BACKGROUND Measurements of aldosterone have become more common since the recognition that primary aldosteronism is a more frequent cause of hypertension than previously believed. Our aim was to compare concentrations reported by 4 assays for samples obtained after saline infusion during dynamic testing. METHODS We tested 104 participants (27 with primary aldosteronism, 30 with essential hyper...

Little research has been done on the land-sea exchange of trace elements, which is particularly applicable to ria coasts. In particular, trace metal enrichment in the inner part of the Ria of Vigo (the San Simon Inlet) has been observed from sediment studies but there is no information about Cd, Pb and Zn fluxes through the Rande Strait, which is the natural boundary of the estuary-ria water ex...

Autoimmune thyroid disease, especially chronic thyroiditis, is prevalent in elderly women and is probably the major cause of hypothyroidism in this population. The reported prevalence of chronic thyroiditis is variable, depending on the area of residence and the method(s) used to detect the presence of anti-thyroid antibodies. The recent finding that thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is the antigen for ...

A multidisciplinaiy study the oceanography of the Pontevedra Ria (NW Spain), including hydrography, biogeochemistiy and biogeochemical modeUlng, has been performed. The hydrographlcal variability of the Pontevedra Ria was dependent on freshwater inputs and upwelUng of nutrient-rich East North Atlantic Central Water from the shelf. Intrusions of the Poleward Current were also detected during win...

The article examines the forms of participation business community in modernization regulatory framework Russia from perspective formal procedures provided by Russian system public administration. objects study are institution impact assessment (RIA) and mechanism “regulatory guillotine”. aim is to conduct a comparative analysis RIA procedure methodology based on methods structural-functional n...

The promulgation of laws has been stipulated in Law Number 12 2011 concerning Guidelines for the Promulgation Laws, which changed post enactment 13 2022 on Second Amendment 2011, one is application Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) and Rule, Opportunity, Capacity, Communication, Interest, Process Method, Ideology (ROCCIPI) as basis Establishment Legal Products e Academic Manuscript Bill Law/Regi...

Purpose of review Plasmodium falciparum causes the most virulent form of human malarias. It is a protozoan parasite that infects human erythrocytes and the erythrocytic stages are responsible for all symptoms and pathologies of the disease. Critical to infection is the formation of a parasitophorous vacuolar membrane at the time of entry and within which the intracellular parasite proliferates....

To the Editor: In their editorial (1 ) in a recent issue of Clinical Chemistry, entitled “Immunoassays for Testosterone in Women: Better than a Guess?”, David Herold and Robert Fitzgerald discussed the article by Taieb et al. (2 ) that appeared in the same issue. The latter authors compared serum testosterone concentrations measured with 10 different commercially available direct immunoassays w...

Kasus anemia banyak terjadi pada ibu hamil. Selain itu kejadian ini sebenarnya dapat dikurangi dengan beberapa tindakan. Salah satunya adalah mengonsumsi kapsul daun kelor (Moringa Olievera) yang berdasarkan penelitian terbukti meningkatkan kadar hemoglobin Tujuan dari kegiatan untuk mengurangi kasus hamil pemberian Kapsul Ekstrak Daun Kelor Olievera). Metode digunakan pengabdian kepada masyara...