BACKGROUND In Germany, vaccination against hepatitis B is recommended for infants, children and adolescents since 1995 and for specific target groups since 1982. Little is known about knowledge about viral hepatitis and attitudes toward hepatitis B vaccination-factors likely to influence vaccine uptake. METHODS In order to estimate vaccination coverage in adult target groups and in the overal...

This paper describes a comparative evaluation of two applications delivering a multimedia course: a conventional web server (WS) and an integrated e-learning platform in the form of a virtual campus (VC). We used a qualitative method for comparing their acceptance of the on-line course provided by the two different interfaces. The two groups were globally satisfied. However, a decrease in satis...

BACKGROUND Computed tomography (CT) phenotypic characterization helps in understanding the clinical diversity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, but its clinical relevance and its relationship with functional features are not clarified. Volumetric capnography (VC) uses the principle of gas washout and analyzes the pattern of CO2 elimination as a function of expired volume...

objective: non-specific cervicitis or inflammatory changes in a smear report are common which are usually unclear for clinical approaches. to investigate the frequency of inflammation and pathogenic vaginal microorganisms in cervical smears among an iranian population sample. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on pap smear samples of women referred to gynecologica...

A natural feed of fresh seaweed and sixteen diets designed by L16 (43) orthogonal array were formulated to contain different levels protein (200, 250, 300, 350 g/kg), vitamin E (VE) (0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 C (VC) 0.5, 1, 1.5 g/kg) evaluate the effects dietary protein, VE, VC, their combination on growth gonadal development hybrid male abalone (Haliotis fulgens ♂ × H. discus hannai ♀). Each diet was r...

Currently, there is no uniform respiratory support strategy during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in cardiac anesthesiology. The aim of the study was to examine possible variants CPB and determine most effective technique capable reduce incidence postoperative pulmonary complications. Material methods . Ninety surgery patients were enrolled pilot divided into groups (CPAP, VC, apnea). In CPAP grou...

Vitamin C (VC) is a potent antioxidant and plays an essential role in collagen synthesis. As we previously reported, senescence marker protein-30 (SMP30) knockout (KO) mice cannot synthesize VC due to the genetic disruption of gluconolactonase (i.e., SMP30). Here, we utilized SMP30 KO mice deprived of VC and found that VC depletion caused pulmonary emphysema due to oxidative stress and a decrea...