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Are multiple choice tests fair to medical students with specific learning disabilities?
The purpose of multiple choice tests of medical knowledge is to estimate as accurately as possible a candidate's level of knowledge. However, concern is sometimes expressed that multiple choice tests may also discriminate in undesir... | {
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The complex study of complexes: The first well-supported phylogeny of two species complexes within genus Caridina (Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) sheds light on evolution, biogeography, and habitat.
Atyid shrimps, a key component of tropical freshwater ecosystems, face multiple anthropogenic threats and thus need special ... | {
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In situ assembly of monodisperse, multifunctional silica microspheres embedded with magnetic and fluorescent nanoparticles and their application in adsorption of methylene blue.
Many efforts have been devoted towards the fabrication of multifunctional (mesoporous, magnetic and fluorescent) nanocomposites due to their g... | {
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Remodeling of reconstructed left anterior descending coronary arteries with internal thoracic artery grafts.
The internal thoracic artery (ITA) remodels its diameter in response to flow requirements. The objective of this study was to elucidate the remodeling capacity of the reconstructed coronary artery using the ITA.... | {
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A cooperative venture: preparing minorities for careers in clinical psychology, dental hygiene, and medical technology.
Due to underrepresentation of minorities in the allied health professions. Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, initiated the Allied Health Careers Opportunity Program (AHCOP) to increase enr... | {
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[Expression of p53 protein in women with endometrial cancer].
Many oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes are connected with the steps of carcinogenesis. Fifteen patients with endometrial cancer were immunohistochemically examined for the presence of abnormal p53 protein. The immunopositivity was comparted in the cancer... | {
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Community treatment of older adults: principles and evidence supporting mental health service interventions.
Health care systems are evolving toward population-based approaches to managing disease, including mental and behavioral health problems. This article describes population-based care management for treatment of ... | {
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[Preventive medicine of adult T-cell leukaemia].
Preventive medicine of adult T cell leukemia (ATL) was discussed from four points of view, namely (1) seroepidemiology, (2) clinical laboratory findings of HTLV-I seropositive and seronegative groups in comparison with those of ATL patients, (3) relationship between gene... | {
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Homocysteine and pulsatility index of cerebral arteries.
A pulsatility index (PI) represents vascular resistance distal to an examined artery. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate an association between plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) and PIs of the cerebral arteries in patients with ischemic stroke. Conse... | {
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Metronidazole kinetics and bioavailability in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery.
Kinetics and bioavailability of metronidazole were studied in 17 patients admitted in our emergency care unit for gastrointestinal surgery. All were treated with intravenous metronidazole (500 mg three times a day) before, durin... | {
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Delayed wound healing after three different treatments for widespread actinic keratosis on the atrophic bald scalp.
Actinic keratosis is an exceedingly common premalignant lesion that can develop into squamous cell carcinoma. There is an increasing prevalence of actinic keratosis with increasing age. Numerous treatment... | {
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The comparative validity of a brief diet screening tool for adults: The Fruit And Vegetable VAriety index (FAVVA).
A brief assessment tool on frequency and variety of fruit and vegetable intake could provide a cost-effective and sustainable approach to improving diet. The primary aim was to evaluate the comparative val... | {
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Evaluation of the mutagenic potential of chlorpyrifos (CPF) using polytene chromosomes of Anopheles mosquito.
Diverse cytogenetic tests are employed for short term screening of suspect environmental mutagens by using insects and mammals as models. In the present paper the polytene chromosomes of a mosquito Anopheles ma... | {
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Asthma in a country hospital.
All 39 adult asthma admissions to Kaitaia Hospital in 1983 were surveyed. Of 15 patients treated by a doctor prior to admission, only one received treatment likely to abort the attack. Twenty-four patients were supposed to be taking beclomethasone or cromoglycate but only six were taking i... | {
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Chromosomal localization of gene for human glutamate receptor subunit-7.
We isolated a human glutamate receptor subunit 7 (GluR-7) cosmid after high stringency screening of a human genomic placental library using a rat GluR-7 cDNA as a probe. A 614-bp fragment of the GluR-7 cosmid was sequenced, and an exon that encode... | {
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Safety of peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: an observational, multicenter, open label, non-interventional study in Turkish patients.
Pegylated alfa interferon is the only immunomodulatory drug licensed for hepatitis B. We evaluated the safety and tolerability of pegi... | {
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LAT: a T lymphocyte adapter protein that couples the antigen receptor to downstream signaling pathways.
