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The clinical and economic impact of deep chest surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. To examine how deep chest surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery impact hospital inpatient length of stay (LOS), costs, and mortality. A large, Midwestern commu...
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Identification of N-homocysteinylated apolipoprotein AI in normal human serum. In human serum, a portion of homocysteine (Hcy) exists as an N-linked form to the epsilon-amino group of protein lysine residues. N-homocysteinylated proteins differ structurally and functionally from native proteins. The present study striv...
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The effect of rest interval length on bench press performance with heavy vs. light loads. The purpose of the current study was to compare the effect of 3 different rest intervals on multiple sets of the bench press exercise performed with heavy vs. light loads. Sixteen resistance-trained men performed 2 testing session...
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Insecticide interaction with carrier and neuroproteins. Binding of alpha-, beta-, gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, p,p'-DDT and p,p'-DDE with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and locust brain homogenate was studied. Binding affinities of pesticides were higher for the locust brain homogenates than for BSA. Results of uptake by i...
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Cyclic stretch upregulates SDF-1alpha/CXCR4 axis in human saphenous vein smooth muscle cells. Cyclic stretch (CS) mediates different cellular functions in vascular smooth muscle cells and involves in neointimal hyperplasia and subsequent atherosclerosis of vein grafts. Here, we investigated whether CS can modulate stro...
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A phase II trial of induction epirubicin, oxaliplatin, and fluorouracil, followed by surgery and postoperative concurrent cisplatin and fluorouracil chemoradiotherapy in patients with locoregionally advanced adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. Preoperative chemoradiotherapy improves local con...
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1A and morbid obesity in infancy. To describe an infant with early excessive weight gain as the principle manifestation of pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) type 1a and Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). We describe the clinical and laboratory findings in an infant with early excessive...
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Predictors of lower extremity arterial injury after total knee or total hip arthroplasty. Lower extremity arterial injury is a rare complication following total knee (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). To date, no multi-institutional study has identified preoperative factors that may portend increased risk for these...
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[Flavonols and flavones of vegetables. VIII. Flavones of carrot leaves (author's transl)]. The flavonoid constituents of carrot leaves (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativa) were separated by means of cellulose column chromatography, and the following compounds were obtained crystalline and identified by usual procedures: lute...
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A model-fitting implementation of the DeFries-Fulker model for selected twin data. In this research note, DeFries-Fulker (DF) regression analysis is reframed in model-fitting terms, where an individual's expected score is modeled as a function of their co-twin's proband status. This more flexible implementation of the ...
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Non-cultivable microorganisms from symbiotic associations of insects and other hosts. Many symbiotic associations involve microorganisms which cannot be cultivated on laboratory media. These organisms remained little known until the recent advent of methods of recombinant DNA analysis and molecular phylogenetics. Appli...
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Emotional discomfort and impairments in verbal memory in schizophrenia. Research has demonstrated that impairments in verbal memory in schizophrenia are linked with psychosocial deficits. Less is known, however, about their relationship to clinical features of illness. This study explores the hypothesis that impairment...
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Interpreting in vitro micronucleus positive results: simple biomarker matrix discriminates clastogens, aneugens, and misleading positive agents. The specificity of in vitro mammalian cell genotoxicity assays is low, as they yield a high incidence of positive results that are not observed in animal genotoxicity and carc...
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Forced expiratory manoeuvres in children: do they meet ATS and ERS criteria for spirometry? The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society criteria for spirometry in children. Maximal expiratory flow/volume (MEFV) measurements from 446 school-age ch...
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Allergy in long-term hemodialysis. II. Allergic and atopic patterns of a population of patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. Maintenance hemodialysis is widely used throughout the world, and anaphylactic reactions appear to be increasing in number and severity. However, the exact incidence of sensitization and th...
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Effect of local inhibition of gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake in the dorsomedial hypothalamus on extracellular levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid and on stress-induced tachycardia: a study using microdialysis. Previous studies involving local microinjection of drugs that interfere with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A rec...
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Impact of pyrethroids and organochlorine pesticides residue on IGF-1 and CYP1A genes expression and muscle protein patterns of cultured Mugil capito. This study aimed to assess the levels of pyrethroids and organochlorine residues in the tissues of cultured Mugil capito and in water samples obtained from three differen...
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[Biliary ileus: personal cases]. After a short review of world literature on the subject, four cases of biliary ileus, all with favourable outcome, are reported. Some considerations on the pathogenesis of occlusion of biliary origin and on its treatment are then set out: such treatment must always be surgical and of em...
