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Physical and psychological maltreatment: relations among types of maltreatment.
Maltreatment has serious consequences for the development of children. The reason for the negative outcomes is not, however, fully understood. This study investigated the hypotheses that psychological maltreatment would be present in almost... | {
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The influence of laparoscopy on incisional hernia rates: a retrospective analysis of 1057 colorectal cancer resections.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of incisional hernia formation after laparoscopic and open surgery for colorectal cancer. A retrospective analysis was conducted of 1057 colorectal ... | {
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Lymphocyte populations in tuberculous pleural effusions.
Different systemic and local responses to mycobacterial antigens suggest an active compartmentalization of responsive lymphocytes to tubercular antigens. This fact, observed in pleuritic processes, raises doubts about the accuracy of information obtained in the s... | {
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Stimulation of insulin and glucagon secretion by vasoactive intestinal peptide.
In vivo, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) produces simultaneous increases in blood glucose and insulin levels. In order to determine whether VIP, like its homologues, also stimulates insulin secretion directly, studies were made in contr... | {
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An automatic device for forced wakefulness in dogs.
An automatic device is described which maintains sustained wakefulness of 12 h or more in dogs with chronically implanted electrodes for sleepwaking recording. The procedure consists of automatic sleep detection using EEG, EMG and body movement (BM), and of avoidance ... | {
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Children teach methods they could not discover for themselves.
Across three studies (N=100), we explored whether and, if so, under what circumstances children's self-discovered knowledge impacts their transmission of taught information. All participants were taught one of several methods for extracting rewards from a b... | {
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To split behaviour into bouts, log-transform the intervals.
Analysis of behaviour that is displayed in bouts depends crucially on quantitative estimates of bout criteria, that is, the lengths of the shortest intervals between bouts. Current methods estimate bout criteria by modelling the log-transformed (cumulative) fr... | {
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Novel insights into the immune regulatory effects of ferritins from blunt snout bream, Megalobrama amblycephala.
Ferritins play vital roles in maintenance of iron homeostasis as iron storage proteins. Recently, the immune function of ferritins have attracted increasing attention, especially their roles in defense again... | {
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Pointed Progress in Second-Line Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Rapidly Evolving Field of Checkpoint Inhibition.
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is globally prevalent and associated with high rates of mortality. Immune checkpoint pathways are often exploited by tumors to evade immunity-mediated destruction,... | {
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A new technique for the mapping of oxygen tension on the brain surface.
Most measurements of oxygen tension (PO(2)) in the brain have been performed using oxygen microelectrodes. However, the insertion of microelectrodes into the brain per se causes cortical injury and hence could lead to erroneous PO(2) measurements. ... | {
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The fidelity of protein synthesis: can mischarging by aspartyl-tRNA(Asp) synthetase lead to the formation of isoaspartyl residues in proteins?
We have tested the hypothesis that isoaspartic acid residues in proteins can arise via errors that occur during protein synthesis. One such error involves a mischarging step in ... | {
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SEX-RATIO MANIPULATION IN RESPONSE TO HOST SIZE BY THE PARASITOID WASP SPALANGIA CAMERONI: A LABORATORY STUDY.
The prediction of Charnov et al.'s (1981) host-size model that there should be a negative relationship between host size and wasp sex ratio (proportion sons) was supported for Spalangia cameroni, a solitary pa... | {
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Genetic polymorphisms of human mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase.
In a survey of 860 unselected human placental extracts, three variants of mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase were found, all of which were common enough to be considered polymorphisms. Family studies showed that this enzyme is ... | {
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Chimeric creatures in Greek mythology and reflections in science.
"The Chimaera" in Homer's Iliad, "was of divine stock, not of men, in the forepart a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, ellipsis Bellerophon slew her, trusting in the signs of the gods." In Hesiod's Theogony it is emphasized that "Ch... | {
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Effect of mild malnutrition on disaccharidase activity and glucose uptake in intestinal brush border vesicles of growing monkeys.
The effect of severe malnutrition has been reported by some workers, but there is a paucity of information on milder forms even though 85% of pre-school children show evidence of mild to mod... | {
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DNA sequence analysis of the cytosolic acetaldehyde dehydrogenase gene (Ahd-2) in mouse strains with variable ethanol preferences.
Differences in Ahd-2 at the DNA sequence level were characterized in mouse strains with variable ethanol preferences. The 5' region and the region surrounding the active site of Ahd-2 were ... | {
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A quality assurance test tool for high dose-rate remote afterloading brachytherapy units.
