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Identification and characterization of errors and incidents in a medical intensive care unit.
To assess the frequency, type, consequences, and associations of errors and incidents in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). Two-hundred and sixteen consecutive patients with predominantly cardiovascular and pulmonary disorde... | {
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Transient azomethine-ylides from a stable amino-carbene and an aldiminium salt.
Catalytic amounts of a protic reagent such as tert-butyl alcohol promote the isomerization of a stable amino-aryl-carbene into a transient azomethine ylide. Deprotonation of an alkyl-aldiminium salt also leads to a transient azomethine ylid... | {
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Dosimeter placement in the Rando phantom.
Each section of the Alderson Rando phantom contains a tissue-equivalent plastic coating layer approximately 2 mm thick, applied to both faces. This compensates for material removed in the sawing process. Conventional use of thermoluminescent dosimeters positions them totally or... | {
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Safety outcomes in meta-analyses of phase 2 vs phase 3 randomized trials: Intracranial hemorrhage in trials of bolus thrombolytic therapy.
Recent studies have reported disagreement between meta-analysis of small trials and subsequent large trials addressing the same question. However, disagreement for uncommon but seri... | {
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Preoperative assessment of anterolateral thigh flap cutaneous perforators by colour Doppler flowmetry.
An anterolateral thigh flap is very useful in head and neck reconstruction because of its long and large-caliber vascular pedicle, large skin territory and elevation simultaneous with tumour resection. However, the nu... | {
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Spotlight on Tdap₅ vaccine (Covaxis®) as a single-booster immunization for the prevention of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis: in children (aged ≥4 years), adolescents, and adults.
Covaxis® (also licensed as Triaxis® or Adacel® in individual countries) is a Tdap₅ (i.e. combined tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxo... | {
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Anterior cruciate ligament bundle measurement by MRI.
An accurate in vivo method of measuring dimensions of the anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) bundles has not been established. The purpose of this study was to measure each individual bundle using double oblique axial MR imagi... | {
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Lewis acid catalyzed intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of acyclic (Z)-substituted 1,3-dienes.
Lewis acid catalyzed intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of trienes (E,E,Z)-1a-d, (E,E,Z)-4a-d, and (E,Z,Z)-7a,b are described. Trienes containing enal or enone dienophiles cyclize in excellent yield under mild conditions ... | {
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Racial differences in young children's blood pressure. Responses to dynamic exercise.
Studies have observed that black children exhibit greater blood pressure increases in response to dynamic exercise than white children. Seventy-five (51 white, 24 black) children aged 4 to 6 years old had their blood pressure and hear... | {
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Functional analysis of the c-myb proto-oncogene.
Targeted mutagenesis studies were initiated to determine the normal biological function of the c-myb proto-oncogene. While heterozygous mice are phenotypically indistinguishable from their wild-type littermates, homozygous mutant fetuses die at approximately 15.5 days of... | {
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Effect of stable xenon in room air on regional cerebral blood flow and electroencephalogram in normal baboons.
Measurement of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was performed in 6 healthy baboons during ventilation with 35% stable xenon in artificial air. rCBF was measured with the intraarterial xenon-133 method. EEG ... | {
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Enhanced catalytic activity of α-FeOOH-rGO supported on active carbon fiber (ACF) for degradation of phenol and quinolone in the solar-Fenton system.
A new heterogeneous solar-Fenton catalyst, α-FeOOH-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) supported on active carbon fiber (ACF), was synthesized via in situ electrophoretic deposi... | {
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EWS/ETS fusion genes induce epithelial and neuroectodermal differentiation in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts.
Ewing's sarcoma is the least differentiated member of the peripheral primitive neuroectodermal (pPNET) tumor family. Chromosomal translocations involving the EWS gene and five different Ets family transcription factor gen... | {
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Features of stabbing, cough, exertional and sexual headaches in a Turkish population of headache patients.
