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An immunochromatographic assay for carcinoembryonic antigen on cotton thread using a composite of carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles as reporters. This paper describes a low-cost, sensitive, visual and rapid immunochromatographic assay method on cotton thread for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) detection by using n...
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Experimental studies on myocardial glucose metabolism of rats with 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose. The myocardial uptake of 18F-FDG was investigated under various conditions, and compared with brain and tumor uptake as a function of blood glucose level. The uptake by the heart of normal feeding rats was rapid and remai...
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Cutaneous neoplastic lesions of equids in the central United States and Canada: 3,351 biopsy specimens from 3,272 equids (2000-2010). To identify epidemiological trends in cutaneous neoplasms affecting equids in central North America and compare them with previously reported trends. Retrospective case series. 3,351 cut...
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Statins in stroke prevention and carotid atherosclerosis: systematic review and up-to-date meta-analysis. Previously published meta-analyses exploring the effect of statins on stroke incidence included 20,000 patients and found a 2% to 30% risk reduction. It is not clear whether this is attributable to low-density lipo...
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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity: evaluation of postoperative extraluminal leaks with upper gastrointestinal series. To retrospectively evaluate the radiographic features of extraluminal leak after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) surgery at upper gastrointestinal (GI) examinations in a large series ...
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 2: a novel transcription target of p53 in apoptosis. The p53 tumor suppressor plays critical roles in diverse cellular responses such as cell cycle arrest, senescence, and apoptosis through transcriptional control of its target genes. Identification and characterization of n...
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Is there a place for placebo in management of psychogenic movement disorders? The management of psychogenic movement disorders is fraught with difficulties. Empathy and a non-judgmental manner are essential in dealing with patients, and a neurobiological explanation of the symptoms may help to foster trust, acceptance,...
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[Sensitivity to bortezomib of RPIM8226 cells after co-cultured with down-regulated Cav-1 expression HUVECs]. To investigate the sensitivity to bortezomib of RPMI8226 cells after co-cultured with down-regulated Caveolin (Cav)-1 expression of HUVECs by transfection with Cav-1 shRNA (HUVECs(Cav-1 low)). Exposure to bortez...
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[The reporting of observational studies: analysis using the STROBE statement]. Deficiencies detected in biomedical studies publication different Guidelines to improve. The objective of the study is to assess the communication of observational studies of Cardiovascular and Metabolism therapeutic area (CVM) published in ...
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[Activity of pentose phosphate pathway enzymes in alkane-oxidizing yeast cells]. The activity of the key enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway (glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, transketolase) was determined in cell-free homogenates of Candida lipolytica 695 and Candida tropicalis ...
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[May pregestational body mass index be related to mother's psychological and physical condition during pregnancy?] pregestational Body Mass Index (BMI) affects mother's health during and after pregnancy and is related to negative outcomes such as low birth weight and preterm birth. Higher pregestational BMI may increas...
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Ca2+ and phorbol ester effect on the mast cell phosphoprotein induced by cromolyn. Several phosphoproteins are involved in stimulus-secretion coupling. The beta and gamma subunits of immunoglobulin E binding protein (FC epsilonRI) and three other protein bands get phosphorylated during stimulation of mast cell secretio...
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Modeling crystal growth from solution with molecular dynamics simulations: approaches to transition rate constants. The feasibility of using the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique to study crystal growth from solution quantitatively, as well as to obtain transition rate constants, has been studied. The dynami...
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Outcome for patients treated with laparoscopic versus open resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: case-matched analysis. This is a case-matched analysis of patients undergoing laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with specific regard to margin status and survival. Laparoscopic cases ...
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Isoflavonoid production by callus cultures of Maackia amurensis. Callus cultures were established from the different parts of Maackia amurensis plants and analyzed for isoflavonoids. The isoflavones daidzein, retuzin, genistein and formononetin and the pterocarpans maakiain and medicarpin were found to be produced by t...
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Flemish palliative-care nurses' attitudes to palliative sedation: a quantitative study. Palliative sedation is an option of last resort to control refractory suffering. In order to better understand palliative-care nurses' attitudes to palliative sedation, an anonymous questionnaire was sent to all nurses (589) employe...
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Renal failure in childhood. Renal failure in infants and children requires prompt and thorough diagnostic evaluation for reversible causes and careful medical management. Congenital malformations of the renal parenchyma and urinary drainage system must be excluded in any child, even the adolescent. The management of th...