A QA test tool is designed to quantitatively measure the HDR source positioning error, and to facilitate quick and dependable HDR timer linearity test and daily output constancy check. The test tool consists of two concentric disk... | {
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Asymptomatic sustained ventricular fibrillation in a patient with left ventricular assist device.
Optimal medical treatment, cardiac resynchronization, and the use of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator are established therapies of severe congestive heart failure. In refractory cases, left ventricular assist devi... | {
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The preoperative patient with an asymptomatic cervical bruit.
At the time of this writing there appears to be little evidence that cervical bruits are good indicators of stenosis or plaque in the underlying carotid artery in asymptomatic patients, or that the finding of a carotid bruit places the patient at greater ris... | {
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Effectiveness of Preceding Solo Kidney Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes With End-Stage Renal Failure.
Preceding solo kidney transplantation for type 1 diabetes with end-stage renal failure is controversial because of less pancreatic graft survival in pancreas transplantation after kidney transplantation (PAK) than i... | {
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Inhibiting Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase Ameliorates α-Synuclein Cytotoxicity.
The lack of disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative disease stems in part from our rudimentary understanding of disease mechanisms and the paucity of targets for therapeutic intervention. Here we used an integrated discovery paradigm to... | {
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Methyldopa-induced immune hemolytic anemia and chronic active hepatitis.
Immune hemolytic anemia and chronic active hepatitis developed concurrently in a 76-year-old man after prolonged therapy with methyldopa. Both complications disappeared following cessation of treatment with the offending drug and a short course of... | {
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An Algorithm for Motif Discovery with Iteration on Lengths of Motifs.
Analysis of DNA sequence motifs is becoming increasingly important in the study of gene regulation, and the identification of motif in DNA sequences is a complex problem in computational biology. Motif discovery has attracted the attention of more an... | {
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The present and future management of childhood craniopharyngioma.
Childhood craniopharyngiomas are rare tumours that present formidable difficulties in their treatment if cure is to be achieved without producing severe hypothalamic damage. Experience with our own cases suggests that the morbidity from an attempted radi... | {
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Revised chronic widespread pain criteria: development from and integration with fibromyalgia criteria.
Background and aims Persons with chronic widespread pain (CWP) have poor medical outcomes and increased mortality. But there are no universally accepted criteria for CWP or of methods to assess it. The most common cri... | {
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[Prosthetic rehabilitation with dental implant in cleft lip and palate: a ten-year retrospective study].
Two problems need to be faced during cleft lip and palate surgical treatment to gain a functional and esthetic result: restoration of the maxillary bone defect and the missing lateral incisor tooth, which may be rep... | {
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Liver stiffness-based model for prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B virus infection: comparison with histological fibrosis.
Liver stiffness (LS) value using transient elastography is a reliable, non-invasive tool for assessing liver fibrosis. LS-based prediction model, LSPS (=LS value × spleen... | {
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[Nursing care in immunization programs].
The authors answer questions asked by nursing personnel, who work in teaching hospitals and in health centers, about immunization against measles and poliomyelitis, as well as questions about general care in other types of immunization. They recommend specific research on the su... | {
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Anti-oxidized LDL antibodies and wine consumption: a population-based epidemiological study in Dicomano, Italy.
In previous studies, higher levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) have been reported to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, the anti-oxidative properties of red wine have b... | {
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Andrographolide inhibits osteopontin expression and breast tumor growth through down regulation of PI3 kinase/Akt signaling pathway.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in India and around the world. Despite recent advancement in the treatment of breast cancer, the results of chemotherapy to dat... | {
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The face of pathology in Afghanistan in 2006-2007.
The current state of the practice of pathology in Afghanistan is described on the basis of visits made by the author to a nongovernmental organization hospital in Kabul, for 6 months between October 2006 and March 2007, and a second visit for 6 weeks at the end of 2007... | {
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Studies on short-term application of drugs to Eimeria tenella in tissue culture.
The anticoccidial action of 6 drugs was studied by treating cell cultures with drug for 24 h after inoculation of the cultures with sporozoites of Eimeria tenella. A monitoring technique was used to confirm that the drug was being removed.... | {
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A feasibility study of induction pemetrexed plus cisplatin followed by extrapleural pneumonectomy and postoperative hemithoracic radiation for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
A prospective multi-institutional study has been commenced in Japan to evaluate the feasibility of induction chemotherapy using pemetrexed plus c... | {
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Effects of 6 Weeks of Balance Training on Chronic Ankle Instability in Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The objective of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of a 6-week balance training program on patients with Chronic Ankle Instability (CAI) in relation to the results obtained in Dynamic Balan... | {
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Shear bond strengths of two composite core materials after using all-in-one and single-bottle dentin adhesives.