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Laparoscopic fenestration of a simple hepatic cyst. Hepatic cysts are usually asymptomatic, most being detected incidentally during imaging. Distinction has to be made between a simple hepatic cyst from more sinister types such as a parasitic cyst and a cyst occurring as part of a neoplastic process. Intervention in a ...
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Meeting the psychosocial needs of pacemaker patients. A review of the literature concerning patients who have received permanently implanted cardiac pacemakers indicates that a substantial number of these patients experience difficulties in adjusting to their medical condition. Common feelings among these patients are ...
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The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on short-interval intracortical inhibition and intracortical facilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is increasingly being used to affect the neurological conditions with deficient intracortical synaptic a...
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Skipping of Duplicated Dystrophin Exons: In Vitro Induction and Assessment. Duplications of one or more dystrophin exons that disrupt the reading frame account for about 15% of all Duchenne cases, and like the more common genomic deletions, most pathogenic duplications of single or multiple dystrophin exons are also am...
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Stability of theophylline elimination rate. The elimination rate for theophylline varies greatly among patients, but recommendations for maintenance dosing schedules have assumed relatively little intrapatient variability even over extended time periods. Reports of large intrapatient variability of theophylline elimina...
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[Presinusoidal portal hypertension due to portal thrombosis in a patient with Alagille's syndrome]. We present the case of a 16-year old woman with Alagille's syndrome, who had upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to rupture of esophageal varices secondary to presinusoidal portal hypertension without liver fibrosis. Por...
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A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase of Candida albicans influences adhesion, filamentous growth and virulence. To determine if cellular functions of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase CaVps34p are related to processes governing Candida albicans pathogenicity, both copies of the gene were sequentially disrupted. Homozygous d...
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Histologic studies of the effects of circulating hot saline on the uterus before hysterectomy. To evaluate a new device for endometrial ablation. (Canadian Task Force classification II-1). University-affiliated hospital. Thirty-two women scheduled for hysterectomy. Endometrial ablation and hysterectomy. The new device ...
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Magnesium Modulates Doxorubicin Activity through Drug Lysosomal Sequestration and Trafficking. Magnesium is directly involved in the control of cell growth and survival, but its role in cancer biology and therapy is multifaceted; in particular, it is highly controversial whether magnesium levels can affect therapy outc...
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Mutant isoforms of the anti-Müllerian hormone type II receptor are not expressed at the cell membrane. Anti-Müllerian hormone, a member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily, produces early regression of Müllerian ducts in the male fetus through binding to a serine/threonine kinase receptor, homologous to ...
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A rice quantitative trait locus for salt tolerance encodes a sodium transporter. Many important agronomic traits in crop plants, including stress tolerance, are complex traits controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Isolation of these QTLs holds great promise to improve world agriculture but is a challenging task...
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The use of neuropsychological data to detect altered neurological functioning in a child with myelomeningocele. Although children with myelomeningocele often display atypical patterns on psychometric testing, this case study demonstrates the sensitivity of neuropsychological instruments to detect altered neurological f...
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Induction of micronuclei in haemocytes and gill cells of zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, exposed to clastogens. Zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, were exposed to four directly acting reference clastogens (mitomycin C, bleomycin, dimethylarsinic acid and potassium chromate) under laboratory conditions. The aim w...
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Impaired antigen-specific suppressor cell activity in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Antigen specific suppressor cell activity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells was investigated in 20 patients with psoriatic arthritis and 18 patients with uncomplicated psoriasis and compared to that of 27 age- and sex-matched h...
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[Aetiology of depressive disorders--the biopsychosocial model]. The biopsychosocial model has been developed from general system theory and describes the interaction of body and mind. Unipolar depression has a complex pathogenesis which on an individual level presents in very diverse ways. The article focuses on biolog...
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[Clinical analysis of conjunctival papilloma]. Objective: To summarize and analyze the clinical manifestation of conjunctival papilloma, its relationship with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the recurrence after the combination of operation and pharmacotherapy. Methods: A retrospective case series study. Analy...
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The K+-and HCO3-stimulated phosphatase activities in renal microsomes of rats. The K+-stimulated phosphatase activity of microsomes from rat kidney was not inhibited by L-phenylalanine, but the HCO3-stimulated phosphatase activity was markedly inhibited by L-phenylalanine. Valinomycin enhanced the HCO3-stimulated phosp...