Adapter molecules in a variety of signal transduction systems link receptors to a limited number of commonly used downstream signaling pathways. During T-cell development and mature T-cell effector function, a multic... | {
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Glomerular injuries--excretion of glomerular epithelial cells-- induced by chemotherapy (antineoplastic drugs) independent of tubular damage.
For the purpose of studying glomerular injuries induced by antineoplastic drugs, the excretion of glomerular epithelial cells (GEC) was evaluated. In 13 children who received ant... | {
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Antinociceptive Activity of an Ethanol Extract of Justicia spicigera.
Preclinical Research The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antinociceptive and sedative activity of an ethanol extract of Justicia spicigera an evergreen used in Mexican traditional medicine for the relief of pain, wounds, fever and inflam... | {
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Characterization of ligand binding by the human p55 tumour-necrosis-factor receptor. Involvement of individual cysteine-rich repeats.
Two soluble tumour-necrosis-factor-alpha(TNF)-binding proteins are derived from the extracellular domains of the p55 and p75 TNF receptors. They are considered to play a pivotal regulato... | {
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Novel agents for the treatment of alopecia.
Recent approval in the United States of two new products, Propecia (Merck Co, Rahway, NJ) and Rogaine Extra Strength 5% (Pharmacia & UpJohn Co, Kalamazoo, MI), indicated in men to promote scalp hair growth, have added a new dimension to treatment options offered by physicians... | {
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Assessing the true risk of abdominal solid organ injury in hospitalized rib fracture patients.
Despite the lack of evidence, traditional trauma teaching has suggested that low rib fractures increase the risk of abdominal solid organ injury (ASOI). This study was designed to assess if in fact this is true, and to try an... | {
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In silico analysis of the thermodynamic stability changes of psychrophilic and mesophilic alpha-amylases upon exhaustive single-site mutations.
Identifying sequence modifications that distinguish psychrophilic from mesophilic proteins is important for designing enzymes with different thermodynamic stabilities and to un... | {
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Assessing the relative risk of severe injury in automotive crashes for older female occupants.
A logistic regression model was used in the prediction of injury severity for individuals who are involved in a vehicular crash. The model identified females and older occupants (segmented by age 55-74, and 75 and older) as h... | {
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Toxoplasma gondii: protection against colonization of the brain and muscles in a rat model.
The objective was to test immune protection against the formation of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in rats. It has been previously shown that 50 T. gondii tissue cysts of strain Me49 are not pathogenic for CF-1 mice, whereas 1 ... | {
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Heart rate variability response to mental arithmetic stress is abnormal in first-degree relatives of individuals with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia patients exhibit an abnormal autonomic response to mental stress. We sought to determine the cardiac autonomic response to mental arithmetic stress in their unaffected first... | {
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Ruthenium(salen)-catalyzed aerobic oxidative desymmetrization of meso-diols and its kinetics.
Chiral (nitrosyl)ruthenium(salen) complexes were found to be efficient catalysts for aerobic oxidative desymmetrization of meso-diols under photoirradiation to give optically active lactols. The scope of the applicability of t... | {
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Spring response to precipitation events using δ(18)O and δ(2)H in the Tanour catchment, NW Jordan.
The Tanour spring is one of the several karst springs located in the northern part of Jordan. Water samples from the Tanour spring and precipitation were collected in the area of Ajloun in NW Jordan for the analysis of st... | {
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Complementary proteomics strategies capture an ataxin-1 interactome in Neuro-2a cells.
Ataxin-1 mutation, arising from a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract expansion, is the underlying genetic cause of the late-onset neurodegenerative disease Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1). To identify protein partners of polyQ-ataxin-1... | {
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Evidence for a lymphotropic nature of circulating plasmacytoid monocytes: findings from a case of CD56+ chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
Because the cells previously designated plasmacytoid T cells share major immunophenotypic features with cells of the mononuclear-phagocyte system, they have been re-named and are now ... | {
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Effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on sexual activity of male patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
The objective of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of a tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) antagonist on the sexual quality of life of male patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this open-... | {
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The presence of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactive structures projecting from the myenteric ganglion of the stomach to the celiac ganglion revealed by a double-labelling technique.
The gastrofugal vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-like immunoreactive (VIPI) structures in the rat were examined b... | {
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Discovery and hit-to-lead optimization of 2,6-diaminopyrimidine inhibitors of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4.