The aim of this study was to determine the features and prevalence of primary stabbing headache, primary exertional headache, primary headache associated with sexual activity, and primary cough headache in a Turki... | {
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Structural Plasticity in Adulthood with Motor Learning and Stroke Rehabilitation.
The development of advanced noninvasive techniques to image the human brain has enabled the demonstration of structural plasticity during adulthood in response to motor learning. Understanding the basic mechanisms of structural plasticity... | {
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Specific and shared antigenic components of Taenia saginata oncospheres.
Taenia saginata oncosphere components were analysed by double diffusion. Antigenic components in saline or detergent (Triton x-100) extracts of T saginata oncospheres were identified using a rabbit polyclonal serum directed against the oncosphere ... | {
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Framework for assessment and monitoring of amphibians and reptiles in the Lower Urubamba region, Peru.
Populations of amphibians and reptiles are experiencing new or increasing threats to their survival. Many of these threats are directly attributable to human activity and resource development. This presents the increa... | {
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The diagnosis of blocked cerebrospinal fluid shunts: a prospective study of referral to a paediatric neurosurgical unit.
A prospective study was undertaken of all children referred to the Hospital for Sick Children with a provisional diagnosis of shunt blockage over a 5-month period. Fifty-two admissions were recorded,... | {
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Repolarization of the presynaptic action potential and short-term synaptic plasticity in the chick ciliary ganglion.
Stimulation-induced increases in synaptic efficacy have been described as being composed of multiple independent processes that arise from the activation of distinct mechanisms at the presynaptic termina... | {
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Three years experience of adults admitted to hospital in north-east Scotland with E. coli O157.
To describe the epidemiology, clinical features, treatment and outcomes of adults with E. coli O157 infection presenting to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary over a three year period. A retrospective casenote review. Thirty-two confi... | {
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Therapeutic value of Ginkgo biloba in reducing symptoms of decline in mental function.
The Chinese tree Ginkgo biloba or "maiden hair tree" is extensively cultivated for the exploitation of the medicinal properties of its leaves. From these, a well-defined extract designated "EGb 761" has been developed, which was comm... | {
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[Effect of hydrocortisone on the concentration of serotonin and monoamine oxidase activity in the vascular tract of the eye].
Effect of hydrocortisone on content of serotonin was studied in eye vascular tract or blood and the monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was estimated in eye vascular tract of young and adult rabbit... | {
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An Evaluation of the Automated Cobas u 701 Microscopy Analyzer for the Routine Screening of Urine to Identify Negative Samples.
Urinalysis based on microbiological culture and manual microscopy requires expertise and is labor intensive. Automated screening could save time and improve patient management in clinical sett... | {
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Apolipoprotein E-deficient mice created by systemic administration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides: a new model for lipoprotein metabolism studies.
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease results from complex interactions among multiple genetic and environmental factors. Thus, it is important to elucidate the influen... | {
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The vasodilator--beta-blocker interaction--some determinants of its clinical success.
A number of structurally dissimilar compounds, sharing the ability to induce vasodilatation have come into clinical usefulness as antihypertensive drugs. Their successful utilisation often depends critically on an appropriate combinat... | {
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Enhancement of radiosensitivity of lung adenocarcinoma using a decoction from the Fuzhengzengxiao formula.
To study the effects of a decoction of Fuzhengzengxiao formula on lung adenocarcinoma regarding the inflammatory protein S100A9 known to enhance cancer cell sensitivity. A nude mouse model of human lung adenocarci... | {
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Apodized pixel lenses in compact shadow-casting correlators.
We present a compact two-dimensional shadow-casting correlator that can perform correlation between inputs of size 256 × 256 and a point-spread function of size 32 × 32. A two-dimensional array of mutually incoherent sources is used to encode the point-spread... | {
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Nitric oxide participates in cataract development in selenite-treated rats.
The role of nitric oxide in the development of selenite-induced cataracts in rats was examined using nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors. Subcutaneous injection of sodium selenite was used to induce cataracts in rats, with or without pretrea... | {
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[Ultrasonography of the gallbladder and oral cholecystography. A prospective comparative study].