The purpose of this study was to compare the shear bond strengths of 2 composite core materials after using all-in-one and single-bottle dentin bonding materials. The occlusal surfaces of 100 extracted, intac... | {
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Electrophoresis of a pH-regulated zwitterionic nanoparticle in a pH-regulated zwitterionic capillary.
We consider the electrophoresis of a rigid sphere along the axis of a narrow cylindrical capillary; both are pH-regulated and zwitterionic. This extends available analyses in the literature to a more general and realis... | {
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Comparison of analgesic techniques for antler removal in halothane-anaesthetized red deer (Cervus elaphus): cardiovascular and somatic responses.
To compare changes in heart rate and arterial pressures resulting from compression of the antler pedicle or lidocaine 'ring block' and during subsequent antler removal during... | {
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Brachyury is a target gene of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.
To identify target genes of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway in early mouse embryonic development we have established a co-culture system consisting of NIH3T3 fibroblasts expressing different Wnts as feeder layer cells and embryonic stem (ES) c... | {
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Correlates of children's compliance with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity recommendations: a multilevel analysis.
This study aimed to investigate the association between individual and school characteristics associated with the number of school days children comply with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVP... | {
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Horner Syndrome After Anterior Revision Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Very Rare Complication: A Case Report.
We report a case of postoperative left-sided Horner syndrome (blepharoptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis) after revision surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. A C4 corpectomy and an anterior ... | {
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Cancer treatment: what's ahead?
Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are standard modalities for cancer treatment. Biological therapy (immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier therapy) is a comparatively novel addition to this armamentarium. Biological therapies use the body's immune system, e... | {
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Prospective Validation of Objective Prognostic Score for Advanced Cancer Inpatients in South Korea: A Multicenter Study.
Objective Prognostic Score (OPS) was developed as an easy and simple prognosticating tool in South Korea. It has been validated retrospectively in a single center in South Korea. We aimed to validate... | {
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Femoral neck fractures. 121 cases treated by Knowles pinning.
The femoral neck fracture remains one of the unsolved fractures. It is a fracture with a high incidence of nonunion and avascular necrosis. One hundred twenty-one mostly young adult patients with femoral neck fractures were treated by Knowles pins internal f... | {
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Spirometric reference values in a large Middle Eastern population.
Ethnic differences in pulmonary function have been frequently reported. The purposes of this study were to derive equations for the prediction of normative spirometry values for a large population of Persians in Isfahan and compare them to reference val... | {
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Adalimumab for Induction of Histological Remission in Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis.
Histological remission represents a target distinct from endoscopic healing in ulcerative colitis (UC) and seems a better predictor of clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of adalimumab ... | {
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Controlled cellular orientation on PLGA microfibers with defined diameters.
In this study, we investigated the effects of the diameter of microfibers on the orientation (angle between cells' major axis and the substrate fiber long axis) of adhered cells. For this purpose, mouse fibroblast L929 cells were cultured on th... | {
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Suppression of NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression by a hexamethylene bisacetamide-inducible protein HEXIM1 in human vascular smooth muscle cells.
Neointima formation is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis and post-angioplasty restenosis, in which various soluble factors and mechanical injury stimulate signalli... | {
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The autophagic machinery is necessary for removal of cell corpses from the developing retinal neuroepithelium.
Autophagy is a homoeostatic process necessary for the clearance of damaged or superfluous proteins and organelles. The recycling of intracellular constituents also provides energy during periods of metabolic s... | {
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[Model of intraluminal perfusion of the guinea pig ileum in vitro in the study of the antidiarrheal properties of the guava (Psidium guajava)].
An experimental in vitro model was developed for the study of plant extracts reported by traditional medicines in the treatment of diarrhea. The guinea-pig isolated ileum is pe... | {
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Influence of ageing, pH and various additives on crystal formation in artificial urine.
In order to investigate the effect of various factors on urinary crystallization processes, a series of five experiments was carried out using an artificial urine (AU) in a rotary evaporator. The influence of ageing, pH and organic,... | {
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The effect of 2-oxoglutarate and biotin in the release of amino acids by Citrobacter intermedius C3.
