AIMS To investigate the impact of iron intake on the development of type 1 diabetes (T1DM). METHODS Case-control study with self-administered questionnaire among families of children with T1DM who were less than 10 years old at the time of the survey and developed diabetes between age 1 and 6 years. Data on the types of infant feeding in the first 4 months of life was collected from parents o...

Methods Five groups of subjects were enrolled viz. control (n=146), HBV-carriers (n=68), chronic active HBV (n=64), HBV-cirrhotics (n=60) and HBV-related HCC (n=59). Allele-specific-PCR was performed to study various polymorphic forms of IFN-g (+874) and blood levels were estimated by ELISA. Genotype distribution was compared using chi square analysis and the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CI were c...

This work was partially completed while Callahan was a postdoctoral assistant in the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, ETH Z urich, Switzerland. Periodic configurations, or oscillators, occur in many cellular automata. In an oscillator, repeated applications of the automaton rules eventually restore the configuration to its initial state. This paper considers oscillators in Conway’s ...

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OBJECTIVES Low first-dose peak serum concentrations of amikacin and gentamicin are commonly reported in ICU patients. The present study aimed to assess whether 30 mg/kg amikacin or 8 mg/kg gentamicin achieved target concentrations in ICU patients with severe sepsis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-three ICU patients (Simplified Acute Physiology Score II = 43 ± 16) with severe sepsis and an indicat...

BACKGROUND In Sierra Leone, children ages 6-59 months receive twice-yearly vitamin A supplementation (VAS) through Maternal and Child Health Week (MCHW) events. VAS coverage in 2011 was calculated using government tally sheets of vitamin A capsule distribution and outdated population projections from the 2004 census. We conducted a national post-event coverage (PEC) survey to validate coverage ...

When human erythroleukemic (K562) cells were incubated with 25 microM trifluoperazine (TFP), a drug that inhibits both calmodulin-dependent and calcium-activated phospholipid-dependent kinases, the number of transferrin receptors detected on the cell surface was reduced to approximately half with no change in the affinity of the remaining surface receptors. Removal of the TFP from the incubatio...

Amaç: Bu çalışma Suriyeli mülteci çocuklarda anemi prevalansını ve etiyolojisini araştırmak amacıyla planlanmıştır. Gereç Yöntemler: retrospektif çalışmaya, Ocak 2015-Eylül 2018 tarihleri arasında Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi (KSÜ) Pediatrik Hematoloji Onkoloji polikliniğine başvuran, herhangi bir kronik hastalığı olmayan 6 ay-18 yaş arası 266 çocuk dahil edildi. Hastalar yaşlarına gör...

This paper reports on an experimental investigation on the effects of air gap, wind and walking motion on the thermal properties of traditional Arabian thawbs and Chinese cheongsams. Total thermal resistance (It) and vapour resistance (Re) were measured using the sweating fabric manikin – ‘Walter’, and the air gap volumes of the garments were determined by a 3D body scanner. The results showed ...