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Influence Of Consecutive-Day Blood Sampling On Polymerase Chain Reaction-Adjusted Parasitological Cure Rates In An Antimalarial-Drug Trial Conducted In Tanzania, Andreas Martensson, Johan Ursing, M. Isabel Veiga, Lisa Wiklund, Christopher Membi, Scott M. Montgomery, Zul Premji, Anna Farnert, Andres Bjorkman, Billy Ngasala

Pathology, East Africa

We assessed the influence that consecutive-day blood sampling, compared with single-day blood sampling, had on polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-adjusted parasitological cure after stepwise genotyping of merozoite surface proteins 2 (msp2) and 1 (msp1) in 106 children in Tanzania who had uncomplicated falciparum malaria treated with either sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine or artemether- lumefantrine; 78 of these children developed recurrent parasitemia during the 42-day follow-up period. Initial msp2 genotyping identified 27 and 33 recrudescences by use of single- and consecutive-day sampling, respectively; in subsequent msp1 genotyping, 17 and 21 of these episodes, respectively, were still classified as recrudescences; these results indicate a similar sensitivity …

Obesity And Its Role In Oral Health, Ashley J. Karels, Brigette R. Cooper

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Obesity is a serious public health concern that has reached epidemic proportions. This paper addresses the role obesity plays in several health conditions, in addition to how it negatively affects a person’s oral health. Oral health care providers can have a positive impact on treatment outcomes by recognizing patients at risk for obesity and addressing these issues.

Animal Experimentation: Lessons From Human Experimentation, Arthur Birmingham Lafrance

Animal Law Review

This article is adapted from the author's presentation during the panel discussion Animals in Research: Pet Cloning, Patents, and Bioethics at the 14th Annual Animal Law Conference of Lewis & Clark Law School on October 14, 2006.

Conventional wisdom tells us that animal experimentation is a relevant precursor to human experimentation. The failings of human experimentation to be more reliable, however, casts substantial doubt on the necessity and appropriateness of experimentation on animals. The federal government and medical community, since World War II, has used the Nuremberg Code and the “common rule” to determine how to ethically conduct human experimentation. …

Assessment Of Biosecurity Procedures To Prevent Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Cross Contamination, Rebecca Aden

The Journal of Undergraduate Research

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is a common virus among cattle, and there are many different strains of the virus. BVDV can cause mucosal disease in infected cattle. There are lab strains of BVDV used for testing, but there are also wild-type viruses that may develop within a herd or population. These wild-type strains can be dangerous due to cross contamination between herds. This project compares serum samples from two different herds on the basis of the antibody response to a wild-type virus isolated from a persistent infected animal in one of the herds. We tested for a possible cross …

Anemia Among Hiv-Infected Individuals In South India, Ramnath Subbaraman

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Objective: Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) resolves a significant proportion of anemia among HIV-patients in Western cohorts, outcomes may vary in developing countries, due to a higher prevalence of nutritional deficiencies, intestinal parasites, tuberculosis, and opportunistic infections. The purpose of this study is to describe the prevalence of, factors associated with, and influence of HAART on, anemia among HIV-infected individuals in South India. Methods: To examine factors associated with anemia, the first-recorded hemoglobin values for adults who visited an HIV tertiary care center in Chennai, India between January 1996 and April 2006 were collected (n=7069). Univariate and multivariate regression …

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

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Global Governance And Public Health Security In The 21st Century, Thomas E. Novotny

California Western International Law Journal

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Legal And Institutional Responses To Contemporary Global Threats: An Introduction To The U.N. Secretary-General's High-Level Panel Report On Threats, Challenges And Change, Gershon Shafir

California Western International Law Journal

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Imminence And Proportionality: The U.S. And U.K. Responses To Global Terrorism, Todd Landman

California Western International Law Journal

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Rescue The Americans With Disabilities Act From Restrictive Interpretations: Alcoholism As An Illustration, Judith J. Johnson

Journal Articles

The Supreme Court has narrowed the doorway into the protected class for the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in virtually every employment case. Taking their cue from the Supreme Court, the lower courts have been concerned principally with who is "disabled" and thus protected by the ADA. The answer today is not many people. The courts generally have been so hostile to ADA plaintiffs that it is difficult now to find a case in which the plaintiff was able to prove that he was disabled. Congress contemplated that some impairments would always be disabling. The Supreme Court, however, …

Clostridium Difficile In The Intensive Care Unit: Epidemiology, Costs, And Colonization Pressure, Steven J. Lawrence, Laura A. Puzniak, Brooke N. Shadel, Kathleen N. Gillespie, Marin H. Kollef, Linda M. Mundy

Open Access Publications

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Circumstances Of Patient Falls And Injuries In 9 Hospitals In A Midwestern Healthcare System, Melissa J. Krauss, Sheila L. Nguyen, Wm. Claiborne Dunagan, Stanley Birge, Eileen Costantinou, Shirley Johnson, Barbara Caleca, Victoria J. Fraser

Open Access Publications

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Identification Of A Novel Polyomavirus From Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Anne M. Gaynor, Michael D. Nissen, David M. Whiley, Ian M. Mackay, Stephen B. Lambert, Guang Wu, Daniel C. Brennan, Gregory A. Storch, Theo P. Sloots, David Wang

