored in... | {
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Ablative facial resurfacing.
Ablative resurfacing is a powerful tool for rejuvenation of the aging face and for the treatment of a wide array of skin lesions. In the proper hands, it is a safe and effective way to treat many of the problems of photodamaged skin that surgery or nonablative methods cannot address. This a... | {
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Influence of HLA-DR phenotype and myopia on the risk of nonproliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
The relationship between HLA-DR phenotype, refractive error, and risk of both nonproliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy was studied among 227 insulin-dependent diabetics participating in a case... | {
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The development of adaptive skills in young people with Down syndrome.
To help children with Down syndrome reach optimum levels of adaptive behaviour, caretakers need to know how and to what extent children with Down syndrome acquire adaptive skills. The adaptive levels of motor, daily living, communicative and social ... | {
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Detection of HSV and EBV in esophageal carcinomas from a high-incidence area in Shantou China.
An association between viral infection, particularly the human papillomavirus, and the development of esophageal carcinoma (EC) has been reported. However, reports concerning the relationship between herpes simplex virus (HSV... | {
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Two syntheses of 3-amino-3-deoxy-alpha-D-altropyranosyl 3-amino-3-deoxy-alpha-D-altropyranoside, a new analog of alpha,alpha-trehalose, involving reduction of a diazide and reductive amination of a diketone.
A new diamino sugar, 3-amino-3-deoxy-alpha-D-altropyranosyl 3-amino-3-deoxy-alpha-D-altropyranoside (5) was synt... | {
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The relation between symptom improvement and gastric emptying in the treatment of diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis.
The relationship between symptom improvement (SI) and acceleration of gastric emptying (GE) for different drugs used in the treatment of idiopathic and diabetic gastroparesis is uncertain. In this pa... | {
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[Chronic thallium poisoning (author's transl)].
A rare case of criminal, chronic thallium poisoning is described. In spite of the general prohibition of the cosmetics, drugs and rodent exterminators containing thallium thallium intoxications are still observed occasionally. In the reported case typical symptoms as init... | {
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[Capacity of Caragana microphylla shrub on counteracting snow movement and its influence on snow morphology in the Xilinhot Steppe, China.]
The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of characteristics of the shrub (shrub height, shrub width on the windward side, shrub length on the downwind side) on the snow mor... | {
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Correlation between lung perfusion blood volume and SPECT images in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by balloon pulmonary angioplasty.
We evaluated the reperfusion by balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) in lung PBV and SPECT images. In total, 17 patients and 57 sessions were evaluated. Pre-BP... | {
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The pleiotropic effects of erythropoietin in the central nervous system.
Erythropoietin (Epo) is a hydrophobic sialoglycoproteic hormone produced by the kidney and responsible for the proliferation, maturation, and differentiation of the precursors of the erythroid cell line. Human recombinant erythropoietin (rHuEpo) i... | {
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Mitral annular displacement by Doppler tissue imaging may identify coronary occlusion and predict mortality in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Mitral annular displacement (MAD) is a simple marker of left ventricular (LV) systolic function. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that MAD ... | {
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Ethnic dependent differences in diagnostic accuracy of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in Canadian adults.
Previous studies have shown varying sensitivity and specificity of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) to identify diabetes and prediabetes, compared to 2-h oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG), i... | {
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Comparison of real waste (MSW and MPW) pyrolysis in batch reactor over different catalysts. Part II: contaminants, char and pyrolysis oil properties.
Pyrolysis of real wastes (MPW and MSW) has been investigated at 500°C, 550°C and 600°C using Y-zeolite, β-zeolite, equilibrium FCC, MoO3, Ni-Mo-catalyst, HZSM-5 and Al(OH... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Anaphylaxis in the monkey: hemodynamics and blood flow distribution.
Aggregate anaphylaxis was induced in eight ovalbumin-sensitized monkeys (Macaca irus). Hemodynamics, blood flow distribution and myocardial performance were studied. Following challenge, severe circulatory shock developed. Systemic arterial and left a... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Sternal resection for metastasis from thyroid carcinoma and reconstruction with the sandwiched Marlex and stainless steel mesh.
A case of 69-year-old woman with a solitary sternal bone metastasis from thyroid carcinoma undergoing surgical therapy was reported here. On admission, most part of the body of the sternum was... | {
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Insulin induced reversibility of altered responsiveness in femoral arterial bed of diabetic dogs.
