Publications
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| association of the irf5 snp rs2004640 with systemic sclerosis in han chinese. | systemic sclerosis (ssc) is a complex disease involving multiple genetic factors. an association of the irf5 polymorphism with ssc was reported in caucasian populations of europe and north america, as well as in japanese populations. the present study aimed to examine whether the ssc-associated snp rs2004640 of irf5 gene confer susceptibility to ssc and clinical features of ssc in a han chinese population. a han chinese cohort consisting of 424 ssc patients and 502 healthy controls were examined ... | 2017 | 25572744 |
| can hyaluronan binding assay predict the outcome of intrauterine insemination in couples with unexplained or mild male factor infertility? | the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic effect of hyaluronan binding assay (hba) which has been used as a method of sperm selection for intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedure, on the outcome of intrauterine insemination (iui) in couples with unexplained or mild male factor infertility. | 2017 | 25717431 |
| sonographic evaluation of visceral and subcutaneous fat in obese children. | to evaluate sonographic measurements of visceral and subcutaneous fat in children, and to investigate the usefulness of preperitoneal fat (pf) and the abdominal wall fat index (afi) as parameters to determine visceral fat and presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in obese children. | 2017 | 25741071 |
| should we use the serum vaspin level for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage? | we aimed to investigate whether vaspin, a member of the serine protease family, could be used as a marker for the severity and prognosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage (sah). | 2017 | 25720423 |
| comparison of two educational methods (family-centered and patient-centered) on hemodialysis: related complications. | hypotension and muscular cramp are the common complications of hemodialysis. effective control of hemodialysis complications increases the survival time and the quality of life of patients on hemodialysis. considering that failure to follow a therapeutic plan is one of the most prevalent causes of hemodialysis complications, the present research was conducted to study the effect of two educational methods (family-centered and patient-centered) on some complications that occur during hemodialysis ... | 2017 | 25709696 |
| factors associated with poor outcome for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in a series of 334 patients. | this study evaluates care-related sociodemographic, clinical, and imaging factors and influences associated with outcome at discharge in patients with aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage. | 2017 | 25704984 |
| in vitro evaluation of root zx and raypex 6 in teeth with different apical diameters. | there is a growing interest about electronic apex locators for working length determination. there are several studies dealing with their performance in different conditions. | 2017 | 25657531 |
| management of vesicovaginal fistulae: a multicenter analysis from the fellows' pelvic research network. | vesicovaginal fistulae (vvf) are the most commonly acquired fistulae of the urinary tract, but we lack a standardized algorithm for their management. the purpose of this multicenter study was to describe practice patterns and treatment outcomes of vvf in the united states. | 2017 | 24368481 |
| granisetron versus ondansetron for post-operative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis in elective craniotomies for brain tumors: a randomized controlled double-blind study. | post-operative nausea and vomiting (ponv) pose unique challenges in neurosurgical patients that warrant its study separate from other surgical groups. | 2017 | 25886108 |
| prevalence and significance of perivascular soft tissue surrounding the hepatic artery after liver transplantation. | the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and significance of perivascular soft tissue surrounding the hepatic artery on computed tomography (ct) after liver transplantation. | 2017 | 24448505 |
| a comparison of different oral therapies versus no treatment for erectile dysfunction in 196 radical nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy patients. | we retrospectively analyzed the effects on the erectile function (ef) of no treatment (nt), and an oral therapy (ot; on-demand therapy (od) or a regimented rehabilitation (rr) program with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (pde5-is)), in a cohort of 196 consecutive patients following nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy (nsrrp). patients undergoing bilateral nsrrp (bp; n = 147) and unilateral nsrrp (up; n = 49), chose between ot (pde5-is od or rr program) and nt. patients who chose o ... | 2017 | 25056808 |
| a "placement of death" approach for studies of treatment effects on icu length of stay. | length of stay in the intensive care unit (icu) is a common outcome measure in randomized trials of icu interventions. because many patients die in the icu, it is difficult to disentangle treatment effects on length of stay from effects on mortality; conventional analyses depend on assumptions that are often unstated and hard to interpret or check. we adapt a proposal from rosenbaum that addresses concerns about selection bias and makes its assumptions explicit. a composite outcome is constructe ... | 2017 | 25085115 |
