Samples from 218 men with urethritis, 517 women with pelvic pain or pelvic pain and vaginal discharge, 218 women consulting for infertility, and 598 postpartal women were screened for Chlamydia trachomatis by culture and direct immunofluorescence. Chlamydiae were detected in 18% (39/218) of the men, 18% (45/252) of women with vaginal discharge, 14% (38/265) of those with pelvic pain, 10% (21/21...

1 Title: Deficits in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory, Inhibition and Oculomotor Control in Boys with ADHD and Their Non-Affected Brothers Running head: Familial Deficits in Memory-Guided Saccades in ADHD Authors: Nanda N.J. Rommelse, MS Stefan Van der Stigchel, MS Joost Witlox, MS Christiaan Geldof, MS Jan-Berend Deijen, PhD Jan Theeuwes, PhD Jaap Oosterlaan, PhD Joseph A. Sergeant, PhD Affiliatio...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Human Bocavirus (HBoV) has been described since 2005 as an etiological agent of respiratory virus infections. From 2001 to 2008 we investigated the etiology of HBoV among adults and children in different groups at risk of presenting complications arising from acute respiratory infection, the investigation was carried out in a tertiary hospital health care system in Bra...

Introduction: we have recently reported the presence of two potassium currents with 598 and 368 pS conductance in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) membrane. The 598 pS channel was voltage dependent and ATP sensitive. However, the 368 pS channel was rarely observed and its identity remained obscure. Since cationic channels in intracellular organelles such as mitochondria and RER play imp...

Once I sat on the steps by a gate of David's Tower, I placed my two heavy baskets at my side. A group of tourists was standing around their guide and I became their target marker. " You see that man with the baskets? Just right of his head there's an arch from the Roman period. Just right of his head. " " But he's moving, he's moving! " I said to myself: redemption will come only if their guide...