... conflict and the poor quality of some clinical trials
[7,8].
We found that this paradigm conflict may be resolved by
using study designs guided by Chinese medicine theory.
Chinese medicine theory
Chinese ... theory. Study designs guided by
Chinese medicine theory are necessary to validate and improve future randomized controlled
clinical trials in Chin...
... pain. A study with a
longer period of follow-up might be required for this. Second,
the low rate of participation by controls in this study (40% at
baseline) raises the possibility that selection ... contribution to change in physical fitness.
This study has several potential limitations. First, the two years
of follow-up in this study may have been too short to enable us
to det...
... Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2011, 8:6
http://www.jissn.com/content/8/1/6
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(6%) or carbohydrate plus casein hydrolysate (6% carbo-
hydrate + 1.8% protein hydrolysate) ... acid
supplementation on variables related to skeletal muscle damage in 100
km ultra-runners - a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the
International Society of Spor...
... and RF contributed to study conception and revision of
manuscript. CB and LKB were responsible for data acquisition
and analysis and contributed to revision of manuscript. MH
was the main contributor ... Hospital) for randomisation,
preparation and blinding of study drug, Ms Judith Wishart (Discipline of
Medicine University of Adelaide) for analysis of insulin and GLP-1 con...
... patterns of
certain pathogens. Since parenteral forms of ciprof-
loxacin and levofloxacin were not restricted for the
first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption
of these quinolones was ... infection control
committees many years before the initiation of the
NARP. Even in these selected centres already apply-
ing local antibiotic restriction policies the utilisation...
... basal activity or regulation of Mnk2a
as compared to Mnk1 have potentially important implica-
tions for the control of the phosphorylation of eIF4E. In
cells that only, or mainly, contain Mnk1, ... crystal
structure involved only 7-methylGDP and not a capped
oligonucleotide.
Phosphorylation of eIF4E is increased in response to a
variety of conditions [30]. These include serum trea...
... Frequency of responses to questions related to depression
Questions Responses
Yes, myself, n (%) Yes, my colleagues, n (%) Not aware, n (%) Missing, n (%)
Are you aware of depression amongst medical ... The data
was collected by either a postgraduate trainee in psychia-
try or consultant psychiatrist, and the anonymity of the
respondent was insured. The study was approved by
depar...
... their
comparison with native tissue are important considerations.
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a cartilage component with
important physiological functions. With the exception of
hyaluronan (HA), GAGs are ... is properly cited.
Abstract
Currently, autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) is the
most commonly used cell -based therapy for the treatment of
isolated femoral condyle l...
... 1
Congenic regions and incidence of sialadenitis in congenic mice and healthy controlsCongenic regions and incidence of sialadenitis in congenic mice and
healthy controls. (a) The location of ... al.
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pSS by rates of monozygotic concordance in twins has not yet
been studied, whereas the concordance rate for different
types of...
... synthesis, thereby creating an amplification loop for
propagation of inflammatory responses [7]. Hence, inhibition
of sPLA
2
may logically block the formation of a wide variety of
secondary ... production of diverse mediators of
inflammatory conditions, is also implicated in the pathophysiol-
ogy of RA [4]. Among the vast family of PLA
2
enzymes, which
includes three cellula...