Open Access Publications

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Effectiveness Of Multifaceted Hospitalwide Quality Improvement Programs Featuring An Intervention To Remove Unnecessary Urinary Catheters At A Tertiary Care Center In Thailand, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Kanokporn Thongphubeth, Sirinaj Sirinvaravong, Danai Kitkangvan, Chananart Yuekyen, Boonyasit Warachan, David K. Warren, Victoria J. Fraser

Open Access Publications

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The Effect Of Compliance On The Impact Of Mass Drug Administration For Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis In Egypt, Maged El Setouhy, Khaled M. Abd Elaziz, Hanan Helmy, Hoda A. Farid, Hussein A. Kamal, Reda M.R. Ramzy, William D. Shannon, Gary J. Weil

Open Access Publications

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The Bandit, A New Dna Transposon From A Hookworm— Possible Horizontal Genetic Transfer Between Host And Parasite, Thewarach Laha, Alex Loukas, Supatra Wattanasatitarpa, Jenjira Somprakhon, Nonglack Kewgrai, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Sasithorn Kaewkes, Makedonka Mitreva, Paul J. Brindley

Open Access Publications

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Zoonotic Orthopoxviruses Encode A High-Affinity Antagonist Of Nkg2d, Jessica A. Campbell, David S. Trossman, Wayne M. Yokoyama, Leonidas N. Carayannopoulos

Open Access Publications

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Compartmental Pharmacokinetic Analysis Of Oral Amprenavir With Secondary Peaks, Olanrewaju Okusanya, Alan Forrest, Robin Difrancesco, Sanela Bilic, Susan Rosenkranz, Michael F. Para, Elizabeth Adams, Kevin E. Yarasheski, Richard C. Reichman, Gene D. Morse, Actg 5043 Protocol Team

Open Access Publications

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Regulating Evolution For Sale: An Evolutionary Biology Model For Regulating The Unnatural Selection Of Genetically Modified Organisms, Mary Jane Angelo

UF Law Faculty Publications

In recent years, there has been an explosion in the genetic manipulation of living organisms to create commercial products. This genetic manipulation has, in effect, been a directed change in the evolutionary process for the purpose of profit. This deliberate alteration of the path of evolution has brought with it a panoply of novel environmental, human health, and economic risks that could not have been foreseen when U.S. environmental and health protection laws evolved. U.S. environmental law has not evolved to keep pace with these dramatic changes in the evolution of our biological systems. Thus, completely new approaches are needed …

Download Full Pdf Issue-Jefferson Translations, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 2007

Jefferson Translations

This issue includes an article on the clinical outcomes research team, an update with Dr. Most on cardiac research, a description of the hospitalist program, a visit to the sleep disorders center, faculty news and and a chief residents update.

Sdrc Annual Report 2005-2006, Connie Jan Maraan

SDRC Accomplishment Reports

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Non-Governmental Organizations, Prevention, And Intervention In Internal Conflicts: Though The Lens Of Darfur, J. J. Welling

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

This Note argues that cases like the humanitarian crisis and the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, present an intrastate collective action problem that has not been satisfactorily addressed by a traditional multilateral approach. Instead, the Darfur crisis demonstrates the need for an expanded view of modern international law in the face of intrastate conflict that includes systematic intervention procedures and preventive aid, as well as a multifaceted approach that recognizes and integrates NGOs and NGO alliances. This Note asserts that the Sudan crisis has posed a collective action problem requiring not only multilateral state collective action, but also multifaceted, coordinated action …

Shrines And Prayers: Two Missing Elements Of Comprehensive Mass Fatality, Rhonda Keyes Pleasants

Master's Theses

As a Licensed Funeral Service Provider, I am aware of the special issues which surround mass fatalities. A study of numerous mass fatality plans yielded identification of two missing elements from most plans which are critical to mass fatality management. The first missing element is ritual used in the respectful treatment of the dead. The second missing element is religious precepts regarding caring for and final disposition of the dead based upon the particular belief system of the deceased, their family, surrounding community, and culture. Specific qualitative methods of research used were a review of the professional literature, identification of …

My Time On Rikers Island, Michael W. Tillman-Davis

Faculty Publications By Year

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Biosecurity Under The Rule Of Law, David Fidler, Lawrence O. Gostin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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2007-06-18 H. Thomas Wells, Jr. Aba Presidential Speech, H. Thomas Wells Jr., University Of Alabama School Of Law

H. Thomas Wells, Jr. ABA President (2008-2009) Collection Speeches

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Washington University School Of Medicine Bulletin, 2007

Washington University School of Medicine Bulletins

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Fused Heterocycles: Synthesis Of Some New Imidazopyridines As Anti-Mycobacterial Agents, Bi̇rgül Özden Kasimoğullari, Zafer Cesur

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The reaction of semicarbazones bearing an imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine ring system with mercaptoacetic acid was investigated. The anti-mycobacterial activity of the compounds thus obtained were evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H_{37}Rv, using rifampin as the standard. Only IVe showed activity at 6.25 \mu g mL^{-1}.

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 29, No. 4, Winter 2007, Scott Lyell Gardner

American Society of Parasitologists: Newsletter

An issue of the American Society of Parasitologists' quarterly newsletter, also called the Journal of Parasitology Newsletter.