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Bilateral case of superficial ulnar artery originating from axillary artery. During the dissection of an 86-year-old male human cadaver, superficial ulnar arteries were found in both upper limbs. These arteries branched from the axillary arteries. In the left arm, the artery crossed ventral to the medial root of the me...
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Congenital and acquired aneurysmal disease. Finding an aneurysm in a child is a rare event that should prompt careful evaluation for a secondary disease or a history of trauma or serious infection. Although congenital and idiopathic aneurysms do occur, almost all aneurysms seen in children are acquired. The majority of...
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Network connectivity during mergers and growth: optimizing the addition of a module. The principal eigenvalue λ of a network's adjacency matrix often determines dynamics on the network (e.g., in synchronization and spreading processes) and some of its structural properties (e.g., robustness against failure or attack) a...
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Hemopericardium in a patient treated with dabigatran etexilate. Dabigatran etexilate is a new oral anticoagulant used for the prevention of systemic thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Acute bleeding episodes are known to occur with dabigatran etexilate therapy; however, only a few case reports in the...
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[Influence of eosin y and orthovanadate on the steady-state of Ca(+)2 entry into secretory cells of exocrine glands and their spontaneous secretion]. Ca(2+)-pump blocators in low concentrations (eozyn Y up to 5 mM and ortovanadate up to 40 mM) essentially increases of Ca2+ content in salivary gland of Chironomus plumos...
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Tufted apple bud moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) management model for processing apples based on early season pheromone trap capture. Sixteen years of archived tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis (Walker), trap capture data were compared with archived fruit injury data collected at the Penn State University Fru...
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Label-free high temporal resolution assessment of cell proliferation using digital holographic microscopy. Cell proliferation assays are widely applied in biological sciences to understand the effect of drugs over time. However, current methods often assess cell population growth indirectly, that is, the cells are not ...
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The meaning of RTI in Vietnam--a qualitative study of illness representation: collaboration or self-regulation? In collaboration with the National Committee for Population and Family Planning, a study was conducted in a rural and urban commune of northern Vietnam to provide community-level information about women's rep...
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Social and economic factors as obstacles to blood pressure control. Further improvement in blood pressure control at the population level will result from dealing with hard-to-solve problems, such as access to care, long-term management of a chronic disease, and societal influences on lifestyle. Additional knowledge an...
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A three year review of injuries to professional footballers (1995-98) and comparison with previous observations (1990-93). A prospective study over a three year period (1995-8) of footballers' injuries in first team players was undertaken in a similar fashion to a previous study (1990-3). During the present study the C...
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Prediction of cerebral vasospasm using early stage transcranial Doppler. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is widely used to monitor vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), but its ability to predict the future occurrence of the symptomatic vasospasm (SVS) remains controversial. We investigated the utility of TCD for p...
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Margin Assessment for Punch and Shave Biopsies of Dysplastic Nevi. Biopsies of atypical melanocytic nevi are among the most commonly performed procedures by dermatologists. Margin assessment is often used to guide re-excision, but can be a point of confusion as negative margins reported in the planes of sections examin...
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Regulation of sodium glucose co-transporter SGLT1 through altered glycosylation in the intestinal epithelial cells. Inhibition of constitutive nitric oxide (cNO) production inhibits SGLT1 activity by a reduction in the affinity for glucose without a change in Vmax in intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-18). Thus, we studi...
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Mechanism of antibody-independent activation of the first component of complement (Cl) on retrovirus membranes. Murine leukemia viruses activate human C1 in the absence of specific antibody. Such activation requires the binding of C1 to the viral surface through two subcomponents, C1q and C1s. This conclusion is based ...
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[Status in old age--an explanation based on ethnosociological research of aging]. Most social-gerontological studies on status are based on the "premise" that traditional societies accord high status to old age, whereas modern societies accord it lower status. In this context it has been postulated that a contrast exis...
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Clinical value of Naa10p and CEA levels in saliva and serum for diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma. N-α-acetyltransferase 10 protein (Naa10p) is a potential prognostic biomarker that modulates the phenotypes of several cancer types. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is currently the most well-known biomarker for th...
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Future warming and acidification result in multiple ecological impacts to a temperate coralline alga. Coralline algae are a crucial component of reef systems, stabilising reef substrate, providing habitat and contributing to accretion. Coralline algae and their surface microbial biofilms are also important as settlemen...
