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Clinical Features Of Kawasaki Disease And Its Outcomes At Thammasat University Hospital, Thwatchai Damri, Boonchu Sirichongkolthong

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Background: Kawasaki disease is a common acquired heart disease in children. Some patients had coronary complications, and there were reported of mortality after Kawasaki disease(KD). Early recognization and management would decrease the morbidity and mortality.

Objective: To study epidemiology data, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, treatment, outcomes, and cardiovascular complications of the KD patients in Thammasat Hospital.

Methodology: A 7-year retrospective descriptive analytic study of KD in children, diagnosed with American Heart Association 2004 criteria, who admitted to Thammasat University Hospital during January, 2002 to January, 2009.

Results: KD was diagnosed in 30 patients, male:female ratio was 1.7:1. The majority of …

Jordanian Dentists' Knowledge And Implementation Of Eco-Friendly Dental Office Strategies, Sabha Mahmoud Al Shatrat

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if Jordanian dentists have knowledge about eco-friendly dental offices strategies and were employing these in their dental practices. Male and female dentists between the ages of 23–65, who work in private dental practices in the city of Amman, the capital of Jordan, were included in this study. Dentists' names and addresses were obtained from the Jordanian Dental Association. Data for this study was gathered via a researcher-designed questionnaire distributed to a convenience sample of 150 dentists. Dentists were selected according to their dental practice locality until the required number was completed. The …

Genomic And Resistance Gene Homolog Diversity Of The Dominant Tallgrass Prairie Species Across The U.S. Great Plains Precipitation Gradient, Matthew N. Rouse, Amgad A. Saleh, Amadou Seck, Kathleen H. Keeler, Steven E. Travers, Scot H. Hulbert, Karen A. Garrett

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Background: Environmental variables such as moisture availability are often important in determining species prevalence and intraspecific diversity. The population genetic structure of dominant plant species in response to a cline of these variables has rarely been addressed. We evaluated the spatial genetic structure and diversity of Andropogon gerardii populations across the U.S. Great Plains precipitation gradient, ranging from approximately 48 cm/year to 105 cm/year.

Methodology/Principal Findings: Genomic diversity was evaluated with AFLP markers and diversity of a disease resistance gene homolog was evaluated by PCR-amplification and digestion with restriction enzymes. We determined the degree of spatial genetic structure …

Genotypes Of Hepatitis B Virus In Central Anatolia, Kayseri, Turkey, Mustafa A. Atalay, Selma Gokahmetoglu, Bilgehan Aygen

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes among patients with chronic hepatitis B in Kayseri, Turkey. METHODS: The study took place in the Department of Microbiology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, and Iontek Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey, from January 2005 to October 2007. One hundred and ten patients with chronic hepatitis B were included in this study. Hepatitis B virus DNA in sera were investigated by using the real-time polymerase chain reaction. Viral DNA was extracted from 200 uL of serum using the QIAamp DNA minElute kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). Reaction mixture was prepared by Fluorion HBV QNP 2.0 …

Preliminary Analysis Of An Agent-Based Model For A Tick-Borne Disease, Holly Gaff

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Ticks have a unique life history including a distinct set of life stages and a single blood meal per life stage. This makes tick-host interactions more complex from a mathematical perspective. In addition, any model of these interactions must involve a significant degree of stochasticity on the individual tick level. In an attempt to quantify these relationships, I have developed an individual-based model of the interactions between ticks and their hosts as well as the transmission of tick-borne disease between the two populations. The results from this model are compared with those from previously published differential equation based population models. …

Sisters And Smallpox: The Daughters Of Charity As Advocates For The Sick Poor In Nineteenth-Century Los Angeles, Kristine Ashton Gunnell Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

The Daughters of Charity were “the key provider of social service in [Los Angeles] before 1880,” opening southern California’s first hospital in 1858. They served anyone, regardless of religion and brought different religious and cultural groups together to help people who were sick. During the smallpox epidemics from the 1860s through the 1880s, the Daughters partnered with officials of Los Angeles to treat the poor. Kristine Gunnell explains how the desire to cut costs, theories of containing disease, and racial and class biases led to the city’s initially inhumane treatment of poor patients. Acting as advocates for the poor, the …

Effect Of Animal Facility Construction On Basal Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal And Renin-Aldosterone Activity In The Rat, Hershel Raff, Eric D. Bruder, William E. Cullinan, Dana R. Ziegler, Eric P. Cohen

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Nearby construction can cause subtle, but important activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in laboratory rats.

