This study examined whether paranoid beliefs are associated with instability of self-esteem (SE) as hypothesized by Bentall et al. [Bentall, R. P., Corcoran, R., Howard, R., Blackwood, N., & Kinderman, P. (2001). Persecutory delusions: A review and theoretical integration. Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 1143–1192] in a community-based sample. Measures assessing SE, SE instability, paranoid ide...

Materials Unless otherwise stated, FAD-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (E.C.: 1.1.99.10, Aspergillus sp., GLDE-70-1192) was purchased from Sekisui Diagnostics (UK) and used without any further purification. For comparison experiments, GDH was also purchased from Amano Enzyme Inc., Japan (“Amano 8”, Aspergillus oryzae) and BBI Solutions USA (GLD1, Aspergillus oryzae). Bilirubin oxidase (Myrothec...

Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center, 1-2-1, Kouto, Shingu-cho, Ibo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5165, Japan Toyama National College of Technology, 1-2 Ebie-Neriya, Imizu, Toyama, 933-0293, Japan University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143-1708, USA Ashikaga Institute of Technology, 268-1, Omae-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, 326-8558, Japan National Institute for Radiology Science, 4-9-1, Anagawa, In...

Knockout of GARPs and the β-subunit of the rod cGMP-gated channel disrupts disk morphogenesis and rod outer segment structural integrity Youwen Zhang, Laurie L. Molday, Robert S. Molday, Shanta S. Sarfare, Michael L. Woodruff, Gordon L. Fain, Timothy W. Kraft and Steven J. Pittler Journal of Cell Science 122, 1927 (2009) doi:10.1242/jcs.053595 There were errors published in J. Cell Sci. 122, 11...

A survey of nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin nonsusceptible pneumococcal (PNSp) isolates was conducted among 1192 children attending 62 day care centers in Brazil, where pneumococcal vaccination has not been routinely introduced. Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage was detected in 686 (57.6%) infants, and 178 (25.9%) of them carried PNSp isolates. Being less than 24 months of age, hospita...

Breast cancer is the most common cause of deaths and the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women worldwide. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of breast cancer screening, specifically on clinical breast examination, and the predictors of its uptake among women in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was carried out in five selected districts whereby women aged between 20 to 64 years...

This minireview updates non-exhaustive recent strategies of synthesis of original fluorosurfactants potentially non-biodegradable. Various strategies have been focused on: (i) the preparation of CF3-X-(CH2)n-SO3Na (with X=O, C6H4O or N(CF3) and n=8-12), (ii) the oligomerization of hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) to further synthesize oligo(HFPO)-CF(CF3)CO-RH (where RH stands for an hydrophilic...

From the ‡Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, the ¶Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama 359-1192, the Laboratory of Neurobiophysics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of To...

Juvenile retinoschisis is an X-linked recessive disease caused by mutations in the XLRS1 gene. We screened 31 new unrelated patients and families for XLRS1 mutations in addition to previously reported mutations for 60 of our families (Retinoschisis Consortium, Hum Mol Genet 1998;7:1185-1192). Twenty-three different mutations including 12 novel ones were identified in 28 patients. Mutations iden...

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