A prospective study comparing the information supplied by ultrasonography of the gallbladder and oral cholecystography was conducted in 254 patients with clinically suspected gallbladder calculi. The results demonstrated th... | {
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Changes in alpha motoneuron excitability of the soleus muscle in relation to vestibular stimulation assessed by angular acceleration in man.
Variations in spinal motoneuron excitability, tested by the monosynaptic H reflex of the soleus muscle, were studied in man in relation to angular acceleration of the body in a da... | {
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Effects of selenium deficiency on fatty acid metabolism in rats fed fish oil-enriched diets.
The hepatic fatty acid metabolism was investigated in rats stressed by selenium deficiency and enhanced fish oil intake. Changes in the composition of lipids, peroxides, and fatty acids were studied in the liver of rats fed eit... | {
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Effects of phosphorus sources on volatile organic compound emissions from Microcystis flos-aquae and their toxic effects on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
There is diverse phosphorus (P) in eutrophicated waters, but it is considered as a crucial nutrient for cyanobacteria growth due to its easy precipitation as insoluble s... | {
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Isolation of two contigs of overlapping cosmids derived from human chromosomal band 3p21.1 and identification of 5 new 3p21.1 genes.
Consistent loss of DNA sequences from several regions on the short arm of human chromosome 3 has suggested that multiple tumor suppressor genes reside on chromosome 3p in various types of... | {
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Black pine (Pinus nigra) barks as biomonitors of airborne mercury pollution.
Tree barks are relevant interfaces between plants and the external environment, and can effectively retain airborne particles and elements at their surface. In this paper we have studied the distribution of mercury (Hg) in soils and in black p... | {
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Molecular interactions in poly(ethylene glycol)-water mixtures at various temperatures: density and isentropic compressibility study.
The densities and sound velocities of mixtures of water with poly(ethylene glycol), poly(ethylene glycol) monomethylether, and poly(ethylene glycol) dimethylether with mean molar weights... | {
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Map kinase c-JUN N-terminal kinase mediates PMMA induction of osteoclasts.
Erosive osteolysis induced by implant-derived wear debris is mediated by recruitment and activation of osteoclasts in a pro-inflammatory microenvironment that is enriched with osteoclastogenic and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as RANKL and tum... | {
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The effects of diethyldithiocarbamate on the hepatotoxic action and antitumor activity of N-methylformamide in mice.
The oral administration of diethyldithiocarbamate (DTC) prevented hepatic necrosis induced by N-methylformamide (NMF) in ddY-strain mice, in more susceptible BALB/c mice and in diethylmaleate-treated mic... | {
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Rat LDL metabolism in the perinatal period.
In fetal rats at term LDL carries 75% of the total serum cholesterol, whereas in adult ones this value amounts to 20% only. Using a time-dependent two pool model the flux rates for LDL cholesterol can be calculated for the newborn. The data reveal that at birth the LDL choles... | {
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Impact of FDG-labelled positron emission tomography imaging on the management of non-small-cell lung cancer.
Lung cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer-related death in both men and women in most Western countries. Although 5-year survival rates have doubled from 1960s, they are low compared with survival rat... | {
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Challenges in HbA1c Analysis and Reporting in Patients with Variant Hemoglobins.
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA(1)c) is a well-established indicator of mean glycemia. The presence of genetic variants of hemoglobin can profoundly affect the accuracy of HbA(1)c measurements. Variants of hemoglobin especially Hemoglobin E (HbE) is p... | {
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Role of latent TGF-beta 1 binding protein in vascular remodeling.
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is secreted as a latent, high molecular weight complex, which is composed of TGF-beta, a latency associated peptide (LAP) and a latent TGF-beta binding protein (LTBP). In this study, we report on the role of LTB... | {
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Effects of amitriptyline on GABA-stimulated 36CI- uptake in relation to a behavioral model of depression.
The dominant-submissive relationship established between two rats competing for food is a model of depression and is used here to divide animals into two behaviorally distinct groups. Basal and GABA-stimulated 36CI... | {
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"HPV effect" in the female lower genital tract. A community study.
