PURPOSE Studies have suggested that obesity is associated with an increased risk for oral contraceptive (OC) failure. We conducted a case-cohort study in South Carolina to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and OC failure by using population-based data sources. METHODS Our cohort sample from the source population consists of 205 women who reported using OCs to prevent pregn...

13 14 In this work, extraction and characterization of compounds with antioxidant and antimicrobial 15 activity from Haematococcus pluvialis microalga in red phase have been carried out. To do 16 this, subcritical water extraction (SWE) has been combined with analytical techniques such as 17 HPLC-DAD, HPLC-QqQMS and GC-MS and in-vitro assays (i.e., for antioxidant and 18 antimicrobial activity)...

PURPOSE The effect of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) administration on intestinal Calcium (Ca) absorption in estrogen deficiency state has not been studied yet. We examined the bone mineral content (BMC) of lumbar spine and Ca balance such as intestinal Ca absorption and Ca accumulation in ovariectomized (OVX) rats after 8 weeks of DHEA administration. METHODS Seventeen female Sprague-Dawley r...

11 The oxidation status of uranium in sediments is important because the solubility of this toxic and 12 radioactive element is much greater for U(VI) than for U(IV) species. Thus, redox manipulation 13 to promote precipitation of UO2 is receiving interest as a method to remediate U-contaminated 14 sediments. Presence of Fe and Mn oxides in sediments at much higher concentrations than U 15 requ...

The fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 gene (FGFR2) has been associated with the risk of breast cancer in multiple ethnic populations, and its effect has been suggested to be hormone-dependent. A large, 2-stage, population-based case-control study was conducted in urban Shanghai, China, during the periods of 1996-1998 and 2002-2005. Exposure and genotyping information from 2,073 patients with ...

PURPOSE To measure in vivo brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentrations, and assess regional and hemispheric differences, using MR spectroscopy (1 H-MRS). MATERIALS AND METHODS GABA concentrations were measured bilaterally in the frontal cortex (FC), parietal cortex (PC), and occipital cortex (OC) of 21 healthy young subjects (age range 20-29 years) using 3 Tesla Philips scanner. A uni...

UNLABELLED Oseltamivir phosphate is extensively metabolized in the ex vivo human placenta model, and the transplacental passage of the metabolite oseltamivir carboxylate is incomplete. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the metabolism and transplacental transfer of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in the ex vivo human placental model. STUDY DESIGN Perfusion studies were performed in six placentas from term, uncomp...

The temporal and spatial distributions of primary and secondary organic carbon aerosols (OC) over the continental US from 15 June–31 August 1999, were estimated by using observational OC and elemental carbon (EC) data from Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) and Southeastern Aerosol Research and Characterization project (SEARCH) networks, coupled with the primary O...

Input-bu ered ATM Switches Haoran Duan; J. W. Lockwood, S. M. Kang, and J. D. Will University of Illinois at Urbana{Champaign NSF ERC for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A. (217) 244-1565 (Voice), (217) 244-8371 (FAX) email: [email protected]...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the repeatability and reproducibility of four simplified molecular assays for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma brucei spp. or Leishmania ssp. in a multicentre ring trial with seven participating laboratories. METHODS The tests are based on PCR or NASBA amplification of the parasites nucleic acids followed by rapid read-out by oligochromatographic dipstick (PCR-OC and NASBA-O...