We discuss the connection between high-temperature mechanics, block structure, and composition of a model series industrially relevant, soft, thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) containing polydisperse hard blocks (HBs). The high-strain deformation behavior these materials results from combination multiple dynamics in system, i.e., HB associations mobile entangled amorphous phase. Many soft-TPEs sh...

Background: The aim of the present study was application of haemoglobin absorption spectroscopy as a distinguishing tool for identification of two haemoglobin types-HbA and HbS. Material and Methods: Millimolar absorptivities of normal adult haemoglobin (HbA) and sickle cell haemoglobin (HbS) were monitored at pH values of 7.2 and 5.0, within the ultra violet and visible spectral range (250-...

This paper analyzes the remarkable success of Dutch scientists near end nineteenth century, as exemplified by five Nobel laureates in period 1901–1913. Some historians suggest that key factor contributing to sudden rise science was establishment a new type high school, called HBS, which generated unprecedented social mobility middle-class pupils universities. The HBS also provided pathway for i...

Abstract. To date, there has been inconclusive evidence on the predictive ability of health-related cognitive distortion, as measured by Irrational Health Belief Scale (IHBS), regarding health behaviors (HBs). The aims our study were to provide a validation Slovak translation IHBS and assess relationship with wide range HBs, well HBs over above other psychological constructs. A total 448 studen...

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) is a widely used modality to diagnose biliary injury. In patients with a history of trauma or surgery, the common presentations of bile leaks on HBS are a progressive collection of radiotracer outside the biliary system. However, the precise localization of a bile leak is usually not conveyed by noninvasive techniques including CT or ultrasound or even HBS. This...

Background: Thalassemia patients are more susceptible to hepatitis than the normal population due to the frequent blood transfusions. Objective: To determine the immune response of children with major ß-thalassemia, by measuring anti-hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs Ab) following the last HBV vaccine injection. Methods: This study was carried out on 215 thalassemic children who received t...

Forty one consecutive patients (24 males and 17 females) with AIDS had their blood assayed for HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc by Reversed Passive Haemagglutination (RPHA), Passive Haemagglutination (PHA) and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) techniques respectively. 5 (12.2%) were found positive for HBsAg. 10 (24.4%) for anti-HBs and 31 (75.6%) for anti-HBc. 32 (78%) out of 41 patients wi...

In a pilot study by field-screening in two different sauna baths, a day-sauna and a night-sauna, 318 homosexual men were investigated for syphilis and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and its antibody (anti-HBs). Of the 134 visitors to the day-sauna 35 1-o were seroreactive for syphilis, four (3%) carried HBsAg, and 95 (70' 9%) anti-HBs. Of the 184 visitors to the night-sauna 33' 2% were ser...

Data on hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine–induced cell-mediated immunity (CMI) and humoral immune response during infancy is scarce. We assessed HBV vaccine–induced CMI among infants stratified as nonresponders (Ab against HBV surface Ag [anti-HBs] levels ,10 IU/l), low-responders (anti-HBs levels 10–100 IU/l), and high-responders (anti-HBs levels $100 IU/l) following their primary vaccination ag...