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1118760
Isolation and characterization of a felinine-containing peptide from the blood of the domestic cat (Felis catus). Felinine is a unique sulfur-containing amino acid found in the urine of domestic cats and select members of the Felidae family. Research over the past 50 years has led to the conclusion that felinine must b...
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1118763
Muscle fiber type correlates with innervation topography in the rat serratus anterior muscle. Previous studies have reported that motoneurons from the sixth spinal nerve (C6) innervate the majority of muscle fibers in the rat serratus anterior (SA) muscle. The seventh spinal nerve (C7) innervates a limited number of SA...
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1118767
Detection of EGFR mutations using target capture sequencing in plasma of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. PURPOSE : Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is a promising biomarker for detection of non-invasive epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) mutations in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Howev...
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1118771
[The role of triptans and analgesics for primary headache treatment]. Primary headache especially migraine is very common disorder. The mainstay in the acute treatment of migraine is triptans (sumatriptan, zolmitriptan, eletriptan, naratriptan) and analgesics or NSAIDs. However, it is still unclear the appropriate usag...
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1118777
Nasolacrimal duct opening to the inferior nasal meatus in human fetuses. The purpose of this study is to describe the Hasner's membrane which is the main factor of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Hasner's membrane at the nasal end of the fetal nasolacrimal duct (NLD) is considered to rupture at and after birt...
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1118789
Common Audiological Functional Parameters (CAFPAs): statistical and compact representation of rehabilitative audiological classification based on expert knowledge. As a step towards objectifying audiological rehabilitation and providing comparability between different test batteries and clinics, the Common Audiological...
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1118791
Ice core evidence for Antarctic sea ice decline since the 1950s. The instrumental record of Antarctic sea ice in recent decades does not reveal a clear signature of warming despite observational evidence from coastal Antarctica. Here we report a significant correlation (P < 0.002) between methanesulphonic acid (MSA) co...
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1118792
Excretion and metabolism of flunarizine in rats and dogs. The excretion and metabolism of (E)-1-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)piperazine dihydrochloride (flunarizine hydrochloride, R 14 950, Sibelium) were studied after single oral doses in rats and dogs, using tritium-labelled as well as 14C-label...
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1118795
β-blockers in stage B: a precursor of heart failure. β-blockers are an important treatment of heart failure (HF) and are useful in reducing the progression of the syndrome. They should be considered for patients with asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Evidence-based β-blocker therapy (bisoprolol, carvedilo...
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1118807
Increased lengthening rate decreases expression of fibroblast growth factor 2, platelet-derived growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, and CD31 in a rat model of distraction osteogenesis. The rate of lengthening has a profound impact on bone regeneration during distraction osteogenesis. Rapid distraction ca...
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1118809
Accommodation training in foreign workers. By relaxing the contracted focus-adjustment muscles around the eyeball, known as the ciliary and extraocular muscles, the degree of pseudomyopia can be reduced. This understanding has led to accommodation training in which a visual target is presented in stereoscopic video cli...
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1118829
Role of an indigenous drug geriforte on blood levels of biogenic amines and its significance in the treatment of anxiety neurosis. In the recent past, several herbal drugs have proved their efficacy in decreasing anxiety and tension. Until recently, limited scientific study has been done to prove the clinical importanc...
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1118834
Perfectionism and ethnicity: implications for depressive symptoms and self-reported academic achievement. Ethnic differences in perfectionism were examined among Asian American, African American, and Caucasian American college students. Analyses revealed that Asian American students scored significantly higher than the...
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1118843
Phospholipid asymmetry during erythrocyte deformation: maintenance of the unit membrane. To assess the red blood cell (RBC) membrane's ability to maintain normal phospholipid orientation in the face of deforming stress, we examined RBC subjected to elliptical, tank-treading deformation. As determined by accessibility t...
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1118845
Determination of milk-oxidised ketone bodies as an acetone derivative by electron capture gas chromatography. Following the deproteination of the milk sample by means of zinc hexacyanoferrate, acetoacetic acid was decarboxylated by heating; the acetone originally present was then determined together with the acetone fo...
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1118859
Effect of cellular fatty acid alteration on adriamycin sensitivity in cultured L1210 murine leukemia cells. We have investigated the effect of cellular fatty acid alteration on Adriamycin cytotoxicity using the L1210 lymphoblastic leukemia cell line. Cells growing in Roswell Park Memorial Institute Medium 1640 with 5% ...
