OBJECTIVES To determine the vaccination status for hepatitis B and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding hepatitis B and C among medical students of Karachi and to evaluate the effects of gender and age on the responses, regarding vaccination and KAP for Hepatitis B and C. METHODS This cross sectional study was conductedin 7 medical colleges/universities of Karachi. Convenient samp...

The European Dana Alliance for the Brain CONTACT Béatrice Roth, PhD Institut de Physiologie 7, rue du Bugnon CH–1005 Lausanne Switzerland Tel./Fax: +41 21 692 55 25 [email protected] www.unil.ch/edab Elaine Snell Vicarage House 58-60 Kensington Church Street London W8 4DB, UK Tel. : +44 207 937 7713 Fax: +44 207 937 4314 [email protected] www.edab.net 1,5–6 WHERE NOW “MAD COW” DISEASE? 2–4 ...

OBJECTIVES Among warfarin-treated patients with international normalized ratio (INR) >5, we sought to determine the risk of major bleeding within 30 days. BACKGROUND For warfarin-treated patients, the risk of bleeding increases as the INR rises, particularly if the INR exceeds 4. The 30-day risk of hemorrhage among outpatients with excessively prolonged INR values is unknown. METHODS To ass...

A comparison of Pycnoporus cinnabarinus strains for laccase production was carried out. A dikaryotic strain, I-937 strain, producing a high level of laccase (9500 U l(-1)) was selected. The study of the life cycle in vitro of this dikaryotic strain led to isolation of monokaryons. Forty-eight monokaryotic strains were isolated and screened for laccase production. One of these strains, ss3, prod...

to investigate the effects of deficit irrigation and different levels of nitrogen fertilizer on somequantitative and qualitative properties of melissa, a pot experiment was conducted for one year (2011) inmazandaran province. experiment was carried out as a factorial based on randomized complete blockdesign with three replications. irrigation treatments (25, 52 and 75 percent field capacity, fc...

High caloric intake has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment. Total caloric intake is determined by the calories derived from macronutrients. The objective of the study was to investigate the association between percent of daily energy (calories) from macronutrients and incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. Participants were a population-based prospecti...