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Although many members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are introduced to AA during treatment, the relationship between treatment and AA attendance over time is unknown. This paper describes four latent classes of AA attendance among 586 dependent alcoholics interviewed by telephone 1, 3, 5 and 7 years after baseline, ...

It is known that ascorbic acid (AA) supplementation can ameliorate the chicken's responses to heat stress. The influence of AA on heart heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) and plasma corticosterone (CS) was evaluated in young male broiler chickens fed either no AA (N-AA) or 500 mg AA /kg ...

Long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) is associated with both positive and negative effects. The authors examined possible mechanisms by which these effects contribute to AAS satisfaction and predict intentions for future AAS use. Five hundred male AAS users completed an interactive Web-based ...

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Salivary alpha amylase (sAA) has been proposed as a marker of autonomic nervous system activity. Few studies have examined sAA basal activity and reactivity in naturalistic settings, or developmental changes in sAA. In 50 adolescents, diary-reported moods and sAA levels were gathered across two typical weekdays. As ...

BackgroundHepatic glucose uptake is enhanced by portal delivery of glucose which creates a negative arterio-portal substrate gradient. Hepatic amino acid (AA) utilization may be regulated by the same phenomenon, but this has not been proven.ObjectiveWe aimed to assess hepatic AA balance and protein synthesis with or without a ...

This study identifies factors associated with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership in a sample of 81 persons who have achieved at least one year of total abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. Forty-four were AA members, 37 were not. Logistic regression was used to test the cross-sectional associations of baseline demographic, substance-related, ...

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Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are drugs of abuse. They are taken in large quantities by athletes and others to increase performance, with negative health consequences. As a result, in 1991 testosterone and related AAS were declared controlled substances. However, the relative abuse and dependence liability of ...

AA (arachidonic acid), which possesses both neurotoxic and neurotrophic activities, has been implicated as a messenger in both physiological and pathophysiological processes. In the present study, we investigated the effects of both extracellular and intracellular application of AA on the activity of NaV (voltage-gated Na+ channels) in rat cerebellar GCs ...

The syndrome of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) dependence, though well recognized, remains poorly studied. In this preliminary psychometric study, American and British investigators separately administered a structured diagnostic interview module, based on recently proposed criteria for AAS dependence, to 42 male AAS users in ...

The syndrome of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) dependence, though well recognized, remains poorly studied. In this preliminary psychometric study, American and British investigators separately administered a structured diagnostic interview module, based on recently proposed criteria for AAS dependence, to 42 male AAS users in ...

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RationaleIndices of negative affect, such as depression, have been implicated in stress-induced pathways to alcohol relapse. Empirically-supported continuing care resources, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), emphasize reducing negative affect to reduce relapse risk, but little research has been conducted to examine putative affective ...

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The behavior of heavy metals mercury and zinc immobilized in an alkali-activated slag (AAS) matrix has been evaluated using physical property tests, pore structure analysis and XRD, TG-DTG, FTIR and TCLP analysis. Low concentrations (0.5%) of mercury and zinc ions had only a slight affect on compressive strength, pore structure and hydration of AAS ...

Absorbing aerosols (AA's) such as black carbon (BC) or dust absorb incoming solar radiation, perturb the temperature structure of the atmosphere, and influence cloud cover. Previous studies have described conditions where AA's either increase or decrease cloud cover. The effect depends on several factors, including the altitude of the ...

The stable ascorbic acid derivative 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G) was used to investigate the role of ascorbic acid (AA) in B cell differentiation in vitro. AA-2G is stable in a solution unlike AA but is hydrolyzed by cellular alpha-glucosidase to release AA. Mouse spleen B ...

BackgroundThe inappropriate use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) was originally a problem among athletes but AAS are now often used in nonsport situations and by patients attending regular addiction clinics. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of the development of multiple drug use in patients seeking treatment at an addiction clinic ...

BackgroundThis study investigates the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) among a national representative sample of high school students in Iceland. We test several hypotheses drawn from three perspectives. The first perspective focuses on the use of AAS as an individual phenomenon motivated by the desire to succeed in sport. The second perspective ...

