Water samples from 1286 boreholes from different parts of Kenya were analysed for their fluoride concentrations. The majority of the samples (61.4%) had fluoride ion concentrations above 1.0 parts per million, whilst 19.5% had above 5.0 ppm. Excess levels of fluoride were found to occur in most parts of the country, especially in the Nairobi, Rift Valley, Eastern and Central Provinces which con...

Transcriptional regulation of the human von Willebrand factor (vWF) gene was investigated in calf pulmonary artery endothelial (CPAE), HeLa, COS 7 and Hep G2 cells. Various lengths of flanking sequences extending up to 2123 bp 5' of the transcription initiation site and containing 19 bp of the first exon, were linked to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene and these constr...

Impressive images of a ferocious deity holding cleaver and skullcup emerged in precolonial Sumatra. The is depicted with female partner on the sword Mandākinī, as monumental statue found at Dharmāśraya Sumatran highlands. These are often said to represent (the Śivaite) Bhairava king Ādityavarman (c. 1294–1374), but they have overt marks Buddhist affiliation. It shown here that Vajramahākāla, de...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency and determinants of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) failure by means of FibroScan in "real-life" Chinese patients. METHODS A total of 38,464 "real-life" Chinese patients in 302 military hospital of China through the whole year of 2013, including asymptomatic carrier, chronic hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis C, liver cirrhosis (LC), alcoholic liver diseas...

BACKGROUND Preventable postsurgical complications are increasingly recognized as a major clinical and economic burden. A recent meta-analysis showed a 17-29 % decrease in postoperative morbidity with goal-directed fluid therapy. Our objective was to estimate the potential economic impact of perioperative goal-directed fluid therapy. METHODS We studied 204,680 adult patients from 541 US hospit...

Hasta el momento, la obra más conocida e importante del prolífico autor andalusí Ibn Saʿīd al-Maġribī (m. 685/1286) era su antología al-Muġrib fī ḥulà l-Maġrib (Lo extraordinario acerca de las joyas Occidente). Sin embargo, igual en importancia debió ser homóloga oriental, al-Mušriq l-Mašriq Oriente), que, por contrario, se conoce muy poco. El propósito este artículo es dar a conocer esta Saʿīd...