Although loud noise and intense vibration are known to alter the behavior and phenotype of laboratory animals, little is known about the effects of nearby construction. We studied the effect of a nearby construction project on the classic stress hormones ACTH, corticosterone, renin, and aldosterone in rats residing in a barrier animal facility before, for the first 3 months of a construction project, and at 1 month after all construction was completed. During some of the construction, noise and vibrations were not obvious to investigators …

Human Papillomavirus Genotype Concordance Within Zambian Couples, Kgomotso Makhaola

School of Biological Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is strongly associated with the development of cervical cancer, and has also been identified in other anogenital cancers such as penile, oral, and anal cancers. In regions like Sub Saharan Africa where the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is high,   increased rates of HPV infections have also been observed, however the effect of HIV/AIDS on the transmission of HPV is not yet well understood.  In this study specimens for HIV, HPV testing and pathology were collected from male participants and their female partners at a Urology department in Lusaka University Teaching Hospital, Zambia. Seventy four samples were collected but …

A Strategy For A Successful Christian Sexual Education Ministry In The African American Church, Darryl Lee Jones

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

A review of current literature demonstrates that very little material is available to assist churches on how to effectively communicate on the subject of sexuality in the African American church context. The purpose of this project is to illuminate the African American Church regarding the nature of this project on sexuality in the African American Church, its common elements, and an effective strategy for preparing a project. By applying a strong understanding of current and past literature reviews, surveys and questionnaires sent to homes and churches, in addition to interviews and workshops, the project reviews historical African American Church perspectives …

Development And Validation Of Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Lc-Ms/Ms) Methods For The Analysis Of Veterinary Drugs In Various Biological And Feed Matrices Utilizing Efficient Extraction Protocols, Mark Cronly

Doctoral

The transfer of farming practices from low intensity farming systems for livestock production to commercial enterprises which employ intensive practices has resulted in the use of veterinary drugs becoming a critical component of food production. Resulting residues of veterinary drugs occurring in food of animal origin may give rise to potential health risks to consumers. The aim of this research is the development of analytical methods capable of screening and confirming increased number of these residues in more target matrices by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Its focus is the analysis of nitroimidazole residues in food of animal origin …

A Novel Approach For A New Era: Successful Integration Of Multidisciplinary, Hepatitis C Care Within An Established Hiv Primary Care Practice, Joseph L. Yozviak Do, Facp, Orlando J. Penaloza Md, Facp, Timothy J. Friel Md

Department of Medicine

No abstract provided.

Rrh Library Newsletter, April 2011, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

Validation Of Methionine Aminopeptidase-1 As A Potential Chemotherapeutic Target For Leishmania Major, Elizabeth Calzada^, Carylinda Serna, Miguel A. Vasquez, Omonike Olaleye, Rosa Maldonado*

COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2011

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by Leishmania major affecting millions of people throughout the world. It is an emerging concern in the United States due to military establishments in endemic countries. Treatment for the disease is highly toxic and the lack of vaccines emphasizes on the need for alternative drug treatments. Aminopeptidase inhibitors have shown promising results against malaria and tuberculosis. Methionine aminopeptadse-1 (MetAP1) catalyzes the removal of the N-terminal methionine residue from peptides and proteins. The human MetAP1 …

Analysis Of Dna Damage And Oxidative Stress In Human Spermatozoa And Some Biochemical Changes In Seminal Plasma And Their Correlation With Semen Quality Of Infertile Men, Ghassan T. Alani, Sermed S. Khonda, Hedef D. El Yaseen

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have shown the presence of DNA strand breaks in human ejaculated spermatozoa. The nature of this nuclear anomaly and its relationship to patient etiology is however poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: This study was done to investigate the relationship between nuclear DNA damage, assessed using the TUNEL assay and a number of biochemical parameters including zinc level, copper level, and the malondialdehyde (MDA) level as an indicator of the lipid peroxidation and also the standard general seminal fluid examination. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this study 100 seminal samples were tested. Seventy five infertile patients aged (30.33±5.96) and 25 …