Aortic arch (AA) atheroma is a common source of artery-to-artery embolism. Identification of AA atherosclerotic disease is an important component of the embolic stroke workup. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the gold standard for AA evaluation, but it has associated risks and is not always readily available. Computed ...

Alternative splicing produces functionally distinct proteins participating in cellular processes including differentiation and development. CoAA is a coactivator that regulates transcription-coupled splicing and its own pre-mRNA transcript is alternatively spliced. We show here that the CoAA gene is embryonically expressed and alternatively spliced in ...

Arachidonic acid (AA) is generated in the anterior pituitary gland upon stimulation by the ACTH secretagogue, CRH. Using the patch clamp technique, we examined the action of AA on the excitability of single pituitary corticotropes obtained from a transgenic mouse strain that expresses the enhanced green fluorescent protein driven by the proopiomelanocortin ...

Background:? Given the widespread use of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other similar groups in the United States and the increasing membership of women, this study compares women with men on their meeting attendance and AA-prescribed behaviors, factors associated with that AA participation, and tests how these relate to women's and ...

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have proven to be cost-effective recovery resources for adults and also appear helpful for youth. However, anecdotal concerns about adolescents' safety at meetings have dampened enthusiasm regarding youth participation. Unfortunately, little information exists to evaluate such concerns. Outpatients (N = 127; 24% female) ...

This article describes a small qualitative study investigating the experiences of people with learning disabilities who have been interviewed by the police, including their views on Appropriate Adults (AAs). Of concern, but consistent with other research in this area, a significant proportion of this, albeit small, group were not afforded the safeguard of an ...

To assess the construct validity of the AIDS Attitude Scale (AAS) (Shrum, Turner, & Bruce, 1989), we administered it and related attitude scales to introductory psychology students (n = 279) and gay/lesbian support group members (n = 38). A subset of the students (n = 105) participated in a concurrent validity study; students donating items to an AIDS food pantry scored ...

Objective:Anger and other indices of negative affect have been implicated in a stress-induced pathway to relapse. The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) literature states that reduction of anger is critical to recovery, yet this proposed mechanism has rarely been investigated. Using lagged, controlled hierarchical linear modeling analyses, this study investigated ...

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Gold electrodes modified with cationic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 2,2'-dithiobisethaneamine (CYST) and 6,6'-dithiobishexaneamine (DTH) were used for the simultaneous determination of dopamine (DA) and ascorbate (AA). The cationic SAM modified electrodes have several advantages over the bare electrode for the oxidation of AA. A very large ...

Research on the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is controversial and is subject to widely divergent interpretations. The goal of this paper is to provide a focused review of the literature on AA effectiveness that will allow readers to judge the evidence for AA effectiveness themselves. The review organizes the research on ...

We sequenced the lymphotoxin alpha (LTA) promoter and identified LTA10G>A in strong linkage with LTA252G>A and LTA723C>A. Stimulated cells from LTA723AA: LTA252GG:LTA10AA individuals had significantly higher LTA mRNA levels than LTA723CC:LTA252AA:LTA10GG and LTA723AA:LTA252AG:LTA10GA individuals, ...

The relationship between the geomagnetic aa index and the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has previously been found to be nonstationary, being weakly negative during the early 20th century and significantly positive since the 1970s. The study reported here applies a statistical method called the generalized additive modeling (GAM) to elucidate the ...

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are synthetic hormones used by individuals who want to look better or perform better in athletics and at the gym. Their use raises an interesting paradox in which drug use is associated with a number of health benefits, but also the possibility of negative health consequences. Existing models of AAS addiction follow the ...

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the social background and current social situation of male abusers of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS).MethodsWe compared thirty-four AAS-abusing patients from an Addiction Centre (AC) with two groups, 18 users and 259 non-users of AAS from a public gym in Orebro, Sweden. The study ...

The research reported in this article examined the conditions under which persuasive arguments are most effective in changing university students' attitudes and expressed behavior with respect to affirmative action (AA). The conceptual framework was a model that integrated the theory of reasoned action and the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion. Studies 1 and 2 ...

