To assess the associations between job stress and somatic symptoms and to investigate the effect of individual coping on these associations. In July 2006, a cross-sectional study was conducted during a periodic health check-up of 185 Japanese male office workers (21-66 yr old) at a Japanese company. Job stress was measured by job demand, control, and strain (=job demand/control) based on the Jo...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the duration of an untreated episode (DUE) on the improvement of depression and somatic symptoms among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), after the patients had received 4 weeks of pharmacotherapy. METHODS In this open-label study, there were 155 participants with MDD who were treated daily with 75 mg of venlafaxine fo...

Background: Liver stiffness measurements can be used to assess liver fibrosis and acquired by transient elastography using FibroScan ® with Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse imaging. The study aimed establish measurement scores in a chronic hepatitis C cohort explore the correlation agreement between factors influencing agreement. Methods: Patients had FibroScan® (right lobe of liver) left liver...

The growth of liver tests in the second half pregnancy is most often caused by two reasons - Intrahepatic Cholestasis (ICP) and rarely diagnosed Drug-Induced Liver Injuries (DILI). In Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)-induced pregnancies that are accompanied powerful drug support, incidence drug-induced cholestasis increases. This due to combined use gestagens other drugs have hepatotoxic ...

conclusions we assessed polysomnographic parameters of ahi, odi, laso2 and mean nocturnal spo2 levels, which are especially important in the association between nafld and osas. we think that it is necessary to be attentive regarding nafld development and progression in patients with osa whose nocturnal hypoxia is severe. patients and methods in this study, between december 2011 and december 201...

Plant tissue culture is an alternative method of commercial propagation and is being used widely for the commercial propagation of a large number of plant species, including many medicinal plants. Somatic embryogenesis is a process by which asexual or somatic cells are induced to form embryos in culture. Somatic embryogenesis is a multi-step regeneration process starting with formation of pro-e...

Figueiredo-Fernandes A., Ferreira-Cardoso J.V., Garcia-Santos S., Monteiro S.M., Carrola J., Matos P. & Fontaínhas-Fernandes A. 2007. Histopathological changes in liver and gill epithelium of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, exposed to waterborne copper. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 27(3):103-109. University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Center of Studies on Technological of Environm...