The Effect Of Age On Clinical And Radiological Presentation In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Baghdad, Hashim M.Al-Kadhimi, Haider Noori Dawood

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes the most common type of human tuberculosis worldwide .The most common mode of transmission is by inhalation of droplet nuclei from expectorated respiratory secretions.Active infection is diagnosed by documenting the presence of M tuberculosis in respiratory secretions or other body fluids or tissues.Age is an important determinant of the risk for the disease .The risk may increase in the elderly OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of age between elderly and younger on clinical and radiological presentation in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Iraq. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective study was done for 251 patients with …

Does Normal Chest X Ray In Patients With Chronic Cough Exclude Pulmonary Tuberculosis?, Mohammad Yahya Abdulrazaq, Abdulla Janger Minshed

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is the second infection in causing deaths from infectious agent in the world, currently in Iraq approximately 67% of new cases of Tuberculosis involve the lung only ,cough is the most common symptom of pulmonary Tuberculosis , pulmonary Tuberculosis nearly always causes detectable abnormalities on chest film, but still atypical or absent radiologic findings can occur. OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to determine whether in patients with chronic cough normal chest X ray exclude pulmonary tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred seventy two patients attending the respiratory clinic, complaining from chronic cough and they are suspected cases …

Il-5 As Indicator Of Acute Toxoplasmosis, Suha A.Al-Fakhar, Sami Y. Guirges

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Exposure to Toxoplasma gondii may result in either chronic infection or acute infection, the latter being asymptomatic or symptomatic. Toxoplasma infection stimulates humoral immune response ,in addition to cellular mediated immunity. Also cytokines have a role in resistance to T.gondii like IL-5 which has protective role during infection with the parasite. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the correlation between IgM and IgG Toxoplasma antibodies and IL-5 in the course of acute toxoplasmosis . PATIENTS AND METHODS : 45women suspected of having toxoplasmosis were tested by ELISA IgM and IgG toxoplasma antibodies , and the level of serum …

Information-Seeking Behaviors Of First-Semester Veterinary Students: A Preliminary Report, Sharon A. Weiner, Gretchen Stephens, Abdelfattah Y.M. Nour

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Although emphasis in veterinary education is increasingly being placed on the ability to find, use, and communicate information, studies on the information behaviors of veterinary students or professionals are few. Improved knowledge in this area will provide valuable information for course and curriculum planning and the design of information resources. This article describes a survey of the information-seeking behaviors of first-semester veterinary students at Purdue University. A survey was administered as the first phase of a progressive semester-long assignment for a first semester DVM course in systemic mammalian physiology. The survey probed for understanding of the scientific literature and its …

Protection Against Divergent Influenza H1n1 Virus By A Centralized Influenza Hemagglutinin, Eric A. Weaver, Adam M. Rubrum, Richard J. Webby, Michael A. Barry

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Influenza poses a persistent worldwide threat to the human population. As evidenced by the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, current vaccine technologies are unable to respond rapidly to this constantly diverging pathogen. We tested the utility of adenovirus (Ad) vaccines expressing centralized consensus influenza antigens. Ad vaccines were produced within 2 months and protected against influenza in mice within 3 days of vaccination. Ad vaccines were able to protect at doses as low as 107 virus particles/kg indicating that approximately 1,000 human doses could be rapidly generated from standard Ad preparations. To generate broadly cross-reactive immune responses, centralized consensus antigens were constructed …

Dynamics Of An Emerging Infectious Disease Of Amphibians: From Individuals To Communities, Matthew Damien Venesky

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease of amphibians caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), and it has played an important role in the worldwide decline of amphibians. My dissertation research examined the consequences of Bdinfections on tadpole feeding biomechanics and activity, pathogen transmission, and host immunology. The keratinized labial teeth of Bd-infected Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus [=Bufo] fowleri) and Grey Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) tadpoles slipped off of surfaces on which they grazed and were in contact with an algal-covered surface for a shorter duration of time during each feeding cycle. During feeding trials, Bd-infected A. fowleri and H. versicolor tadpoles obtained …