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Polymorphisms of the WNT16 gene are associated with the heel ultrasound parameter in young adults. Bone mineral content is influenced by genetic factors. We investigated the role of WNT16 in bone properties determined using quantitative ultrasound (QUS) on young adults. Three WNT16 genetic markers (rs2908007, rs2908004...
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Occurrence and distribution of the exotic lizard Hemidactylus mabouia Moreau de Jonnès, 1818 in Ilha Grande, RJ, Brazil. The gekkonid lizard Hemidactylus mabouia is an exotic species in Brazil and is found in different ecosystems. This species was recorded at Ilha Grande, RJ, one of the largest insular remains of the A...
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Cognitive dysfunctions and cerebral microbleeds in adult patients with haemophilia A: a clinical and MRI pilot-study. Studies providing information about the cognitive profile of adult haemophiliacs are lacking. To assess the neuropsychological profile in a group of Haemophiliac patients; to detect asymptomatic cerebra...
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Differential trafficking of the Niemann-Pick C1 and 2 proteins highlights distinct roles in late endocytic lipid trafficking. The cellular location of Niemann-Pick C2 protein (NPC2) in cultured human fibroblasts and Chinese hamster ovary cells was examined immunocytochemically and in living cells by expression of a fun...
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Quality goal attainment and maintenance in patients with type II diabetes mellitus initiated on canagliflozin or a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist in an actual practice setting. To compare achievement of quality goals (HbA1c, weight loss/body mass index [BMI], systolic blood pressure [SBP]), including maintain...
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Diseases, conditions, and drugs associated with cicatricial ectropion. Cicatricial ectropion may be a consequence of certain systemic diseases as well as the result of drug use. Our goal here was to research the different causes of this condition as reported in the literature, including more recently suspected etiologi...
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Dose-related neuropathic and anti-neuropathic effects of simvastatin in vincristine-induced neuropathic pain in rats. The present study explores the role of simvastatin in vincristine-induced neuropathic pain, which was induced by administering vincristine (100 µg/kg i.p.) for 10 days (two 5 day cycles with 2 days paus...
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Use of winter wheat x Triticum tauschii backcross populations for germplasm evaluation. The wild diploid goatgrass, Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmal., is an important source of genes for resistance to both diseases and insects in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) We have evaluated grain yield, kernel weight, protein ...
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External-feedback effects in high-gain scattering media. We report on experimental studies of external-feedback effects on high-gain scattering media. We explain experimental results for the pump energy required for laser action as a function of the separation between a mirror and the media by use of Monte Carlo simula...
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A comparative study on the structures of Grifola frondosa polysaccharides obtained by different decolourization methods and their in vitro antioxidant activities. Decolourization of polysaccharides is one of the crucial procedures that affects their structure, which is closely related to their bioactivity. Here, Grifol...
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Effects of low-intensity electromagnetic fields on the proliferation and differentiation of cultured mouse bone marrow stromal cells. Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) used in stem-cell tissue engineering can help elucidate their biological principles. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of low-intensity E...
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Unusual destructive and hypertrophic arthropathy of the atlanto-axial joint in calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. We present two cases of destructive and hypertrophic arthropathy of the atlanto-axial joint in patients with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. The clinical symptoms were m...
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Migration patterns of dendritic cells in the rat: comparison of the effects of gamma and UV-B irradiation on the migration of dendritic cells and Lymphocytes. To further define the underlying mechanisms of immune suppression induced by UV-B irradiation, we have examined the kinetics of homing patterns of in vitro UV-B-...
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Reaction kinetics and transformation products of 1-naphthol by Mn oxide-mediated oxidative-coupling reaction. In this study, the transformation of 1-naphthol via oxidative-coupling reaction was investigated using Mn oxides. 1-Naphthol was transformed completely by birnessite, which is one of the natural Mn oxides prese...
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Interaction of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone with solubilized nuclear thyroid hormone receptors. The mechanisms of action of the potent antiarrhythmic drug amiodarone are unknown. However, amiodarone and its abundant metabolite, desethylamiodarone, bear a striking structural resemblance to thyroid hormones. In addi...
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Reducing misinformation effects in older adults with cognitive interview mnemonics. We examined the effect of a prior Modified Cognitive Interview on young and older adults' recall of a short film of a staged crime and subsequent reporting of misinformation. Participants viewed the film followed the next day by misinfo...
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Inhibition of proliferation and induction of differentiation of osteoblastic cells by a novel 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 analog with an extensively modified side chain (CB1093). 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) is involved in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of a variety of cell types including cancer ...
