Many infants admitted to neonatal intensive care, especially those born prematurely, are eligible to participate in several research studies. Uniquely, newborns may also have indirectly been involved in research if their mothers were recruited to studies while pregnant. The website of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine lists 20 ongoing clinical trials in which many units in Europe wi...

geneity in ventilation be good’ [1] and the related article by Zhao and colleagues [2]. We agree with the comments that instead of incremental positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels, a decremented PEEP titration might be an attractive option for determining optimal PEEP [1,3]. However, we feel that physiological inhomogeneity in ventilation and perfusion related to the gravitational eff...

| May 2014 | 478 plants have been shown to produce oxidative stress and toxicity.[15-17] This toxicity inclines to be more common among certain patients and in specifi c clinical conditions. Thus, knowledge about successful prevention or amelioration of a medicinal drug requires information about pathogenic mechanisms of kidney damage and related risk factors.[1,8,18,19] In this regard, to be e...

The interdependence of labor market conditions and the demand for health care has been addressed by several theoretical and empirical analyses. We contribute to the debate by empirically examining the eff ect of a decrease in self-perceived job security on health care utilization. That is, employees at risk of losing their job might postpone or even try not to use non-acute rehab measures in or...

Tropical maize (Zea mays L.) represents a valuable genetic resource containing unique alleles not present in elite temperate maize. The strong delay in fl owering in response to long daylength photoperiods exhibited by most tropical maize hinders its incorporation into temperate maize breeding programs. We tested the hypothesis that diverse tropical inbreds carry alleles with similar effects at...

The second part of the review on casomorphins is devoted to role these biologically active peptides — products phosphoprotein hydrolysis. Convincing data eff ect immune system, anti-oncogenic effect, motility and tone smooth muscle fibers, ability control other aspects gastrointestinal tract activity—the transport function intestinal epithelium, water absorption, etc. effect β-casomorphins endo...

BACKGROUND Changes in the geographical distribution of genetic disorders are often thought to happen slowly, especially when compared with infectious diseases. Whereas mutations, genetic drift, and natural selection take place over many generations, epidemics can spread through large populations within a few days or weeks. Nevertheless, population movements can interfere with these processes, a...

Aim: Reactive oxygen species induce oxidative stress that may contribute to endothelial dysfunction. In addition to endogen antioxidants, adding antioxidants to diet has been used to reduce oxidative-stress-induced endothelial dysfunction. Resveratrol is a natural phytoalexin which has many eff ects including antioxidant activity. Th e aim of this study was to investigate whether resveratrol co...

Semicarbazide (SEM) is a metabolite of the banned veterinary antibiotic nitrofurazone [1]. In addition, SEM is a decomposition product of azodicarbonamide (which belongs to the hydrazine family of chemicals). SEM has in fact been found in food in glass jars sealed with plastic gaskets manufactured using azodicarbonamide as a blowing agent, such as baby foods, fruit juices, jams to prevent leaka...