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... suppressing Th2 responses In humans, acidic mammalian chitinase degrades chitin shifting the responses toward a Th2 inflammatory response Elevated chitinase has been associated with asthma and elevated ... mold in the United States and are especially prevalent in the grain-growing areas of the Midwest In addition, significant risk for acute asthma and life-threatening asthma has been associated with ... frequency in Alternaria-sensitive asthmatics but were not statistically significant However, the combination of 75val and 576arg, 75val576arg IL-4RA, was significantly increased in Alternaria-sensitive...
... Dentistry and JUST Dental Teaching Centre, Irbid, Jordan for facilitating the clinical and radiographic examination of the participants in this study We thank Mrs Sumayya Khamaiseh and Mrs Yasmin ... quadrants Diagnosis of CP and AP was based on CAL values and confirmed radiographically using intra-oral periapical and bitewing radiographs Periodontitis was defined as the presence of attachment ... Depression (HAD) Scale (mesio-, mid-, and disto-buccal; mesio-, mid-, and distolingual/palatal) Inter-examiner reliability was calculated using alpha statistics with regard to probing depth and CAL on...
... bacteriuria has been studied primarily in patients with spinal cord injury undergoing intermittent catheterization or with chronic indwelling catheters Ina 45 Catheter-associated urinary tract infection ... patients with fever in the intensive care unit ina widely referenced consensus guideline.(O’Grady et al 1998) In patients with indwelling urinary catheters, the associationof pyuria with bacteriuria ... quantitative levels of bacteriuria or candiduria were classified as indeterminate in origin 3.1.2 Risk factors: Statistical analysis: Data were analyzed using the statistical analysis package SPSS...
... associated with new infection, reinfection and endogenous reactivation respectively and the abbreviations NI, RI To estimate the size of RI and NRI, it is assumed that the risk of infection is uniform ... secretarial help and Mr B.R Narayana Prasad graphics References Krishnamurthy, VV, Nair, SS, Gothi, GD, a Chakraborty, AK Incidence of Tuberculosis among newly infected population andin relation ... risk of disease associated with the cited different types of tuberculosis infection is given in Table The risk of disease associated with reinfection is 31 times that for endogenous reactivation...
... fibrillarin forms a sub-complex with splicing factor 2-associated p32, protein arginine methyltransferases, and tubulins alpha and beta that is independent of its associationwith preribosomal ribonucleoprotein ... interactions with splicing proteins and that the RG-box-containing C-terminus seems to mediate interactions with RNA is also very interesting; especially in light of our results obtained with ... to native polyacrylamide gel (10% gel, witha 29:1 acrylamide:bis-acrylamide ratio) electrophoresis The arrow indicates shifted bands and the dashed arrowheads indicate supershifted bands partners...
... worsening mobility, disability, hospitalization and death Rates of frailty and disability are higher in women than men and are associated with being African American, having lower education and income, ... resulting from noncompliance or drug interactions can be minimized Maintain vigilance in prescribing: It is important that providers be aware of all medications which the patient is taking, including ... functional activities In the field of aging, disability is measured by judging how a person performs Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) ADLs include...
... freezing in individuals with PD (Giladi and Hausdorff 2006) Gait and balance difficulties clearly limit functional mobility, leading to the potential for falls and the associated sequelae Several interventions ... that are both enjoyable and effective in addressing balance, turning and gait difficulties associated with aging Dance for those with Parkinson Disease 125 and PD and importantly, preventing falls, ... the Marian Chace Foundation to Madeleine Hackney anda grant from the American Parkinson Disease Association to Gammon Earhart References Argue, J (2000) Parkinson’s disease and the art of moving...
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... the entire cycle numbers and maintains 73.6% of its initial capacity after 1000 cycles, which is consistent with that reported in the previous literature [38-41] Swelling and shrinkage of electrochemically ... at approximately 932 and 989 cm−1 are assigned to the ring deformation associated with the di-cation (di-polaron) and radical cation (polaron), respectively [31] The band at approximately 1,413 ... and initiator is an effective way to achieve polymerization in the desired locations The carboxylic acid groups are likely to offer the interfacial interaction between the polymer and the nanotubes...
... S, Nakamura S, Hori S, Shimakawa M, Kawashima H, Mochizuki M, Sugita S, Ueno S, Yoshizaki K, Inaba G: Efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of multiple administration of infliximab in Behcet's ... levels of TLR mRNA and protein in circulating leukocytes was examined Briefly, after fractionating PBMCs into CD14-positive cells and CD14depleted cells by means of magnetic cell sorting, mRNA and ... endothelial cell injury in human heme oxygenase-1 deficiency J Clin Invest 1999, 103:129-135 Kirino Y, Takeno M, Iwasaki M, Ueda A, Ohno S, Shirai A, Kanamori H, Tanaka K, Ishigatsubo Y: Increased...