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Benzo(a)pyrene suppresses tracheal antimicrobial peptide gene expression in bovine tracheal epithelial cells. Respiratory disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in cetaceans, which are also threatened by environmental degradation caused by crude oil spills. Following oil spills, cetaceans at the water...
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Seventy-Two-Hour Returns Are Not Useful in Identifying Emergency Department Patients With a Concerning Intra-Abdominal Process. Seventy-two-hour returns to the emergency department (ED) have been used to identify patients who are believed to have been more likely to have suffered medical errors, missed diagnoses, or fa...
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Accumulation of apolipoprotein E and beta-amyloid-like protein in a trace of the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell layer after ischaemic delayed neuronal death. We found that apolipoprotein E (apo E) accumulates in a trace of the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell layer within 6 months after 5 min ischaemia. Intense methenami...
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IBS subjects with methane on lactulose breath test have lower postprandial serotonin levels than subjects with hydrogen. We have previously shown that methane on lactulose breath test (LBT) is highly associated with constipation in IBS and that methane gas itself slows small bowel transit in dogs. Previous studies sugg...
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Inherited thrombotic disorders: an update. Significant advances in identification of etiologies of inherited thrombosis have been recently reported. A point mutation in coagulation factor V (factor V Leiden) results in resistance to activated protein C and probably represents the most common genetic risk factor for ven...
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Dynamic and volumetric variables of fluid responsiveness fail during immediate postresuscitation period. Fluid therapy after resuscitation from cardiac arrest is challenging since both hypovolemia and fluid overload may cause circulatory failure. Therefore, prediction of fluid responsiveness is a major issue in optimiz...
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VEGF polymorphisms are associated with severity of diabetic retinopathy. To determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene are associated with severity of diabetic retinopathy. A case-control study was conducted in which 45 individuals with type 1 or 2 dia...
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Long-term prognosis of human herpesvirus 6 reactivation following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) frequently have HHV-6 reactivation typically during the early phase following HSCT. The long-term clinical complications and prognosis,...
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Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for centrally located renal tumors. LPN is frequently reserved for small, peripherally located tumors. Centrally located tumors typically require complex intracorporeal suturing and reconstruction with hilar clamping, which is a laparoscopically advanced maneuver given the constraints o...
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Efficient adsorption of diclofenac sodium from aqueous solutions using magnetic amine-functionalized chitosan. In this study, we prepared a magnetic composite based on amine-functionalized chitosan (aminochitosan; AmCS) and Fe3O4 to remove diclofenac sodium (DS) from water. The fabricated AmCS@Fe3O4 composite was chara...
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Insulin sensitivity and periodontal infection in a non-diabetic, non-smoking adult population. The aim of this study was to examine whether there is an association of insulin sensitivity with periodontal infection in a non-diabetic, non-smoking adult population. A subpopulation of the Health 2000 Survey (effective n=20...
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Suspected foodborne carbamate pesticide intoxications associated with ingestion of hydroponic cucumbers. In the period April 1--15, 1977, nine residents of one Nebraska town experienced violent illnesses with short duration following ingestion of locally grown hydroponic cucumbers. Despite a thorough investigation, the...
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Mental health service provision in juvenile justice facilities: pre- and postrelease psychiatric care. High prevalence rates of mental illness among adolescents in juvenile justice facilities require multifaceted interventions. Children entering justice systems are frequently underserved and having their first contact ...
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The activity of guanine exchange factor NET1 is essential for transforming growth factor-beta-mediated stress fiber formation. To examine signaling pathways underlying transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-mediated changes in cell morphology, we used a microarray system to identify downstream target genes that may...
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A comparison of the grip force distribution in natural hands and in prosthetic hands. The aim of this study is to analyse the grip force distribution for different prosthetic hand designs and the human hand fulfilling a functional task. A cylindrical object is held with a power grasp and the contact forces are measured...
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Endoluminal reconstruction of the canine common biliary duct. Extrahepatic biliary duct injuries such as transections, stenoses, and biliary leaks are well-known complications of upper abdominal surgeries. The popularization of laparoscopic cholecystectomies in the early 1990's resulted in an increase in the numbers of...
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Photoinduced reductive cleavage of some chlorobenzylic compounds. New insights from comparison with electrochemically induced reactions. The photoinduced reductive cleavage of the carbon-chlorine bond in some chlorobenzylic nitro- and cyano-substituted compounds has been studied by transient absorption spectroscopy. Th...
