INTRODUCTION We sought to determine the association between HIV-induced immunosuppression, virologic correlates, and vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study, where HIV infected and uninfected women were studied with VVC being the primary outcome. Ninety-seven HIV-infected and 101 HIV-uninfected women were enrolled between June and December 2011. Cases of V...

α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is an immunomodulatory protein expressed by hepatocytes in response to the systemic reaction that follows tissue damage caused by inflammation, infection or trauma. This paper presents the detection of bovine AGP (boAGP) in mammary secretions (colostrum and milk) and mammary gland tissue. Bovine AGP was detected by Western blotting in all the samples analysed, and cou...

Almost all immuno-biosensors are inherently limited by the quality of antibodies available for the target molecule, and obtaining a highly sensitive antibody for a given target molecule is a challenge. We describe a highly efficient and flexible way to enhance immunoassay detection sensitivity and binding kinetics using a nanofluidic based electrokinetic preconcentrator. The device is a microfl...

A65-year-old man was admitted with a pulmonary embolism. He complained of progressive exertional dyspnea followed by thrombophlebitis of his left lower limb for several weeks before admission. Venography showed multiple thrombi in the varicose left small saphenous vein. A pulmonary perfusion scintigram revealed multiple perfusion defects in both lungs; the ventilation scintigram was normal. The...

The elimination tree plays an important role in many aspects of sparse matrix factorization. The height of the elimination tree presents a rough, but usually eeective, measure of the time needed to perform parallel elimination. Finding orderings that produce low elimination trees is therefore important. As the problem of nding minimum height elimination tree orderings is NP-hard, it is interest...

Antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA) activate neutrophils to undergo a series of coordinated interactions, leading to transendothelial migration, eventually culminating in vascular destruction. The molecular events underlying neutrophil recruitment in ANCA-associated vasculitis need to be defined to enable effective therapeutic manipulation. A flow-based adhesion assay was used to investi...

Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is a recent and widely used surgical procedure for hair restoration (1,2). Complications are rarely reported in literature. Herein, we report the first case of recipient site necrosis. We used hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as an adjunctive therapy in this patient in order to restrict necrosis area in length and depth and increase wound healing. A 33-year-old ...

Introduction: All-optical wavelength converters (AOWC) are envisioned to be part of future high-speed networks. In particular, they might replace optical-to-electrical-to-optical (OEO) wavelength translator units in optical crossconnects [1]. However, to be practical, AOWCs must be able to convert signals that have been degraded during transmission over reasonable distances. Tolerance to timing...