To determine the distribution of "human papillomavirus (HPV) effect" and intraepithelial neoplasia in the lower female genital tract in one community with a prospective study. In a family practice setting, colposcopy was offered to all women presenting ... | {
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Synthesis and in vitro/in vivo anti-cancer evaluation of curcumin-loaded chitosan/poly(butyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticles.
We have synthesized novel cationic poly(butyl) cyanoacrylate (PBCA) nanoparticles coated with chitosan, formulation of curcumin nanoparticles. The size and zeta potential of prepared curcumin nanop... | {
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The future role of health centers in improving national health.
International health rankings for the US are heavily influenced by striking racial and socioeconomic health status disparities. Current discussions of health determinants frequently relegate or entirely dismiss health care contributions despite increasing ... | {
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Gene expression in inherited breast cancer.
Large proportions of hereditary breast cancers are due to mutations in the two breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. Considerable effort has gone into studying the function(s) of these tumor suppressor genes, both in attempts to better understand why individuals... | {
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Mouse skin photosensitivity with dihaematoporphyrin ether (DHE) and aluminium sulphonated phthalocyanine (AlSPc): a comparative study.
Skin photosensitivity of sun exposed sites is the major side effect of dihaematoporphyrin ether (DHE) photodynamic therapy (PDT). Reports of severe oedema and erythema have generally be... | {
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[Characteristics of the action of an acidic sulfated polysaccharide on global blood coagulation in vitro. Preliminary study in various species of mammals and in man].
An acid sulphated polysaccharide, isolated from a red marine seaweed, Asparagopsis armata ( Harv .), increases the coagulation time of the plasma in vitr... | {
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Negative mammograms in symptomatic patients with breast cancer.
To determine the limitations of mammography in symptomatic patients. Approximately 20,000 mammograms obtained during a 2-year period were correlated with the results of a retrospective review of the pathology database, which revealed 711 patients with brea... | {
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A study of mortality in workers engaged in the mining, smelting, and refining of nickel. I: Methodology and mortality by major cause groups.
Following the publication of the NIOSH nickel criteria document in 1977, the Joint Occupational Health Committee of the International Nickel Company (INCO) commissioned a mortalit... | {
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Bilateral giant hydroureteronephrosis--a case report with a review of the literature.
Giant hydronephrosis and hydroureteronephrosis are rare conditions, but must be kept in mind in especially children and in young-to-middle-aged adults with long-standing, often symptomless, enlargement of the abdomen. A case of bilate... | {
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Association of regional racial/cultural context and socioeconomic status with arthritis in the population: a multilevel analysis.
To examine the extent to which differences in individual- and regional-level socioeconomic status and racial/cultural origin account for geographic variations in the prevalence of self-repor... | {
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Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too many sources.
Stable isotopes are increasingly being used as tracers in environmental studies. One application is to use isotopic ratios to quantitatively determine the proportional contribution of several sources to a mixture, such as the proportion of various... | {
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Previous experience of induced abortion as a risk factor for fetal death and preterm delivery.
As part of a community-based study in Korea to evaluate the effects of previous induced abortion on length of gestation and pregnancy outcome of subsequent pregnancies, we analyzed data obtained from January 1979 to December ... | {
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Current and future strategies for the treatment of malignant brain tumors.
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common subtype of primary brain tumor in adults. These tumors are highly invasive, very aggressive, and often infiltrate critical neurological areas within the brain. The mean survival time after diagnosis of GB has... | {
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Chronic conditions in elders in assisted living facilities: associations with daily functioning, self-assessed health, and depressive symptoms.
The increasing life expectancy of older adults has prompted an increase in chronic conditions that may interfere with their daily living and impact physical and mental health. ... | {
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Studies of the plasma kinin-forming system in cirrhosis of the liver.
Kininogen level, that of active kinins and kininase activity in the plasma of patients suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and of healthy people were studied. The kininogen content was determined by different available methods i.e. the trypsin and ... | {
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[Changes in the spatiotemporal pattern of urbanization in Erdos of Inner Mongolia and related driving forces].
