Apolipoprotein B is the main structural surface protein found on all beta-lipoproteins (Chylomicrons, VLDLs, IDLs and LDLs). There is a single molecule of apoB on each of those lipoproteins. It is the only apolipoprotein that is not transferablei.e. it is with the particle from its birth till its death. Beta-lipoproteins are the lipoproteins capable of trafficking cholesterol into the artery wa...

Most ovarian masses are benign conditions such as non neaplastic cystic, but on the other hand , ovarian cancer, is the third most common gynecological malignancy which has the highest mortality rate , as a result of late diagnosis. As there are few clinical symptoms, most patients at the Abstracts of the 12th Royan International Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine 2 3 International Journal of...

Every year, 536,000 women die from pregnancyrelated causes. More than 80 percent of maternal deaths worldwide are due to five direct causes: hemorrhage, sepsis, unsafe abortion, obstructed labor and hypertensive disease of pregnancy. The latest report from the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (UK) lists eclampsia and pre-eclampsia as the second most common cause and showed an increas...

This article concentrates on nominal possessives (John’s friend) rather than on verbal possessives (John has a friend). In John’s friend, John is the possessor, and friend describes the entity possessed (the possessee). Nominal possessives constitute a major construction type in the languages of the world. In contrast with a sortal noun (e.g., person), friend is a (two-place) relational noun: a...

 References Approximately a third of breast cancer incidence is related to lifestyle choices, and the risk for developing the disease varies among ethnicities [1]. Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, body size and shape, physical activity, and diet are all modifiable factors associated with breast cancer risk [1-3]. However, not much is known of the combined effects of the risk factors. So...

Schistosomiasis is an excellent example of the evasion of the immune response by a parasite. The trematode worms responsible for this disease can survive for many years inside the blood vessels of vertebrate hosts and are apparently undisturbed by the potent humoral and cell-mediated responses which they have been shown to induce. Several mechanisms have been postulated to explain the survival ...

Concentration ofradon in supply air 3 pCi/1 Minimum reduction factor for radon 100 Time for which reduction must be maintained 10 days ^—— 7 • From the tests completed recently2 at the SNO underground laboratory at the INCO Creighton mine it was found that activated charcoal has considerable adsorption capacity even at room temperature for the removal ofradon from compressed air. It was also f...