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1118865
Ultrafast optical phase modulation with metallic nanoparticles in ion-implanted bilayer silica. The nonlinear optical response of metallic-nanoparticle-containing composites was studied with picosecond and femtosecond pulses. Two different types of nanocomposites were prepared by an ion-implantation process, one contai...
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1118884
Gender-related changes in increase of dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb of Parkinson's disease patients. Gender differences in dopaminergic related neurodegenerative diseases have hardly been studied until now. It is generally accepted that more men than women suffer from Parkinson's disease. One of the most p...
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1118887
Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper is downregulated in human alveolar macrophages upon Toll-like receptor activation. Induction of the glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) by glucocorticoids plays a role in their antiinflammatory action, whereas GILZ expression is reduced under inflammatory conditions. The m...
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1118889
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy study of ZnO nanobelts. Nanobelts of ZnO have well-defined shapes that are enclosed by {0001}, {0110} and {2110} facets. The nanobelts grow along [0110] and [2110] with large flat surfaces of +/-(0001) and +/-(0110), respectively. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy has been applied to s...
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Management of Noncardiac Comorbidities in Chronic Heart Failure. Prevalence of heart failure is increasing, especially in the elderly population. Noncardiac comorbidities complicate heart failure care and are increasingly common in elderly patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction heart failure, owing to pro...
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Intraoperative assessment for mitral valve competency in a beating heart under retrograde coronary perfusion. Intraoperative assessment of a repaired mitral valve is of paramount importance for reparative mitral surgery. From September 2010 through November 2012, 20 consecutive patients underwent mitral valve plasty fo...
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Is Medication Overuse Drug Specific or Not? Data from a Review of Published Literature and from an Original Study on Italian MOH Patients. The aim is twofold. First, to give an insight on the role exerted by different classes of drugs in favouring migraine chronification. Second, to explore the relationship between typ...
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1118926
Shock-wave measurement using a calibrated interferometric fiber-tip sensor. The results of shock-wave measurements using a calibrated fiber-tip sensor based on a Michelson interferometer are presented. A transfer function, obtained by an independent experiment that describes the properties of the sensor system, was use...
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1118933
[Literature review and presentation of our own research results regarding the effects on bone of tyrosine kinase inhibitors imatinib and nilotinib used in the treatment of oncohematological diseases]. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are widely used for treatment of certain oncohematological diseases. Several clinical studie...
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1118937
Saccades in adult Niemann-Pick disease type C reflect frontal, brainstem, and biochemical deficits. The autosomal recessive disorder Niemannn-Pick type C (NPC) presents in adulthood with psychosis or cognitive deficits associated with supranuclear gaze palsies. While saccadic innervation to the extraocular muscles is g...
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[High intravenous doses of immunoglobulins for treatment of autoimmune neutropenias]. Two patients respectively with acute agranulocytosis and with chronic neutropenia were treated with high-dose immunoglobulins. In the first case, immunologic tests revealed the presence of antigranulocytic autoantibodies: all other te...
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1118940
Spatiotemporal components of the 3-D gait analysis of community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly Japanese: age- and sex-related differences. To describe age- and sex-related differences in gait patterns of community-living men and women using 3-D gait analysis. Subjects (n=2006) aged 40-84 years participated in the Nat...
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1118947
Next-generation sequencing workflows in veterinary infection biology: towards validation and quality assurance. Recent advancements in DNA sequencing methodologies and sequence data analysis have revolutionised research in many areas of biology and medicine, including veterinary infection biology. New technology is poi...
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1118957
[Reliability of blood pressure measurement: the patient versus primary care workers]. To evaluate the degree of inter-observer concordance in the blood pressure figures taken by a nurse and a doctor with a mercury sphygmomanometer and by the patient with a semi-automatic device. Observational, crossover study. A rural ...
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1118958
The feeding ecology and dietary overlap in two sympatric primate species, the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) and dusky langur (Trachypithecus obscurus obscurus), in Malaysia. Knowledge about the feeding ecology and dietary overlap of sympatric primates is essential for understanding how animals avoid or redu...
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1118967
Molecularly targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia. Meaningful progress has been made toward clarifying the molecular steps in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Chromosome studies have established that translocations/inversions are the most common cytogenetic defects in AML. Cloning of chromosome br...
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1118982
Long-term and mechanistic evaluation of drug-induced liver injury in Upcyte human hepatocytes. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) constitutes one of the most frequent reasons of restricted-use warnings as well as withdrawals of drugs in postmarketing and poses an important concern for the pharmaceutical industry. The cur...