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Synthesis and thermal reaction of stainless steel nanowires. Due to the perfection of microelectronics fabrication, silicon is presently the preferred base material in the design of micromechanical devices. By contrast, steels are the dominating construction materials in macroscopic engineering. So, it is appealing to ...
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Superconducting quantum interference device microsusceptometer balanced over a wide bandwidth for nuclear magnetic resonance applications. Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) microsusceptometers have been widely used to study magnetic properties of materials at microscale. As intrinsically balanced devi...
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A system-wide initiative to prevent retained vaginal sponges. As any perinatal nurse knows, retained vaginal sponges are an obstetrical and postpartum patient safety problem. As surgical sponge counts are not routine in some obstetrical units for vaginal births, our healthcare system chose to institute a rigorous proce...
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Age estimation of unidentified corpses by measurement of root translucency. To evaluate the root dentine translucency technique for age analysis, age estimates carried out at the Institute of Legal Medicine at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin between 1998 and 2002 of unidentified corpses were subjected to retr...
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The use of CEEA 34 in stapled hemorrhoidectomy: suggested modifications in technique. Stapled hemorrhoidectomy has been shown to be superior to conventional hemorrhoidectomy in numerous randomized, controlled trials and systemic reviews, with less postoperative pain and faster recovery. Premium Plus CEEA 34 has been re...
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[Clinical significance of flow cytometric DNA analysis in metastatic lymph node of colorectal cancer]. Significance of flow cytometric DNA analysis in metastatic lymph nodes for assessing malignant potential of colorectal cancer was investigated using paraffin-embedded materials of primary lesions and metastatic lymph ...
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Turbo ASL: arterial spin labeling with higher SNR and temporal resolution. A modified pulsed arterial spin labeling (ASL) technique is introduced here that has both higher temporal resolution and higher SNR per unit time than existing ASL techniques. In this technique, the time TI between the application of the tag and...
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Changes in the bispectral index during intraabdominal irrigation in patients anesthetized with nitrous oxide and sevoflurane. Surgical stimulation typically results in an activation of electroencephalographic activity. In some instances, painful stimulation in the presence of inadequate anesthesia results in a suppress...
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A new subfamily, Bothriocrotoninae n. subfam., for the genus Bothriocroton Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994 status amend. (Ixodida: Ixodidae), and the synonymy of Aponomma Neumann, 1899 with Amblyomma Koch, 1844. Evidence suggesting polyphyly of the traditionally recognised tick genus Aponomma Neumann, 1899 is summarized....
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To click or not to click: learning to teach to the microwave generation. Teachers in higher education are faced with unique challenges associated with contemporary learners. Students entering college today have enjoyed a technology rich environment that has socialized them towards expectations of rapid information exch...
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Glutamate-mediated injury in focal cerebral ischemia: the excitotoxin hypothesis revised. Neuronal injury following focal cerebral ischemia is widely attributed to the excitotoxic effects of glutamate. However, critical analysis of published data on glutamate toxicity in vitro and the comparison of these data with in v...
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Aptamer-based microcantilever-array biosensor for profenofos detection. Profenofos, a highly poisonous organophosphorus pesticide, has been widely used in agricultural production. These pesticide residues have seriously influenced food security and threatened human health, and new methods with high sensitivity are grea...
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Accumulation of pest insects on eucalyptus in California: random process or smoking gun. Eucalyptus spp., native to Australia, have been introduced into many parts of the world as important timber and ornamental trees. Although the trees have important silvicultural qualities, they also have generated intense dissatisf...
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ADAMTS-13 deficiency following Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion sting. Hemiscorpius lepturus is a lethal scorpion with potentially cytotoxic venom. Various degrees of local and systemic toxicity have been observed after its envenomation ranging from local erythema to disseminated intravascular coagulation, renal failure ...
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Extracorporeal membranous oxygenation and left atrial decompression: a fast and minimally invasive approach. Left atrial decompression for patients under extracorporeal membranous oxygenation is sometimes mandatory, but it may be technically difficult. We describe a safe and minimally invasive technique to perform this...
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Electrorectogram study of the neuropathic rectum. The rectal electrical activity was studied by electrorectogram (ERG) in 28 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) (mean age 46.6 years, 18 men and 10 women) and nine healthy volunteers (controls). Nineteen patients had an upper motor neuron lesion (UMNL) and 9 a lower m...