| in silico model-based inference: a contemporary approach for hypothesis testing in network biology. | inductive inference plays a central role in the study of biological systems where one aims to increase their understanding of the system by reasoning backwards from uncertain observations to identify causal relationships among components of the system. these causal relationships are postulated from prior knowledge as a hypothesis or simply a model. experiments are designed to test the model. inferential statistics are used to establish a level of confidence in how well our postulated model expla ... | 2017 | 25139179 |
| follow-up of children with hemoglobinopathies diagnosed by the brazilian neonatal screening program in the state of pernambuco. | to determine the geographical distribution of hemoglobinopathies in the state of pernambuco, to characterize the children with these diseases and to describe factors associated with their follow-up at the referral center during the period from 2003 to 2010. | 2017 | 25031163 |
| jump-landing mechanics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a landing error scoring system study. | the landing error scoring system (less) is a clinical evaluation of jump-landing mechanics and may provide useful information in assisting with return-to-sport decisions in patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (aclr). however, it is currently unknown how patients with aclr perform on the less compared with healthy controls. | 2017 | 24905666 |
| nutritional profile in rheumatoid arthritis. | atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (ra) patients may be aggravated by obesity. | 2017 | 24878796 |
| volubility as a mediator in the associations between conversational language measures and child temperament. | despite support for the use of conversational language measures, concerns remain regarding the extent to which they may be confounded with aspects of child temperament, extraversion in particular. | 2017 | 22026571 |
| biomarker changes during acute heart failure treatment. | biomarker changes may provide physicians with objective evidence of treatment efficacy in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (adhf) and facilitate early hospital discharge. the authors hypothesize that mid-regional-pro-adrenomedullin (mr-proadm), c-terminal-pro-endothelin-1 (ct-pro-et-1), and mid-regional-pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (mr-proanp) change during the first 24 hours of adhf therapy. eligible patients had an emergency department diagnosis of adhf and fulfilled modified ... | 2017 | 22432555 |
| risk factors associated with shoulder pain and disability across the lifespan of competitive swimmers. | the prevalence of shoulder pain among competitive swimmers is high, but no guidelines exist to reduce shoulder injuries. elucidating differences between swimmers with and without shoulder pain can serve as a basis for the development of a program to prevent shoulder injury that might lead to pain and dysfunction. | 2017 | 22488280 |
| tnf-r2 expression in acquired middle ear cholesteatoma. | acquired middle ear cholesteatoma is a disease which promotes bone erosion resulting in potentially serious complications. the tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α) is present in cholesteatoma and it is related to bone erosion, as shown by different authors. to understand the aggressiveness characteristics of cholesteatoma is necessary, however, to better address the presence and distribution of their receptors. | 2017 | 21860983 |
| vitamin d insufficiency/deficiency in hiv-infected inner city youth. | high prevalence of vitamin d deficiency among hiv-infected individuals has been reported in many studies. increasing evidence for vitamin d's role in innate and cell-mediated immunity suggests that vitamin d insufficiency or deficiency is worrisome particularly for hiv-infected individuals who are already at increased risk of infection. it is unknown whether vitamin d deficiency and supplementation will have any effects on hiv infection, including cd4 counts/cd4% and hiv plasma rna. | 2017 | 23881908 |
| effect of the c3435t polymorphism of the multidrug resistance 1 gene on the severity of inflammatory bowel disease in iranian azeri turks. | multidrug resistance 1 (mdr1) gene encodes for p-glycoprotein (p-gp), a transmembrane efflux pump transferring both exogenous and endogenous substrate from the cells. in the human gastrointestinal tract, p-gp is found in high concentrations on the epithelial cells of the colon and small intestine. it is hypothesized that the expression level of mdr1 gene is related to susceptibility of both forms of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). the aim of this study was to investigate the association of c34 ... | 2017 | 23828747 |
| assessment of the biodistribution of an [(18) f]fdg-loaded perfluorocarbon double emulsion using dynamic micro-pet in rats. | perfluorocarbon (pfc) double emulsions loaded with a water-soluble, therapeutic agent can be triggered by ultrasound in a process known as acoustic droplet vaporization. elucidating the stability and biodistribution of these sonosensitive vehicles and encapsulated agents is critical in developing targeted drug delivery strategies using ultrasound. [(18) f]fluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) was encapsulated in a pfc double emulsion and the in vitro diffusion of fdg was assessed using a franz diffusion cell ... | 2017 | 23613440 |
| trust in health information sources differs between young/middle and oldest old. | examine differences in trust of health information sources between the oldest old and young/middle old. | 2017 | 23941098 |
| joint reconstruction of activity and attenuation map using lm spect emission data. | attenuation and scatter correction in single photon emission computed tomography (spect) imaging often requires a computed tomography (ct) scan to compute the attenuation map of the patient. this results in increased radiation dose for the patient, and also has other disadvantages such as increased costs and hardware complexity. attenuation in spect is a direct consequence of compton scattering, and therefore, if the scattered photon data can give information about the attenuation map, then the ... | 2017 | 26236067 |
