Disability reduction or prevention programs for people with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions reduce long-term pain and disability but reach only a fraction of their target audience. Few public health professionals are aware of these programs or their benefits. The objective of this study is to review and describe packaged (ready-to-use) arthritis self-management education and exerciselp...

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) mutant KUL25NS, containing a null mutation within the UL25 gene, was isolated and characterized by McNab and coworkers (A. R. McNab, P. Desai, S. Person, L. L. Roof, D. R. Thomsen, W. W. Newcomb, J. C. Brown, and F. L. Homa, J. Virol. 72:1060-1070, 1998). This mutant was able to cleave the concatemeric products of viral DNA replication into monomeric unit...

Bacteriophages, phages for short, are viruses of bacteria. The majority of phages contain a double-stranded DNA genome packaged in a capsid at a density of ∼500 mg ml(-1). This high density requires substantial compression of the normal B-form helix, leading to the conjecture that DNA in mature phage virions is under significant pressure, and that pressure is used to eject the DNA during infect...

The authors are affiliated with the Dept. of Animal Science, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3150. Direct inquiries to Dr. D. U. Ahn. ABSTRACT Irradiation dose affected production of volatiles in vacuumand aerobic-packaged cooked pork sausage, but its effect on TBARS was minor. Storage increased production of volatiles and changed their composition only in aerobic-packaged sausage. Among volat...

KRAFT, A. A. (Iowa State University, Ames), AND J. C. AYRES. Production of fluorescence on packaged chicken. Appl. Microbiol. 9:549-553. 1961.-Development of fluorescence caused by pseudomonads proliferating on packaged chicken was determined by examination of the poultry under ultraviolet light and by measurements of absorption spectra. Asparagine broth inoculated with organisms from chicken s...

Bandgap references, packaged in plastic, have been known to shift in voltage, a pre-package to post-package voltage variation. This package shift has been analytically discussed and experimentally investigated in this paper. The culprits for such a variation are the package-induced stresses present once the reference is encapsulated. Systematic voltage shifts can range from 3 to 7 mV, and is cl...

BACKGROUND Unit-dose packaging of antimalarial drugs may improve malaria cure by making it easier for patients to take their treatment correctly. OBJECTIVES To summarize the effects of unit-dose packaged treatment on cure and treatment adherence in people with uncomplicated malaria. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register (November 2004), CENT...

In order to understand the details of high-field breakdown in microstructures that are vacuum packaged, a series of experiments are used to determine characteristics of microdischarges. The results support a reinterpretation of conventional assumptions based upon large scale discharges. When planar microelectrodes are used, Paschen’s curve is not applicable in the traditional sense: the breakdo...