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1118993
Mild traumatic brain injury and ADHD: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. This study investigated the association between mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and ADHD, which increases risk of injuries and accidents. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that examined the rela...
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1118994
Developmental dysphasia: clinical importance and underlying neurological causes. This survey deals with two aspects of developmental dysphasia which are relevant to child psychiatry; the early diagnosis and treatment of children with developmental dysphasia, which may prevent the progression of learning and behaviour d...
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1118995
[Female sterility after appendicitis in childhood]. The aim of the study was to establish the rate of sterility in women who had been operated on in childhood for perforated and non-perforated appendicitis. The group with perforated appendicitis consisted of 58 women who had been operated on at the age of 3 to 15 years...
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Association of the 5-HT2A receptor gene polymorphisms with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in Chinese Han population. The -1438G/A polymorphism of 5-HT2A receptor gene may associate with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) in a Chinese Han population. Different genotypes of -1438G/A polymorphism...
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1119016
Is the purinergic system involved in the control of pathological movements? The EEG and behavioral effects of caffeine, carbamazepine and haloperidol were assessed in adult male rabbits. Caffeine (50 mg/kg i.v.) induced a long-lasting EEG desynchronization (45.6/60 min in mean) which was not modified by pretreatment of...
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1119018
Planar-Tetracoordinate Carbon in a Neutral Saturated Hydrocarbon: Theoretical Design and Characterization. Exact planarity at the central carbon atom is achieved, according to molecular orbital calculations, in the strained polycyclic cage hydrocarbon dimethanospiro[2.2]octaplane (see structure). There are no glaringly...
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1119022
Epidemiology of systemic sclerosis. Systemic sclerosis is a family of disorders most appropriately considered in the category of the connective tissue diseases. Two major forms are recognized (diffuse cutaneous and limited cutaneous involvement subtypes), each with distinctive clinical and serologic findings as well as...
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Weekly gemcitabine and cisplatin in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase II study. The combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin has proven effective in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the optimal schedule for administration of the two drugs has not yet been determined. In ...
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1119045
Precipitation of dilute chromatographic samples (ng/ml) containing interfering substances for SDS-PAGE. SDS-PAGE of chromatographic fractions requires prior removal of salts, detergents, denaturants, or organic solvents which may perturb the electrophoretic separation. Likewise, to successfully visualize minute amounts...
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1119057
The initial effects of orthopedic forces: a study of alterations in the craniofacial complex of a macerated human skull owing to high-pull headgear traction. The initial reaction of components of the craniofacial skeleton of a macerated human skull was studied after high-pull headgear traction. The applied forces were ...
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1119065
Value of acute-phase proteins in the differential diagnosis of acute scrotum. The evaluation of patients with an acute scrotum is primarily based on physical examination, imaging studies, as well as blood and urine tests. However, the differential diagnosis may be difficult in some cases. In a retrospective study, we i...
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Patients and caregivers' knowledge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Knowledge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is important for the disease self-management. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge in Italian patients with COPD and their caregivers and to determine factors influencing t...
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1119092
Differential influences of exercise intensity on information processing in the central nervous system. The influence of exercise intensity on information processing in the central nervous system was investigated using P300 and no-go P300 event-related potentials. Twelve subjects (22-33 years) performed a go/no-go react...
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1119094
Assessment of physical activity by telephone interview versus objective monitoring. To compare different methods of quantifying time in physical activity (PA). Twenty-five participants (12 male, 13 female) volunteered to be monitored for seven consecutive days, during which different PA patterns were measured by the si...
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1119098
The effect of different imaging techniques for the visualisation of evidence in court on jury comprehension. Evidence presented within a courtroom should be clear so that the members of the jury can understand it. The presentation of distressing images, such as human remains, can have a negative effect on the jury sinc...
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1119103
Does the high-risk patient for carotid endarterectomy really exist? High surgical risk is advocated as a major criterion for carotid artery stenting. To date, definitely accepted criteria to identify "high-risk" patients for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) do not exist. The aim of this study was to analyze the statistical...
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1119114
Differential T4 degradation pathways in young patients with preterminal and terminal renal failure. The aim of this study is to analyze thyroid hormone parameters in large homogenous patient cohorts with preterminal (stage 4) and terminal (stage 5) renal failure in an area of low iodine intake. Thyroid parameters were ...