| effect of intraoperative intravenous crystalloid infusion on post-operative nausea and vomiting after diagnostic gynaecological laparoscopy: comparison of 30 ml/kg and 10 ml/kg and to report the effect of the menstrual cycle on the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting. | primary to compare effect of 30 ml/kg and 10 ml/kg crystalloid infusion on post-operative nausea and vomiting after diagnostic gynaecological laparoscopy. secondary to correlate incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting associated with different phases of menstrual cycle. | 2017 | 25885729 |
| pathways to renal biopsy and diagnosis among patients with anca small-vessel vasculitis. | antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody small-vessel vasculitis (anca-svv) is an autoimmune systemic process increasingly recognised since the advent of antibody testing for the disease. prompt diagnosis and institution of immunosuppressive therapy has been shown to improve patient outcome. the goal of this study was to better understand how patients navigate the health care system from symptom presentation to biopsy diagnosis, and to study the effects of prompt versus delayed diagnosis. | 2017 | 23343774 |
| event processing for modular gamma cameras with tiled multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. | multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (mapmts) are good candidates as light sensors for a new generation of modular scintillation cameras for single-photon emission computed tomography (spect) and positron emission tomography (pet) applications. mapmts can provide improved intrinsic spatial resolution (<1mm) compared to arrays of larger individual pmts due to their small anode sizes, and the increased number of channels also allows accurate estimation of depth-of-interaction (doi). however, the area ... | 2017 | 26346627 |
| vitiligo and associated autoimmune disease: retrospective review of 300 patients. | vitiligo, the most common cutaneous depigmentation disorder, has reported associations with other autoimmune diseases. however, literature on the strengths of the associations is conflicting, and no data on the subject exist from a canadian population. | 2017 | 22784519 |
| comparative efficacy of b-irradiation and mitomycin-c in primary and recurrent pterygium. | to determine the efficacy and safety of mitomycin-c as adjunctive treatment and to compare this drug with beta irradiation with strontium-90 after surgical excision of primary and recurrent pterygia. | 2017 | 28226148 |
| dorso-lumbar pain as the first manifestation of miller fisher syndrome. | 2017 | 9706441 | |
| effects of l-arginine infusion during ischemia on gut blood perfusion, oxygen tension, and circulating myeloid cell activation in a murine gut ischemia/reperfusion model. | gut hypoperfusion is considered to be a mechanism for early multiple-organ failure after severe surgical insults. l-arginine (arg) may preserve gut microcirculation as a substrate of nitric oxide synthase, but simultaneously may enhance immune cell response. it remains unknown if arg infusion during gut ischemia improves the outcome after gut ischemia-reperfusion (i/r). | 2017 | 15291403 |
| disability impact on quality of life in mexican adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and juvenile ankylosing spondylitis. | our aim was to determine the disability impact on quality of life (qol) in mexican adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis polyarticular course (jiapa) and juvenile ankylosing spondylitis (jas). | 2017 | 18173931 |
| influence of socio-economic and demographic factors in determining breathing patterns: a pilot study. | breathing represents one of the vital functions of the organism, and its unbalance causes some series of alterations in several organs and systems. | 2017 | 18278229 |
| estimates of physician productivity: an evaluation. | fisher (2007-2008) has carried out an analysis of physician productivity that is the most thorough to date. because of limitations in the data, however, he is forced to make many assumptions to arrive at his estimates. this evaluation describes six assumptions to which the results are likely to be relatively sensitive as well as a number of other assumptions to which the results are likely to be less sensitive. | 2017 | 18435221 |
| matrix metalloproteinase 2: an important genetic marker for cholesteatomas. | this study is to determine the mmp2s presence in cholesteatomas and whether complicating cholesteatomas show a higher immunohistochemical expression of matrix metalloproteinase 2. cholesteatoma produces enzymes that cause bone erosion like matrix metalloproteinase 2 (mmp2). | 2017 | 17505599 |
| breast-feeding and deleterious oral habits in mouth and nose breathers. | breast-feeding promotes several benefits in childhood, among them favoring the nasal breathing. in the present study, the relationship between breathing pattern and the history of breast-feeding and of deleterious oral habits was determined. | 2017 | 16878243 |
| comparison of recruitment efforts targeted at primary care physicians versus the community at large for participation in alzheimer disease clinical trials. | inefficient and delayed recruitment into clinical trials in alzheimer disease are major obstacles impeding progress in the discovery of more effective therapeutic strategies to combat this disease. despite widespread recognition of this problem, limited empirical data demonstrating the effectiveness of specific recruitment strategies are available to guide recruitment endeavors. this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment efforts targeting either the primary care health ... | 2017 | 19571728 |
