THE breakdown of liver glycogen which occurs as one of the chief mechanisms controlling the blood sugar level has generally been ascribed to the liver amylase, but it has recently been suggested that the main path of glycogen breakdown may be through a phosphorylating system involving a phosphorylase which forms hexosephosphate and a phosphatase which hydrolyses the hexosephosphate to glucose [...

OBJECTIVES Increasing multidrug resistance amongst canine pathogenic staphylococci has renewed interest in topical antibacterial therapy for skin infections in the context of responsible veterinary prescribing. We therefore determined the activity in vitro of three clinically relevant topical agents and synergism between two of them against Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and Staphylococcus aur...

D-optimal designs of order n = 2v ≡ 2 (mod 4), where q is a prime power and v = q2 + q + 1 are constructed using two methods, one with supplementary difference sets and the other using projective planes more directly. An infinite family of Hadamard matrices of order n = 4v with maximum excess (n) = n√n 3 where q is a prime power and v = q2 + q + 1 is a prime, is also constructed. Disciplines Ph...

have been several attempts to develop an artificial bladder. To a large extent appropriate results for the use of alloplastic materials have been mentioned in lectures, but have not been published so far. The reason for this was, on the one hand, the lack of development of suitable materials, and on the other a lack of ideas for realistic, active concepts. As a clinical user of bladder substitu...

Elevated plasma natriuretic peptide levels after AMI (acute myocardial infarction) are associated with adverse outcome. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship of plasma N-ANP (N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic peptide) and N-BNP (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) with mortality and heart failure following AMI. We studied 403 patients with AMI. Blood was sampled fo...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the usefulness of follow-up BRAF(V600E) mutation analysis using ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) in diagnosis of thyroid nodules showing negative BRAFV600E mutation on prior analysis. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING A total of 49 patients (men: 6, women: 43, mean age: 50.4 years) with 49 thyroid nodules were included. Patients had undergone initial ...

A blinded interlaboratory assessment of the diagnostic agreement and accuracy of serologic tests for routine detection of antibodies against Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2), including indirect fluorescent antibody tests (IFATs) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) was conducted in 7 North American laboratories. Serum samples were collected weekly, on trial days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42,...

Objective To study reproductive outcomes, and pregnancy delivery complications after conservative or operative treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis during long-term follow-up. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting University hospital. Patient(s) Women with referred to hospital due any indication from 2004 2013 (N = 543) who were treated initially eith...

The intellectual structure and substance of the knowledge utilization field: A longitudinal author co-citation analysis, 1945-2004 Implementation Science 2008, 3:49 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-49 Carole A. Estabrooks ([email protected]) Linda Derksen ([email protected]) Connie Winther ([email protected]) John N. Lavis ([email protected]) Shannon D. Scott (shannon.scott@ualb...

Fluorophotometric Determination of Rutin and Other Flavones: Anthony J. Glasko, Foster Adair, Evangeline Papageorge, and George T. Lewis ................... 48 Metabolism Cages: F. W. Kinard, R. N. Danielson, and J. A. Warren ................................... 49 Sharp Interfacial Precipitin Reactions in Capillary Pipettes: Homer F. Swift .......................... 49 Warm Safranine for Plant ...