The use of oral contraceptive agents by women may be a factor that contributes to the observed inter-individual variability in the BMR. We, therefore, measured the BMR, body build and composition in two groups of young women and also assessed their self-reported level of physical activity. One group had been using oral contraceptive agents for a period of 6 months or more (OCA, n 24), while the...

BACKGROUND Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is caused by a group of genetically heterogeneous inherited defects that result in the loss of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. Mutations in the TYR, OCA2, TYRP1 and SLC45A2 genes have been shown to cause isolated OCA. No comprehensive analysis has been conducted to study the spectrum of OCA alleles prevailing in Pakistani albino populations. M...

conclusions the outcome of this study is that the oca has no toxic effect on h9c2 cells. results the results showed that the percentage of survived cells amount of extract dilution ratio (1:4; 1:2; 1) were 80.4%; 79.6%, 77.5% respectively. analysis of statistical test results does not show any significant differences between the optical density of the extract dilutions, and the control group in...

ISSR molecular markers have been used to investigate genetic diversity of oca (Oxalis tuberosa Mol.), an Andean neglected tuber crop species. Sampling procedure allowed a preliminary study of the genetic diversity at the intraand intervarietal levels. Twenty tuber lots conserved in situ in the microcentre of Candelaria and ex situ in the Toralapa Centre (Bolivia) were identified. Four ISSR prim...

Downlo Symptomatic articular cartilage lesions of the knee can be debilitating, particularly in athletic patient populations. For patients with focal articular chondral defects in the knee, fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) has been shown to be an effective single-stage procedure, particularly for larger lesions (42 cm) to restore the articular surface with hyaline cartilage. ...

Opinion changing aversion (OCA) functions are used to quantify the decision makers’ resistance to opinion changing. By introducing OCA functions of polynomial form we will show that if each expert has a quadratic opinion changing aversion function then the minimum-cost solution is nothing else but the weighted average of the individual optimal solutions where the weights are the relative import...

To the Editor: Albinism is a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by reduced melanin biosynthesis that primarily affects the skin and/or the eye (1). All known genetic causes are autosomal recessive except for X-linked isolated ocular albinism [Nettleship-Falls or OA1, GPR143 (G-protein coupled receptor 143)] (1). A total of 18 different genes have been identified to date,...

Surgical strategies for knee joint preservation are numerous, with the procedure(s) of choice for a given patient dependent on the status of the articular cartilage, meniscus, overall alignment, and ligamentous stability. For patients with large, isolated, osteochondral defects of the articular cartilage of the femoral condyle, osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) is often performed in...

We carried out a blinded prospective randomised controlled trial comparing 2-octylcyanoacrylate (OCA), subcuticular suture (monocryl) and skin staples for skin closure following total hip and total knee arthroplasty. We included 102 hip replacements and 85 of the knee.OCA was associated with less wound discharge in the first 24 hours for both the hip and the knee. However, with total knee repla...

Abstract Everyone studying EMU cites the theory of Optimum Currency Areas: whether a country like Sweden should join the currency union depends on such parameters as the extent of Swedish trade with other EU members and the correlation of Sweden’s income with that of other members. Few economists have focused on what we consider one of the most interesting aspects of this issue. Trade patterns ...