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Basiliximab reduces the incidence of acute cellular rejection in live-related-donor kidney transplantation: a three-year prospective randomized trial. The aim of this work was to investigate the benefit of basiliximab induction therapy in living-related-donor kidney transplantation. One hundred adult recipients of a fi...
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Magnesium and calciprotein particles in vascular calcification: the good cop and the bad cop. Vascular calcification is a major contributor to increased cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recently, calciprotein particles (CPP) were identified to drive the calcification process. CPP may explain th...
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[Monitoring routines at Danish anesthesia departments]. By means of a questionnaire investigation, 84 Danish anaesthetic departments were questioned in January 1987 about their monitoring routines during anaesthesia and recovery. 100% replied. The investigation revealed that measurement of the blood pressure in adults ...
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Urodynamic findings in patients with urogenital fistulae. To assess the feasibility of carrying out a urodynamic investigation in patients with a urogenital fistula and to establish the incidence of abnormal lower urinary tract function in such patients. Of 38 patients referred within the last 3 years with a diagnosis ...
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Fusarium oxysporum is an onychomycosis etiopathogenic agent. To evaluate and characterize the etiopathogenesis of the fusarial onychomycosis in an ex vivo study through fragments of sterile human nail, without the addition of any nutritional source. The infection and invasion of Fusarium oxysporum in the nail were eval...
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Effect of increases in myocardial epinephrine content on epinephrine release from the dog heart. The effect of short-term (10 min) and prolonged (180 min) epinephrine (E) infusion (92.5 ng.kg-1.min-1) on E content of the myocardium and on the subsequent release of E from the heart during stimulation of the left stellat...
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[The use of PCR technique in the evaluation of the frequency of HPV infection in vulvar and cervical carcinoma]. In this study we estimated the frequency of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in patients with vulvar and cervical carcinoma by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We took into consideration the age of patie...
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Meningioma: an update. Recent clinical and molecular research has shed new light on the biology of meningiomas--a common but understudied CNS neoplasm. This review will focus on recent advances and their significance for future research and treatment. Meningiomas represent the second most common brain tumor in adults, ...
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Thermal oxidative degradation studies of phosphate esters. Five phosphate esters - tri-p-tolyl phosphate, tributyl phosphate, tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate, tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate, and tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate- were subjected to thermal oxidative degradation in air at 370 degrees C. Degradation mec...
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A large mediastinal tumor with spontaneous regression 30 years after esophageal bypass surgery. We describe the case of an 80-year-old man admitted to the hospital for the first time with chest pain and progressive respiratory difficulty. Radiographic findings of the chest showed a large, cystic mediastinal mass from t...
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Lamellar macular hole formation in patients with diabetic cystoid macular edema. To report lamellar macular hole formation in four patients with diabetic cystoid macular edema (CME). A review of the medical records of four patients with diabetic CME in whom lamellar macular hole formation was observed. The morphologic ...
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Effects of aminoglutethimide, alone and in combination with surgical castration, on pancreatic carcinogenesis in rats and hamsters. The present 12-month study was carried out to investigate the effects of the aromatase inhibitor aminoglutethimide, alone and in combination with orchiectomy, on pancreatic carcinogenesis ...
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Solubilization of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by recombinant bioemulsifier AlnA. AlnA is the protein responsible for the emulsifying and solubilizing activity of the Acinetobacter radioresistens KA53 bioemulsifier alasan. AlnA was produced in Escherichia coli, purified to homogeneity and then used to measure the enhanced...
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Transcriptomic and hormone analyses reveal mechanisms underlying petal elongation in Chrysanthemum morifolium 'Jinba'. Auxin regulates chrysanthemum petal elongation by promoting cell elongation. Transcriptomic analysis shows that auxin signal transduction may connect with other transcription factors by TCPs to regulat...
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Color Doppler ultrasonography and multislice computer tomography angiography in carotid plaque detection and characterization. Cerebrovascular diseases are the third leading cause of mortality in the world, following malignant and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, their timely and precise diagnostics is of great impo...
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Reversal of experimental posthepatectomy liver failure in pigs: a new application of hepatocyte bioreactors. Postoperative liver failure remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after extensive hepatectomies. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a hepatocyte bioreactor in the treatment of experiment...