Urbanization is the most drastic form of land use change, which affects the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services far beyond the limits of cities. Based on the land use data in three time periods... | {
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Three-stranded clip of the oligonucleotide 5'-(dT)10pO(CH2CH2O)3p(dT)10pO(CH2CH2O)3p(dA)10-3'.
Temperature dependence of UV and CD spectra of the oligonucleotide 5'-(dT)10-L-(dT)10-L-(dA)10-3' [tripl(ATT)] [L = -pO(CH2CH2O)3p-] in phosphate buffer, pH 7, at various NaCl concentrations and in the presence or absence of ... | {
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Case for diagnosis: (Ectodermal dysplasia: Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome).
Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome (hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia) is a rare syndrome characterized by the triad of absent or reduced sweating, hypotrichosis, and defective dentition. The prominent forehead, saddle nose, thick lower lip and... | {
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Diabetes, but Not Hypertension and Obesity, Is Associated with Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction.
Older people undergoing surgery are at risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), but little is known of risk factors predisposing patients to POCD. Our objective was to estimate the risk of POCD asso... | {
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Development of a high-volume aerosol collection system for the identification of air-borne micro-organisms.
A high-volume aerosol collector was developed to efficiently capture airborne bacteria in order to assess levels of diversity in the air. Particulate matter was collected on a device designed to filter 1.4 x 10(6... | {
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Low-dose estrogen is as effective as high-dose treatment in rats with postmenopausal hypertension.
: This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that 17β-estradiol therapy improves redox balance by decreasing reactive oxygen species production and increasing nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, favoring Akt pathway a... | {
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Do Drinking and Smoking Go Together?
Heavy drinkers tend to be heavy smokers. Drinking appears to prompt smoking in real-life situations; whether smoking prompts drinking is uncertain. Alcohol-tobacco interactions are particularly important during attempts to achieve or maintain abstinence from either drug. Studies sug... | {
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Plasma lipids and risk of developing renal dysfunction: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
Animal and in vitro data suggest that dyslipidemia plays an important role in the initiation and progression of chronic renal disease, but few prospective studies have been conducted in humans. We studied the relation... | {
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Bilateral and simultaneous triceps avulsions in a patient with chronic renal failure receiving long-term peritoneal dialysis.
Simultaneous bilateral triceps tendon avulsions are extremely rare; only 4 cases have been reported in the international literature. This article describes a case of a 32-year-old woman with bil... | {
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Identification, fermentation, and bioactivity against Xanthomonas oryzae of antimicrobial metabolites isolated from Phomopsis longicolla S1B4.
Bacterial blight, an important and potentially destructive bacterial disease in rice, is caused by Xanthomonas oryzae. Recently, this organism has developed resistance to availa... | {
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p-Aminohippurate transport in basal-lateral membrane vesicles from rabbit renal cortex: stimulation by pH and sodium gradients.
p-Aminohippuric acid (PAH) uptake was studied in basal-lateral membrane vesicles prepared from rabbit renal cortex. An outwardly directed hydroxyl gradient (pHo = 6.0, pHi = 7.6) stimulated PA... | {
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Evaluation of the obesity surgery mortality risk score for the prediction of postoperative complications after primary and revisional laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
The Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score (OS-MRS) is a validated instrument for mortality risk prediction in patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux-... | {
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Posterior weighted reinforcement learning with state uncertainty.
Reinforcement learning models generally assume that a stimulus is presented that allows a learner to unambiguously identify the state of nature, and the reward received is drawn from a distribution that depends on that state. However, in any natural envi... | {
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A conformational analysis of mouse Nalp3 domain structures by molecular dynamics simulations, and binding site analysis.
Scrutinizing various nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor (NLR) genes in higher eukaryotes is very important for understanding the intriguing mechanism of the host defense ag... | {
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Thoracoscopy: a collaborative surgical approach.