| study/experimental/research design: much more than statistics. | the purpose of study, experimental, or research design in scientific manuscripts has changed significantly over the years. it has evolved from an explanation of the design of the experiment (ie, data gathering or acquisition) to an explanation of the statistical analysis. this practice makes "methods" sections hard to read and understand. | 2017 | 20064054 |
| early response of hepatic malignancies to locoregional therapy-value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. | the objective of our study was to determine the usefulness of the diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (h-mrs) of hepatic malignancies for the assessment of response to locoregional treatment. | 2017 | 21412085 |
| pilot study to show the feasibility of a multicenter trial of home-based assessment of people over 75 years old. | this report describes a pilot study to evaluate feasibility of new home-based assessment technologies applicable to clinical trials for prevention of cognitive loss and alzheimer disease. | 2017 | 20592583 |
| fisher and seddon: two who've got the right stuff. | 2017 | 6371111 | |
| [iodine concentration in the blood and urine in children depending on the goiter size]. | epidemiological investigations have shown that at the białystok province about 30% of children and youth is afflicted with goitre. in this area drinking water is poor in iodine and iodine supply with food is quite unsatisfactory. the purpose of the present work has been to check the behaviour of the serum and urine iodine in children with thyroid goitre. the estimations of i in blood serum were made in 126 children with goitre (i, ii, and iii, according to the who classification) and in 100 heal ... | 2017 | 575329 |
| professor sir ronald fisher, frs. | 2017 | 2279171 | |
| inter- and intra-individual probability maps in eeg cartography by use of nonparametric fisher tests. | the three types of non-parametric permutation fisher tests have been applied to inter-individual group studies and further to intra-individual multiple eeg recording sequences, providing computations of eeg probability maps testing two ordinal hypotheses. two examples of previous group studies with "eeg local cerebral activation" are given: mental computation in a group of 20 controls and caffeine effects versus placebo in a group of 10 controls. for the intra-individual study, two successive re ... | 2017 | 2641478 |
| classic versus sequential diagnostic support for chronic nonspecific respiratory diseases. | the authors discuss two approaches to assisted medical diagnosis of chronic nonspecific respiratory diseases, bayes-fisher linear discrimination and a decision tree based on the linear discriminant functions of the individual nodes. only the two most discriminative variables obtained for differentiation of groups at individual nodes are used for the node subclassification. they are the four linguistic variables cough, character of dyspnea, physical examination of the chest, and x-ray examination ... | 2017 | 8483394 |
| arthroscopic anterior labral reconstruction using a transglenoid suture technique. results in active-duty military patients. | we report the clinical outcome of arthroscopic labral reconstruction using a transglenoid suture technique in a young, active-duty military population. forty-eight patients (49 shoulders) with varying degrees of glenohumeral instability underwent arthroscopic labral reconstruction using a transglenoid suture technique. all patients had traumatic injuries to their shoulders and all patients had magnetic resonance imaging scans demonstrating anterior labral tears. postoperatively, the patients' sh ... | 2017 | 8734874 |
| signalling by protein kinase c isoforms in the heart. | understanding transmembrane signalling process is one of the major challenge of the decade. in most tissues, since fisher and krebs's discovery in the 1950's, protein phosphorylation has been widely recognized as a key event of this cellular function. indeed, binding of hormones or neurotransmitters to specific membrane receptors leads to the generation of cytosoluble second messengers which in turn activate a specific protein kinase. numerous protein kinases have been so far identified and roug ... | 2017 | 8739230 |
| infection of eight mesocarnivores in new hampshire and vermont with a distinct clade of canine distemper virus in 2016-2017. | three fishers (martes pennanti), 2 gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus), 1 mink (neovison vison), 1 skunk (mephitis mephitis), and 1 raccoon (procyon lotor), from vermont and new hampshire, had lesions on autopsy consistent with canine distemper virus (cdv) infections diagnosed in a 12-mo period in 2016-2017. lesions of cdv infection were most commonly noted in the lungs (8 of 8 animals), urothelium (5 of 8), biliary tract (5 of 8), gastrointestinal tract (4 of 7), and brain (4 of 6). splenic l ... | 2019 | 31023162 |
| genetic characteristics of canine distemper viruses circulating in wildlife in the united states. | canine distemper virus (cdv) is a highly contagious disease of wild and domestic mammals. maintenance of cdv among wildlife plays an important role in the disease epidemiology. wild animals, including raccoons (procyon lotor) and gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus), serve as reservoirs of cdv and hamper the control of the disease. recently, we discovered that at least three different cdv lineages (america-3 [edomex], america-4, and america-5] that are genetically different from the available v ... | 2020 | 31926508 |