developmental gender and sociocultural factors in health

... be mediated by two distinct domains In VEGF-A, these correspond to the basic heparin-binding domain encoded by exon and the NRP1/heparin-binding domain encoded by exons and [10] The nuclear magnetic ... the heparin-binding domain; N, encodes the NRP1/heparin-binding domain; NP, encodes the amino-terminal propeptide domain; SP, signal peptide; VHD, encodes the VEGF/PDGF homology domain Information ... mammals; VEGF-A121 lacks exons and 7, and VEGF-A165 lacks exon (Table 2) Exon encodes a heparinbinding domain, while exons and encode a NRP1/heparin-binding domain; with the exception of VEGF-A121,...

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... possible effective and fast screening tool Our study also examined the risk factors for OAB in men We found that OAB increased with age: 49% in men aged 40-49 years to 79% in men aged 70-79 years ... Schulz J and Corcos J A population-based study of 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 ... 48:622 Irwin D, Milsom I, Hunskaar S, Reilly K, Kopp Z, Herschorn S, et al Population-based survey of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and other lower urinary tract symptoms in five countries:...

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... Carpenter, and the nursing staff of the Clinical Research Center for their roles in coordinating and performing this study, and to the volunteers participating in this research project Finally, ... norepinephrine appearance rates in older individuals Am J Physiol261:E233-E239, 1991 29 Poehlman ET, Gardner AW, Goran MI: Influence of endurance training on energy intake, norepinephrine kinetics ... underreporting bias and the gender effect demonstrate the poor validity of reported intake values for predicting TEE and/ or energy requirements in older persons In fact, when reported intake and sex...

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... performance in the ability to perform activities of daily living and greater dependence on care, including meals and purchase of food [19] The results of the Health, Welfare and Aging in Latin America and ... polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids was shown to be inadequate in almost all individuals There was a significantly insufficient intake of potassium (100%), zinc (82.7%) and niacin (65.4%) in the ... portions of food in the dining room Immediately following the meal, the difference between what had been served and what remained was calculated in household measures, thus providing the intake This...

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... situations independent against the stressor, maintaining stability, can of the outcomes, being the effects better or become harmful for health and survival if called upon repeatedly, in the form ... and SSL by group (high x low stress intensity), and coping type (problem x emotion) as categorical independent variables In both emotion and problem-focused coping, elderly with high stress intensity ... result, on the other hand, it is interesting to direct coping actions at the control of the emotional impact deriving from the waiting time(15) In the same way, when dealing with inexorable situations,...

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... Oncological Association Aims and Scope Cancer is a complex problem The international effort to understand and control it involves clinicians trained in many branches of medicine and scientists from almost ... and permissions For detailed information on reprint and permission requests, including instructions for obtaining these online, please visit http://www.nature.com/reprints Alternatively, for permissions, ... environmental factors in the UK in 2010: Summary and conclusions DM Parkin, L Boyd and LC Walker Cancers attributable to dietary factors in the UK in 2010: III Low consumption of fibre DM Parkin and L Boyd...

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... federal, state and international law define discrimination in varying ways, some focusing on intent and others emphasizing disparate impact Finally, in defining racial and ethnic minority groups, ... 235 Understanding Clinical Decision-Making and the Roles of Stereotyping, Uncertainty, and Bias, 236 Understanding Patient-Level Influences on Care, 237 Understanding the Influence of Healthcare ... using a variety of interactive and experiential methodologies Research to date demonstrates that training Summary of Findings Finding 1-1: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare exist and, ...

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... 7.3.5 Interactions between FGF and Retinoid Signaling 199 Krox20 and Kreisler Regulate Paralogous Groups and in the Vertebrate Hindbrain 201 Establishing the Hox Code in the Vertebrate Hindbrain: ... Kirsi Sainio Institute of Biomedicine University of Helsinki P.O Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland Hannu Sariola Institute of Biomedicine University of Helsinki P.O Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland Wei ... GSK3b, several proteins are instrumental in tightly regulating b-catenin levels in the cell, including adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and Axin/Conductin In addition to its function in the above-de-...

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... Several influencing factors increase the transmission of HIV, HBV, HCV among IDUs, FSWs, HDPs and MTPs in Hanoi, 2008-2010: + Risks for HIV, HBV, HCV infection among IDUs and FSWs was drug injecting ... routine and sentinel surveillance with HIV surveillance for IDUs and FSWs associated with injecting drug to contribute making effective prevention and treatment for HIV, HBV, HCV infections To increase ... HBV/HCV co-infection was significantly upward tendency in duration of drug injecting - The rate of HIV/HBV co-infection also was increased in duration of drug injecting The highest rate of infection...

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... risk factors that make an individual vulnerable towards developing a disorder [8] Risk factors can be divided into two main categories: severity and type of traumatic event, and predisposing personal ... predictors of PTSD Coping Factors Coping has been defined as the processes that individuals use to modify adverse aspects of their environment as well as to minimize internal threat induced by stress ... significant findings PTSD and Physical Trauma No significant associations between PTSD and the occurrence of physically injuries or the need for hospitalization were found This finding is in contrast...

