Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other vulnerable populations with legal means of redress against discrimination, yet virtually nothing is known about how the intended beneficiaries have used these protections. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of ADA charges alleging employment-relat...

AIM Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) have some genotoxic effects and it may alter the mRNA levels of antioxidant genes. The NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1) and NQO2 are ubiquitously expressed. Considering that there is no published data on the effect(s) of ELF-EMF (50-Hz) exposure and expression levels of NQO1 and NQO2 in the human MCF-7 cells, the present stud...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether differences in the composition of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) preparations influence the removal efficiency of irrigation solutions used in combination with filing of the canal. Three Ca(OH)2 preparations were used: Calxyl, Pulpdent paste, and chemically pure Ca(OH)2 mixed with distilled water. Fifty-one single-rooted extracted human teeth were p...

BACKGROUND Many physicians believe Medicaid patients are more likely than non-Medicaid patients to file malpractice claims. This study examines the accuracy of this belief in regard to obstetric malpractice claims. METHODS Claims filed between January 1982 and June 1988 from the major malpractice insurer in Washington State were used to compare obstetric malpractice claims filed on behalf of ...

The history of indentured migration to seventeenth-century English America relies heavily on a single body sources known as the London record, collection contracts and registrations servants who emigrated from capital between 1683 1686. Of original 1,000 contracts, 189 have long been considered be missing. This article uses methods study paperwork print culture demonstrate that Huntington Libra...

Through this lecture note we try to provide a portal into the emerging filed of kernelization. We exhibit through examples various tools to prove both lower and upper bounds on the kernel sizes.

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a modified pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) protocol was developed and applied to clinical isolates of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex to reduce the cost of using lyticase. this protocol reduces the expense of pfge typing of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex as it removes the use of lyticase during the spheroplast formation from these bacteria.