BACKGROUND Nitrite inhalants ("poppers") are peripheral vasodilators which, since the beginning of the epidemic, have been known to increase risk for acquiring HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, few studies in recent years have characterized use. From 1999 to 2004, new HIV diagnoses among MSM in British Columbia increased 78%, prompting us to examine the prevalence an...


 Purpose: To investigate the action of miR-483-3p in pediatric pneumonia and identify potential biomarkers.
 Methods: Bronchoalveolar lavage was collected from 38 patients 25 healthy children. The expression determined using qRT-PCR. Alveolar macrophages children were cultured used for functional assays. Transwell assay conducted to evaluate macrophage cell migration. Cell viability ...

Background and Aims: The interpretation bias which is an important factor in the pathology of social anxiety disorder, has been recently considered in therapeutic approaches. Given the importance of interpretation bias in the treatment of social anxiety, and despite the ambiguity in the relationship between social anxiety and interpretation bias, we compared the interpretation bias in individua...

In this paper, we discuss why Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) need to attract both hardcore and casual players and study the evolution of MMOG features for this purpose. 1 Hardcore Gamers and Casual Gamers Must Play

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relationship between blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) and MRI assessments of subcortical T2 hyperintensities was evaluated in healthy elderly men and women. METHODS Casual and 24-hour ambulatory BPs and HR measurements were taken of 144 elderly individuals, aged 55 to 79 years. Subjects had no evidence of previous health disorders. MRI scans of white matter, ...