Perioperative nurses, surgeons, anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and pharmacists are meeting the challenge of decreasing thoracic surgical patients' length of hospital stay with thoracoscopy. This innovative alternative to traditional thoracoto... | {
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Effect of irradiation with fast neutrons or X-rays on the incidence of metastasis of transplanted B16 melanoma in mice.
The effects of X-rays and fast neutrons on the incidence of metastasis of B16 melanoma were investigated. Tumors were irradiated with the iso-effect dose (380 rad of 2 MeV fast neutrons, and 1900 rad ... | {
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Immunologic contact urticaria.
The wheal and flare reaction from direct contact with a chemical or protein agent is known as contact urticaria. Contact urticaria can be either nonimmunologic (no sensitization required) or immunologic (sensitization required). Immunologic contact urticaria often gives a more aggravated ... | {
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[Role of radiology in the diagnosis of aortic dissection].
Aortic dissection requires a prompt diagnosis and must be treated without delay in order to reduce the mortality rate. Whereas aortic dissection involving the ascending aorta (type A) requires immediate surgery, aortic dissection involving the descending aorta ... | {
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Critical reflections on school-based occupational therapy.
This article describes the process of facilitating change to practice that is more client-centered and occupation-based in a diverse suburban public school district in the USA from 2001 to 2006. The author sets the context, describes the process that included t... | {
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The localization of brain sites of anxiogenic-like effects of urocortin-2.
The influence of intracerebroventricullary-administered urocortin-2, a selective corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 (CRF(2)) agonist, on rat anxiety-like behaviour, the expression of c-Fos and CRF, and plasma corticosterone levels was exa... | {
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Down-regulation of keratin 14 gene expression after v-Ha-ras transfection of human papillomavirus-immortalized human cervical epithelial cells.
Keratin expression in human cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) lines differed significantly from both normal and human papillomavirus (HPV) immortalized exocervical cells. ... | {
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Parents' experiences of participation in physical activities for children with cerebral palsy - protecting and pushing towards independence.
To explore how parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) experience their child's participation in physical activities and to identify facilitators and barriers for being physi... | {
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Specific IgE antibody response to human insulin in diabetic subjects.
Treatment with heterologous insulin preparations induce insulin antibody formation in most of the patients. A hundred of diabetic individuals in treatment with human insulin (HI) for at least 6 months at the time of the study and without any clinical... | {
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Endotoxic shock and its effects on hepatobiliary scanning in dogs.
Hepatobiliary scans were obtained with Tc-99m-disofenin in 15 dogs. Of these, 5 served as controls, 5 were infused with E. coli endotoxin for 4 hours (endotoxic shock group), and 5 were bled to a mean pressure similar to that of the endotoxic shock grou... | {
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The σ-aromatic clusters [Zn₃]⁺ and [Zn₂Cu]: embryonic brass.
The triangular clusters [Zn3Cp*3](+) and [Zn2CuCp*3] were obtained by addition of the in situ generated, electrophilic, and isolobal species [ZnCp*](+) and [CuCp*] to Carmona's compound, [Cp*Zn-ZnCp*], without splitting the ZnZn bond. The choice of non-coord... | {
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Three-dimensional video-assisted thoracoscopic pericardiectomy.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery has proven to be safe and effective for the diagnosis and management of pericardial disease. Three-dimensional (3-D) video imaging technology has been developed to allow the laparoscopic surgeon more precision and efficiency... | {
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Docking and three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D QSAR) analyses of nonsteroidal progesterone receptor ligands.
We report a docking and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) study of progesterone receptor (PR) ligands with an emphasis on nonsteroids including tanaproget... | {
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Cultivation of methanotrophic bacteria in opposing gradients of methane and oxygen.
In sediments, methane-oxidizing bacteria live in opposing gradients of methane and oxygen. In such a gradient system, the fluxes of methane and oxygen are controlled by diffusion and consumption rates, and the rate-limiting substrate is... | {
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Estimation of disease severity in the NHS cervical screening programme. Part II: quantitative methods of estimating disease severity and progression potential.