Interleukin receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) is a critical element of the Toll-like/interleukin-1 receptor inflammation signaling pathway. A screening campaign identified a novel diaminopyrimidi... | {
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The effect of a fibroblast feeder layer, L-cysteine and 2-mercaptoethanol on the growth of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro.
A fibroblast-like cell line derived from the mountain vole Microtus montanus was effective in promoting an increase in the multiplication rate of new and established isolates of Plasmodium falcipar... | {
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Optimizing dose regimens and fixed dose combination ratios in clinical trials.
Successful treatment of many diseases depends on the level of drug concentration in blood and its maintenance over a period of time around a value considered as therapeutic. The dose regimen that minimizes the underexposure and overexposure ... | {
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Improving quality of NSAID prescribing by internal medicine trainees with an educational intervention.
Prescribing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for older adults is a safety concern. Education innovations in postgraduate training designed to improve patient safety should comply with the Accreditation Co... | {
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Pituitary function in subjects with mild traumatic brain injury: a review of literature and proposal of a screening strategy.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem all over the world. The level of consciousness of the patients and the severity of the brain injury is commonly evaluated by th... | {
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Vital and enchanted: Jane Bennett and new materialism for nursing philosophy and practice.
Nursing theories are typically anthropocentric and emphasize caring for a person as a unitary whole. They maintain the dualisms of human-nonhuman, natural-social and material-ideal. Recent developments in nonhuman ontology questi... | {
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Tracking epitope-specific antiviral CD4+ T cell responses to a live attenuated vaccine reveals ongoing functional responses.
There are few studies that have examined the frequencies of epitope-specific CD4(+) T cells following the use of a highly effective vaccine, yet such data would potentially be of value for the de... | {
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The ex vivo characterization of XR5944 (MLN944) against a panel of human clinical tumor samples.
XR5944 (MLN944) is a novel DNA targeting agent with potent antitumor activity, both in vitro and in vivo, against several murine and human tumor models. We have used an ATP-tumor chemosensitivity assay to assess the ex vivo... | {
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Catheter infections in insulin-dependent diabetics on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
We compared a group of 60 insulin-dependent diabetics maintained on CAPD with 60 nondiabetic matched controls to determine if the diabetic patients were at increased risk for catheter-related infections. Although catheter i... | {
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Non-invasive in situ identification and band assignments of diazepam, flunitrazepam and methadone hydrochloride with FT-near-infrared spectroscopy.
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) has evolved into an important rapid, direct and non-invasive technique in drugs analysis. In this study, the suitability of NIR spectroscop... | {
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Current status of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in China.
A rapid increase in conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been seen in China over the past 10 years. Over the past 4 years, increasing numbers of Chinese surgeons have been exploring new techniques to simplify the operation... | {
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Non-anti-mitotic concentrations of taxol reduce breast cancer cell invasiveness.
Taxol is widely used in breast cancer chemotherapy. Its effects are primarily attributed to its anti-mitotic activity. Microtubule perturbators also exert antimetastatic activities which cannot be explained solely by the inhibition of prol... | {
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The antenatal assessment of utero-placental and feto-placental blood flow using Doppler ultrasound.
A brief discussion of the normal anatomy and physiology relevant to the understanding of blood flow is presented. After a review of previous attempts to measure blood flow in the utero-placental and feto-placental circul... | {
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Interrelationship between dental age and chronological age in Somali children.
To compare dental age (DA) with chronological age (CA) in Somali and white Caucasian children, resident in Sheffield. Cross-sectional study. Paediatric dentistry clinic, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Sheffield. Somali children under 16 y... | {
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[Studies on the massive flights of chironomid midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) as nuisance insects and plans for their control in the Lake Suwa area, central Japan. 2. Quantitative evaluations of the nuisance of chironomid midges].
In order to make clear the present "nuisance" caused by chironomid midges around a eutroph... | {
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A multimeric carcinoembryonic antigen signal inhibits the activation of human T cells by a SHP-independent mechanism: a potential mechanism for tumor-mediated suppression of T-cell immunity.
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a well-known tumor antigen that is found in the serum of patients with various cancers and is c... | {
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Dicationic intermediates involving protonated amides: dual modes of reactivity including the acylation of arenes.
In the Brønsted superacid CF(3)SO(3)H (triflic acid), amides are able to form reactive, dicationic electrophiles. It is shown that these dicationic intermediates participate in two distinctly different type... | {
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[Heat treatment and dietary fiber effect on protein quality of artichoke and its sub-product].
