BACKGROUND The study aims to assess the pattern of thyroid response to combination Interferon-alpha2beta (IFN-alpha) and Ribavirin (RBV) anti-viral therapy in an Australian hepatitis C cohort. These include the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction (TD) including hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism and their possible predictors, the common overall pattern of thyroid function tests whilst receiving t...

High costs related to the preparation of resources, manpower shortages, lack of space, and an inability in information resources have inevitably enforced information needs for their users through resource sharing, ILL library, database intelligence, politics, and political resources instead of using "resource property”. This study is an applied and descriptive study. The tool for gathering data...

A Tween 80 hydrolysis test substrate was found to be stable at room temperature for at least 6 months.

Experimental Biology and Medicine Jérôme Busserolles, Andrzej Mazur, Elyett Gueux, Edmond Rock and Yves Rayssiguier Effect of a High Sucrose Diet Metabolic Syndrome in the Rat: Females Are Protected Against the Pro-Oxidant 2002, 227:837-842. Experimental Biology and Medicine http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/227/9/837 Updated information and services can be found at: http://ebm.rsmjournals.com...

Aquaporin-11 (AQP11) is the latest member of the mammalian water channel protein family to be described. Recent in vivo studies have shown that mutation at Cys(227) causes renal failure. However the importance of Cys(227) for the molecular function of AQP11 is largely unknown. In this study, we examined the subcellular localization, water permeability, and multimerization of AQP11 with a mutati...

Objective: We aimed to determine the effectiveness of team-based reporting, systems analysis, and redesign to address medical errors in pediatric ambulatory care. Methods: Voluntary, anonymous, nonpunitive reporting, paired with a team-based system analysis and change implementation, was established in an outpatient pediatric department of an urban teaching hospital. Results: In the first year,...

Mountain pine beetle activity was monitored in one set of 2.5 acre plots in the southern portion of the Black Hills National Forest over a 17-year period. Beetles attacked 77 percent of the trees in the uncut control, 48 percent of the trees in the growing stock level (GSL) 100/110, 53 percent of the trees in the GSL 80/90, and 9 percent of the trees in the GSL 60/70. The percentages of MPB-att...