This is the second of a two-part paper exploring the use of a more quantitative approach to both cytology and histology disease severity measurements. In Part I... | {
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Functional platform for controlled subcellular distribution of carbon nanotubes.
As nanoparticles can cross different cellular barriers and access different tissues, control of their uptake and cellular fate presents a functional approach that will be broadly applicable to nanoscale technologies in cell biology. Here w... | {
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Delineating a Ca2+ binding pocket within the venus flytrap module of the human calcium-sensing receptor.
The Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (CaSR) belongs to the class III G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which include receptors for pheromones, amino acids, sweeteners, and the neurotransmitters glutamate and gamma-aminobu... | {
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[Effect of grazing on reproduction in Leymus chinensis population].
The experiment on the effect of grazing on the asexual and sexual reproduction and biomass allocation in Leymus chinensis population was conducted in Songnen grassland. The results show that animal grazing reduced both asexual and sexual reproductive c... | {
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[Epidemiological surveillance of influenza in western Sicily in 1976-1977].
Two strains of influenza virus A/H3N2 antigenically similar to A/Victoria/3/75 have been isolated in Palermo in February 1977; a peak of extramortality has been observed in the same month, and a rise of HAI antibodies for A/H3N2 viruses in huma... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Optimal cut-off for hourly lactate reduction in ICU-treated patients with septic shock.
A decrease in lactate concentration over time during septic shock is associated with favourable outcomes. However, if this applies to hourly intervals during the initial time period in the ICU is unknown. The aim of this study was t... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
[Changes in the induction and repair of double-stranded DNA breaks in pro- and eukaryote cells. I. Use of a Zimm elastoviscosimeter to study induction of double-stranded DNA breaks in gamma-irradiated Escherichia coli cells].
The technique of elastoviscosimetry allows to study the induction of double-strand breaks in D... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Endocrine cancer predisposition syndromes: hereditary paraganglioma, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, and hereditary thyroid cancer.
The hereditary paraganglioma, MEN1, MEN2, and hereditary thyroid cancer syndromes are clinically discernable and genetically distinct. The first 3... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
The medical and veterinary role of Ornithodoros erraticus complex ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on the Iberian Peninsula.
Argasid ticks of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex are associated with traditional pig-farming practices on the Iberian Peninsula and are also found elsewhere in North Africa, West Africa, and western Asi... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
[Intra-abdominal soft tissue tumors. What needs to be known to reach the diagnosis with the help of immunohistochemistry, FISH and molecular biology].
Connective tissue tumors located inside the abdomen are a rare heterogeneous group of tumors, except for gastro-intestinal stromal tumors. They may be benign, malignant,... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Fujinon intelligent color enhancement for the diagnosis of early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesion.
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is a common malignant tumor in recent years, and the key for improving the survival rate is early diagnosis and treatment. Computed virtual chromoendoscopy with... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Detection of protein three-dimensional side-chain patterns: new examples of convergent evolution.
Detection of recurring three-dimensional side-chain patterns is a potential means of inferring protein function. This paper presents a new method for detecting such patterns and discusses various implications. The method a... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Generation of cancer vaccine immunogens derived from major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules using variable epitope libraries.
Although various immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), used for the treatment of advanced cancer, showed remarkably durable tumor regression in a subset of patients, there are i... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Down-regulation in vivo of PGE receptors and adenylate cyclase stimulation.
Down-regulation in vivo of liver plasma membrane receptors for prostaglandin E (PGE) was investigated in Sprague-Dawley rats using the 16,16-dimethyl analogue of PGE2, This analogue was used for subcutaneous injections because it escapes the ra... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
Two-week eradication regimen for metronidazole-resistant Helicobacter pylori.
At present there is no generally accepted treatment regimen for eradicating metronidazole-resistant Helicobacter pylori. This study determines the eradication rate after treatment with 40 mg omeprazole o.m. and 500 mg amoxycillin q.d.s. for 1... | {
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
} |
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