... The procedures used to diagnose prostate cancer may cause significant side effects, including bleeding and infection. Prostate cancer treatment often causes incontinence and impotence. For ... rates, but this remains controversial.[2] Current American Cancer Society guidelines for prostate cancer screening recommend a digital rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ... the benefits and risks of diagnostic procedures and treatment be taken into account when considering whether to undertake prostate cancer screening. PSA circulates in the blood in two forms...
... suddendemographic shift can be very challenging in terms ofhealth and nutritional care. Essential information aboutindividuals’ food intake and habits, activity, culturalinfluences, and the economic and ... of: ã Convenient online submissionã Thorough peer reviewã No space constraints or color gure chargesã Immediate publication on acceptanceã Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholarã ... nutrition and health. Asia Pacific J ClinNutr 2001, 9(Suppl):S41-S54.41. Institute of Medicine: Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K,Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron,...
... d-raffinose, d-stachyose, glycine, l-alanine,l-proline, l-lysine, l-serine, b-alanine, taurine, sarcosine,dimethylglycine, glycine betaine, trimethylamine N-oxide, and cytidine 2Â-3Â cyclic monophosphate ... osmolytes (polyhydric alco-hols, amino acids and amino acid derivatives) do notsignificantly perturb kinetic parameters (Km and kcat) and, hence, the overall catalytic efficiency (kcat⁄ Km)ofRNase-A. ... relationship between changes in protein stability (DDGD°) and overallcatalytic efficiency (Dlog(kcat⁄ Km)) in the presence ofFig. 2. Relationship between protein stability and catalytic effi-ciency....
... mutagenesiscan affect the function without the mutation necessarilybeing located in the binding interface.We selected eight amino acid residues in sTF forindividual cysteine replacement and used ... Edgington, T.S.(1991) Characterization of factor VII association with tissue factor in solution. High and low affinity calcium binding sites in factorVII contribute to functionally distinct interactions. ... Structuralchanges in factor VIIa induced by Ca2+ and tissue factor studiedusing circular dichroism spectroscopy. Protein Sci. 5, 15311540.27. Owenius, R., Oăsterlund, M., Svensson, M., Lindgren,...
... elDesarrolloAL Latin AmericaAmérica LatinaBRASS The Economic and Social Sciences Research Council Centrefor Business Relationships Accountability and Society atCardiff UniversityCABA Autonomous City ... con-sultant in several projects in both the public and private sectors. In the public sector:since 2008: he is specialist in hydraulics in the Hydric Infrastructure Program in Norte Grande, Ministerio ... et al.capacity, such as level of income, saving capacity, technology and infrastructure,know-how and skills, equality, quality and power of the institutions, credit access,insurance and employment,...
... disability-advocacy in late-twentieth-century China?Introduction 11 generating a new biobureaucracy, the Federation. In other words, canji hasbecome an increasingly recognized subject across much of China ... sociopolit-ical process, and become integral to how people understand themselves and others.The second and third analytical themes are at once an application and acritique of certain aspects ... whether by bureaucrats, clinicians, or other kinds of commu-nity members;.canji is formally a matter of clinical and governmental facticity, some-thing which biomedical practitioners and government...
... goals in rehabilitation. Main contributors to increased joint resis-tance are increased viscosit y and stiffness of muscle and connective tissue (clinically labeled “hypertonia” )and hyperactivity ... neu-romechanical properties correlating to disorder severity and may guide the clinician in optimal treatment plan-ning e.g. choosing a stiffness reducing strategy insteadof reducing reflex activity.LimitationsFunctional ... Thorough peer reviewã No space constraints or color gure chargesã Immediate publication on acceptanceã Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholarã Research which is freely available for...