Excretion of amino acids by Citrobacter intermedius C3 was assayed in a mineral medium with glucose as carbon source. Glutamic acid is the main amino acid excreted in liquid medium and it is also detected at the colonia... | {
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[Concentration and distribution of insulin and insulin-like protein in the organs of normal and diabetic mice].
Presence of insulin or insulin-like protein has been studied in mouse liver, kidneys, lungs, duodenum, jejunum, submandibular and parotid salivary glands, in femoral, diaphragmal and abdominal wall muscles by... | {
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The differential effects of external ankle support on postural control.
Ankle supports are commonly used in an attempt to decrease the risk of ankle injury during sport. However, their use may also impair postural control, which is an integral component of sports participation. The aim of this study was to investigate ... | {
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TLR4 signaling is involved in the protective effect of propofol in BV2 microglia against OGD/reoxygenation.
Propofol exhibits neuroprotective effects against hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, but the underlying mechanisms are still not clear. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays a considerable role in the induction of innate... | {
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Plate fixation versus conservative treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: Functional outcome and patients' satisfaction during a mean follow-up of 5 years.
The aim of the present prospective clinical trial was to compare patient-oriented and surgeon-based outcomes after non-operative care with operative tr... | {
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Questionable history of immediate-type hypersensitivity to penicillin in Staphylococcal endocarditis: treatment based on skin-test results vers-us empirical alternative treatment--A decision analysis.
Approximately 10% of the population claim to be allergic to penicillins, but only approximately 10%-30% of these have I... | {
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D1- and D2-like receptors in the dentate gyrus region of the hippocampus are involved in the reinstatement induced by a subthreshold dose of morphine and forced swim stress in extinguished morphine-CPP in rats.
Addiction to opioids is an important global problem. Published research has indicated the powerful rewarding ... | {
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Haloperidol-stomach lesions attenuation by pentadecapeptide BPC 157, omeprazole, bromocriptine, but not atropine, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, ranitidine, cimetidine and misoprostol in mice.
The focus was on haloperidol (central dopamine antagonist)-stomach lesion, a longly described suitable counterpart of dopamine blo... | {
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Effects of treatment with growth hormone and somatostatin on efficacy of diammine [1,1-cyclobutane dicarboxylato (2-)-0,0']-(SP-4-2) in athymic rats with osteosarcoma.
To determine the effect of exogenous growth hormone or somatostatin on chemotherapeutic efficacy in athymic (nude) rats with osteosarcoma. 66 female ath... | {
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Studies on the compartmentation of lipid in adipose cells. I. Subcellular distribution, composition, and transport of newly synthesized lipid: liposomes.
The subcellular distribution and composition of endogenously synthesized lipid in isolated white adipose cells were studied to determine the nature and extent of lipi... | {
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Graphical Product Quality and Muscle Activity in Children With Mild Disabilities Drawing on a Horizontally or Vertically Oriented Tablet.
We compared performance level and muscle activity patterns during shape copying and tracing in two positions, while sitting at a desk and while standing in front of a wall, between t... | {
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The use of reverse diffusion to validate the performance of diffusive samplers.
A number of different protocols have been put forth for measuring reverse diffusion from diffusive samplers. The basic concept is that reverse diffusion tests, depending as they do on basic laws of mass transfer, are not independent of one ... | {
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An ambispective observational study in the safety and efficacy of posterior colporrhaphy with composite Vicryl-Prolene mesh.
There is increasing evidence to show that the use of surgical meshes reduces recurrence rates of hernia repair and anterior vaginal wall prolapse. The aim of this study was to determine the safet... | {
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[Sanitary specification by electromagnetic factor for radiofrequency transmitters].
The article represents structure and contents of sanitary specification by electromagnetic factor to unify radio transmitter. The authors determined requirements to calculate intensity of radio frequency electromagnetic rays and to comp... | {
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[Preventive effect of gubao on hydrocortisone-induced osteoporosis in rats].
The antagonistic effect of Gubao (consisting of Herba Epimedii, Radix Astragali, etc.) on hydrocortisone-induced osteoporosis in rats was observed in quantitative bone histomorphometry study with stereological method. The results of experiment... | {
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Brain-stem monitoring. II. Preterminal BAEP changes observed until brain death in deeply comatose patients.
Preterminal BAEP changes were studied until brain death in 8 head-injured patients out of a series of 38 comas monitored by means of a system allowing high-rate sequential recording. Two different modalities of B... | {
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Sidedness of the ATP-Na+-K+ interactions with the Na+ pump in squid axons.