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1119125
[Pathogenesis of secondary glaucoma in epithelial invasion]. Apart from meticulous wound closure certain amount of fibrin and fibroblastic activity are necessary to prevent epithelial ingrowth. Prostaglandin inhibitors and steroid may enhance such danger. The most frequent reason for glaucoma were peripheral anterior s...
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1119128
Localization of poly-L-lysine-photosensitizer conjugate in nucleus. The cellular uptake and photocytotoxity of poly-l-lysine (pL)-chlorin e6 (Ce6) conjugate were investigated. The cellularuptake of pL-Ce6 conjugate for HeLa cells was much higher than that of Ce6, and pL-Ce6 conjugate had high binding affinityfor HeLa c...
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1119130
Long range and symmetry considerations in the DNA. The common description of DNA is that of a polymer composed of overlapping dinucleotide base pairs. Conformational, thermodynamic and flexibility calculations of the DNA are frequently based on that description. As demonstrated by the good fit with experimental data, s...
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1119168
Structural insight into AMPK regulation: ADP comes into play. The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a sensor of cellular energy status found in all eukaryotes, responds to changes in intracellular adenosine nucleotide levels resulting from metabolic stresses. Here we describe crystal structures of a heterotrimeric r...
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1119180
Education. The reality of supernumerary status. This is the second of three related articles looking at the reality of supernumerary status for undergraduate nursing students in Northern Ireland. The first (1) explored students, preceptors and lecturers' perceptions of the term 'supernumerary'. Next week, the role of s...
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1119186
Preparation of milk protein concentrates by ultrafiltration and continuous diafiltration: Effect of process design on overall efficiency. High-milk-protein concentrates (>80% on a dry weight basis) are typically produced by ultrafiltration (UF) with constant-volume diafiltration (DF). To maximize protein retention at a...
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1119191
Three-dimensional laser microsurgery in light-sheet based microscopy (SPIM). Advances in the life sciences rely on the ability to observe dynamic processes in live systems and in environments that mimic in-vivo situations. Therefore, new methodological developments have to provide environments that resemble physiologic...
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1119197
[Objective influencing factors of urban park accessibility]. Urban park accessibility is an important indicator to measure the level of urban modern development, and the harmonious relationships between people and land. It is meaningful for efficiently increasing urban park accessibility, fully providing services funct...
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1119209
Evaluating crisaborole as a treatment option for atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic and recurrent disease presenting with eczematous lesions and pruritus. It impacts patient and family quality of life, increases morbidity, and accounts for large health-care expenditures. Although nonpharmacologic, t...
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1119211
The Health and Health Care of Adults With Type 1 And 2 Diabetes Across the Spectrum of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates. Little is known about the health and health-care patterns of patients with diabetes according to their estimated glomerular filtration rates, especially within a publicly funded health-care syst...
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1119215
Learning abilities and disabilities: effective diagnosis and treatment. An integrated theoretical and methodological framework is presented for the effective diagnosis and treatment of varying degrees of learning abilities and disabilities. This methodology is based upon: (1) the degrees of 'analytical-specific percept...
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1119229
Stresses within porcelain veneers and the composite lute using different preparation designs. The purpose of this study was to investigate compressive and tensile stresses in porcelain and composite at the labial marginal region of porcelain veneer restorations using chamfer, shoulder, or knife-edge labial margin desig...
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1119239
The treatment of experimental allergic neuritis by plasma exchange. Experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) is a demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system that can be induced in laboratory animals. This disorder has been considered to show many similarities to acute inflammatory polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barré...
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1119246
Timing and mechanism of in-hospital and late death after primary coronary angioplasty during acute myocardial infarction. The effect of early myocardial reperfusion on patterns of death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unknown. Thus, the mechanism and timing of in-hospital and late deaths among a group of 614...
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1119252
Cucurbitane glycosides from the fruit of Siraitia grosvenori and their effects on glucose uptake in human HepG2 cells in vitro. The mogrosides in the fruit of Siraitia grosvenori can serve as a sugar substitute for diabetics due to their sweetness, low calorie and positive effects on blood glucose level control. The pr...
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1119265
Neurophysiological assessment of Alzheimer's disease individuals by a single electroencephalographic marker. Here we presented a single electroencephalographic (EEG) marker for a neurophysiological assessment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients already diagnosed by current guidelines. The ability of the EEG marker to ...
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1119268
[Hydrodynamics-based transfer of human apolipoprotein A-I gene into mice: study of factors involving an efficacy and duration of the transferred gene expression in animals' liver]. Human apolipoprotein A-I gene (apoA-I) plasmid expression vectors were transferred into mice by hydrodynamic injections into tail vein. Two...
