Reproductive health (RH) has historically received low priority in the hierarchy of humanitarian response. Awareness of RH needs in emergencies began in the mid-1990s and led to the formation of the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) for RH. Subsequently, the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP), a set of guidelines for RH service delivery in crisis settings, was created. The objectives of the...

It is thought that the Rh antigens may be important in maintaining normal erythrocyte membrane integrity. Despite their name, Rh antigens are serologically present only on human erythrocytes. Rh structural polymorphisms are known to reside within a family of nonglycosylated Mr 32,000 integral membrane proteins that can be purified by hydroxylapatite chromatography. Mr 32,000 integral membrane p...

BACKGROUND Religious themes are commonly encountered in delusions and hallucinations associated with major mental disorders, and the form and content of presentation are significant in relation to both diagnosis and management. AIMS This study aimed to establish what is known about the frequency of occurrence of religious delusions (RD) and religious hallucinations (RH) and their inter-relati...

Introduction While the use of elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA PSV) in assessing fetal anaemia is well known, its occurrence is uncommon due to the current practice of giving prophylactic doses of ultrafiltered Rh (D) immunoglobulin (anti-D) in Rh (D) negative women. In mothers who do not receive prophylaxis with Rh immunoglobulin, the overall risk of immunisation for...

We show that the photoreceptor rhodopsin (Rh) can exist in the membrane as a dimer or multimer using luminescence resonance energy transfer and FRET methods. Our approach looked for interactions between Rh molecules reconstituted into asolectin liposomes. The low receptor density used in the measurements ensured minimal receptor crowding and artifactual association. The fluorescently labeled Rh...

Rh nanoparticles have been fabricated by the evaporation method using the He gas in the Rh evaporation chamber, connected with the pre-evacuation chamber of BL6N1 at Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center (Aichi SR). The electronic and geometric properties of the Rh nanoparticles have been verified without atmosphere exposure (in situ XPS) and after atmosphere exposure (ex situ XPS) using SR-XPS an...

The Rh D antigen is the most clinically important protein blood group antigen of the erythrocyte. It is expressed as a collection of at least 37 different epitopes. The external domains of the Rh D protein involved in epitope presentation have been predicted based on the analysis of variant Rh D protein structures inferred from their cDNA sequences and their D epitope expression. This analysis ...

The contribution of erythropoietin- (EPO) receptors in target tissues, such as bone marrow and spleen, to the nonlinear pharmacokinetics of recombinant human EPO (rh-EPO) was evaluated in rats. The total body clearance after i.v. administration of rh-EPO (0.2-5 microg/kg) decreased as the dose of rh-EPO increased, approaching a plateau at high doses. The uptake clearance of 125I-rh-EPO by the t...