Gertsen Reece

CONCLUSIONS The motivations of family members to visit during mealtime could guide healthcare professionals working with East Asian populations in developing interventions to reduce the possibility of malnutrition, while also improving their quality of life. We recommend providing the following for nursing home residents a nutritious and balanced…[Read more]

High-performance dielectric nanomaterials have received increasing attention due to their important applications in the field of energy storage. Among various dielectric materials, polymer nanocomposite is one of the most promising candidates. GCN2-IN-1 However, the problems of environmental pollution caused by polymer-based dielectric materials…[Read more]

In particular, the sensitivity of positivity for both SOX6 and calretinin (96%) and the specificity of positivity for both SOX6 and Wilms’ tumor 1 (93%) were higher than those of the other combinations. In conclusion, SOX6 is a novel candidate immunohistochemical marker for differentiating epithelioid mesothelioma from lung…[Read more]

sanguineus-tropical lineage as a natural vector of Babesia vogeli and R. sanguineus-temperate lineage of SFGR. The acquisition of 190 CLE sequences allowed to evaluate co-phylogenetic associations between the tick and the symbiont. selleck chemicals With this data, we observed a strong but incomplete co-cladogenesis between CLE strains and their…[Read more]

The association between amyloidosis and collagen vascular diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is well-documented. Amyloid goiter is an extremely rare pathologic condition caused by a massive amyloid infiltration of the thyroid tissue. Our patient had been diagnosed with RA 20 years ago and was on hemodialysis for 7 years. He was assessed…[Read more]

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) correlated with SUN (r=-0.39; ptest pad #1) compared with patients with non-elevated SUN (p less then 0.0001; HR 3.3 (95% CI 1.7 to 6.1). CONCLUSIONS SUN, measured by dipstick, is feasible and may be used to screen for kidney disease in low resource settings where creatinine tests are unavailable. ©…[Read more]

05). The number of injections was 6.83 times over 12 months’ follow-up under “1 + PRN” regimen. Multivariate analysis showed that the factors including age, BCVA at baseline, disruption of ellipsoid zone, posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), and vitreomacular traction (VMT) were correlated with the final BCVA. Conclusions Intravitreal injections…[Read more]

05) of emulsions during 8 days of storage. Concurrently, the carbonyl content remained the lowest and the sulfhydryl content remained the highest, which indicated that the emulsions had higher protein oxidative stability. CONCLUSIONS SPIH obtained under HPP could improve the emulsifying and oxidative stability of MP-prepared O/W emulsions. © 20…[Read more]

BACKGROUND In 2011, Rwanda became the first African nation to implement a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program, conceived to protect girls aged less then 15 years (i.e. born ≥1997). After an initial school-grade-targeted catch-up campaign, there was a transition to routine vaccination of 12 year-olds only. We aimed to produce p…[Read more]

Introduction Klebsiella pneumoniae is a pathogen commonly found in community-onset bacteremia. It causes an invasive syndrome that is frequently presented by metastatic infections and abscesses elsewhere and that is necessary for surgical or drainage intervention. To achieve a scoring algorithm to identify patients with community-onset K.…[Read more]

The CA inhibition assays of this compound series showed a slight selectivity against hCA IX versus the cytosolic off-target hCA II and hCA I isozymes. Toxicity and viability assays have highlighted that the compound bearing the 2-nitroimidazole moiety possesses the lowest toxicity (LC50 of 1400 µM) and shows interesting results on viability…[Read more]