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Impaired myogenic tone in isolated cerebral and coronary resistance arteries from the goto-kakizaki rat model of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is associated with stroke and cardiac dysfunction. We therefore investigated isolated middle cerebral arteries and coronary septal arteries from the diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (G...
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The effects of acute carbon monoxide intoxication on the cerebral energy metabolism of the rat. The cerebal metabolic effects of 60 min exposure to 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0% carbon monoxide (CO) and 60 min exposure to 1.0% CO were studied in lightly anesthetized rats by measurement of brain tissue contents of glycolytic ...
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Medicine in the 21st century: the situation in a rural Iraqi community. To describe the health beliefs and practice in a rural Iraqi community. Personal observations and practice; narratives of colleagues. Rural Iraqi society has remained unchanged in beliefs and practices in many ways since the Babylonian and Sumerian...
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Breast-fed infants have higher leptin values than formula-fed infants in the first four months of life. Leptin is a hormone present in breast milk, which regulates food intake and energy metabolism. To investigate whether leptin levels are different in breast-fed (BF) or formula-fed (FF) infants in the first months of ...
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A longitudinal study of cerebral glucose metabolism, MRI, and disability in patients with MS. To study the time-related changes in cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRglc) in MS patients and to correlate these with changes in MRI lesion load and disability. Measurements of MRI lesion load and neurologic disability a...
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Hidden high rate of pre-eclampsia in twin compared with singleton pregnancy. To examine the gestational age at delivery in dichorionic (DC) and monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies, with and without pre-eclampsia (PE), and to determine the relative risk of total and preterm PE compared with that in singleton pregnancies...
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for adult Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphocytic leukemia: comparable survival rates but different risk factors between related and unrelated transplantation in first complete remission. To identify factors to improve the outcomes of related and unrelated allogeneic stem...
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Assessment of sleep impairment in persistent allergic rhinitis patients using polysomnography. Although questionnaires have demonstrated an association between impairment of quality of sleep and symptoms in allergic rhinitis (AR) patients, to date there is no report of an objective assessment of sleep in patients with ...
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"Your ears become your eyes": managing the absence of visibility in NHS Direct. To identify and describe nurses' perceptions of interactional practices they use to manage the absence of visual cues in telephone consultations with callers at an NHS Direct site. A routine activity in telephone consultations is visualizin...
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Immunohistochemical expression of cytokeratins and epithelial membrane protein 2 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and its potential implications. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an aggressive disease and tends to involve surrounding tissues, and biomarkers for better management are yet to be identified. One hundred and fi...
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Is cosmetic surgery an effective psychotherapeutic intervention? A systematic review of the evidence. Elective cosmetic surgery (ECS) in the absence of physical indications is often performed to improve psychosocial function. Third-party funders need evidence of its effectiveness if they are to respond in an evidence-b...
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An emerging 1q21.1 deletion-associated neurodevelopmental phenotype. In this study, we describe the neurodevelopmental and epileptic phenotypes in a family with an inherited 1q21.1 deletion. During the pregnancy with the proband, increased nuchal translucency and oligohydramnion were detected. The proband showed mild g...
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Coicenals A-D, four new diterpenoids with new chemical skeletons from the plant pathogenic fungus Bipolaris coicis. Coicenals A-C (1-3) possessing a previously undescribed 10-(sec-butyl)-6-hydroxy-1,7,9-trimethyl-1,6,7,8,9,9a-hexahydro-1,4-methanobenzo[d]oxepin-2(4H)-ylidene)acetaldehyde skeleton and coicenal D (4) wit...
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Primary structure of the plant serpin BSZ7 having the capacity of chymotrypsin inhibition. The primary structure of barley grain serpin BSZ7 was deduced from a cDNA encoding 397 amino-acid residues. More than 70% of the residues were confirmed by sequencing peptide fragments. The N-terminus was identified as an acetyla...
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[Clinical aspects and prognostic factors of intracerebral hemorrhage]. Intracerebral hemorrhage represents approximately 20% of all strokes. In spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage the essential etiological factor is arterial hypertension, and the most frequent site the putamen and lobes of the cerebrum (lobar hematoma...
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Elevated nocturnal desaturation index predicts mortality in interstitial lung disease. Nocturnal desaturation may contribute to long-term pulmonary vascular stress in interstitial lung disease (ILD). We study the prevalence, severity and prognostic utility of nocturnal desaturation across ILD. ILD patients with overnig...
