... al introducing and maintaining LPAI in seropositive flocks? and 3) What are the current monitoring and surveillance systems for LPAI in Korea? Materials and Methods Selection of poultry farms and ... out according to the recommendations inthe WHO manual [19] The reagents for the HI andthe AGP tests were obtained from the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (Korea) and Animal ... age, and flock size The inquiry included categories: 1) basic information regarding the owner; 2) habitation of the employees; 3) sanitary concept of the farm workers; and 4) activity of the employees...
... (Table 1); secondly extrinsic riskfactors introduced by procurement, handling, culturing, or storage of the cells; and finally theriskfactors associated with the clinical characteristics (e.g ... [28] The initial clinical trials with MSCs were in osteogenesis imperfecta patients [29] andin patients suffering mucopolysaccharidoses [30] Other indications for which clinical trials using ... patientIn principle, knowledge on potential risks andriskfactors obtained with other/existing stem cell based medicinal products may contribute to therisk evaluation of new stem cell based therapies...
... at minutes (2minVO2) and minutes (4minVO2), and biological markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein, IL-6 and TNFα) between baseline and post intervention Secondary outcomes were changes in ... data were recorded at 1-minute intervals On the initial test this was used with VO2 data to determine the heart rate training intensity (65 % VO2 peak) of the exercise-training programme This procedure ... further progression or supervision to the exercise training programme was provided a reduction inthe adherence of the training sessions occurred; 81 % and 84 % were completed in week to week and...
... neutrophil infiltration into the lungs and to increased pulmonary proinflammatory cytokine expression [7] However, the initial events induced by hyperoxia, thereby leading to acute inflammatory lung injury, ... any increase in proinflammatory cytokine protein occurs, and they further suggest that NF-κB activation may represent an initial event inthe proinflammatory sequence induced by hyperoxia Increased ... signaling andthe inflammatory process, thereby bearing potential consequences for screening emerging targets for therapeutic intervention Competing interests None declared Acknowledgements The...
... andin activating NF-κB Anti-inflammatory cytokines have the ability to suppress inflammatory processes via the inhibition of NF-κB, which can interact with other transcription factors, and these ... function in transplant reperfusion injury Targeting the NF-κB pathway may therefore be a promising therapy to reduce injury and to improve lung function play a central role in initiating the innate ... to the VEGF gene, Hellwig-Bürgel et al investigated the effects of these cytokines on the activation of the HIF-1 DNA-binding complex andthe amount of HIF-1α protein in human hepatoma cells in...
... revise and implement the current indications for HBO, considering the presence or the lack, inthe acute setting, of reliable predictors of DNS Furthermore, it would be interesting to evaluate the ... cognitive impairment and urinary incontinence developed in another case (a 66 years-old male presenting coma and haemodynamic instability at admission) The univariate analysis identified the variables ... considering the limited difference in white blood cell count between the two groups of patients (non-DNS and DNS), our finding does not seem to have a clinically relevant impact Furthermore, whether...
... McGraw-Hill Zajonc, R B (2000) Feeling and thinking: Closing the debate over the independence of affect In J P Forgas (Ed), Feeling and thinking: The role ofaffect in social cognition (pp 31-58) ... replicating the previous findings In contrast, attributing the affecfive response to the music did eliminate the effect of processing facilitation on liking That is, participants who were informed ... training inthe arts presumably increases the fluency with which complex art stimuli can be processed Repeated exposure to complex stimuli results in higher perceptual fiuency, and training in...
... could understand what theDoctor was saying Put a thousand grains of salt in a jar and shake them up, and no matter how random the order in which they fell the final position of each grain would ... asked inthe mind, a coin tossed into the air, the answer implied in its fall – the coin being the one grain of salt in all of the universe whose behaviour would give a subtle clue to the patterns ... thrusting his hand into his jacket The doors were wide open, andthe time winds ran through K9 like desert sands They poured through his joints and seams, ageing and altering as they went; the...
... HIV, HCV infected IDUs was the highest in 30-39 age group HIV infected FSWs was the highest in 20-29 age group and HCV infection was the highest in 30-39 age group HBV infected HDPs was highest ... equal in different risk groups 1.3 The status of HIV, HBV, HCV infection and several factors increased the transmission among some highrisk groups 1.3.1 The Injecting drug users (IDUs): Injecting ... and are distributed worldwide, and about 60% of infections are due to type 1a and 1b The genotype of the virus plays a substantial role in determining the duration and type of treatment the patient...