Using dialysed squid axons we have been able to control internal and external ionic compositions under conditions in which most of the Na+ efflux goes through the Na+ pump. We found that (i) internal K+ had a strong inhibitory effect on Na+ effl... | {
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Periodontitis in older Swedish individuals fails to predict mortality.
This study aims to assess mortality risk and its association to health aspects in dentate individuals 60 years of age and older. Medical and periodontal data from 870 dentate individuals (age range 60–96) participating in the Swedish National Study ... | {
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Correlation of endoscopy and double-contrast radiography in the early stages of ulcerative and granulomatous colitis.
Early radiological changes in ulcerative colitis include (a) finely granular mucosa due to hyperemia and edema, (b) mucosal stippling due to adherence of barium to superficial ulcers, and (c) coarsely g... | {
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[Urinary bilharziasis in Spain (a case in León)].
The authors draw attention to the potential danger of urinary schistosomiasis in Spain, pointing out the nuclei in the country which present snails suitable for being intermediary carriers. They present one case, not autochthonous, observed in León and they point out th... | {
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Synthesis and biological activities of nucleoside-estradiol conjugates.
Nucleosides were coupled to estradiol via a 17alpha-ethynyl spacer group using Pd(II) as a catalyst. The conjugates were evaluated in vitro for estrogen receptor (ER) binding affinity and cytotoxicity against cell lines with and without ER. The hig... | {
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The fatal poisoning pattern of Ankara (Turkey) and nearby cities from 2007 to June 2011: a retrospective study in forensic autopsies.
We aimed to obtain an outline of the nature and number of fatal poisonings which still appear to affect widely the population in Turkey. A total of 5921 forensic autopsies were performed... | {
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Severe congenital stenosis of the left coronary artery ostium and its possible pathogenesis according to current knowledge on coronary artery development.
We report a 72-year-old woman with severe congenital stenosis of the left coronary artery orifice and clinically significant atherosclerotic changes in both the righ... | {
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Management of the adnexal mass.
The methods for preoperative diagnosis and evaluation of the woman with a suspected ovarian neoplasm have evolved significantly with little or no impact on the surgical treatment, which remains removal of the abnormal ovary. Although most adnexal masses are benign, the primary goal of th... | {
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Decrease in phosphorylation of ERK following decreased expression of NK cell-activating receptors in human NK cell line exposed to asbestos.
YT-CB5, which had been continuously cultured with chrysotile B (CB)asbestos, showed impaired cytotoxicity with decreased expression of NKG2D and 2B4 NK cell-activating receptors. ... | {
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Peptide profiling of the route from Mahoney to Sabin, and return.
In order to define poliovirus (PV) neurovirulence at the molecular level, we comparatively analyze the primary amino acid sequence of Mahoney, a neurovirulent PV strain, versus (i) Sabin, an attenuated PV strain, and (ii) IS1, a PV isolate obtained in te... | {
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Methylated purine bases in hepatic and colonic RNA of rats treated with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine.
Administration of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) to rats produces colon cancer. The mechanism by which this agent induces colon cancer is unclear. This investigation was conducted to assess the effect of DMH on the hepatic RNA a... | {
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Prescribers' indications for drugs in childhood: a survey of five European countries (Spain, France, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Russia).
Indication-based, in comparison to diagnoses-based, drug utilization studies in children are scarce in the literature. To determine the adequacy of the prescriber's indications for specif... | {
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Cyclosporine blocks the induction of class I and class II MHC products in mouse kidney by graft-vs-host disease.
The ability of cyclosporine to prevent the increase in Ia and H-2K expression that occurs in mice with graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) was examined by means of absorption, indirect immunofluorescent staining (I... | {
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First Report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in Europe.
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is reported as a host of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary in North America (2,4), but not in Europe. A Hungarian survey of fungal diseases of ragweed in 1994 did not find sc... | {
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Genetic characterization of the rotaviruses associated with a nursery outbreak.
G1P[6] rotaviruses were demonstrated previously to be associated with the neonatal nursery outbreak of gastroenteritis in Changhua Christian Hospital that is located in the central region of Taiwan, from September 1994 to May 1995. Meanwhil... | {
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Legacy and emerging pollutants in the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea) - loads and distribution revisited.
Coastal marine areas of densely populated countries are exposed to a wide array of human activities having an impact on their ecological status. The Baltic Sea is particularly susceptible to pollution by hazar... | {
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Protein requirement of young adult Nigerian females on habitual Nigerian diet at the usual level of energy intake.
