Total protein concentration in the serum of a patient with hyperviscosity syndrome differed as measured by the biuret procedure in the DuPont aca (80 g/L) and the SMA 12/60 (105 g/L), owing to viscosity-dependent errors with the aca sampling system; the magnitude depended on sample temperature and volume of sample aspirated. This kind of error was not observed with the SMA 12/60 and was far les...

1'-Acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA), extracted from rhizomes of tropical ginger, possesses antitumor properties against a wide variety of malignancies. MicroRNAs have been found to act as oncogenes and as tumor suppressor genes in the development of cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the miRNA involved in the molecular mechanisms of ACA action on tumor inhibition. It was found th...

PURPOSE To assess the reproducibility and agreement of anterior chamber measurements between the Pentacam (PTC) and the Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AOCT) in normal healthy eyes with open angle. METHODS Prospective cross-sectional comparative case series. A total of 162 eyes of 81 healthy volunteers with normal open angle were included in this study. Anterior chamber angle (...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, many safety net resources, including state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), incorporated ACA Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) into their healthcare delivery model. This article highlights the benefits of the ACA for persons living with HIV. It also describes the range of strategies employed by state ADAPs to enroll patients in...

Infraoptic anterior cerebral artery (ACA) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly. This anomalous artery usually arises from the intradural internal carotid artery (ICA) near the level of the ophthalmic artery (OA) or rarely from the extradural ICA. This anomaly frequently harbors a cerebral aneurysm, and may involve other coexisting vascular anomalies. In the case of this anomaly, surgical tre...

Box H/ACA snoRNAs represent an abundant group of small non-coding RNAs mainly involved in the pseudouridylation of rRNAs and/or snRNAs in eukaryotes and Archaea. In this study, we describe a novel experimental method for systematic identification of box H/ACA snoRNAs from eukaryotes. In the specialized cDNA libraries constructed by this method with total cellular RNAs from human blood cells, th...

We evaluated the analytical performance of 10 representative channels on the new microprocessor-controlled DuPont aca Ill according to the guidelines (draft documents PSEP-2, 3, and 4) proposed by the Instrument Evaluation Subcommittee of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. These guidelines were used for the experimental design and data analysis for the precision and accur...

Legislation from 2015 that sought to repeal core provisions of the ACA but was not ultimately enacted is a starting point for considering the future of the ACA. The legislation would have repealed multiple parts of the statute, including the individual mandate, the premium tax credit, the Medicaid expansion, the employer mandate, and various taxes enacted under the ACA. The 2015 legislation did...

Ginsberg et all have reported that in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) the presence of high circulating levels of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) is associated with an ongoing prothrombotic state. This was documented by finding significantly higher values of F 1+2, a marker of thrombin generation, in ACA (+) patients than in ACA (-) ones.’ We have data supporting the associatio...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains substantial new requirements aimed at increasing rates of health insurance coverage. Because many of these provisions impose additional costs on the states, officials need reliable estimates of the likely impact of the ACA in their state. To demonstrate the usefulness of modeling for state-level decisionmaking, RAND undertook a preli...