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The bacterial envelope is a semi-permeable barrier that protects the cell from the hostilities of the environment. To survive the ever-changing conditions of their surroundings, bacteria need to rapidly adjust the biochemical properties of their cellular envelope. Amino acid (aa) addition to phosphatidylglycerol (PG) of the membrane is one of the mechanisms used by bacteria to ...

Stress is a multidimensional construct. To accurately represent stress physiology, multiple stress measures across multiple stress-related systems should be assessed. However, associations may be masked given that different systems underlie different time courses. Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase (sAA) are reliable biological stress markers of the sympathetic nervous system ...

INTRODUCTION: Delayed administration of effective antimicrobial therapy increases mortality in patients with septic shock. Empiric antibiotic selection in this setting can be inaccurate. The objective of this study was to determine whether an antibiotic algorithm (AA) tailored to institutional resistance patterns improves the adequacy of antimicrobial therapy. METHODS: A ...

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We measured the mRNA transcript expression patterns for members of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system during embryonic and postnatal development in epiphyseal cartilage from Langshan (LS) and Arbor Acres (AA) chickens. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-2 expression was positively correlated with IGF-I from embryonic day (E) 14 to postnatal d (P) 0 and ...

Attitudes and beliefs reflecting cultural values can have a positive or negative influence on eating behaviors. Eating out may negatively affect diet quality. In a representative sample of the Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) consisting of 1601 African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) adults, the aim wa...

Abstract Objective.?Acceleration of amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis induction by ageing has not been extensively studied in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study is to clarify contribution of ageing to the development of AA amyloidosis associated with RA in our large cohort. Methods.?388 adult-onset RA patients whose RA was complicated by ...

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Effects of arachidonic acid (AA) on proton and electron currents in human eosinophils were studied using the permeabilized-patch voltage-clamp technique, using an applied NH₄⁺ gradient to control pH_i.Superoxide anion (O₂^?) release was assessed by cytochrome c ...

INTRODUCTION: The relation between docosahexaenoic (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic (EPA) vs. arachidonic acid (AA) seems characterized by both synergism and antagonism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Investigate the relation between EPA+DHA and AA in populations with a wide range of EPA+DHA status and across the life cycle. EPA+DHA and AA were ...

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) are important for neurodevelopment. The effects of DHA (220 mg/day, n=41), DHA+AA (220 mg/day, n=39) or placebo (n=34) during pregnancy and lactation on neurodevelopment at 18 months, and the relations between umbilical cord DHA, AA and Mead acid and neurodevelopment were studied. An ...

Apoptosis may perpetuate some forms of inflammation. Of the apoptotic pathway proteins, Fas is particularly overexpressed in sarcoidosis. We hypothesized that Fas promoter single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) contribute to the development and severity of sarcoidosis. Associations of known Fas promoter SNPs (?670, ?690 and ?1377) and deduced haplotypes with sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis severity ...

A naturally occurring Cameroonian smectite clay has been grafted with trimethylpropylammonium groups and the resulting organoclay deposited as thin film onto a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface. It was then exploited as a suitable matrix for the accumulation and the electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA). Cyclic voltammetry revealed an increase ...

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic derivatives of testosterone. According to surveys and media reports, the legal and illegal use of these drugs is gaining popularity. Testosterone restores sex drive and boosts muscle mass, making it central to 2 of society's rising preoccupations: perfecting the male body and sustaining the male libido. The anabolic effects of ...

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In 2007, the National Cancer Institute issued a report indicating a decline in deaths from breast cancer. However, statistics on minority and underserved populations, especially African Americans (AAs), showed little or no change. Dr. Doris Browne in NCI�s Division of Cancer Prevention participated as a 2007 Woodrow Wilson Public Policy Scholar focusing on global breast ...

It is shown that increasing external field stimulates appearance of the conductive microplasma channels in a-As2Se3 thin films. Cooling a sample under high field causes the disabling of microplasmas and decreases the sample conductance by several orders of magnitude in a rather narrow temperature range. The diameter of a microplasma channel was estimated to be one nanometer. ...

This report described the possible application of ac impedance analysis for diagnosis of cell capacity degradation of AA size Li/MoO2 secondary cells. Electronic internal resistivity (R(sub s)), interfacial resistivity between lithium negative electrode a...