A short-term N balance study was conducted in twelve healthy female adults aged 21-32 years to determine their protein requirement. Four dietary protein levels (0.3, 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 g protein/kg per d) we... | {
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[Effects of aging and hyperlipidemia on plasma osteopontin level].
In order to elucidate a possible mechanism for accelerated atherogenesis as well as enhanced vascular calcification observed during the normal aging process, we measured plasma osteopontin (OPN) levels and examined their relation to aging and certain di... | {
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Effect of an injury prevention program on muscle injuries in elite professional soccer.
Due to the continual physical, physiological, and psychological demands of elite level soccer increasing the incidence and risk of injuries, preventative training programs have become a common feature of soccer players training sche... | {
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Spontaneous reduction of intestinal intussusception in five young dogs.
Five, 3- to 8-month-old dogs had clinical and ultrasonographic findings consistent with intestinal intussusception, but findings were negative on exploratory celiotomy. Ultrasonography had revealed a target-like mass (median maximal diameter 25 mm)... | {
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[The asymmetrical brain--asymmetrical consciousness].
To substantiate a term "asymmetry of consciousness", to throw light on it are compared disturbances of consciousness in dextral and sinistral persons with selective lesions in the right or left brain hemispheres. Is supposed a fundamental role of the spatial-tempora... | {
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Potential job facilitation benefits of "water cooler" conversations: the importance of social interactions in the workplace.
This study looked at the extent to which personality and cultural factors predicted participants' perceptions of the importance private interactions played in the workplace. The 134 participants ... | {
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Sternum screw: analysis of a novel approach to the closure of the chest after surgery.
To show the benefits of using a novel approach to closure of the median sternotomy through a mechanical model and mechanical testing. Simple cannulated screws are placed on either side of the sternotomy. Conventional stainless steel ... | {
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[The apoB genotype and the efficacy of hypolipidemic therapy].
Several men were examined for association between restriction fragment length polymorphism (RELP) Xba I (exon 26) number of tandem repeats in 3'-hypervariable region of the apolipoprotein-B gene and serum levels of cholesterol and triglyceride. These two ty... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Disruption of redox homeostasis in the transforming growth factor-alpha/c-myc transgenic mouse model of accelerated hepatocarcinogenesis.
In previous studies we have demonstrated that transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha/c-myc double transgenic mice exhibit an enhanced rate of cell proliferation, accumulate extensive... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Evaluation of choroidal and retinal thickness measurements in adult hemodialysis patients using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
To assess the effect of hemodialysis on retinal and choroidal thicknesses using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). In this prospective interventional study, 2... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Determinants and impact of sleep duration in children and adolescents: data of the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study.
This study investigates determinants of sleep duration and its impact on nutritional status, resting energy expenditure (REE), cardiometabolic risk factors and hormones in children/adolescents. In 207 girls... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
The effect of early epidural versus early intravenous analgesia use on labor progression: a natural experiment.
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of early epidural with the use of early intravenous analgesia on labor progression. We systematically selected singleton, nulliparous term pregnancies with ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for gastric neoplasms.
For cancers of the distal gastroesophageal junction or the proximal stomach, proximal gastrectomy can be performed. It is associated with several perioperative benefits compared with total gastrectomy. The use of laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) has become... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Experimental study of skin-sensitizing antibodies after aerosol and subcutaneous immunization.
The reaction of passive skin anaphylaxis was used to investigate the accumulation and the dynamics of skin-sensitizing antibodies (SSA) in the sera of guinea pigs immunized with botulin anatoxin by means of different methods:... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Complications and patient-reported outcome after hip fracture. A consecutive annual cohort study of 664 patients.
The aim of every patient with hip fracture is to regain previous function but we know little about the outcome, especially patient-reported outcome. We wanted to investigate what factors influence the resul... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Reflections on ethical issues in psychopharmacology: an American perspective.
Psychopharmacology has revolutionized psychiatric practice but raises a number of ethical issues. This review from an American perspective first describes ethics analyses and attempts to portray the ethical practitioner. Pressures that interf... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
A monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes a glucuronic acid 2-sulfate-containing determinant in intact chondroitin sulfate chain.
Monoclonal antibodies produced against chick embryo limb bud proteoglycan (PG-M) were selected for their ability to recognize determinants on intact chondroitin sulfate chains. One ... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
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