Blanched (95 degrees C, 5 min), autoclaved (100 degrees C, 5 min) artichoke hearts and their by-product (external leaves and distal portion of stem) were analysed for amino acid composition, "in-vitro" protein digestibility (... | {
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Adaptation to physical training in rats orally supplemented with glycerol.
We evaluated training adaptation and physical performance parameters in rats orally supplemented with glycerol, glucose, or saline, and submitted to moderate aerobic exercise. Thirty male rats were trained for 6 weeks and administered the supple... | {
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[The effect of mutation him1 characterized by enhanced induced mutagenesis on the genetic effects of 6-N-hydroxylaminopurine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae].
The him1 mutation has been shown to influence the genetic effects of the mutagenic purine base analog 6-hydroxylaminopurine, i. e. inactivation of haploid cells, mut... | {
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Acoustic neuroma: correlation among tumor size, symptoms, and patient age.
Due to improved diagnostic techniques, acoustic neuromas more frequently are detected at an early stage. Subsequent treatment depends on such factors as expected tumor growth rate, tumor size, and patient age. The natural history of acoustic neu... | {
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Blood product conservation is associated with improved outcomes and reduced costs after cardiac surgery.
Efforts to reduce blood product use have the potential to avoid transfusion-related complications and reduce health care costs. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether a multi-institutional effort... | {
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Functional and biochemical properties of rat Kupffer cells and peritoneal macrophages.
Functional and biochemical techniques were used to further characterize heterogeneity between rat Kupffer cells and peritoneal macrophages. Both macrophage cell types were found to phagocytize antibody coated sheep red blood cells in... | {
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Dosimetric variation due to CT inter-slice spacing in four-dimensional carbon beam lung therapy.
When CT data with thick slice thickness are used in treatment planning, geometrical uncertainty may induce dosimetric errors. We evaluated carbon ion dose variations due to different CT slice thicknesses using a four-dimens... | {
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Complications of isolated bilateral iliac artery aneurysms.
Isolated iliac artery aneurysms occur infrequently. They comprise about 2 per cent of all abdominal aneurysms. Most patients are symptomatic at the time of presentation. The average diameter is 5.7 cm at diagnosis. We report the acutely symptomatic presentatio... | {
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Physical interaction and functional antagonism between the RNA polymerase II elongation factor ELL and p53.
ELL was originally identified as a gene that undergoes translocation with the trithorax-like MLL gene in acute myeloid leukemia. Recent studies have shown that the gene product, ELL, functions as an RNA polymeras... | {
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Chronic insomnia and cognitive functioning among older adults.
Chronic insomnia and cognitive impairment are both common complaints among older adults. This study explores the association between chronic insomnia and changes in cognitive functioning among older adults. The study population comprised two groups: 64 olde... | {
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New molecular methods to study gene functions in Candida infections.
Candida albicans has become a model system for human pathogenic fungi in clinical research, mainly due to the increasing number of Candida infections. Molecular techniques to study C. albicans virulence properties have been improved over the last few ... | {
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Grey water treatment by the slanted soil system with unsorted soil media.
This study evaluated the performance of unsorted soil media in the slanted soil treatment system, in terms of removal efficiency in suspended solids (SS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) and Escherichia coli, an... | {
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Metacognition - What did James H. Flavell really say and the implications for the conceptualization and design of metacognitive interventions.
In the last two decades years, several interventions have been designed for people with major psychological disorders that all have "metacognitive" in their name: Metacognitive ... | {
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Absolute spherical surface metrology by differencing rotation maps.
A simple novel method for the absolute interferometric testing of spherical surfaces is presented. This approach yields an estimate for test surface errors without changing experimental settings, such as cavity length, which may affect the apparent ref... | {
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Differential activation of NF-kappa B and AP-1 in increased fibronectin synthesis in target organs of diabetic complications.
Increased extracellular matrix protein production leading to structural abnormalities is a characteristic feature of chronic diabetic complications. We previously showed that high glucose in end... | {
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[Evaluation of methods for reproducing doppler pulsating focused ultrasonography].
In 53 patients treated for primary glaucoma the authors performed 2 examinations of blood perfusion in the posterior ciliary arteries during 2 following days. The patients had been examined in the period of a normalized IOP. The differen... | {
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Early lesions during pancreatic carcinogenesis induced in Syrian hamster by DHPN or DOPN. I. Histologic, histochemical and radioautographic findings.
The early lesions which arise in the Syrian hamster pancreas prior to the appearance of carcinomas induced by treatment with the related carcinogens di-hydroxy-di-n-propy... | {
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What impact does contact with the prenatal care system have on women's use of facility delivery? Evidence from low-income countries.