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Biologic survival. The results of long-term studies on the efficacy and safety profiles of the biologics for patients with psoriasis are starting to appear in the literature. Not only are the results promising for the biologics as a whole, but the high number of patients remaining in these clinical trials after extende...
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Modulation of the transcriptional response of innate immune and RNAi genes upon exposure to dsRNA and LPS in silkmoth-derived Bm5 cells overexpressing BmToll9-1 receptor. Injection or feeding of dsRNA is commonly used to induce specific gene silencing by RNAi in insects but very little research has been carried out to ...
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Genomic Analysis of the Emergence, Evolution, and Spread of Human Respiratory RNA Viruses. The emergence and reemergence of rapidly evolving RNA viruses-particularly those responsible for respiratory diseases, such as influenza viruses and coronaviruses-pose a significant threat to global health, including the potentia...
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Accelerating Vaccine Development During the 2013-2016 West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak. The Ebola virus disease outbreak that began in Western Africa in December 2013 was unprecedented in both scope and spread, and the global response was slower and less coherent than was optimal given the scale and pace of th...
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Early application of Global Subjective Evaluation Produced by the Patient and survival in patients with cancer. Introduction: malnutrition is a frequent event in cancer, and unless identified early, it can lead to progressive functional impairment of the organism. Objective: to associate the early application of the Gl...
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MS-8209, an amphotericin B analogue, delays the appearance of spongiosis, astrogliosis and PrPres accumulation in the brain of scrapie-infected hamsters. The histopathological response of scrapie-infected hamsters treated at the late stage of the infection with an "anti-scrapie" drug, a polyene macrolide antibiotic des...
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Bladder afferent pathway and spinal cord injury: possible mechanisms inducing hyperreflexia of the urinary bladder. Lower urinary tract dysfunction is a common problem in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Since the coordination of the urinary bladder and urethra is controlled by the complex mechanisms in spinal a...
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[Dynamic investigation of tibial biomechanical property endured persistent intensive stress]. For investigating the changes in continuous biomechanical nature of bone bearing intensive stress in vivo, we adopted the animal model of persistent intensive stress. Thirty-seven rabbits were involved in the experiment; they ...
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[An analysis of regional ventilation in pulmonary sarcoidosis by inspired 133Xe washout test]. Xenon-133 ventilation study were used to measure regional ventilation in seven patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and in four normal subjects. For the purpose of analyzing the washout curves on the whole lungs, two ventilati...
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Immunological responses of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG (bacillus calmette guerin). Wildlife species, such as the badger (Meles meles), may act as maintenance hosts for Mycobacterium bovis and contribute to the spread and persistence of tuberculosis in associated cattle populat...
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Correction to: Exploration of selected electronic characteristics of half-sandwich organoruthenium(II) β-diketonate complexes. We would like to apologize for a wrong conclusion on the fourth page where the correlation of the Ru-P bond length and possible anticancer activity is discussed.
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[Consequences for the intrauterine development of the offspring of the irradiation of male germinal cells at different stages of spermatogenesis]. Single whole-body exposure of adult male rats Wistar in different stages of spermatogenesis to gamma-rays (doses from 0.25 to 5.00 Gy) resulted in violations of antenatal de...
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Impact of an assisted reassessment of antibiotic therapies on the quality of prescriptions in an intensive care unit. The study's objective was to assess the impact of a professional multifaceted intervention designed to improve the quality of inpatient empirical therapeutic antibiotic courses at the time of their reas...
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Predicting common foldings of homologous RNAs. A new approach is proposed for determining common RNA secondary structures within a set of homologous RNAs. The approach is a combination of phylogenetic and thermodynamic methods which is based on the prediction of optimal and suboptimal secondary structures, topological ...
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Additive effect of glucan and streptozotocin on endotoxicosis in mice. Mice were sensitized to endotoxin lethality after pretreatment with either glucan, or a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (SZN); the effect of glucan plus SZN was clearly additive. Triamcinolone acetonide (TA) protected animals unde...
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Discovery of boronic acid-based fluorescent probes targeting amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease. A boronic acid-based fluorescent probe was developed for diagnosis of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques from Alzheimer's disease (AD). Probe 4c, which included boronic acid as a functional group, exhibited a significant incre...
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Quantification of anti-angiogenesis using the capillaries of the chick chorioallantoic membrane demonstrates that the effect of human angiostatin is age-dependent. We present a method whereby en face estimation of the chorionic capillary plexus can be generated in the living chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) and con...