... potential in idio-pathic scoliosis patients. However, histological grading isnot possible in routine clinical practice, rather impracticalto find out maturity level. And as per their conclusion, ... non-scoliosis patients of Korean ethnicity. Concomitant indicators such as menarchal period,secondary sex characteristics, and recent growth pattern will likely reinforce our data comparingRisser ... patent/licensing arrangements, etc) that might pose aconflict of interest in connection with the submitted arti-cle.Authors' contributionsHNM and CHM have contributed in conception and design...
... measurement of expectation in SERVQUAL is problematic because expectations are dynamic in nature and they can change according to customers’ experiences and some specific situations (Yilmaz, ... fastest growing economic sectors in recent years. With the increased competition in tourism, tourist destinations need to create new strategies to gain a better competitive position and to increase ... delivered to customers through the product or service and the accompanying services, customer satisfaction is the leading criteria that has been researched by many scholars (Vavra, 1997). According...
... articleCompetition for water between beech seedlings and surrounding vegetation in different light and vegetation composition conditionsLluis COLLa*, Philippe BALANDIERa, Catherine PICON-COCHARDb, ... forestière / graminées / croissance racinaire / teneur en eau du sol1. INTRODUCTIONGrazing abandonment in the Chaợne des Puys, a volcanicmassif located in the French Massif Central, has led ... growth in such conditions.4.3. Conclusion In this study, beech growth was compared at two stages ofagricultural land abandonment: in a recently abandonedmeadow andin an old meadow colonised...
... Spruce and Silver Fir: relation to site and stand factors in the French Moun-tains, in: Landmann G., Bonneau M. (Eds.), Forest decline and atmospheric deposition effects in the French Mountains, ... holding capacity (field capacity minus wiltingpoint) down to 60 cm depth holding capacity down to 60cm depth was estimated for 42 of these soils as a functionof texture, stoniness and thickness ... divided into classes, (2)the information layers were geographically combined, and (3) contingency tables were constructed with pairedvariables in order to obtain the area of each damage classfor...
... articular cartilage repair, therebyimproving joint function and decreasing joint pain. Several sur-gical techniques are currently used in clinical practice, namelydebridement, microfracture, ... significant difference between the macroscopic scores at 4 and 12 weeks (P =0.54).Spectrocolorimetric findingsColor measurements were carried out on the cartilage plugs and the control cartilage ... be discussedfurther, most cartilage defect areas in experimental models areFigure 6Correlations of the histological scores from microscopic findings and the spectrocolorimetric indicesCorrelations...
... Impact Measurement Scales 1; anti-CCP = anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody; BMI = body mass index; BNP = brain natriu-retic peptide; CHF = congestive heart failure; CI = confidence interval; ... examination, which gave the oppor-tunity of controlling not only for cardiovascular risk factors,including body mass index (BMI) and creatinine levels, but alsofor the presence of self-reported CVD.Mixed ... difficultto interpret. A link between RA disease duration and increasedCVD risk can be questioned. In the Rochester cohort, no asso-ciation was found between risk of heart failure or cardiovascu-lar...
... linearcorrelation between salivary and serum growth hormone.Carroll et al. [7] described negative effects of growth hor-mone insufficiency on psychological well-being, includ-ing reduced vitality ... Japan, and informed consent was obtained from all subjects. A self-assessment questionnaire concerning psychosomaticsymptoms was developed in accordance with data fromthe Health Behavior in School-Aged ... subjects complained of negative psy-chosomatic conditions including being easily irritated (p< .05), feeling melancholy (p < .05), having a desire to rest(p < .05), and feeling anxious...
... acetylsalicylic acid, CCB = Cal cium channel blocker, ACE =Angiotensin converting enzyme, ARB = Angiotensin receptor blockerKanji et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:71http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/71Page ... concerted effort in re-evaluating strategies surrounding CPB practices and influence on CSA -AKI. Our findings suggest that main-taining a delta MAP <26 mm Hg may be important dur-ing CPB ... also ascer-tained on clinical outcomes including: occurrence ofAKI, receipt of RRT, duration of mechanical ventilation,lengths of stay and hospital mortality. Postoperative datawas collected...