Prenatal and delivery care are critical both for maternal and newborn health. Using the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data for thirty-two low-income countries across Asia, sub-Saha... | {
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1.5-microm-band wavelength conversion based on difference-frequency generation in LiNbO3 waveguides with integrated coupling structures.
We report wavelength conversion within the 1.5-mum telecommunications band based on difference-frequency generation in periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides with integrated co... | {
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The roots of depression in adolescent girls: is menarche the key?
Before adolescence, the rates of depression are similar in girls and boys (or are slightly higher in boys). Yet with the onset of puberty, the gender proportion of depression dramatically shifts to a two girls to one boy ratio. What, then, is the relatio... | {
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Relations between mothers' daily work, home, and relationship stress with characteristics of mother-child conflict interactions.
This study examined whether daily variations in levels of mothers' work, home, and relationship stress were related to collaborative and oppositional qualities of mother-child conflict intera... | {
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Prostate biopsy after abdominoperineal resection: a diagnostic challenge.
Prostate biopsy in patients who underwent abdominoperineal resection (APR) of the rectum is commonly considered a technical challenge even for experienced urologists, although tissue diagnosis is essential in prostate cancer management. Transperi... | {
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Endobronchial ultrasound staging of thyroid lesion in small cell lung carcinoma.
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has proven its utility in the mediastinal staging of lung cancer. Its use in the evaluation of thyroid lesions has not previously been described. We report the sa... | {
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[Effect of Qingfei Decoction on Nitric Oxide and 8-isoPG in Exhaled Breath Condensate of ARDS Patients].
To observe the clinical significance of nitric oxide (NO) and 8-isoprostane (8-isoPG) changes in exhaled breath condensate ( EBC) of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients after treated by Qingfei Decoc... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
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Reply to "Comment on 'Lifshitz-Matsubara sum formula for the Casimir pressure between magnetic metallic mirrors' ".
We reply to the "Comment on 'Lifshitz-Matsubara sum formula for the Casimir pressure between magnetic metallic mirrors.' " We believe the comment misrepresents our papers, and fails to provide a plausible... | {
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Plasma catecholamines and production of thromboxane B2 by platelets after psychological and physical tests in normotensive and mild hypertensive subjects.
In our previous studies strenuous exercise, adrenaline infusion and surgical stress have been shown to evoke increased plasma thromboxane B2 (TxB2) concentrations an... | {
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Donor-site morbidity of the transverse musculocutaneous gracilis flap in autologous breast reconstruction: short-term and long-term results.
The authors have used the transverse musculocutaneous gracilis flap technique for autologous breast reconstruction after skin-sparing mastectomy since August of 2002. The donor si... | {
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RNAs: regulators of bacterial virulence.
RNA-based pathways that regulate protein expression are much more widespread than previously thought. Regulatory RNAs, including 5' and 3' untranslated regions next to the coding sequence, cis-acting antisense RNAs and trans-acting small non-coding RNAs, are effective regulatory... | {
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Analysis of cyclosporine A and its metabolites in rat urine and feces by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
A sensitive and specific liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the quantification of cyclosporine A (CyA) and the identification of its meta... | {
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Novel glycosynthons for glycoconjugate preparation: oligosaccharylpyroglutamylanilide derivatives.
The reducing sugar of an oligosaccharide reacting with the alpha-amino group of an amino acid is converted to an N-oligosaccharylamino acid which can then be stabilized by N-acylation. Oligosaccharides in solution in N,N-... | {
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Effect of short-term exercise training on angiogenic growth factor gene responses in rats.
We investigated whether 1) 5 days of exercise training would reduce the acute exercise-induced increase in skeletal muscle growth factor gene expression; and 2) reductions in the increase in growth factor gene expression in respo... | {
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Muscle fiber composition and capillary density in Turner syndrome: evidence of increased muscle fiber size related to insulin resistance.
To assess muscle fiber composition and capillary density in Turner syndrome, a condition linked with insulin resistance and increased frequency of type 2 diabetes, and link these fin... | {
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Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of empyema. A retrospective review in two military hospitals.
The microbiology and clinical features of empyema were studied retrospectively in 197 patients whose specimens yielded bacterial growth after inoculation for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Three hundred forty-three organis... | {
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[Pudendal hernia of the labia].
A case of hernia is reported with a brief review of perineal hernia. | {
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Transmission of uropathogens between sex partners.