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1119281
Dual fluorescence of ellipticine: excited state proton transfer from solvent versus solvent mediated intramolecular proton transfer. Photophysical properties of a natural plant alkaloid, ellipticine (5,11-dimethyl-6H-pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole), which comprises both proton donating and accepting sites, have been studied in...
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1119283
One-pot synthesis of GDP-l-fucose by a four-enzyme cascade expressed in Lactococcus lactis. GDP-l-fucose is an l-fucose donor to synthesize fucosylated compounds such as human milk oligosaccharides or Lewis antigen. In this study, we used Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris NZ9000 to express 4 enzymes, ManB, ManC, Gmd, ...
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1119284
Surgical indications in children with cerebral palsy. We have presented our approach to the surgical consideration for the upper extremities of a child with cerebral palsy. This is basically a coordinated approach involving many team members, and is the only way to achieve predictable postoperative results.
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1119289
Brain temperature during reversible upper respiratory bypass. Seven male New Zealand white rabbits were trained to run in an exercise wheel. At least 5 days prior to experimentation, each rabbit had a reversible tracheal bypass canula and a hypothalamic thermocouple guide tube chronically implanted. The reversible trac...
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1119302
Involvement of non-governmental organisations in the RNTCP. To get the maximum benefit from Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) developing partnership with private health providers outside government health system is very important. RNTCP actively seeks the participation of the NGOs by sensitising them with D...
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1119306
Retinoic acid inhibits transformation by preventing phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase dependent activation of the c-fos promoter. Retinoic acid inhibits transformation of cells by polyoma virus middle T oncoprotein. Inhibition of transformation results from a retinoic acid-dependent failure of cells to fully express the c-...
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1119312
Plasma gastrin and somatostatin in newborn infants and their relationship to catecholamines. We investigated the relationship between gastrin and somatostatin, and catecholamine concentrations in the cord blood of newborn infants. We also measured the levels of the two peptides during the first postnatal hours in the i...
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1119329
Expressions of lymphotactin and its receptor, XCR, in Lewis rats with experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis. To demonstrate the expression of lymphotactin and its receptor (XCR) in the iris/ciliary body and popliteal lymph node, and to clarify their roles in experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis (EAAU). Uveitis w...
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1119344
[Immunoregulatory effect of mesenchymal stem cells on active T lymphocytes]. This study was purposed to explore the immunoregulatory effects of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on active T lymphocytes in vitro and the new strategy to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in allogeneic hematopoietic st...
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Surgical treatment of the spine at the cervicothoracic junction: an illustrated review of a modified sternotomy approach with the description of tricks and pitfalls. The surgical treatment of burst fracture, tumour or spondylitis remains a challenge with regard to the surgical approach to the anterior aspect of the cer...
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1119351
A finite shell element for heart mitral valve leaflet mechanics, with large deformations and 3D constitutive material model. This paper presents a shell finite element formulation appropriate for simulating the heart valve leaflet mechanics, including three-dimensional (3D) stress and strain effects. A 4-node mixed-int...
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The antibody-mediated targeted delivery of interleukin-13 to syngeneic murine tumors mediates a potent anticancer activity. We describe the expression and in vivo characterization of an antibody-cytokine fusion protein, based on murine Interleukin-13 (IL13) and the monoclonal antibody F8, specific to the alternatively ...
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1119366
The assessment of pitch discrimination ability in young children. This study tested the hypothesis that some tasks used in assessing pitch discrimination ability may instead by assessing children's ability to deal with relational language. Five tasks were given to 36 normal children who were equally divided into three ...
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Vitamin D status modulates rat colonic M3 muscarinic receptor characteristics and coupling to guanylate cyclase. The present studies were conducted to determine whether [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate binding in rat colonic membranes and/or carbachol-mediated stimulation of particulate guanylate cyclase were altered by cha...
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1119379
Linear and non-linear surface EMG/force relationships in human muscles. An anatomical/functional argument for the existence of both. The EMG/force relations of various human muscles were examined over the full isometric force range using uniform experimental methods. The muscles chosen reflected varying fiber compositi...
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1119381
The functional significance of sacroiliitis and ankylosing spondylitis in Reiter's syndrome. The frequent development of sacroiliitis and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in patients suffering from Reiter's Syndrome (RS) has been stressed by a number of authors. This study was designed to ascertain the frequency of these pr...
