background: triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics in helicobacter pylori (hp) eradication is widely accepted, but this combination fails in a considerable number of cases. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of clidinium-c addition on hp eradication and to investigate the efficacy and safety of clidinium-c in prevention of drugs' side effects. methods: ...

Transcriptional activation of the human U1 snRNA genes is dependent on a noncanonical octamer element contained within an upstream enhancer. The U1 octamer only weakly recruits the Oct-1 POU domain, although recruitment is stimulated by a peptide containing the Oct-1-binding domain of SNAP190. Structural analysis of the Oct-1 POU domain/U1 octamer/SNAP190 peptide complex revealed that SNAP190 m...

Cyanoacrylates (CAs) were not widely adopted for medical use until recently because of lingering concerns regarding the initial tissue toxicities of the short-chain CAs. The medium-chain CAs, primarily butyl-cyanoacrylate, have been widely used in Europe and Canada for several decades and have gone a long way in dispelling any lingering concerns about tissue toxicity. The newer, longer chain CA...

A subject with clinical and biochemical tyrosinase positive oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) also had a balanced translocation, 46,XY,t(2;4)(q31.2;q31.22). This observation provides evidence for a possible gene locus in the q31 region of chromosome 2 or 4.

CONTEXT Isolated chondral and osteochondral defects of the knee are a difficult clinical challenge, particularly in younger patients for whom alternatives such as partial or total knee arthroplasty are rarely advised. Numerous surgical techniques have been developed to address focal cartilage defects. Cartilage treatment strategies are characterized as palliation (eg, chondroplasty and debridem...

Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder. There are four known types of OCA: OCA1-OCA4. The clinical manifestations of all types of OCA include skin and hair hypopigmentation and visual impairment. Although there are a few documented observations of high frequency of albinism among Native Americans, including the Hopi, Zuni, Kuna, Jemez, Laguna, San Juan, and Navajo...

Recently, there are many virtual spaces on the Internet, which may contain avatars and objects. In general, avatars and objects which users can use in a virtual space have the restrictions in their locations because the mechanisms to control them are embedded in each virtual space system. Moreover, a user cannot move those objects and avatars to another virtual space, i.e., operating one avatar...

BACKGROUND Triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics in Helicobacter pylori (HP) eradication is widely accepted, but this combination fails in a considerable number of cases. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of clidinium-C addition on HP eradication and to investigate the efficacy and safety of clidinium-C in prevention of drugs' side effects. METHODS A tot...