The altered reactivities of femoral arterial bed to noradrenaline, phenylephrine, adenosine and prostacyclin were compared in 18, clinically manifest but aketotic, alloxan diabetic mongrel dogs. Alloxan treatment markedly ... | {
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Congenital spinal tuberculosis associated with asymptomatic endometrial tuberculosis: A rare case report.
Spinal tuberculosis constitutes 50% of all musculoskeletal tuberculosis. However, literature regarding congenital spinal tuberculosis is very scanty. Congenital spinal tuberculosis was diagnosed in a two-month-old ... | {
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Neonatal presentation of Prader Willi sindrome. Personal records.
Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) is characterized by typical appearance, obesity, short stature, hypothalamic hypogonadism, cryptorchidism, hypotonia, behavioural abnormalities and mental retardation. It is considered as a continuous genes syndrome with diffe... | {
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Arachnoid cysts in adults: long-term follow-up of patients treated with internal shunts to the subdural compartment.
We have previously presented an alternative method for surgical decompression of intracranial arachnoid cysts. This minimally invasive method, with insertion of an internal shunt from the cyst to the sub... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Toxic effects of unresolved complex mixtures of aromatic hydrocarbons accumulated by mussels, Mytilus edulis, from contaminated field sites.
Exposure of marine mussels (Mytilus edulis) to an unresolved complex mixture (UCM) of aromatic hydrocarbons isolated from a crude oil has been shown to reduce their feeding rate b... | {
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Cytoskeletal actin: the influence of major burns on neutrophil structure and function.
It has been noted that major trauma and burns patients who survive beyond 48 h most frequently succumb to sepsis and multiple organ failure. Furthermore, such patients are usually markedly hypermetabolic and in negative nitrogen bala... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Optimizing independent finger flexion with zone V flexor repairs using the Massachusetts General Hospital flexor tenorrhaphy and early protected active motion.
Independent FDS action has been cited to be problematic with repair of multiple tendons in zone V owing to adhesion formation between the flexor digitorum super... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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[Resistance to tumor specific therapy with imatinib by clonal selection of mutated cells].
A 60-year-old woman presented with night-sweats and increasing weakness. Physical examination revealed no abnormalities. For 27 years she had been treated for Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Because of progr... | {
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels are poorly correlated with clinical measures of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and osteoarthritis patients.
To determine the patterns and correlation of elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive prote... | {
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Electrospinning of sodium alginate-pectin ultrafine fibers.
In this study, we investigated the electrospinning process of sodium alginate-pectin fibers intended to be used as a carrier for stabilizing folic acid. Fiber-forming solutions containing 0.01% (w/w) folic acid were prepared by blending low- or medium-viscosit... | {
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Initial planning benefits complex prospective memory at a cost.
The effect of initial planning on complex prospective memory was investigated using a virtual environment and a sample of healthy young adults (N = 34). Participants were assigned to either an initial planning or a control condition and were asked to compl... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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The Landau-Kleffner syndrome or 'acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder'. Long-term follow-up of six children and a review of the recent literature.
We present six patients with acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder (Landau-Kleffner syndrome) and distill the main clinical features from a review of the recent lit... | {
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Ontogenetic variation in the chemical defenses of cane toads (Bufo marinus): toxin profiles and effects on predators.
We conducted a quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis of cane toad bufadienolides--the cardioactive steroids that are believed to be the principal cane toad toxins. We found complex shifts in to... | {
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[Delayed primary anastomosis for esophageal atresia].
The aim of study is to review patients with esophageal atresia, treated by means of delayed primary esophageal anastomosis at Vilnius University Children's Hospital. Study was performed by retrospective analysis of medical records including period of 1992-2002, and ... | {
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Assessment of competency in clinical measurement: comparison of two forms of sequential test and sensitivity of test error rates to parameter choice.
To assess clinical measurement competency by two sequential test formulations [resetting sequential probability ratio test (R-SPRT) and learning curve cumulative summatio... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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[Optimizing palliative therapy in pancreatic carcinoma].