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Current materials and techniques for direct restorations in posterior teeth. Part 2: Resin composite systems. This paper, the second in a two-part review of direct materials and techniques for intracoronal restorations in posterior teeth, deals with resin composite systems. Based on a consensus view on appropriate appl...
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1119396
Surface characterization and cytotoxicity analysis of plasma sprayed coatings on titanium alloys. In the realm of biomaterials, metallic materials are widely used for load bearing joints due to their superior mechanical properties. Despite the necessity for long term metallic implants, there are limitations to their pr...
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1119400
Biochemical iodine deficiency in selected schools of aligarh. The goiter prevalence reflects the iodine deficiency in past while urinary iodine excretion levels (UIEL) gives the current status of iodine nutrition. The study was conducted to assess the status of biochemical iodine deficiency in school children of 1st-5t...
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1119401
Lessons on responsiveness to adjuvant systemic therapies learned from the neoadjuvant setting. Recommended principles for the choice of therapies in operable breast cancer include the recognition of diverse subtypes of breast cancer and, based on genetic signature and immunohistochemistry, the identification of targets...
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[What are you doing when you are doing nothing? ERP components without a cognitive task]. Two experiments, an "active" and a "passive" oddball-paradigm (1. phase) with visual and auditive stimuli were performed. In both, two stimuli with a probability of 0.7/0.3 were presented. The oddball-sequence was replaced in the ...
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Intraoperative angiography for neurovascular disease in the prone or three-quarter prone position. Intraoperative angiography for neurovascular disease has gained wide acceptance as a useful tool. There are few published cases of intraoperative angiography performed in the prone or three-quarter prone position, and the...
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1119426
Heterostructured SnS/TiO2@C hollow nanospheres for superior lithium and sodium storage. Tin(ii) sulfide (SnS) is considered to be one of the most promising anode materials for lithium/sodium ion batteries (LIBs/SIBs) due to its high theoretical capacity and low-cost. However, its practical applications are severely imp...
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1119436
Head posture and pharyngeal airway volume changes after bimaxillary surgery for mandibular prognathism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate head posture and the pharyngeal airway volume changes using 3D imaging after bimaxillary surgery in mandibular prognathism patients by null hypothesis. Cone-beam computed tom...
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1119446
Asymmetric dyes align inside carbon nanotubes to yield a large nonlinear optical response. Asymmetric dye molecules have unusual optical and electronic properties. For instance, they show a strong second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) response that has attracted great interest for potential applications in electro-optic...
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1119476
Cryptosporidium in asymptomatic children. Recent reviews state that cryptosporidiosis is a disease particularly of young children, but we have found the opposite age distribution, with no cases in children less than 5 years old. No Cryptosporidium species was detected in fecal samples obtained from 423 healthy preschoo...
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1119490
Upgrade of permanent pacemakers and single chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators to pectoral dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators: indications, surgical approach, and long-term clinical results. The aim of this study was to describe the indications for upgrade of pacemakers (PMs) or single cha...
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1119502
Hallucinations as a presenting feature in malignant hypertension. A 68-year-old man with malignant hypertension of renovascular origin presented with visual impairment and complex visual hallucinations. Four weeks after the hypertension had been controlled by drugs, the hallucinations ceased and electroencephalographic...
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Dewetting of thin polymer films at temperatures close to the glass transition. We present detailed studies on dewetting of thin polystyrene (PS) films which were deposited onto silicon wafers coated with a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) monolayer. Experiments were performed at temperatures close to the glass transition te...
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Factors affecting the sensitivity and specificity of the three-phase technetium bone scan in the diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome in the upper extremity. The three-phase technetium bone scan has been recommended for use in the diagnosis of the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome with a sensitivity a...
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[Transposition and reversion of mutations induced in Drosophila by viral DNA]. Injection of solutions of highly polymerized DNA isolated from nuclear polyhedrosis virus of Galleria mellonella into adult males induced with a considerable frequency visible mutations, two of which were studied in detail. They were detecte...
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1119531
Identical homologs of the Galanthus nivalis agglutinin in Zea mays and Fusarium verticillioides. The structural domain corresponding to the Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA) is a mannose-binding motif that was originally discovered in plants but according to recent data also occurs in other eukaryotes and prokaryotes....
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[Influence of EmbryoGlue on the implantation of embryo and pregnancy outcome in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer]. To study the influence of EmbryoGlue on the implantation of embryo and pregnancy outcome in vitro fertilization (IVF)-embryo transfer (ET). From August 2010 to January 2011, 243 infertile patients in Re...
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