A patient with AA amyloidosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis showed intense liver uptake of Tc-99m MDP on bone imaging. The biopsy showed hepatic amyloid deposition. A repeat bone scan with Tc-99m MDP 1 year later was negative, although the clinical signs and liver function tests of the patient had not changed. A mechanism might exist, other than the ...

Three previously healthy children, aged 5, 8, and 15 years, with idiopathic intermediate uveitis (IU) and alopecia areata (AA) are described. These are the first 3 cases of which we are aware with this coexistence. The results of extensive diagnostic evaluations were negative in all 3 cases. AA preceded the diagnosis of bilateral IU in ...

A mosquitocidal aquatic bacterium has been developed by introducing an operon containing the cry11Aa, and p20 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) into the gram-negative aquatic bacterium Asticcacaulis excentricus. After transformation, the cry11Aa gene was successfully expressed in recombinant A. excentricus ...

In this paper experimental and theoretical FLD and FLSD of AA3105 are investigated. For this purpose, the forming limit diagram of Aluminum alloy 3105 using out-of-plane test is evaluated experimentally. Also, base of emphasis of forming limit stress diagrams and using plasticity equations, the stress limits resulted from strain limits and then forming limit stress diagram ...

Aims? Evidence indicates that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation reduces relapse risk but less is known about the mechanisms through which AA confers this benefit. Initial studies indicate self-efficacy, negative affect, adaptive social networks and spiritual practices are mediators of this effect, but because these have been ...

At high levels of exposure, acrylamide monomer (AA) is a known neurotoxicant (LoPachin, 2004 [23]). The effects of lower levels of exposure, such as those experienced via a typical human diet, have not been widely investigated. Data at these levels are particularly relevant given the widespread human exposure through carbohydrate-containing foods cooked at high temperatures. ...

BackgroundBone mineral density (BMD) is lower in amenorrheic athletes (AA) compared with eumenorrheic athletes (EA). Decreased energy availability and altered levels of appetite regulating hormones (ghrelin and leptin) in AA contribute to hypogonadism, an important cause of low BMD. The role of other nutritionally regulated hormones such as peptide YY ...

Background:Abnormal femoral neck anteversion (FNA) and/or acetabulum anteversion (AA) have long been implicated in the etiogenesis of hip osteoarthritis (OA), developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), and impingement, instability and wear in total hip arthroplasty (THA). Since studies on the Indian population are sparse on this topic, the purpose of this study was to report ...

The objectives of this qualitative study were to: a) identify common marketing themes and tactics used by the tobacco industry to entice African Americans (AA's) and youth to initiate and maintain smoking behavior, especially smoking mentholated brands of cigarettes, and b) determine AA youths' knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and beliefs about smoking ...

The objectives of this qualitative study were to: a) identify common marketing themes and tactics used by the tobacco industry to entice African Americans (AA's) and youth to initiate and maintain smoking behavior, especially smoking mentholated brands of cigarettes, and b) determine AA youths' knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and beliefs about smoking ...

Absorbing aerosols (AAs) such as black carbon (BC) or dust absorb incoming solar radiation, perturb the temperature structure of the atmosphere, and influence cloud cover. Previous studies have described conditions under which AAs either increase or decrease cloud cover. The effect depends on several factors, including the altitude of the ...

Chronic exposure of pancreatic ?-cells to saturated non-esterified fatty acids can lead to inhibition of insulin secretion and apoptosis. Several previous studies have demonstrated that saturated fatty acids such as PA (palmitic acid) are detrimental to ?-cell function compared with unsaturated fatty acids. In the present study, we describe the effect of the polyunsaturated AA ...

Anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) abuse by adolescents represents a significant health care risk due to the potential for long-term negative physical and psychological sequelae, including increased aggressive behavior. The current experiments examined the effects of AAS use in young male adolescent hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) and ...

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AA 3004 aluminum alloy for can body stock exhibits interesting serrated flow in the stress-strain curves at room temperature. The serrated-flow phenomena are associated with dy-namic strain aging and yield a negative strain-rate dependence of the flow stress. The occurrence of the serrated flow resulting from a negative dependence of ...

