BACKGROUND Advanced puberty in girls is defined as the onset of puberty between the ages of 8 yr and 10 yr. The objective was to predict adult height (AH) at initial evaluation and to characterize patients with an actual AH below -2 SD (152 cm) and/or lower than their target height (TH) by > one SD (5.6 cm). METHODS Data analysis using multiple linear regression models was performed in 50 gir...

We modified and automated a highly sensitive chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) for surface antigen (HBsAg) detection using a combination of monoclonal antibodies, each for a specific epitope of HBsAg, and by improving an earlier conjugation technique. Of 471 hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers seen in our hospital between 2009 and 2012, 26 were HBsAg seronegative as determined by the Abb...

introduction: a desirable quality of any endodontic sealer is its ability to be tooth color friendly. therefore the aim of the present study was to evaluate the tooth discoloration potential of a nano zinc oxide-eugenol (nzoe) sealer. methods and materials: in order to evaluate tooth discoloration, the pulp chamber of 60 human maxillary central and lateral incisors were filled with one of the s...

Electrophysiological studies have demonstrated gamma and beta frequency oscillations in response to auditory stimuli. The purpose of this study was to test whether auditory hallucinations (AH) in schizophrenia patients reflect abnormalities in gamma and beta frequency oscillations and to investigate source generators of these abnormalities. This theory was tested using quantitative electroencep...

BACKGROUND There is no standard way of describing the complexities of allied health (AH) care, or its quality. AH is an umbrella term which excludes medicine and nursing, and variably includes disciplines which provide therapy, diagnostic, or scientific services. This paper outlines a framework for a standard approach to evaluate the quality of AH therapy services. METHODS A realist synthesis...

The aim of the study was to investigate effect thiazide diuretics on blood pressure (BP) depending Gly460Trp ADD1 gene polymorphism in arterial hypertension (AH) patients Ukrainian population order predict their individual treatment efficacy. Material and methods. included 232 persons: 120 with verified stage II AH 112 healthy individuals. Restriction fragment length polymerase chain reaction (...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare the setting time and post-setting solubility, flow, film thickness and dimensional changes of ah26 root canal sealer with ah26-antibiotic combination. materials and methods: this study was performed according to british standard bs 6876 (2001) which tests the physicochemical properties of endodontic sealers. three samples of each of tested ...

Abstract Background This study aims to compare the levels of intraocular cytokines between Fuchs uveitis syndrome (FUS) eyes and senile cataract eyes. The association inflammatory cytokine severity in FUS is evaluated find possible mechanism Methods A retrospective 28 with was performed. Auxiliary examinations were performed, including ophthalmic examinations, laser flare-cell photometry, aqueo...

Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolases (PAF-AHs) are a group of enzymes that hydrolyze the sn-2 acetyl ester of PAF (phospholipase A(2) activity) but not phospholipids with two long fatty acyl groups. Our previous studies showed that membrane-bound human plasma PAF-AH (pPAF-AH) accesses its substrate only from the aqueous phase, which raises the possibility that this enzyme can hydrolyze a...

a4 + 1 a5 + .. . will see that a less wasteful notation, say [ a0 , a1 , a2 , . . . ] , is needed to represent it. Anyone attempting to compute the truncations [ a0 , a1 , . . . , ah ] = ph/qh will be delighted to notice that the definition [ a0 , a1 , . . . , ah ] = a0 + 1/[ a1 , . . . , ah ] immediately implies by induction on h that there is a correspondence ( a0 1 1 0 ) ( a1 1 1 0 ) · · · (...