... transcriptional levels of IFN-inducible chemokines in peripheral blood cells were closely associated with disease activity and organ damage in SLE, and may be useful in disease monitoring and prognostication ... disease activity in SLE patients Each symbol represents an individual patient; horizontal lines indicate and IFN scores with disease activity in SLE patients median values (a) SLE patients witha moderate-to-severe ... Hasegawa H, Kohno M, Sasaki M, Inoue A, Ito MR, Terada M, Hieshima K, Maruyama H, Miyazaki JI, Yoshie O, Nose M, Fujita S: Antagonist of monocyte chemoattractant protein ameliorates the initiation...
... biochemical evidence of pancreatic injury, although imaging confirmed a typical inflammatory mass and gross edema of the pancreas Clinical improvement was relatively rapid following biliary stenting and ... adultsand always with raised amylase and lipase blood levels [1,3,4] In our patient, acute pancreatitis was possibly related to his abnormal pancreatic duct anatomy and the chemical insult of ... insufficiency and cystic fibrosis but in the setting of normal amylase and lipase The few reports available concerning acute pancreatitis in patients with pancreatic insufficiency concern children...
... biochemical evidence of pancreatic injury, although imaging confirmed a typical inflammatory mass and gross edema of the pancreas Clinical improvement was relatively rapid following biliary stenting and ... adultsand always with raised amylase and lipase blood levels [1,3,4] In our patient, acute pancreatitis was possibly related to his abnormal pancreatic duct anatomy and the chemical insult of ... insufficiency and cystic fibrosis but in the setting of normal amylase and lipase The few reports available concerning acute pancreatitis in patients with pancreatic insufficiency concern children...
... Abdel-Latif AA: Protaglandin F2α and its analogs induce release of endogenous prostaglandins in iris and ciliary muscles isolated from cat and other mammalian species Exp Eye Res 1996, 63:305-310 Lindsey ... application of pharmacogic agents AmJ Ophthalmol 1996, 121:319-321 Mishima HK, Masuda K, Kitazawa Y, Azuma I: A comparison of latanoprost and timolol in primary open-angle glaucoma and cited in ... Lindsey JD, Kashiwagi K, Kashiwagi F, Weinreb RN: Prostaglandins alter extracellular matrix adjacent to human ciliary muscle cells in vitro Invest Ophthalomol Vis Sci 1997, 38:2214-2223 Ocklind A: ...
... performed (maxima, minima, averages and standard deviation) for each of the variables In all cases the significance level used was 5% Crossed variables and bilaterally correlated analysis were also ... data and to the drafting and revision of the manuscript MOLL participated in the analysis and interpretation of data All authors read and approved the final manuscript References Cabrera, P .J. , ... personality disorder In E F Ronningstam (Ed.), Disordersof narcissism Diagnostic, clinical, and empirical implications (pp 351-373) Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press 28 American Psychiatric...
... family relationships; living independently; having control of one's self-care, medication and money; having a social life; taking part in the local community; and satisfaction with life Some of ... Health Organisation, the Departments of Health and care standard setting agencies in the participating countries including the practicalities of incorporating the toolkit into existing review systems ... self-determination in residential settings Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Comparing patients' experience of mental health services in England: a five-Trust survey International Journal...
... gentamicin, isepamicin, rifampicin, and piperacillin/tazobactam The O anthropi was resistant to amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ticarcillin, ticarcillin/clavulanic acid, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, ... ceftriaxone, piperacillin/tazobactam and colistin but remained susceptible to ciprofloxacin, imipenem, amikacin, tobramycin, gentamicin, isepamicin, trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole and rifampicin ... ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole and colistin but remained susceptible to ceftriaxone, ticarcillin, ticarcillin/ clavulanic acid, imipenem, amikacin, tobramycin, gentamicin,...
... seated upright during the examination Examination of TMD TMJ sound Digital palpation of the TMJ was done using the middle and index fingers and by audibly listening during opening and closure of ... 10):1-45 Jamsa T, Kirveskari P, Alanen P: Malocclusion and its associationwith clinical signs of craniomandibular disorder in 5-,10- and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Head & Face Medicine ... clinical examination and subjective data obtained from questionnaires and compare the findings with other national and international studies The present study has shown that the prevalence of...
... that with considering adjustment on ALT variable, increasing HDL and adiponectin variables decrease Log HBV DNA Table Associationof clinical findings of chronic hepatitis B with HBV DNA level higher ... that increased serum adiponectin in hepatic inflammatory activity which is an antagonizing TNF -a, may be a secondary to the response to hepatic injury in chronic hepatitis B [9] Cytokines including ... Author details Digestive Disease Research Centre, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University ofMedical Science, Tehran, Iran 2Epidemiology and social medicine department, Ilam University ofMedical sciences,...
... extraction and enzymatic amplification Viral nucleic acids were extracted using the QIAamp Viral RNA mini-kit (Qiagen), in line with the manufacturer’s instructions Reverse transcription polymerase ... Detection of hepatitis A viral RNA in sera of patients with acute hepatitis AJ Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000, 15:1043-1047 Arvanitidou M, Mamassi P, Vayona A: Epidemiological evidence for vaccinating ... phylogenetic trees and participated in the writing of the manuscript PZ participated in the molecular analyses and helped to draft the manuscript SF and IM collected the samples and participated in...