Corresponding Author: Clive P. Page, Ph.D King’s College London Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology 5 floor, Hodgkin Building, Guy’s Campus, London, U.K., SE1 1UL Tel: +44 (0)207 8486096 Fax: +44 (0)207 8486097 Email: [email protected] Funded by a grant from GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom. Word count: 4741 . Published on October 24, 2007 as doi: 10.1183/09031936.00003707 ...

A Gram-positive-staining, aerobic, endospore-forming bacterium, strain P-207(T), was isolated from a rhizosphere soil sample in Auburn, AL, USA. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain P-207(T) was grouped in the vicinity of representatives of the genera Virgibacillus, Ornithinibacillus, Cerasibacillus, Lentibacillus and Oceanobacillus, but could not be assigned clearly to an...

The content and the isotopic composition of lead (Pb) were studied in a peat deposit on the ridge of the Brdy Hills, in the vicinity of the Príbram metallurgical works, in the Czech Republic. Quadrupole ICP MS was employed to determine the elemental composition and (206)Pb/(207)Pb and (208)Pb/(206)Pb isotope ratios. The individual layers were dated using alpha spectrometric measurement of the (...

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Abstract Background The real prevalence and incidence of women living with or at risk female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is unknown in Switzerland many parts Europe, as there are no representative surveys similar to DHS MICS for European countries. Indirect estimates commonly used estimate the number FGM/C high-income countries, but may not reflect actual among migrants. Direct measures ...

background: menstruation signs are among the most common disorders in adolescents and are influenced by various environmental and psychosocial factors. this study aimed to define the association between menstruation signs and anxiety, depression, and stress in school girls in mashhad in 2011-2012. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study on 407 high school girls in mashhad who we...

Depression is a frequent and important problem for patients who have experienced strokes. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms, their clinical correlations, and the effects of depressive symptoms on stroke recovery. A consecutive cohort of 207 ischemic stroke patients with a mean age of 64 years, were studied for ascertaining any correlation between pote...

In these decades biocontrol, or biological control, is an alternative mean to control plant diseases. In several fungal biocontrol agents, GMC oxidoreductases are involved in biocontrol activity. For example, in Talaromyces fl avus (Klöcker) Stolk and Samson, a glucose oxidase (AAB09442), a member of GMC oxidoreductase, is involved in its biocontrol activity of Verticillium dahliae Klebahn (Sto...

In 1997 a currently operating, obligatory model of iodine prophylaxis, based on mandatory iodization of household salt with 30 mg KI/kg, was introduced. Based on multiple surveys it was found that the model of prophylaxis employed in Poland has proved to be effective. Thus, Poland became a country with sufficient iodine supplementation on the population level. The prevention and control of iodi...