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Fate and risk assessment of heavy metals in residue from co-liquefaction of Camellia oleifera cake and sewage sludge in supercritical ethanol. The fate and risk assessment of heavy metals (HMs) in solid residue from co-liquefaction of sewage sludge (SS) and Camellia oleifera cake (COC) in supercritical ethanol (SCE) we...
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Involvement of redox events in caspase activation in zinc-depleted airway epithelial cells. Airway epithelial cells (AEC) contain both pro- and anti-apoptotic factors but little is known about mechanisms regulating apoptosis of these cells. In this study we have examined the localization of pro-caspase-3 and Zn(2+), a ...
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Pharmacokinetics of ciprofloxacin with reference to other fluorinated quinolones. The third generation quinolones, ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, fleroxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin and pefloxacin are all quickly and quantitatively well (75-95% of an oral dose) absorbed upon oral administration. The maximum serum concentratio...
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[Hirsutism - etiopathogenesis, diagnostics and treatment]. Hirsutism is defined as excessive terminal hair growth in distribution typical for postpubertal men. It affects approximately 5-10 % of women and most frequently manifests in puberty. Significant cosmetic stigmatization is the usual complaint that brings patien...
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Is it time to abandon the use of amphotericin B bladder irrigation? In this article, we review the issues surrounding funguria and its management. With this background, the value of bladder irrigation with amphotericin B for the management of funguria is directly examined. Amphotericin B bladder irrigation is used freq...
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Letter to the editor: Chronicle for an orphan trait: comment on Hofer, Shair, Masmela, & Brunelli, "Developmental effects of selective breeding for an infantile trait: the rat pup ultrasonic isolation call". Hofer, Brunelli, Shair, and Masmela (2001) examined several behavioral and physiological measures in low, high, ...
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Impact of irrigation flow rate and intrapericardial fluid on cooled-tip epicardial radiofrequency ablation. The optimal irrigation flow rate (IFR) during epicardial radiofrequency (RF) ablation has not been established. This study specifically examined the impact of IFR and intrapericardial fluid (IPF) accumulation dur...
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Molecularly imprinted spin column extraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography for the selective and simple determination of trace nitrophenols in water samples. In this study, we developed a simple and selective spin column extraction technology utilizing hydrophilic molecularly imprinted polymers as...
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Substance use risk behaviors and decision-making skills among cancer-surviving adolescents. The aims of this study were to compare decision making and substance use risk behaviors of a cohort of cancer-surviving adolescents to those of 2 earlier cohorts as well as adolescents in the US general population and to determi...
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Local intra-arterial thrombolysis in the carotid territory: does recanalization depend on the thromboembolus type? Little is known about whether recanalization of carotid territory occlusions by local intra-arterial thrombolysis (LIT) depends on the type of the occluding thromboembolus. We retrospectively analysed the ...
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Smart tetrazole-based antibacterial nanoparticles as multifunctional drug carriers for cancer combination therapy. Due to multidrug resistance of cancer tissues and immune-suppression of cancerous patients during chemotherapy in one hand and the use of tetrazole derivatives in medicine because of its anticancer, antifu...
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Dynamic ultraviolet sterilization of different implant types. This paper investigates the use of the dynamic ultraviolet sterilization process with various dental implants, stainless steel orthopedic cortical bone screws, and polysulfone polymer healing caps. These biomaterials were inoculated with the spores of Bacill...
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Disconnectomics: Stroke-related disconnection and dysfunction in distributed brain networks. Modern clinical neuroscience was built on observations of how localized damage caused specific functional, cognitive and behavioral deficits. Stroke neurology was a cornerstone of understanding this functional specialization in...
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Differential immunoscreening identifies a glycosylation variant of the epidermal growth factor receptor in ME-180 cervical carcinoma cells. In this report, we describe the development and characterization of an anti-ME-180 cervical cancer-specific epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor monoclonal antibody (MAb). This M...
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Partitioning heat loss from mallard ducklings swimming on the air-water interface. Water birds whose young begin swimming while downy are interesting because hypothermia and mortality are associated with wetting. While wetting is known to increase heat loss, little is known about basic issues, such as the amount of hea...
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Platinum-based concurrent chemotherapy remains the optimal regimen for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a large institutional-based cohort study from an endemic area. To retrospectively investigate the optimal regimen of concurrent chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) by comparing clinical outcomes of patients who ...
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