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Glomerulonephritis causing acute renal failure during the course of bacterial infections. Histological varieties, potential pathogenetic pathways and treatment. To illustrate diagnostic approaches, potential pathogenetic differences, epidemiological implications and therapeutic dilemmas posed by glomerulonephritis (GN)...
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Levamisole pharmacokinetics and bioavailability in dogs. Levamisole was given intravenously and orally (with and without food) to six dogs. All dogs reacted adversely to intravenous dosage and one died. For the remaining five, intravenous data fitted a one compartment model with first order elimination and a mean half-...
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MicroRNA-202 induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in lung cancer cells through targeting cyclin D1. MicroRNAs are critical regulators in tumorigenesis. This study is aimed at investigating the function of miR-202 in the proliferation of human lung cancer cells. Lung cancer tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues ...
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Construction of human antibody gene libraries and selection of antibodies by phage display. Antibody phage display is the most commonly used in vitro selection technology and has yielded thousands of useful antibodies for research, diagnostics, and therapy.The prerequisite for successful generation and development of h...
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[Preliminary studies on the retention of hydroxylated PCDF metabolites in rat blood]. We recently reported that certain hydroxylated PCB (OH-CB) metabolites were selectively retained in blood of rats experimentally dosed with PCB (Aroclor 1254), and also in blood of seals and humans environmentally exposed to PCBs. We ...
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Unwitting self-disclosures in psychodynamic psychotherapy: deciphering their meaning and accessing the pain within. Unwitting self-disclosures (USDs), unconscious yet observable parts of personality, are often behavioral relics of past suffering and, as such, constitute valuable though frequently underutilized clinical...
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[Radionuclide cisternography: SPECT- and 3D-technique]. Radionuclide cisternography is indicated in the clinical work-up for hydrocephalus, when searching for CSF leaks, and when testing whether or not intracranial cystic lesions are communicating with the adjacent subarachnoid space. This paper demonstrates the feasib...
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Asymmetric synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines through supramolecular organocatalysis. Functionalized chiral tetrahydroquinolines were synthesized through supramolecular organocatalysis using quinidine-NH-thiourea 3c/L-phenylalanine 4i followed by reductive amination from the simple substrates.
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Combinatorial expression of different β-carotene hydroxylases and ketolases in Escherichia coli for increased astaxanthin production. In natural produced bacteria, β-carotene hydroxylase (CrtZ) and β-carotene ketolase (CrtW) convert β-carotene into astaxanthin. To increase astaxanthin production in heterologous strain,...
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Prenatal echographic diagnosis of laryngeal atresia as part of a multiple congenital anomalies (MCA) syndrome. Prenatal echographic diagnosis of laryngeal atresia as part of a multiple congenital anomalies (MCA) syndrome: In this report we present the prenatal second trimester echographic diagnosis of laryngeal atresia...
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The crystal structure of staphylococcal superantigen-like protein 11 in complex with sialyl Lewis X reveals the mechanism for cell binding and immune inhibition. Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen that produces a family of 14 staphylococcal superantigen-like (SSL) proteins, which are structurally similar to supe...
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Perceived support among Iranian mothers of children with learning disability. This qualitative phenomenological study explores the lived experiences of perceived support by Iranian mothers who have children with learning disability. Twelve open interviews with six mothers of learning-disabled children (7-12 years of ag...
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Ictal autoscopic phenomena and near death experiences: a study of five patients with ictal autoscopies. Autoscopic phenomena in general may-among other conditions-occur during epileptic seizures and near death experiences. We set the hypothesis that ictal autoscopic phenomena and near death experiences have a similar s...
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Strategies to control alkoxy radical-initiated relay cyclizations for the synthesis of oxygenated tetrahydrofuran motifs. Radical relay cyclizations initiated by alkoxy radicals are a powerful tool for the rapid construction of substituted tetrahydrofurans. The scope of these relay cyclizations has been dramatically in...
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Damage to Reissner's membrane in the guinea-pig cochlea following acute atoxyl intoxication. The ototoxic effects of the arsenic compound atoxyl has been earlier demonstrated by Anniko & Wersäll (1975) in the stria vascularis of the guinea pig cochlea. The aim of the present investigation was to study the morphological...
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Perovskite-Ion Beam Interactions: Toward Controllable Light Emission and Lasing. Achieving controllable coherent and incoherent light sources is crucial to meet the requests of the constantly developing integrated optics, which, however, remains challenging for the existing semiconductor materials and techniques. All-i...
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