Epidemiologic evidence and several case reports suggest that Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection (UTI) may be transmitted between sex partners. In order to test this hypothesis, urinary, vaginal, and fecal E. coli isolates from 19 women with UTI were compa... | {
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Monoclonal gammopathies in a Moroccan military hospital.
The aim of this study was to describe biological features and aetiology of monoclonal gammopathy diagnosed during a 10-year period in the biochemistry department of the Moroccan Military Hospital Mohamed V in Rabat. The study was performed from 1 January 2000 to ... | {
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Perceptions of Parents With Preterm Infants Hospitalized in Singaporean Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Perceptions of parents with preterm infants who were hospitalized in a Singapore-based neonatal intensive care unit were observed. Convenience sampling method was used to recruit 8 parents of preterm infants. Semistruc... | {
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Pressure injections of fluid in the nanoliter range via micropipettes.
The relationship between pressure, ejection duration and volume ejected was experimentally determined in vitro for micropipettes with different external tip diameters. The relationship between ejection duration and ejected volume is linear in the st... | {
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[Adenosine triphosphate stress (99m)Tc-MIBI single-photon emission computed tomography in the diagnosis Miocardial Iscemia in patients with Microvascular Angina].
To assess diagnostic potential of (99m)Tc-MIBI-single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with intravenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) infusion in c... | {
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Isolation of Nipah virus from Malaysian Island flying-foxes.
In late 1998, Nipah virus emerged in peninsular Malaysia and caused fatal disease in domestic pigs and humans and substantial economic loss to the local pig industry. Surveillance of wildlife species during the outbreak showed neutralizing antibodies to Nipah... | {
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The complementarity of public and private long-term care coverage.
Discussions about long-term care financing often get mired in the false dichotomy that long-term care should be primarily either a public or a private responsibility. Our starting premise is that public and private long-term care coverage can best serve... | {
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A prospective study of oesophageal 24-h ambulatory pH monitoring in patients with functional dyspepsia.
The diagnostic utility of 24-h oesophageal ambulatory pH monitoring in patients with functional dyspepsia has not been well established. We performed a prospective study of oesophageal pH monitoring in patients with ... | {
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Secretory activity and trophic effects of epidermal growth factor in the rat pancreas.
This study was to investigate whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) may induce any long-term effect on pancreatic exocrine function in vivo as well to evaluate the chronic effects of EGF on pancreatic growth in rats. Rats were treate... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
[Effect of the different smoking cessation regimens with acupuncture on smoking withdrawal and their influence factors: a multi-center randomized controlled trial].
To evaluate the clinical effect of acupuncture on smoking cessation and withdrawal symptoms and to explore the influence factors of acupuncture on smoking ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Comparison of the perinatal outcomes after laparoscopic myomectomy versus abdominal myomectomy.
To compare the perinatal outcomes after laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) versus abdominal myomectomy (AM). The medical records of 105 Japanese females who delivered after myomectomy from 2004 to 2012 at Osaka Medical College wer... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Hyponatraemia in elderly emergency department patients: a marker of frailty.
Details on hyponatraemia in the emergency department are limited, especially regarding older patients, a population more susceptible to hyponatraemia and its effects. Our objective was to gain insight into the prevalence, aetiology, treatment ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Differential cross sections for intermediate-energy electron scattering from α-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol: excitation of electronic-states.
We report on measurements of differential cross sections (DCSs) for electron impact excitation of a series of Rydberg electronic-states in α-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA). The ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
A new montane species of Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from western Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo.
A new species of Philautus is described from western Sarawak. The new species was collected in lower montane forest in two national parks in Sarawak and recorded from another park. It differs from its congeners b... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Complementary distributions of amyloid-beta and neprilysin in the brains of dogs and cats.
Neprilysin is an amyloid-beta-degrading enzyme localized in the brain parenchyma. The involvement of neprilysin in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease has recently received much attention. We examined the localization of nepr... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
The role of tumor necrosis factor in cardiac disease.
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a proinflammatory cytokine that can produce widespread deleterious effects when expressed in large amounts. It is produced in the heart by both cardiac myocytes and resident macrophages under conditions of cardiac stress, and is though... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
[Staining improvement for Blastocystis hominis specimen].
Schaudinn solution was used to fix the Blastocystis hominis specimen and an improved Harris hematoxylin staining was applied to stain it. The method shows clearer internal structure of the parasite, simpler and less time-consuming than the traditional iron hemat... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
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