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PurposeWomen of African ancestry (AA) have lower WBC counts and are more likely to have treatment delays and discontinue adjuvant breast cancer therapy early compared with white women. We assessed the association between race and treatment discontinuation/delay, WBC counts, and survival in women enrolled onto breast cancer clinical trials.Patients and ...

The medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (mTALH) contributes importantly to the regulation of extracellular fluid volume and composition and metabolizes arachidonic acid (AA) chiefly by a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase pathway. Rabbit mTALH cells, when incubated with radiolabeled [14C]AA, form products that segregate into two peaks designated P1 ...

OBJECTIVE: Anti-U3-RNP, or anti-fibrillarin antibodies (AFA), are detected more frequently among African American (AA) patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared to other ethnic groups and are associated with distinct clinical features. We examined the immunogenetic, clinical, and survival correlates of AFA in a large group of AA patients with SSc. ...

Abstract Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is usually associated with a systemic inflammatory response that often leads to activation of coagulation. However, limited data about coagulation changes in AA are available. Methods: Results of preoperative coagulation testing in 702 patients with confirmed AA and 697 patients undergoing ...

BackgroundThe maternal zygotic transition marks the time at which transcription from the zygotic genome is initiated and a subset of maternal RNAs are progressively degraded in the developing embryo. A number of early zygotic genes have been identified in Drosophila melanogaster and comparisons to sequenced mosquito genomes suggest that some of these early zygotic genes such as bottleneck are ...

The predictive value of plasma protein C level in sepsis has been demonstrated in a number of studies in which depressed protein C levels were associated with increased likelihood of negative outcome. Data from the PROWESS (Recombinant Human Activated Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis) trial indicate that administration of drotrecogin alfa (activated; ...

Antagonism of some amino acids (AA) to the inhibitory effects of other AA (Ile, Phe, and Thr) on the growth rate of mixed ruminal bacteria was investigated. In vitro growth rate of the mixed ruminal bacteria was inhibited when the 3 inhibitory AA (1 mM each) were each added to individual control treatments in which an ammonium salt was ...

The purpose of this study were to identify the arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites produced by cultured bovine alveolar macrophages (AM), to investigate the effects of various stimuli on the production of those metabolites, and to study the effect of interferons and lipopolysaccharide on AA metabolism by AM. Initial studies were conducted to ascertain which ...

The etiology of alopecia areata (AA), a putative autoimmune disease characterized by sudden hair loss, has remained obscure. It is not understood, how the characteristic inflammatory infiltrate that selectively attacks anagen hair follicles in AA is generated. We hypothesize that this reflects an unexplored form of autoimmunity, a cytotoxic T cell attack ...

Using a variety of antibiotics, it was found that nine separate isolates of spontaneous antibiotic resistant mutants of Escherichia coli K12 pPSX-vioABCDE overproduce the anti-tumour antibiotic violacein. Subsequent analysis showed that seven of these mutations occurred on the plasmid pPSX-vioABCDE. The other two overproducing strains carried spontaneous chromosomal mutations to lincomycin and ...

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The negative impact of AAS abuse on male fertility is well known by urologists. The secondary hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is often highlighted when AAS and fertility are being discussed. On the other hand, the patterns of use, mechanisms of action and direct effects over the ...

Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a benign, slow-growing tumor that characteristically occurs in women of reproductive age. Local recurrence is cited in 30% to 40% of cases. Wide local excision is the treatment of choice. However, recent reports suggest a role for hormone manipulation in the management of these tumors. The morphology and immunophenotype of AA ...

Low intensity light ions (H+ or He++) irradiation of silicon introduced EPR Si-AA12 defect. Si-AA12 reveals close correlations with DLTS E1=Ec?0.39 eV minority trap. Impurity interstitials or self-interstitial associated secondary defects, such as interstitial carbon (Ci) or aluminum (Ali) or self-interstitial-oxygen complex (Sii-Oi), appear upon thermal ...

This paper describes the purification and characterization of a new N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-specific lectin from Araucaria angustifolia (AaL) seeds (Araucariaceae) and its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activities. AaL was purified using a combination of affinity chromatography on a chitin column and ion exchange chromatography on Sephacel-DEAE. The ...