... bladder inthe United States J Urol 2003; 20:327 Dallosso HM, Matthews RJ, McGrother CW, Donaldson MM, Shaw C and Leicestershire MRC The association of diet and other lifestyle factors with the onset ... for the general population Since OAB is a compilation of lower urinary tract symptoms, the prevalence of LUTS should be higher Irwin et al.2 in their 5-country population study reported the prevalence ... urinary symptoms and incontinence: the Canadian Urinary Bladder Survey BJU Int 2008; 101:52 Milsom I, Abrams P, Cardozo L, Roberts RG, Throff J and Wein A How widespread are the symptoms of an...
... from within the plaque, including thrombin, CD40L and P-selectin, activate circulating platelets by inducing a conformational change inthe glycoprotein receptors and enabling cross-linking or ... diabetics The complex and intimate relationship between atherothrombosis and traditional and novel riskfactors is discussed inthe following chapters of Traditional and Novel RiskFactorsin Atherothrombosis ... loops within unstable coronary atheroma and processes leading to endothelial erosion Inthe presence of larger endothelial erosions there may be a rapid increase in intimal inflammation (53) and sufficient...
... from within the plaque, including thrombin, CD40L and P-selectin, activate circulating platelets by inducing a conformational change inthe glycoprotein receptors and enabling cross-linking or ... causing them to roll, scanning the endothelium for activating signals Inthe presence of activating signals, integrins on the cell surface of the leukocyte undergo a structural change and can bind ... loops within unstable coronary atheroma and processes leading to endothelial erosion Inthe presence of larger endothelial erosions there may be a rapid increase in intimal inflammation (53) and sufficient...
... differ in how their bodies process different chemicals, including the toxic chemicals in tobacco Examinations of the connection between breast cancer riskand differences inthe processing of these ... can control their exposure to these potential riskfactors There are also many other health benefits to be gained by decreasing or eliminating either of these exposures Quitting smoking is difficult, ... differ in many ways, such as the groups of women being studied, how information is obtained and what other exposures andriskfactors are taken into consideration These differences can affect the...
... number of male patients was higher inthe index cases, but the number of female patients was higher in contacts determined active disease In our opinion, the reason of this findings were that ... et al RiskFactors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis (such as uncle, grandfather, cousin) The definitions ... 88% were infected inthe first group 42% inthe second group and 18% were infected inthe third group Besides they treated of cases inthe first group because of active disease [16] In former...
... diabetes) Using the methodology of Cavrini and associates and Sitoh and colleagues [18,19], an ordinal variable for the EQ-5D index was created by categorizing the continuous variable into levels, and ... (0–2 risk factors) , andhighrisk (3–5 risk factors) EQ-5D The EQ-5D was used as a measure of respondents' HRQoL and utility values The EQ-5D provides a simple descriptive profile and a single index ... significantly higher than the mean for the high- risk group (p < 0.001) EQ-5D dimensions Examination of each of the dimensions of the EQ-5D showed similar rating scores for the type diabetes and high- risk...
... folic acid and cobalamin (vitamin B 12) Therefore, an intake of both vitamins is necessary to prevent the accumulation of higher levels of homocysteine [5] since in addition to age, gender and rare ... fats and a lower intake of vegetable and fruits as well as whole-grain products were found These include TC, Apo B, vitamin B 12 and uric acid together with a higher fraction of SFA in RBC The ... Psychological factorsThe remarkably high score of MECCA type A inthe chef group was comparable to the teaching profession, which has scored the highest percentage of MECCA risk types A and B (30% in each...
... during clinical interviews Parents were interviewed first, after which they were asked whether they would agree to their children participating inthe study If the parent agreed, the interviewer ... characteristics, including their gender, age, education, marital status and household income Information gathered from patients and their parents included severity of malformation andthe age which ... Provincial People’s Hospital No institution was involved inthe collection, analysis of interpretation of data, in writing the article, or inthe decision to submit the paper for publication The...
... riskin this Chinese population Risk assessment models and absolute risk calculations combining the SNPs and clinical riskfactors indicated the small effects of these markers in discriminating ... as highrisk along with the increased numbers of risk alleles /factors However, the variation of absolute risk distribution increased with increasing numbers of factors used inthe risk- predicting ... additive inthe number of minor alleles, andthe log odds for the entire model was additive across SNPs and other risk factors) Then therisk score was classified into groups by its quartiles in controls...