Only an interdisciplinary approach between surgeon, medical oncologist and radiologist may allow the optimisation of palliative treatment for pancreatic carcinoma. If imaging diagnostics do not allow to decide about the resectability of a tumour, an explorative l... | {
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Quantitative drug interactions prediction system (Q-DIPS): a dynamic computer-based method to assist in the choice of clinically relevant in vivo studies.
Metabolic drug interactions are a major source of clinical problems, but their investigation during drug development is often incomplete and poorly specific. In vitr... | {
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Modeling the epidermal growth factor -- epidermal growth factor receptor l2 domain interaction: implications for the ligand binding process.
Signaling from the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor is triggered by the binding of ligands such as EGF or transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) and subsequent recepto... | {
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Dual role of DNA intrinsic curvature and flexibility in determining nucleosome stability.
A statistical mechanistic approach to evaluate the sequence-dependent thermodynamic stability of nucleosomes is proposed. The model is based on the calculation of the DNA intrinsic curvature, obtained by integrating the nucleotide... | {
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Spintronics in antiferromagnets.
Magnetic domains and the walls between are the subject of great interest because of the role they play in determining the electrical properties of ferromagnetic materials and as a means of manipulating electron spin in spintronic devices. However, much less attention has been paid to th... | {
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[A case of skeletal muscle metastasis on the left thigh after esophagectomy for esophageal adenocarcinoma in Barrett' s esophagus].
We report the case of a 45-year-old man with advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy using S-1, docetaxel, and cisplatin, the patient unde... | {
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Centrifugal cytology of nipple aspirate cells.
Two improvements in the methodology for obtaining and preparing nipple aspirates from nonlactating women are reported. The first is the development and use of a new breast pump with a controllable vacuum and cups of various sizes. The second is the use of centrifugal cytol... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Synthesis and Semiconducting Characteristics of the BF2 Complexes of Bisbenzothiophene-Fused Azadipyrromethenes.
A novel type of dibenzothiophene [b]-fused core-expanded azaBODIPYs were obtained through an efficient post-functionalization of tetrabrominated azadipyrromethenes, using CuI-catalyzed cyclization, followed ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
[An experimental infection of Hyalomma asiaticum and Ornithodoros papillipes ticks with a single and combined infection with Coxiella burnetii and Dermacentroxenus sibericus].
Experimental infection of H. asiaticum and O. papillipes with Coxiella burnetii and R. (D.) sibericus in different succession and individual stu... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Onset of diradical character in small nanosized graphene patches.
A family of small graphene patches, i.e., rectangular polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), that have both zigzag and armchair edges is investigated to establish their ground state electronic structure. Broken symmetry density functional theory (DFT) and pla... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
[Lid reconstruction: functional and aesthetic aspects].
There are numerous different procedures for eyelid reconstruction, one of them being the transfer of pedicled full eyelid flaps. With regard to the increasing demands of the patients the so-called sandwich techniques in most cases offer the chance to get the best ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Two ways of estimating the euro value of the illicit market for cannabis in France.
The most recent health surveys in general population are used in order to estimate the annual market size for cannabis in France in 2005. Two methods for arriving at an estimate are proposed: the first based on reported consumption, the... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Whole Genome DNA Methylation Analysis Using Next-Generation Sequencing (BS-seq).
Plant methylation is widely evident and has played crucial roles ranging in defining the epi-genome variations during abiotic and biotic stress. Variations in epi-genomic level has observed not only in the symmetrical as well as the non-sy... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Adverse health events associated with domestic violence during pregnancy among Brazilian women.
domestic violence during pregnancy remains an unsolved and neglected social problem despite the recognised adverse physical and mental health consequences. to examine the association between domestic violence (psychological ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
A novel method for material characterization of reusable products.
Product reuse contributes favorably to waste management and resource recovery by diverting products from terminal disposal to second-hand urban markets. Many organizations with social mission incorporate in their activities the process of reuse, thus ma... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Assessing Infrastructure to Care for Pediatric Patients in the Prehospital Setting.
Pediatric patients represent a small proportion of emergency medical services (EMS) calls, challenging providers in maintaining skills in treating children. Having structural capacity to appropriately diagnose and treat pediatric patien... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Ibrutinib induces multiple functional defects in the neutrophil response against Aspergillus fumigatus.
Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib has become a leading therapy against chronic lymphoid leukemia. Recently, ibrutinib has been associated with the occurrence of invasive fungal infections, in particular in... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
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