Age-Gaps In Sexual Partnerships: Seeing Beyond ‘Sugar Daddies’, Miles Q. Ott, Till Bärnighausen, Frank Tanser, Mark N. Lurie, Marie-Louise Newell

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

We examine for the first time age-mixing in sexual relationships in a population with very high HIV incidence and prevalence in rural South Africa. The highest levels of age assortativity (the pairing of like with like) were casual partnerships reported by men, the lowest levels were spousal relationships reported by women. Given the age–sex distribution of HIV prevalence in this population, interventions to decrease age-gaps in spousal relationships may be effective in reducing HIV incidence.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Agriculture And Applied Sciences, March 24, 2011, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University (USU) requests approval to consolidate the three existing graduate degree programs in the Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences (ADVS) into a single graduate degree program (Master of Science (MS)/Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)) with five specializations (Animal Management, Animal Health and Disease, Animal Molecular Genetics, Animal Nutrition, and Reproduction and Development).

Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital First In U.S. In Trauma Care, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Cloning And Expression Of Methionine Aminopeptidase-1 From Trypanosoma Cruzi, Joshua A. Lara^, Miguel Vasquez, Rosa A. Maldonado*

COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2011

Trypanosoma cruzi affects millions of people worldwide. This unicellular eukaryotic organism is the causative agent of Chagas’ disease. This blood-borne pathogen is transmitted to humans by the hemophagous triatomine or kissing bug. The high toxicity of existing treatments and the lack of vaccines clearly demonstrate the demand for new drugs to treat this parasitosis. We propose to target T. cruzi Methionine Aminopeptidase (TcMetAP1). This enzyme catalyzes the removal of the N-terminal amino acid residues from peptides and proteins. Recent studies have shown promising results of MetAP1 inhibitors against malaria. We, therefore, hypothesize that specific inhibitors of the parasitic MetAP1 will …

March 23, 2011 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

No abstract provided.

Volume 48, Number 31: March 23, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Increased Population Sampling Confirms Low Genetic Divergence Among Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) Fruit Bats Of Madagascar And Other Western Indian Ocean Islands, Lauren M. Chan, Steven M. Goodman, Michael D. Nowak, David W. Weisrock, Anne D. Yoder

Biology Faculty Publications

Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus occur throughout the Austral-Asian region west to islands off the eastern coast of Africa. Recent phylogenetic analyses of Pteropus from the western Indian Ocean found low sequence divergence and poor phylogenetic resolution among several morphologically defined species. We reexamine the phylogenetic relationships of these taxa by using multiple individuals per species. In addition, we estimate population genetic structure in two well-sampled taxa occurring on Madagascar and the Comoro Islands (P. rufus and P. seychellensis comorensis). Despite finding a similar pattern of low sequence divergence among species, increased sampling provides insight into the phylogeographic history …

Report: The Illinois State University Faculty-Staff Newsletter, March 22, 2011, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

The Statesman, V. 54, I. 23, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 54, i. 23

A Molecular Phylogeny Of Living Primates, Polina L. Perelman, Warren E. Johnson, Christian Roos, Hector Seuanez, Julie E. Horvath, Miguel A. M. Moreira, Bailey Kessing, J. U. Pontius, Melody E. Roelke, Yves Rumpler, Maria P. C. Schneider, Artur Silva, Stephen J. O'Brien, Jill Pecon-Slattery

Biology Faculty Articles

Comparative genomic analyses of primates offer considerable potential to define and understand the processes that mold, shape, and transform the human genome. However, primate taxonomy is both complex and controversial, with marginal unifying consensus of the evolutionary hierarchy of extant primate species. Here we provide new genomic sequence (~8 Mb) from 186 primates representing 61 (~90%) of the described genera, and we include outgroup species from Dermoptera, Scandentia, and Lagomorpha. The resultant phylogeny is exceptionally robust and illuminates events in primate evolution from ancient to recent, clarifying numerous taxonomic controversies and providing new data on human evolution. Ongoing speciation, reticulate …