The authors examined, in 2 studies, the effects of equal employment opportunity/affirmative action (EEO/AA) policies on Whites' job-related attitudes. First, in an experiment, White prospective job recruits, as expected, rated a potential employer whose EEO/AA policies were framed as targeted to benefit Blacks as less attractive than a potential employer ...

Some food flavourings, such as safrole and methyleugenol, are known for their genotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic properties whereas for others, such as myristicin, there is less data. Myristicin and eugenol are both alkenylbenzenes, and we compared their direct genotoxicity in repair proficient (AA8) and repair deficient XRCC(-) (EM9) Chinese hamster ovary cells. Cell viability ...

Arachidonic acid (AA) stimulates cell adhesion through a p38 mitogen activated protein kinase-mediated RhoA signaling pathway. Here we report that a proteomic screen following AA-treatment identified nucleolin, a multifunctional nucleolar protein, in a complex with the GTPase, RhoA, that also included the Rho kinase, ROCK. ...

Background:There is discordance among studies assessing the impact of race on outcome of patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). We assessed survival outcomes for African American (AA) versus Caucasian (CA) women with TNBC treated at an urban cancer center in Memphis, TN with a predominant AA patient ...

The presence of excess aluminium was investigated in 204 samples of iliac bone from 197 patients with chronic renal failure by using the aluminon and solochrome azurine staining techniques. The results were compared with values obtained by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). Overall, the staining reactions correlated with the AAS data, but the ...

The presence of excess aluminium was investigated in 204 samples of iliac bone from 197 patients with chronic renal failure by using the aluminon and solochrome azurine staining techniques. The results were compared with values obtained by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). Overall, the staining reactions correlated with the AAS data, but the ...

The objective of this study was to determine the possibility of replacing soybean meal (SBM) in finisher pig diets completely with hydrolyzed feather meal (FM). Forty-five gilts and 45 castrated males (57.8+/-0.8 kg of BW; 3 gilts or 3 castrated males/pen) were randomly assigned to 5 finisher-1 diets with 6 pens per diet. At an average pen BW of 81.0+/-1.4 kg, pigs were offered finisher-2 diets. ...

The sensitivity of bacteria to chemioantibiotics has been compared with a semiautomatic technique and with the agar diffusion method of Kirby-Bauer a mass total of 400 bacterial strains of gram-negative bacilli, of gram-negative bacilli from urinary tract infections, of stafilococci and enterococci. The percentages of accordance between two methods in the ...

To study transport phenomena and electrostatic interactions in negatively charged poly(N-isopropylacryla crylamide-co-acrylic acid) hydrogels, NIPA-AA, electroanalytical experiments with two positively charged probes, ferrocenylmethyltrimethylammonium, Fc...

Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer death among African-American (AA) women, with mortality 20% greater than that in Caucasians (Cauc). However, the basis for such disparity remains an enigma. Recent observations from our laboratory s...

Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer death among African-American (AA) women, with a 20% greater death rate than in Caucasians (Cauc). However, the basis for such disparity remains an enigma. Recent observations from our laboratory sug...

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of this negative ion. Methods. We have observed in the envelope of the carbon star IRC +10216 five lines counterpart C4H. Results. The abundance of C4H- in IRC+10216 is 1/6 of the abundance of C6H- and 1 radiative attachment rates. Key words. stars: individual: IRC+10216 � stars: carbon � radio lines: stars

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The nucleocapsid (N) protein of nonsegmented negative-strand (NNS) RNA viruses, when expressed in eukaryotic cells, aggregates and forms nucleocapsid-like complexes with cellular RNAs. The phosphoprotein (P) has been shown to prevent such aggregation by forming a soluble complex with the N protein free from cellular RNAs (designated N⁰). The ...

Although skeletal muscle is the principal target for androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) other physiological and behavioral processes are also affected. Wide variations in response to AAS are known to exist in individuals but the genetic basis of this has hardly been explored. Female mice from the A/J and C57BL/6J strains were divided into four experimental ...

