The incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) varies widely worldwide, with some of the highest incidence rates found in China. Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and exposure to aflatoxins in foodstuffs are the main risk factors. A G to T transversion at codon 249 of the p53 gene (249(ser)) is commonly found in HCCs from patients in regions with dietary aflatoxin exposure. B...

OBJECTIVES Partial atrioventricular septal defect (pAVSD) is routinely repaired with a low mortality. However, limited data are available on the long-term follow-up of these patients. The current study was designed to determine long-term survival and morbidity of a large cohort of patients operated on at a single institution. METHODS From 1975 to 2012, 249 consecutive patients underwent pAVSD...

ObjectivesTo verify the frequency of viruses causing acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in association with histo-blood group antigen (HBGA) and Rotarix™ vaccination coverage children from Amazon region.DesignFecal saliva samples were collected AGE (n = 485) respiratory infection (ARI) 249) clinical symptoms. Rotavirus A (RVA), norovirus, human adenovirus (HAdV), sapovirus (SaV) verified feces by mole...

The COST 249 SpeechDat reference recogniser is a fully automatic, language-independent training procedure for building a phonetic recogniser. It relies on the HTK toolkit and a SpeechDat(II) compatible database. The recogniser is designed to serve as a reference system in multilingual recognition research. This paper documents version 0.93 of the reference recogniser and presents results on sma...

ABSTRCT Toxic effects of beryllium salts on the reproductive organs of cyclic adult female albino rats have been studied. An attempt was made to overcome these effects using an Ayurvedic medicine Liv.52 (The Himalaya Drug Co., Bombay). Liv.52-primed rats (1 mL/rat/day for 15 days) were exposed to beryllium nitrate intravenously and were sacrificed at different time intervals. At autopsy ovary, ...