BACKGROUND The therapy for cow's milk proteins allergy (CMPA) consists in eliminating cow's milk proteins (CMP) from the child's diet. Ass's milk (AM) has been recently considered as substitute of CMP. This prospective study investigated tolerance and nutritional adequacy of AM in children with CMPA from Southern Italy. METHODS Thirty children (aged 6 months to 11 years) with suspected CMPA w...

The effects of N-(3,4-dimethoxycinnamoyl)anthranilic acid (N-5') on the release of the slow-reacting substance (SRS) by zymosan- or Ca ionophore-stimulated rat and human alveolar macrophages (AM) were examined in vitro. Disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) was used as a control. N-5' at concentrations of 10(-4)-10(-3) M significantly inhibited the release of SRS from both rat and human AM stimulated by...

A randomized controlled trial for an innovative alcohol-adapted anger management treatment (AM) for outpatient alcohol dependent individuals scoring moderate or above on anger is described. AM treatment outcomes were compared to those of an empirically-supported intervention, Alcoholics Anonymous Facilitation treatment (AAF). Clients in AM, relative to clients in AAF, were hypothesized to have ...

PURPOSE To prospectively evaluate the diurnal variation of intraocular pressure (IOP) during unoprostone treatment in 13 healthy volunteers. METHOD IOP was measured by Goldmann applanation tonometry by the same observer every 3 hours from 9 am to 9 am the next morning. Unoprostone was then instilled at 9 am and 9 pm daily for 1 month. After 1 month, IOP was measured again with unoprostone ins...

BACKGROUND Some small controlled studies have found that dawn simulation is effective in treating seasonal affective disorder (SAD). With a larger sample size and a longer duration of treatment, we compared dawn simulation with bright light therapy and a placebo condition in patients with SAD. METHOD Medication-free patients with SAD were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: bright l...

Pathogenesis of odontogenic tumors is not well known. It is important to identify genetic deregulations and molecular alterations. This study aimed to investigate, through bioinformatic analysis, the possible genes involved in the pathogenesis of ameloblastoma (AM) and keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT). Genes involved in the pathogenesis of AM and KCOT were identified in GeneCards. Gene lis...

Theorem 1 If GI is NP-complete, then the polynomial hierarchy collapses (specifically, PH = Σ2). Proof We first observe that AM ⊆ Π2 (why?). Now, assume GI is NP-complete. Then GNI is coNP-complete and hence (since GNI ∈ AM) we have coNP ⊆ AM. We show that this implies Σ2 ⊆ AM ⊆ Π2 and hence PH = Σ2. Say L ∈ Σ2. Then by definition of Σ2, there is a language L′ ∈ Π1 = coNP such that: (1) if x ∈ ...

The advantage of additive manufacturing (AM) (e.g. reasonable time and expense in prototyping, and reliable product) has triggered the idea of using this method in manufacturing of marine vessels components. The current article tries to introduce basic concepts of AM method and its application in marine industry; have a glance at additive-manufactured parts microstructure; elaborate the challen...

Objective. To determine circadian variation in the onset of placental abruption. Methods. A retrospective study involving 115 placental abruptions, divided into four subgroups based on initial symptoms comprising abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, both abdominal pain and bleeding, or other symptoms. The time of the initial symptom was considered the disease onset. We analyzed the frequency of di...

Ureteral obstruction is characterized by decreased renal blood flow that is associated with hypoxia within the kidney. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a peptide hormone with tissue-protective capacity that is stimulated through hypoxia. We tested the hypothesis that ureteral obstruction stimulates expression of AM and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1alpha) in kidneys. Rats were exposed to bilateral ure...