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A total of 339 Yersinia strains were tested for virulence-associated autoagglutination and hemagglutinin (HA) production. Autoagglutination was frequent among human clinical isolates belonging to Y. enterocolitica serogroups O:3, O:8, and O:9 and among porcine isolates of serogroups O:3 and O:9. Positive autoagglutination results were also observed in serogroups O:1 and O:2, associated with ...

We have tested the hypothesis that a high density of negative charge at the luminal mouth of the RyR2 pore plays a pivotal role in the high cation conductance and limited selectivity observed in this channel by introducing into each monomer a double point mutation to neutralize acidic residues in this region of the mouse RyR2 channel. The resultant channel, ...

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... Title : Extrusion of AA 2024 Alloy. ... Abstract : The extrusion behavior and the structural evolution of AA 2024 alloy were investigated. ...

... Title : Dimethyl Sulfoxide in the Treatment of AA Amyloidosis,. ... DMSO may be of value in the treatment of human AA amyloidosis. ...

Acrylamide (AA) is an important industrial chemical that is neurotoxic in rodents and humans and carcinogenic in rodents. The observation of cancer in endocrine-responsive tissues in Fischer 344 rats has prompted hypotheses of hormonal dysregulation, as opposed to DNA damage, as the mechanism for tumor induction by AA. The current investigation examines ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate clinical characteristics of parvovirus (B19) related aplastic anemia (AA). METHODS: Of the 28 children with AA included in this study, 24 were treated routinely and received planned follow-up; 15 were subject to B19-DNA re-examination during the treatment and 8 underwent examination for B19-IgM and B19-IgG. Another 39 initially ...

The relation between small airways disease and parenchymal destruction was investigated in lungs and lobes removed at surgery from 27 patients aged 15-70 years. Eight of the 27 patients were life-long non-smokers. The degree of small airways disease was assessed by semi-quantitative grading (SAD score) and by measuring diameter and wall thickness of membranous bronchioles. Parenchymal destruction ...

The relation between small airways disease and parenchymal destruction was investigated in lungs and lobes removed at surgery from 27 patients aged 15-70 years. Eight of the 27 patients were life-long non-smokers. The degree of small airways disease was assessed by semi-quantitative grading (SAD score) and by measuring diameter and wall thickness of membranous bronchioles. Parenchymal destruction ...

Aristolochic acids (AAs) are commonly found in medicinal plants such as Radix aristolochiae and have been reported to cause acute hepatitis and end-stage renal failure. Hence, quantitative analysis and quality control for the plants containing AAs is of great importance. In this study, a novel macrocylcic molecule, cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) was employed as a ...

BACKGROUND: The serological markers with coexistence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody to HBsAg (anti-HBs) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were rare pattern. The virological significance, immune response and clinical outcome of these patients remain largely unknown. OBJECTIVES: This research explores the relationship between this serological profile and HBV genome variants. ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds and amino acids (AAs) are both ubiquitous throughout the universe and can be co-located in mineral matrices (e.g., meteorites); therefore, co-detection of PAHs and AAs associated with terrestrial and extra-terrestrial minerals is of interest. Nine PAH compounds representing four chemical classes of PAH ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds and amino acids (AAs) are both ubiquitous throughout the universe and can be co-located in mineral matrices (e.g., meteorites); therefore, co-detection of PAHs and AAs associated with terrestrial and extra-terrestrial minerals is of interest. Nine PAH compounds representing four chemical classes of PAH ...

BackgroundAmino acids (AA) activate the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway but overactivation has a negative feedback effect on insulin signaling which may lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Purpose: To determine the effect of reduced AA concentrations on mTOR and insulin signaling during ...

The present study assessed diurnal profiles of salivary alpha-amylase (sAA), proposed as a marker of autonomic activity, and salivary cortisol in competitive ballroom dancers as well as age- and sex-matched controls to investigate age-related changes of basal activity and potential chronic psychosocial stress-related alterations. According to the Allostatic Load (AL) ...

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... Accession Number : ADD135762. Title : Recrystallization Kinetics of Al-Mg Alloys AA 5056 and AA 5083 After Hot Deformation,. ...

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