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... considered as indications for adjuvant therapy Histological processing was obtained with formalin fixation followed by paraffin inclusion, μm sectioning, and staining with hematoxylin and eosin Morphologic ... 50-70% in the stomach, 25-30% in the small intestine, 5-10% in the colon-rectum, < 5% in the esophagus, the remaining may arise within the omentum or within the peritonel layers (Extra-Gastro-intestinal ... common clinical presentation of these tumors is gastrointestinal bleeding, otherwise they may cause intestinal obstruction, abdominal pain, a palpable mass, or can be incidentally detected during...

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... World Health Organization standards for any human and murine cytokine, including murine endostatin The minimum detectable concentration of endostatin was less than 12 pg/ml, and the interassay and ... al inducers and inhibitors are balanced and angiogenesis does not occur in healthy tissues In a hypoxic environment and in inflammatory states such as rheumatoid arthritis, angiogenic growth factors ... SSc and intermediate/late SSc (P = 0.83) Figure (a) Endostatin serum levels of endostatin in ng/ml 600 500 400 300 200 100 n= 43 20 SSc healthy controls (b) Disease duration and endostatin and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... difference in the world [in gaining buy -in and involvement].’ – Researcher, RSS Ongoing education and training opportunities about the issue and approaches to addressing it, capitalizing on existing ... KT and evidence-based decision-making and in understanding and improving capacity for research use within health systems (i.e., federal health departments, provincial or state departments of health, ... receptivity to research and innovation, financial incentives and support for research and innovation, and favorable public attitudes toward research and innovation) in fostering the capacity for...

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... 3–36 forms of human PYY Intra- and inter-assay coefficient of variation was 5.3% and 7.0%, respectively Insulin, and glucose, and urinary phytoestrogens (genistein, daidzein, equol) were analyzed ... controversial findings in the literature In humans, short-term intravenous administration of PYY Table 2: Urinary isoflavone concentrations in postmenopausal women at baseline (t0) and week (t8) ... differences in the mentioned study are mainly due to increased ghrelin concentrations in the placebo group rather than altered ghrelin concentrations after isoflavone intake In addition, high within and...

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... screening tools for identifying suicide risk in the primary care setting, including tools for identifying those at high risk, physicians should remain alert to the possibility of suicide in high-risk ... and behavior in adults In UpToDate Edited by: Solomon D 2010 Haukka J, Suominen K, Partonen T, Lönnqvist J: Determinants and outcomes of serious attempted suicide: a nationwide study in Finland, ... hospital in Helsinki shows that a high proportion of individuals attempting suicide (82%) suffered from comorbid mental disorders [39] In turn, in a population-based study conducted in Spain [2]...

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... fatty acids may influence total body lipid accretion by increasing thermogenesis as a result of increased activity of uncoupling proteins and peroxisomes [16], and/ or by increasing lean body mass ... decrease in RER following fish oil treatment The failure to find an increase in RMR following fish oil treatment is hard to explain given the significant increase in lean mass observed in the present ... Subjects were healthy and active, but not engaged in consistent, systematic exercise training In total, 44 individuals volunteered to participate (Table 1) Subjects were asked to maintain their current...

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... peripheral airway and tissue physiology, protecting against MChinduced increases in tissue elastance (H) in both animals with acute and chronic inflammation and also in healthy mice undergoing the 98-day ... (hematoxylin and eosin stained) from healthy control animals in the PBS'98 group (picture A and B) and from animals having undergone a 98-day ovalbumin challenge protocol, the OVA'98 group (picture C and ... abolishes MCh-induced increases in tissue damping (G) seen in mice with acute and chronic inflammation This mouse model has potential value for defining mechanisms and sites of action of DI and our...

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... obtained at each follow-up visit and cultured for various bacterial species including H influenzae, S aureus and P aeruginosa [46] Sampling, transport, culture and identification of strains from ... hyperinflation and gas trapping and deterioration of lung function in CF are presented here using longitudinal data Previous investigations have demonstrated that pulmonary hyperinflation influences ... pulmonary hyperinflation and gas trapping in addition to ventilation inhomogeneities and in conjunction with CFTR genotyping provides a means for monitoring functional progression in CF disease...

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... polymorphisms in candidate genes for asthma/atopy have been identified Linkage and candidate gene studies in asthma and atopy Linkage studies Results from linkage studies (genome-wide searches and candidate ... of inconsistent findings, it is intriguing that chromosomal regions linked to asthma have also shown evidence for linkage to other inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (such as psoriasis, inflammatory ... other genes involved in the allergic inflammation (e.g IL-4Rα [21], β2AR [24]) We can therefore speculate that inconsistent findings in the genetic studies of asthma and atopy summarized in this...

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... Allan G: Viral wasting syndrome of swine: experimental reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in gnotobiotic swine by coinfection with porcine circovirus and porcine parvovirus ... in serum for the first time Increase Increase in serum antibody levels to PCV2 in comparison to when a viral load of 107 was measured in serum for the first time in pigs of different health and ... sources and also the effect of stressors and pathogen load at the herds of origin should be taken into account Indeed, there was a variation in the incidence of pigs with clinical signs resembling...

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